Cool E's & Silly Kisses

Carter knows how to spell and write his name now, and he has his very own 'signature' E! The video is of Brayden being silly and sharing a kiss with you :)

Cousins!

We were so lucky to have my cousin, Jen come visit us all the way from North Carolina! She got to meet Brayden and I got to meet her daughter, Amelie. We hadn't seen each other since Carter was about 4 months old - so this was such a wonderful treat, and to top it off we got to stay in a great house in Sunriver and go to the Nature Center thanks to Luke & Amelie's Grandma :) It is the middle of March and it snowed in Sunriver, Dillon & Luke are playing outside in the picture above while it was snowing quite a bit, click to see the snow falling! Now they are off to Honolulu this week...snow to sunshine, can you imagine?!

Amelie snuck in a snuggle with Dillon.....Here we are all buckled in the minivan on the way to their Great-Great Uncle Paul and Aunt Maxine's house in Redmond.....


Amelie got a new pair of heels (matching purse & sunglasses too), here she is guarding them from Uncle Paul. Those of you with little girls are sure to fully understand this! Here Dillon & Luke are playing the same organ that Jen & I played when we were kids :) What a great time!

The Entertainer

These were all taken within a 15 second time frame :)

Sure Signs That You Live With All Boys...

There are lots of them sitting at the table... You have little army men perched atop the closet doors and door mouldings throughout your hallway... You not only have fish, but there are frogs & snails living with them too...

You have a rocketship sticker on the back of your cell phone... You have (at least) one VERY messy room in your house, and you purposely stuck fake bugs all over the walls of that room...

You have the ultimate Cars collection... And they thought the picture looked way cooler when the Cars were all crashed up...

They very well may fight, argue, and tease each other all-day-long sometimes, but they still Love each other at night and take turns sleeping on the top bunk and bottom bunk.

I've heard alot of wonderful quotes lately, here is another one...

Meditations from a Simple Path by Mother Teresa

"People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, people may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable.
Be honest and transparent anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People who really want help may attack you if you help them.
Help them anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be good enough.
Give the world your best anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway."