lack of sleep

Baby S got a cold from someone on Christmas, so she has been fussy (for her) the last couple of nights and all she wants to do is eat, well be latched on at least... all night long, so I am pretty tired but I feel so blessed to have her, and so blessed that Heavenly Father gives us the gift of loving our brand new babies unconditionally. I haven't for one second been frustrated with her that I have been up so many times a night, but if I had to do it with either of my other kids, I think it would get old :) I just wanted to post some pictures of her with her eyes open so everyone can see her beautiful blue eyes (we hope they will stay that way, but she has a long time before the color is permanent)

I am so blessed to have the kids and Husband that I do, I love them all so much and hope that my gratitude for them is obvious to the Lord.

Getting Chubby

S gained another 8 oz. this week and she is getting into to her routine of eating, sleeping and being awake to take in the world. Its fun to she her cheeks, arms and legs chunk up.

My Angel

These are some of my favorite pics of my angel from the hospital and at home. The first pics is of my angel and my 2 devils:-)

S playing

Tonight S was fun to play with her eyes (which some say she got from me) were wide open and she seemed to enjoy the sounds around her.

Video for Mom Y

Sorry everyone for the long delay in pics and videos. S is doing well and tonight for whatever reason she was wide awake and just looking at us as Ethan and I held her. It seems to me that she hasn't been this awake since birth. Anyway enjoy!

This is a shot of Baby S and her cousin E. E was born 3 1/2 months ago to Brooke and Alan. The room was full of chaos as all of Alex's family was packed into the room along with our boys-adjust your volume before viewing:-) Its nice to have friends and family come to see you and your new little one. (S was 5.5 hours old)

5 hours old

This is a short video of Baby S only a few hours old, followed by another clip of Jenni holding her 5 hours after birth.

Our baby is here!!!

Ok, so after all that whining baby girl S came at 8:03am on Sunday Dec 7th. She weighed 7lb 13oz and 19.5 in long. We had a long labor but it was actually fun. We used Hypnobirthing andwe were able to do it all up until the last 5 minutes and then I had to get an epidural so my body would finish relaxing so I could let her out... (long story but it worked!) I am doing wonderful! I did better than either of my other delivories physically too and I am up and about better than before as well. Baby S is beautiful and so sweet. She is nursing like crazy and makes the pretties noises. But I know everyone wants pictures so here are a few of the ones we have so far and I know there will be ton to come.

I am huge :)

I was talking to my friend a few weeks back and she was saying that here sister that was pregnant with twins at the time was huge... she didn't have a measurement, but she did say that when she was 37 weeks with her twins she measured 50" and man was she SO HUGE... well I measured myself and I am .........53". I only have one in there and I am at 38 weeks, but seariously...I have only gained 5lbs with this pregancy too, so I know it's not my fat that is adding to it (there is still some there, but a lot of it is gone now) Anyway if you can't tell all I can think about is this baby right now. A lot has to do with the fact that I have surges (contracts) all day and they are hard to ignore but my mood is getting better by the minute and I think I'm going to turn on come music and dance for a while, it makes me feel better AND my baby loves it! Hopefully the next time I post won't be whinning about wanting her to come, but that she is here and how beautiful she is. I am so so so excited to have another baby here! I love her so much already and I can't wait to give all those people who love her too a turn to hold her!!! I love you all!

Here I sit

OK, so here I sit on the couch wishing that I was in the hospital having a baby. I had Andrew already by this point in the pregnancy and Ethan was only a week away from now... so hopefully she will come SOON. I have been up almost all night now 3 night out of the last 5 from all the contractions that I have been having and I am getting worn out! I know it's worth it but she really needs to make some progress soon or my patients is going to run out... not really I can't do a lot about it. (I have tried A LOT of the tricks they tell you to try) I know I'm not even to my due date yet, but I also know that every day that goes by she gets bigger... and with almost 9 lb babies already, I know she shouldn't be tiny.
Anyway I just wanted to whine a little, I can't wait to snuggle her, and share her, and smell her. And I can't wait to see her with her Daddy, brothers and all the other people that just can't wait to see her. I feel so blessed already... I just can't wait to see what she looks like and finally meet her face to face.

