2010

2010 has been a year of changes, a year of struggle, a year of learning. I cannot say that ran smoothly or was wonderful but there were some great moments along the way. Here are a few highlights.

I turned the big 30 in 2010 and celebrated with my best friend of 25 years with an awesome party with our family and friends.

We welcomed our fifth baby in March, he has been a wonderful addition to our family and provided us all so much joy.

Bobcat started pre k this year, Sunshine started first grade and Buttercup started 8th grade, her last year before high school! We got them all into a wonderful, small school that we just love.

Though we struggled financially we have been blessed to be able to spend more time as a family this year. Kevin has been home more than ever and that is better than all the money in the world.

Sunshine learned to read this year, he also learned to ride a bike with no training wheels!

Bulldog has changed from a baby into a big boy, became a big brother, learned to sleep in his own bed, made huge vocabulary leaps and learned to pedal a trike.

Bobcat is doing well in , learning letters, shapes, colors and adjusting well to all day school.

Buttercup had her first broken arm, her first boyfriend and her first broken heart. She also had her first job over the summer and learned the joys of earning and spending money.

We have found a new church that we love dearly, made lots of new friends and are growing in our faith more than ever before.

We have grown and matured in our marriage. In 2011 we will celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary.

God has blessed us in so many ways this year and we praise him for that. Looking forward to all the New Year has in store!

OU Bike Ride - Nice December Day

It was an awesome day on Thursday and so the family went to OU to let the boys ride their new bikes. Little bulldog loved keeping up on his trike and just had a blast. It was so nice outside for late December. Wish every day could be like this one.

9 months

On Christmas eve. this little one turned 9 months old! I feel like a broken record when I say he is the happiest little thing ever, but it's true! He is pulling up, cruising on everything, pushing his walker toy. He still just has two teeth, but the top two are just about through. This boy LOVES food, I have yet to find anything he does not like. He starts off the mornings with a big bowl of oatmeal and fruit and he usually says"mmmmm" the whole time he is eating. In the last week he has learned to clap and he uses his new skill often. He is such a joy and I can't get enough of him!!

Christmas 2010

I know it is almost New Years and everyone else posted Christmas pics days ago but I have been savoring every moment with my family and have not had time to blog! For the first time in years my husband has been able to spend most of the break with us and we have been playing games, playing with new toys, watching movies and today even spending the day outside riding bikes (it was nearly 70 degrees here)!! It has been so wonderful to have no schedule, no agenda just time to spend together enjoying the season as a family. The kids got, as usual way to many things but they were all most excited about their pillow pets!! Looking around on other blogs it looks as though every kid got a pillow pet this year.

Merry Christmas

Hoping your holiday season will be blessed by the joy of togetherness and filled with God's goodness and grace.

A visit with Ole St. Nick...

One of our yearly traditions is visiting Santa. The kids love it and I love it as well. Seeing their faces light up (ok, sometimes they scream) when they see him and hearing them tell him their wishes, is a treasured memory to me. This year there was no crying, only happy faces!

The happiest little elf I know..

I always go overboard taking photos at Christmas (yes,even more than usual) especially when it's one of my kids first Christmas's. I love the sweet innocence, the excitement over all the lights and decorations and of course the cute outfits and hats! Some of my favorite pictures of all my boys have been in this hat and so of course I had to get some of Krews in it! He didn't let me down, look at the precious faces he gave me!! Love him! He really is the sweetest, happiest baby and I think is shows in these pictures! I really love the two little teeth shining through! I don't know about you but I think being a mom of young kids is even more fun than being the kid yourself!!