The trails of a 6 year old boy...

magnets...
army guys...

magnets...

legos...

more magnets...

and more magnets:)

Sophy's latest

At naps, bedtime, and sometimes in the middle of the day for no reason, Sophy will look at Mommy and say "noses first!"(meaning she wants to rub noses). Immediately following is "kiss" and then "big hug"(followed by a tight squeezy hug). If she's feeling extra silly she'll say "again!"

and then we start all over..."noses first, kiss, big hug!"

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Daddy ran and won a windy 1 mile race in 4:55. We dressed up, cheered and watched the parade:)

How we all really feel...

In the car last week Sophy was screaming for a banana. I told her that I didn't have any bananas and that she had to wait until we got home. She started screaming more. Then Hayley begins singing in a low, half taunting voice, "have patience, have patience, don't be in such a hurry. When you get impatient, you only start to worry. Re mem ber, re mem ber..." To which Sophy turns to her and yells, "I NO LIKE IT PATIENT!"

Sophy-nator turns 2!

Can't believe our baby is 2!! We had a "Very Hungry Caterpillar" party for Sophy and everyone helped decorate!! Here are some "callapitters" we painted.

Happy Birthday to you...Sophy knows all about birthdays! Our other kids didn't really get it when they turned 2, but Sophy had been at 4 birthday parties in the 6 weeks before hers and she was ready:)!

Full of smiles and mischief, loves to "hold you Mommy", loves "coscias" from Daddy(being tickled), works(aka colors) in "Sophy's math book" each day, loves babies and cooking and animals.

Kyra made this catapillar...so cute!

Love this cute face!

These guys are such buddies:)

We love you Sophy!!

Winter in Tucson!

Gotta love 80 degree weather in February!

Our Little Man is 6!!!

Back in January, Myles turned 6! What a blessing he is! He is usually seen with no shirt, shooting nerf darts in all directions, or racing across the living room whippin' out perfect round-offs and cartwheels. Recently while Mommy was away at a women's conference, Daddy took the kids to the track and Myles ran 12 laps!! That's right...3 miles! He is also great at building and inventing things...bows and arrows out of hangers and rubberbands, arrowheads out of rocks, Lego cities, and forts. He takes care of his sisters by holding Hayley's hand and walking her into gymnastics, going down high slides with Sophy on his lap, even putting Sophy on the potty sometimes during emergencies:). He is the first one to give me a hug in the morning and the first to pray for me when I'm impatient or frustrated. We know that God has good plans for you Myles and we're so blessed to have you in this family. Lickin' the cake bowl!

It's hard to get a "normal" picture...

We went bowling with friends the week before Myles' birthday. Look at that form!! Yes he's only 6...and no one taught him to do that! He gets the bowling gene from his daddy!:)

All the bowlers!!

The girls team:)

The boys team:)

Myles wanted a StarsWars party...here he is with his light saber cake! (Kyra told me people would only know it was a light saber if we told them. Papa thought it was a train. But Myles thought it was was cool and that's all that matters!:))

Handsome birthday boy

All the sillys

Myles and one of his little buddies

Pinata time!

Happy Birthday little man!