Family update

OK, it's been awhile since I wrote anything, and I really want to keep up with this, but it never happens... so here is what we have been up to lately.
Matt's office is finished and he is still working on getting settled into not working at home, and we miss him very much! We all cherish every minute we get with him! He's busy but we know it's for all of us that he works so hard.
E turned 4 last month and is getting so big. He is going through a fit through faze right now... but we love him in spite of it. He is a big help when he WANTS to be and he is obsesses with writing and drawing pictures. He would do it all day everyday on any piece of paper he can get his hands on. He played fall soccer and loved it! He didn't get the whole concept very well, (he was on the wrong side of the field most of the time, while the rest of the kids were far away) but he really loved it and looked forward to the games every time!
A turned 3 last week (Matt and I can't believe that our baby is 3 years old!) He is very kind and the best snuggler. He comes and gets in bed with me every morning for a little while and snuggles and goes back to sleep with me. This morning I layed there away for a long time just enjoying the moment, knowing that I won't be able to do that much after the baby comes, which could be in as little as 9 days... Andrew is so kind hearted and gives into his brother every time, but watch out if you start a physical altercation with him, he will get out his claws... which is a habit we are trying to break.
Alex (I) am almost 36 weeks prego and it seems like that is a factor in everything that I do right now. Some ladies in my neighborhood and I were doing a neighborhood preschool where we switched off who's house it was at and who was the teacher. It has been so much fun, but I am just too tired to teach anymore and so it is on hold for now. Hopefully it will be at someone elses house for December and we will see if we keep it up after that. My boys have learned so much and I have seen them grow... I really hope that we can work it out to keep going. I have been trying to get all my Christmas projects done before the baby gets here, but I have only begun, plus we need to clean out the baby's rooms so we have room for her things here. I have so much to do and so little energy to do it with... but hopefully we will be able to work together and get it all done soon.
We all had a fun Halloween and I have a few pictures, but there not on the computer right now, so I will have to post them later. I promise I am trying to keep up with the blog, but as all of you know, life happens, and there seems to be a lot of living going on over here!

A's concern

The other night I was cooking dinner and A was helping me to prep things in a chair next to me. He started asking me questions about our baby that is coming soon. I told him that the baby had to grow for awhile longer in my tummy. He looked at my tummy then at my back and with the deep compasion and concern that he often shows he said "Mommy, your back SNAP." I giggled and gave him a big hug and kiss and told him that I would be alright and my back wouldn't break.
I have defenately felt very pregnant the last few days as all my maturnity clothes no longer cover my tummy all the way and my back is beginning to ache... but I'm feeling great on the whole and can't wait for our baby girl to come, (but not too soon)!

Bunkbeds

I got the urge to finally work on the boys room, Alex awhile (about a year) ago put in curtains and shelves in their small closet (after I reframed a section of wall that was torn up at the time that they rewired our main electrical panels). However we still lack doors on the closet to be able to keep most of their toys contained in their plastic tubs. So as some of you may know when all of the toys are available to kids they all come out of the tubs and the mess is complete. Maybe the answer to clean kids rooms is to have very few & easy to clean up toys. So this weekend amid all of our activities and pukie kids (A) I decided to buid a cool set of bunkbeds. Its build from pine and stained a dark mohomany. The wood is also distressed to add a rustic feel to it. I especially like to stairs (not ladder) -a special thanks to Big Al who taught me how to lay out the treads. The room is a construction theme and someday I hope to add some storage and or other construction items just below the stairs and at the end of A's bed. E sleeps on top and A on the bottom. The boys love the room. "its a cool jungle gym", they say

Baby news

Ok, so I can't get to my scanner and I can't get the movie to work, so I am just going to spit it out without photo evidence, for now anyway...
IT'S A GIRL!
So she was so cute, she moved around and kicked me the whole time. The tech had a great time with her being photogenic, so we got like 30 pictures along with the normal DVD.
We are so excited to add a little girl to our home, and E is almost as excited as I am to go shopping for baby girl stuff!
(According to him "It's soooo cute!")
I hope everyone is well, we love you!!!

Trips, trips and more trips

Ok, so after we got home from Washington we went to Colorado to visit my grandparents (on my mom's side) and a bunch of aunts and uncles and cousins. The boys had a great time meeting everyone and I had a great time catching up! Matt was in Arizona at the time for training so he missed out, but we had fun without him anyway :). The boys spent most of the time outside. My grandparents watch my cousins' kids one is two and the other 5 months old. The two year old is a little boy named Corey and my boys got along great with him! They played on the swings, in the blow up pool, the sand box and with the bubble machine (my grandma has a great yard for that age!) I got to meet my little cousin who was given Danica for a middle name after me... what an honor! She was so cute and she inspired me to start scraping again after a dry spell. The last pictures is 4 generations, my grandparents, my mom, me and my boys... what a fun memory!

