Pampered

I know that I have it good. My expectations are high and they never disappoint. Mother's day morning as I lay in my bed listening to the scurrying around in the kitchen I thought about my children. I thought about each of their births and random memories of their earlier years. I thought about what a miracle life is and how blessed we have been to have these 5 beautiful children. I thought about my loving husband and all he does for me. I couldn't wait for my children to come in singing while carrying my breakfast....better than Christmas. I love how the toast is cold and the smoothie is lumpy. I love when they all crawl in bed with me and cuddle while I try to eat breakfast. I love that Trey and Allie haven't outgrown this tradition that I did with my siblings for my mom. I loved the triplet massage I got. The smiles and hugs that were free flowing all day. The promise of no fighting that usually falters but is quickly remembered. I loved the time and effort David put into to making a gourmet dinner for me. I hope they know how much this day means to me.

Easter egg hunt

I know that it is now May but I wanted to still post a few egg hunt pictures. I have so many good memories from our egg hunts growing up. I remember never feeling like I had out grown it. It is always fun to go find candy and money.......in little plastic eggs. I remember one year I found the plastic bunny that had the dollar bill in it! I remember how cool it was to find an egg when we thought they were all found. Especially if it was one of the tiny eggs. I remember how much I loved my easter basket: big, green, purple, pink and white. And how one year mom planted real grass seed in them so we had real grass in our baskets. I think it's really cool that so many of the grandkids are having an egg hunt in the same backyard that we had some of ours (well Julie and down anyway). Thanks for continuing on the tradition mom and dad!

These are a few of our favorite things

Happy New Year! Here are some of our favorite things from the holidays:

Trey's favorite: a car given to him by his grandparents.

Every 16 year old's dream...unwrapping a small box with

a car key in it! (the key belonging to his grandmother's

old 2001 Nissan Pathfinder)

Allie's favorite: she had been wanting a guitar for a while and was very surprised and excited to finally get one.

David's favorite gift he made: THE ALAMO. With the help of grandpa, David built his dream of what an Alamo playset should be. The boys got lots of army and Mexican men to play with. As much as they loved it, I think David loved it more.

One of Sydney's favorite things: Finally getting to see and hold baby Afton. (can you see her?)

Tanner and Connor's FAVORITE things were: their Davy Crockett rifles and a George Russel costume (for those who don't know about Davy, Russel is his trusty side kick). True story: Connor recently decided he couldn't be a teacher when he grew up b/c they have to get a flu shot. He told me the other day he figured out what else he could be when he grew up: An indian hunter. I'm not kidding. He received the Daniel Boone series for Christmas and had seen lots of glorified Indian hunting going on, and thought that might be for him. Soooo glad this conversation took place in the privacy of our car and we could explain that American Indians are people just like us and we don't fight with them anymore. He then said "well maybe I could just hunt animals and the Indians could protect me."

My favorite things are family time and traditions: