Brody turns 4!

 My dear sweet Brody turned four today. I can not believe he is four! It seems like just yesterday he was a little infant boy who could hardly hold still. He always wanted to be going, doing and playing. Some things never change. He is very expressive and sensitive to what is going on around him. He loves his cousins Lolo and Sam. He would play the Wii all day if I would let him. He still lets me cuddle him at night, which I love. Every night I sing to him, "By Baby Bunting" a song my Mom used to sing to me. I sure love this face!!

The Lovebirds

 These two love birds, Casi and Ryan "tied the knot"on April 30th, 2011. The wedding was beautiful!

 Here is the crew of kids, minus Addie. They kept Scott & Brittany busy the whole night!

 Steph, Jax, and Uncle Scott teasing, as usual.

 Brody and his "girl crush" Brittany.

The kids danced the night away. They loved every minute of it. I loved when they fell asleep on the way home. Thanks for the beautiful night, Casi & Ryan, we love you!

Easter Sunday 2011

This year we for Easter we had our annual egg hunt at Grandma & Grandpa Stauffer's. The Easter Bunny SPOILS all the grandkids!

 This picture makes me laugh. It was the best we can do before church. Brody, sweet Brody, was just not happy at all!

Looking for Ladybugs

 In the spring time, I bought the kids a toy called LadyBug Land. Basically, you send away for lady bug larvaes and watch them grow in to adults. Lucky for us, we live right by a alfalfa field that had tons of lady bugs larvaes. The boys loved catching the ladybugs and watching them grow.

Spring Break, Barney Cabin

Andy & I drove up to the Barney Cabin in Pinetop for the week of Spring Break. It was a lot of work, 6 kids and 2 adults, but totally worth it. The kids had a blast playing in a little patch of snow on the back of our porch. We also took the kids to Woodland Lake and walked along the hiking trail. We brought a picnic to eat there, but ended up eating it in the car because it was way too windy for us "city folks". Lucky the Leprechaun even visited us while we were there for St. Patty's Day. He led the kids on a fun treasure hunt, where he left his pot of gold!

Noter

Carter and Noah. They are inseparable. I think they need a nickname, hmmm how about Cartno or Noter. I like Noter. These two can get in to a heated argument over some little known fact one minute, then the next minute they will be best friends. They just can't ever get enough of each other. I sure love those faces!

Sad, Sad Day!

 Today, I was in the kitchen when Brinkley came in from out back saying, "I soo sawrry mommie." In her hand was her beautiful little pig tail. She had found some scissors that her brother's left outside and cut her pigtail completely off. She was almost scalped on one side. I was devastated. I already am not a very good "hair-doing" mommy, and this was going to make it even worse!

Christmas 2010

Christmas this year came and went in a blink of an eye. We opened presents at our house, then went to the Stauffer's, followed by the Peterson's. We are so blessed to live so close to family!

Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving this year was over at our house. It was fun having everyone together. Even Grand Marie came. How thankful we are for our family!