PS. I don't have most of the pictures on my computer, so here are the best ones I have, I'll have to get more from my mom.

PPS. We have our 20 wk ultrasound tomorrow, so stay tuned for a baby update! (any guesses, boy or girl?)

fun game!

My favorite website is having a fun contest that is tied into the Olympics. So here is the torch and if you are interested in playing along, here is the link to the forum.

Washington

So the boys and I came back from Washington early Monday morning. It took a few days to get back into things, and now we have caught an awful cold, but we had such a great time! We went with my dad, my sister Jenni and my little brothers. We went to see part of my dad's family. The Moore family was so great! We all felt so loved and appreciated! I spent a good portion of the weekend on laying on the couch, cause Jenni broke my toe on accident (no one's fault, but at least it wasn't my fault this time!). But they had a huge party for one of my Dad's cousins one night (they even had a DJ!) A was a dance freak! He really had a good time with it! Here is a picture of him doing the Macirana (sp?) with some of the older girls.

The Homestead

We spent the last few days at the Homestead Resort in Midway, UT (near Park City). We were there for a summer conference for Edward Jones (Matt's work). The work part really wasn't much of the time up there and that was even enjoyable! The sad part is we took the camera, but didn't take a single picture. I tried to get one from the Homestead website, but they are all on slideshows, and I don't know how to pause them to copy the pictures. Anyway it was beautiful and the boys and I spent most of the time playing on the playgrounds, swimming and "going on adventures" (as E says it). We really didn't do anything really exciteing, but we got to meet some great people and relax.

We have so much going on the next few weeks! Two family reunions, another trip to colorado, and Matt has a hike in Zions and a work training trip. So hopefully we will be able to update soon enough with all of what happened between now and then.

I hope the 4th is great for every one!

Ben's request

Here is one of the angles of the front yard makeover, a cool reflection picture of A playing in the gutter after a car wash. Look for the flag in the picture. There is also a nice pic of E. Enjoy!

p.s.-Lots of posts tonight, dont forget to scroll down. Bye!

Happy Father's Day

Alex got me this really cool bathroom mat and I had to show it off. Can you tell what it is? Now before I hop in the shower in the morning I can catch a few sets (waves). If I get good enough again maybe I can compete on the local circuit. Jealous anyone?

Tribute to Mom Y

I was strolling down memory lane tonight so I had to jot it down. So, here it goes: One evening while I was weeding just above the back yard brick wall Mom came out of the house and asked with a slight smile on her face, "Do you want to go and get a new pair of shoes?". A sort of odd question but the real thought on my mind was she probley wants to get me some wierd sale shoe from Payless or something. I was in the 6th grade and fashion was becoming more and more important to being "in" or socially accepted. In either case, I was nervious about what shoes she might have in mind. I must have seemed hesitant because Mom clarified what she had in mind by dropping the words "Nike Air". Now she had my attention. At that point in my short life I had dreamed for a Nike Air shoe. All of my friends had Jordans ($120) or some other cool Air shoe. Mom went on to say that she saw an ad and to come and see it (Hence the Big 5 ad). I saw the ad and I was jumping up and down inside-they were perfect. They were mid-tops, white and gray, swooshes on the side and "AIR" in large letter on the back of the shoe. I remember going to school the next day to find another kid just got another pair of new Jordans ($150), but it didnt matter. My Mom somehow knew that a $39.99 pair of shoes would last me more than a few months, the memory of how My Mom loved me would last 15 years. Thanks Mom-Love Ya!

8 is not enough

This post is especially for my Sister in Law Allison, who reads new blog posts at the speed of light... so here goes. Baby Yrungaray #9 is on it's way... we are due December 19th. (for those of you who don't know us that well, I am not having my 9th... it's my third, but it is the 9th for their side of the family) I am feeling fine, I'm actually into my second trimester and I can't believe how fast life is flying by this time around. E and A are way way way excited they talk to the baby all the time and give it snuggles. My side of the family has known for a while now, (cause I'm a reallybad lier/fibber and they figured it out) but we wanted to tell they Yrungaray side until Mom and Dad got here so we could tell them in person.
So here is the challenge, Allison, you have to get pregnant before we have our baby so that there is a Yrungaray girl pregnant at all times for the next while... like a crazy relay race... what do you think? (that means your next after that Steph) LOL I love you girls and I hope we are all blessed with lots of kidos!

