Easter 2012

Easter was so much fun!  We all went over to my parents house and ate a wonderful ham dinner, with potato salad, jello salad, green salad, homemade dipping caramel and apples!  It was so much fun!  We even had a little easter egg hunt!  We were lucky with weather, as it seemed to warm up a bit for the kiddos to play outside, and seemed to enjoy rolling down the grassy hill, over and over:)  Since everyone has been so sick, this was a first in a long time for all the cousins to be together, and they absolutely loved being together!  Uncle Brian was even able to fly a kite for them all to watch!  I love this time of year when we can be outside and enjoy the weather and more importantly enjoy the memories that we all get to make here together as family!

He's 3!

This post is a little late, but Braxton turned 3 about 1 month ago!  I cannot believe it!  We have been practicing holding up 3 fingers for a while now, and he is better at it other times than in this picture:)  It has been a joyous 3 years, and there are so many things I love about this kid!

*He is a cuddle bug!

*He holds our hand when he cuddles

*He is very protectice of everyone in his family.

*He love to color, read, sing, dance, play, mostly be around his cousins!

*His favorite phrase right now is, "Hey Mom, GUESS WHAT?!?!"

*He says prayers basically all by himself.

*He loves his brother!

*Every morning he comes in our room and says, "Wake UP!"

*He is so easy to put to bed.

*He is happy, and has the greatest laugh!

We love you Braxton, Happy 3rd Birthday!!!

My Little Inchworm

Merrick looks like a little inchworm when he crawls, yes, he is now mobile:)

WOAH! What a MONTH!

The last time I posted I believe was in February sometime, so we have a LOT of catching up, and I actually have a SMALL window of time to do an update. 

Some highlights and updates from the last time!

*I began play practice for the Musical The Secret Garden, I play Martha(Mary's Maid).

*Merrick broke his first TWO BOTTOM teeth at the same time:)---Just like Brax did

*We attempted potty training and we are still in the works!

*Ricky did great on all his midterm exams!!!  And we are on track to graduate May 2013! YAY!

*Braxton is talking a TON better, saying phrases such as, "I wuv you too mama", "I dont want to...", "No, that's Merricks!", "See you soon", "HIDE!" , "Ready, Set, GO!", and he knows all his letters!  And can count to 10!  We are making great progress!

*Merrick started "rocking" which means crawling is shortly right around the corner!

*Braxton turned 3!!!!!!(photos for party soon to come:)

*We ventured for a whole WEEK to Emmett, Ricky's hometown, and had an absolute BLAST!

That about sums it up!

A few highlights from our trip to Emmett: Braxton was able to spend a lot of time with his cousin Brig(I think they are technically like 1st cousins or something?) But, they acted more like brothers to be honest:), we love Cory and Megan, and we were able to spend some great time with their family, and their newest addition Elle.  We visited a ton of family from both sides  and we were able to see a lot of close friends from when we lived there after we were first married.  We love Emmett!

It has been incredibly busy yet absolutely fulfilling!  We have been doing great!  Ricky has been AWESOME about juggling school, family life, etc....  We are blessed to be where we are, and to have what we have!  Thank you for everyone's love and support!  We could not do it without you!