The Lambs...

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Birthday Boy Brandon! BIG 12!!

Our little boy turned 12 this year and we have the best time watching him as he is growing up. He has had another awesome year in school, his math is right on, his reading has always been above and he has more thn doubled the AR reading point goal for his grade. He is so smart and does an excellent job in all he does! Of course baseball is in full swing and we haul the babies and Preslee to games and tournaments every week and weekend. Brandon is playing on two teams and doing awesome in both, he works hard and always makes us proud! He is still nick named Hammer for drilling the ball at bat. Most of the time he plays 3rd and short, once in awhile he is catching, pitching, and center. We love watching Brandon play sports, he is really talented. This year we went to his favorite restuarant again, The Samuari japanese Steakhouse, home for cake, singing and presents. He wants to have a couple of his friends over to camp in the trailer by our pond and then paintball the next day, we are waiting for a warm (non rainy) weekend with no tournaments. So we will get to celebrate all over again with his friends. Football sign ups just went on, so we are looking forward to starting that in a few more months as baseball is winding down. I am pretty sad that this next year will be his last in elementary, I am not ready for him to move onto Junior High. We are also excited to have Brandon become a Deacon and in Young Mens, where did time go??

Party for Brandon, these little horns make a lot of noise and somehow ended up in the trash can shortly after the evening ended!!

Brother Love... Dagen was passed out and we thought it was pretty cute..

Our Little Hurricane #9 What a handsome boy.

Hammer is such a STUD!

Reading at Suncadia..

STEVEN...

Steven was recognized as District of the Year and these are the numbers from last year to this years.. Whoot whooo, Honey, good job! I think you are amazing...

Gerry, Steven and Ranger with his hardware from AmFam. Way to go!!

Steven and his baby boy! Dinner and a baby..

Steven and his agents that qualified and went to Sydney, Australia in March this year. They were the top district in the company for the 5th trip in a row, also the most points per agent! We have the BEST team ever. I missed the trip, I missed hanging out with everyone but I stayed home with our three week old baby and Steven and his Dad went and had a great time!

We moved here 5 years ago, it has flown by. Steven has really worked hard, to say the least, and I am so proud of all he has done with his District. He has 20 agents, who are all amazing people. We have spent a lot of time with them and their families over the years and we love them very much. Someone is always having a baby, (and not just us) getting a new home, celebrating birthdays, celebrating championships, enjoying an amfam trip, and setting new records in their offices. I can't believe how much fun we have with everyone, no matter where we go. We are so grateful to have them as part of our family and our lives. I am very grateful for all Steven does for our family, he is also almost finished with his bachelors, coaching Brandon's baseball team and Elders Quorum President. So, to be honest, sometimes he stresses that the lawn is getting long and his projects get put on hold time and time again. But he is doing a lot of amazing things all at once. He also walks in the door every night ready to take on four crazy kids who love nothing more than wrestling, tickles, piggy back rides, throwing in the air and then it is supper time, bath time, story time, bed time. Don't forget the diapers and bottles all in between. I am very proud of Steven and all he does for me and our family, we still laugh that we are now a party of 6 when we go out!!

Girls!!

Preslee is finishing preschool up and ready for Kindergarten. Next year she will be in all day and she is so excited to go to school, she is already ready and writing several words and learning more everyday. She is also counting the days down till her birthday, she can't wait to be 6. And we are wondering how that is even possible! Preslee is such a wonderful girl, and she is a really good friend. She is always nice to everyone and she loves to play, color and swing. Preslee has fallen is love with her bunnies, she checks on them several times a day, takes them carrots and celery on a regular basis, feeds and waters them each day and holds them and loves on them nonstop. She combs their hair and plays with them, she really loves her bunnies and takes such good care of them! I will miss Preslee so much next year, but I am excited for her, I know she is going to love school. Her teacher is going to have lots of fun with her and she will make lots of friends. She is still doing gymnastics and is really good at climbing the rope and cart wheels, head stands, and anything they teach her. She practices all the time in the living room and loves going once a week, she is getting moved up to the competitive level next month when she starts back! We are very proud of her, she is so much fun to watch!

Preslee and Brevik at Suncadia, reading books in their pajamas after eating chocolate cake at 11pm! They are great buddies and always look forward to hanging out!

Beautiful Preslee!

Preslee and Devin at the spring fair showing off their face paintings!

Pres loving on Dagen who is sucking a pink binki, Steven made me throw them away he hated our baby boy sucking them!

Sweet Cecilia

She would drag him around all day if we let her and in two months he has outgrown the doll stroller.

Cecilia loves cheese..

Stylin at a baseball game!

Cecilia... She is so much fun, has THE best laugh, is super speedy, very very very smart, very very very fast, funny sense of humor, constantly moving or running, loves to dance and she can make a whole lot of messes in five minutes. She is my firecracker, and she is so fun to be with. She loves Dagen to the point I have to hide him from her, she constantly wants to kiss, poke, pinch, pull, scratch, tickle, lick, pull socks off, lay on, roll him over, grab or smack. Since she is almost 18 months she is still so young that she doesn't understand how to be nice and that she cannot be on him! She tries so hard to sit on his back if he is laying on his tummy, and all she wants is a piggy back ride cuz that is what she gets from everyone else but poor lil Dagen doesn't quite have the strength for her! She loves the dogs, cats, bunnies. Everyday she is learning new words. Today we went to the NorthWest Trek with Preslee's preschool and since all 20 kids would say the name of the animals we saw on the tram ride; she now has elk, deer, duck, bison, goat in her vocabulary! She loves talking to us, ask her anything and she will rattle on with a big long answer and tell you exactly what she thinks is a conversation and we love it. She has such a big personality and honestly thinks she is the boss around here! She never gets tired of the 4wheelers and lawn mower. She wants to be outside all day everyday and has learned to open the door that goes into the garage, so she lets Scooter in the house several times a day and thinks it is fun to give him treats, until I find them hiding in the laundry room, both eating dog treats! She is gonna love summer, we got her a bubble machine and we cannot keep enough bubbles going for her when we go out. She just yells BUBBLES BUBBLES and chases them and laughs at the dogs chasing them.

catching up

Such a cute lil man!

Love this smile!

Bumbo chair is his favorite! He loves being in the action!

Brandon LOVES Dagen, he is the best big brother to all his little siblings!

Watching Mommy cook wore him out!

Two sweet babies, and their favorite mode of transportation, our stroller!

My boys!

Things have been going great here in this rainy rainy place we live! Baby Dagen is so sweet, we all spoil him rotten. He laughs, smiles, talks and giggles all day long, he is a little chatterbox! We are so thankful to have him in our family, we don't know what we would do without him. Did I mention he is such a sweetheart, his big smiles win us over all day long. He is so cute and rolls already, he is growing way too fast. I packed up his 0-3 month size clothes already, those three months went so fast!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Dagen

February 18, 2010 at 4:12 pm we were beyond blessed when little Dagen entered our world. Healthy, perfect and beautiful in everyway, we have all fallen head over heals for this little man.. Here are a few pictures of him in the last few days since coming home.

Monday, February 15, 2010

February 15

Today is the day that three ultrasounds said was my due date. So, now my countdown thing is at 0 and I am pregnant still. Yes, I am being induced on Thursday, and that is technically three days away, but it sure doesn't make time go faster or make me feel better. I will put new baby pics up once we get home from the hospital and settle a bit. I still wish I could experience going into labor on my own, just to say it actually happened..