Congrats Bri & Kevin

Sabrina and Kevin are the proud new parents to a beautiful baby boy. He was born Saturday 5/31/08 @ 6:30 am. Congratulations! He is so cute!!!

Surf's Up

Happy Birthday John (May 16th, 1960-j/k) and thanks again for inviting us to come along with you to the new FlowRider (stationary wave) in Ogden, UT. It is very similar to the wave we used to ride at Pharo's in Redlands, CA. My buddies (Aaron, Ben, Brian, Mark) and I used to be able to do dropknee, dropknee spins, cutbacks, belly-spinners, rolos (although kinda lame on the flowrider) and I even pulled off a dropknee board shuffle (180). We used to have such a good time when the waves at the beach were small to nothing. It was the perfect summer alternative to small beach waves. Memories, memories....

Alex's New Caravan

Today we picked up our new (to us) Dodge Grand Caravan from a dealership in American Fork. The Van is a 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan with 83k miles, it is marron, has the normal power features which includes a DVD for the boys, all in all its a great find. The reason for the new addition to our family was that last week Alex was in an accident the left her fine (although a little sore and shaken up), but left the car totaled. Was searched high and dry for a great deal for what we wanted and found it. Alex does a great job on the net finding those hidden treasures. Great job babe! Here are a few pics. -Matt
p.s.-The second pic shows the custom b-ball hoop out the top of the roof. That is not error, we got it installed so that we can shoot hoops on those long drives to Cali. Sweet huh?

The Yard

Here are the before and after pics of the yard. We finally laid sod this week on Tues 5/19, it was the hottest day of the year (90 degrees) but it was great to have it done. A neighbor and Big Al helped in the afternoon and I was gratful since I had been by myself for the previous 5 hours (the sod gets pretty heavy by then). We still need to work on the flower beds but we do have some of the plants for them. Alex after the sod was down said, "the yard looks so much bigger". It does look larger and the green to me seems so vibriant. Anyhow enjoy the pics.-Matt

Ayudame!

Ethan's language classes have finally paid off. This morning he got stuck underneith the kitchen table and yelled, "Ayudame!" (Help Me!). He was using his Spanish skills that I have been drilling into him for the past 3 years, ok so maybe he got that off of Diego the TV show.

My Job

Everyone has been asking me, What is it that you are doing right now? So, I thought I'd give you an update. I have been open for business for 12 weeks now. My Day consists of meeting with clients that I have met through door knocking & refferals to help them find solutions to their financial needs (save money on taxes, save for retirement, create income from savings and start education savings). During my first 17 weeks, there are 3 goals that I must meet in order to stayed employed with Edward Jones: 1) opened accounts 2) earned commissions 3) new prospects (doorknocks). I have met the 2 of the goals(accounts and commissions) already and I am working to get the rest of my prospects. With a little effort I hope to crush all 3 goals.
All of the those details aside, what I strive to do is become a solution to all of those I meet. I take all opportunities to learn from my trainers, mentors, analysts and money managers. I have learned a ton but look forward to the day when I can look back and say "man, Ive come a long way".
Ive met a lot of interesting people out there, here is one of them,
My favorite customer quote,"you need a bling-bling new car to be successful broker"-this comes from someone with several bling-bling cars but nothing in the bank. He needs to read the Millionaire Next Door.
So to summarize it all, I meet with clients , recommend securities to meet their financial needs and constantly seek new clients via knocking doors. The Edward Jones system is simple and has worked for decades. If all goes well I should have my new office about 8 months from now. You'll all be invited for the Grand Opening.
Last of all, Ive learned that everyone can invest a little today to have a whole lot tommorrow. Id love to help everyone save for a rainy day. Please call me if I can help you save money on taxes(aka: need a tax deduction?) or help you get better returns on your savings. See ya out there!
-Matt

Two more projects down and 2 more to go. Here are the results of my latest project completions. The hall electrical panel, if you recall the wall around the panel has been boarded up for the past 18 months due to the electrical overhall of the house. So finally a new sheet of drywall was put up, mudded, painted and then the trim was reinstalled.

The icing on the kitchen pantry cabinets is by far my proudest moment as a DIYer and weekend warrior. I made a custom countertop. I custom cut MDF material to fit the shape of the countertop I needed, stacked another piece underneath it and then glued them together. I then bought some laminate that matches the rest of our kitchen and cut it to the shape of the sides, and top. I then glued the laminate sides on, routered the edges flush and then proceded to do the same to the top piece. After the dusty cleanup, it was done. Not only does it look good but cost a fraction of a profession shops price (my cost $125-awesome huh?)

My next projects include he hand rail, window sills and then of course the landscaping (I forgot about that, its a big one)

we are still alive

so first off thanks for Allison for the encouragement to get posting again! I have been very busy lately!!!!!! One of the things that have taken up a lot of my time is a digital scrapbook contest. It has been so so so much fun! It was like the amazing race... we had a couple of stops at different web sites each week for six weeks and we had to make a scrapbook page according to their requirements. Some of the challenges were pretty easy but some of them made me go way out of my normal realm of style! I have loved being stretched to the max at times, but Matt has been very jealous of my computer as of late. So with the race winding down this week Matt is really excited and I am ready to take a break too.
Here are a couple of the pages that I have made, I hope you like them!

this layout we had to do in "altered art" style... it was tough to do in digital for me... I like to do these kinds of things in a more hands on way, but it was fun to try!

This one had to have so many of all different types of elements... so 6 pictures, 5 frames 8 flowers... all from one designer. It took along time to gather everything and then put it just right onto the paper, luckily it was supposed to be done in "hodge podge" style, which is supposed to be messy!

We had to do a page about our most memorable trip. I had a few trips to pick from but I chose the weekend get away Matt and I had in Park City. The pictures had to be in black and white and include some song lyrics in the journaling. I had a fun time with this page but there are some things I would change now that I am looking at it again.

This page had to be all about me... I took a silly approach for the journaling, but I love the look of the page!

This was the first challenge and we had to make the page at least one half our favorite color, use our favorite embellishment at least 3 times and put pictures of our favorite things to scrapbook about. It was fun to try to and figure out how to put my boys on a page that is purple with big swirls on it. But it turned out cute. I think I will change the journaling to "I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy..."

As for Matt and the kids, they are all doing great! The boys are getting bigger everyday and A can talk so well it surprises us over and over again! Matt is working hard at work and on the house, both are moving along well. The kids are really anxious to get outside all the time, but most of the time it is still pretty cold! But we get out as much as we can. I hope everyone is well!

Very Pretty

So my parents tell me all the time that I need a little girl, not so much for my sake but for A's. (They're afraid that he likes girl things a little too much, and since I don't have a girl I let him.) Well this picture is case and point. I was on the phone for just a few minutes getting some information. I went to find him and he had the mascara in his hand putting it on very skillfully without a mirror. He actually got some on his lashes, which impressed me, but he also put it all over his lips and eyes. I thought that you all would enjoy this, I think he looks a little like a scarecrow.

Newest Home Projects

Here is the latest progress on my in house projects. I finally tore out the beat up drywall around the electrical panel, put up a new sheet of drywall and then taped and muded the seams. It still requires another coat of mud and then some swipes of the paint brush. I also tackeled the custom laminate countertop for our new desk area in the kitchen. I still need to sand it and then apply the glue, laminate and then router the edges. It was fun to see more on the house take a step toward competion. The last remaining project is the hand rail upstairs. Who knows when that will actually happen.
-Matt

just to catch up a bit

Ok so there hasn't been anything outragiously cool the last couple of weeks (we did have fun at the Superbowl party though). But I did want to update a little, mostly we have been sick, well for a day or two and then sick again... so I havn't been sleeping much!
I do have another blog that is really boring right now, but I entered a Digital Scrapbooking contest so there will be lost of fun stuff on their soon! Our team name is "I don't give a scrap!" (my friend Jenny's husband came up with it funny huh!) Anyway there will be a bunch of new scrapbook pages on there each week some of them staring non other than E and A. So you can check it out ever once in a while if you want.
Love you all!
http://idontgiveascrap.blogspot.com/

Super bowl

Ok, so if you hadn't already heard we are doing a casual thing for the super bowl, but I want to get the word out. I e-mailed this invite to a few of you, but if it didn't get to you please feel free to come! Plus I liked the invite so I wanted to let those who aren't close by take a look at it.

cuddle bugs

Both of our boys like to cuddle, especially at night. So it didn't surprise me a couple of nights ago when I checked on the boys and A had fallen asleep in E's bed, and by the morning they were right next teach other, so risking waking them early, I snapped a couple of pics. But last night I couldn't stop laughing when I went to check on them before going to bed I found a mess of blankets and boys in a pile. In fact E was using A's bum for a pillow! The sheet was all but off of the bed, and there were blankets everywhere! Needless to say a few more pictures were taken this time. It's a good thing E is in a twin now, I would hate find out what they would end up like in the toddler bed!
Alex

Playing in the cold, cold snow...with Daddy

I came home the other day and Matt was getting the boys ready for playing in the snow outside. They were so cute making a snow fort with their dad, I couldn't help but take pictures of all three of my boys, and then I made a scrapbook page of the pictures, so here it is.

100 Best

We won, We won we shot the Beebe gun, you lost, you lost you ate the applesauce. OK so maybe Edward Jones didn't get number 1, but 4th best company to work for isn't something to shake a stick at.
Check it out: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2008/
-Matt

What would you do?

"Crank the wheel to the right!", the auto center salesman said as he inspected my car's tires. "Yep, I'm sorry but... we can't fix the flat. The nail in your tire is too close to the side wall and it probley won't hold air very well. You'll have to buy new tires...all 4."
I was floored. Shocked. Mad. Speachless. Less the 2 years ago I bought these premium 65k mile tires and the warranty and now here I was 23 months and 19k miles later sorry out of luck. According to the salesman, the wear on the tire's shoulder was excessive and because of that they would not fix the flat nor replace my tire. I drove away.
I was in the parking lot when I grabbed my phone and called a mechanic buddy of mine in Salt Lake. "I've never seen that model of tire go the full tread life, it's a defect and a known issue. You need to ask for a partial credit toward a new tire or go see the store manager.", he said. So, with info in hand and determination I went back to get my new tires.
24 hours and some very compelling arguments later the issue was settled. I believed that the warranty contract, the comments of my mechanic friend and the wear patterns of the tire proved an open and shut case for my side. However, the whole experience was stressful and expensive for both parties.
So, if you found yourself in this same situation what would you have done?

Yeah!

Thanks to Allison and Ben's examples of how to put kids down the right way... in our opinion. We have started to do things their way and it works!!!! I was spending 1 1/2-4 hours a day in my boys' room holding their hands, rubbing their backs...reading books, singing songs...anything to get them to get them to go to sleep. AND NOW... after 3 days of working on it they are going to sleep much faster and I can get stuff done in that time. At the moment I am sitting in the hall way while they put them selves to sleep... mostly for their comfort.... it was a compromise with E who was terrified the first night in the dark by himself... but this way I can at least read or work on stuff on my computer!!! I have been so much more productive the past few days and so much happier.
OK so I didn't explain the new way of putting them down. They get ready for bed like usual...pjs,brushing teeth... then we read one story, sing one or two songs, tuck them in, give them hugs and kisses and leave. It is a total of 15 minutes or so for both nap time and bed time and I am free to do other stuff!!!!!
Anyway I feel very silly now about all that time I wasted just sitting there when there was such a better way. Thanks Ben and Allison for helping us to have the confidence to try something new, without even knowing that you were helping us!
Alex

The Beck's for Dinner

Heather and Ernie Beck are part of our chosen family (there's no blood connection that we have found yet, but we can keep looking!) They take good care of us and we love them so, so much! We went over to their house for dinner while we were in San Diego. They fed us well and entertained our boys, with the movie Toy Story, so we could catch up and tease each other. Our boys also entertained everyone else. We laughed as E and A did their break dancing and E perched himself on Ernie's shoulder for an extended period of time for no good reason except he said it was comfy. As the night went on the boys got tired and A got a little grumpy... but if you know him you know this is pretty typical.

We also had a surprise visit from another great friend Kim Crisp, who is like a sister in so many ways... we were only missing a few people to make the family complete... we missed you Ryan and Rachel!

We look forward to seeing you all again soon, in the mean time here is a few photos of that night.

Alex

one more picture

There was one more picture that I wanted to post with the last, but it will only allow so many each post (I will have to figure away around this soon!) Big smiles and loves from all of us!

Alex

An evening at the park

We went to the park one evening with the cousins. The kids had fun, but Allison and I had our work cut out for us trying to keep up with 5 kids! AND I wanted to take a few pictures to boot. Here a couple that turned out ok (it was getting darks so the lighting was not so good in a few of them).

Alex