Aren't boys sweet? Especially to their mothers....

So I was just sitting here, trying to take it easy, and the boys ran in from riding their bikes with these beautiful pear tree blossoms!!! One of those small moments that makes you so happy to be a mother to such awesome children...so our world is going to change in the fall ( or late summer) with the addition of another tiny sweet spirit to our home. It is going to be a new experience for us, as it has always been with the addition of a child. This time around however, we will get to enjoy pink and baby dolls and things that are just foreign to our home. That's right, today(with a 90%) we learned that the baby inside my tummy is going to be a little girl!!!  It is very exciting and a bit overwhelming....Isaac has been praying for three years straight, not missing one night, for a baby sister. The witness of his faith was given today, and will be when she is born , to this sweet little boy with so much faith! Charles  now realizes that he has much to worry about and look forward to. I am just still in shock and the boys of course are thrilled! Bridger screamed"yeah!!!", Gage asked " but when is she going to come out?" and Isaac smiled with tears in his eyes and asked "really? they really saw girl parts? " and then the exhilaration followed... I am so grateful for all of my blessings and pray that the Lord will be with us as we invite this precious spirit into our home. And on a side note: I know that I have one niece in particular who is going to be ecstatic about it all! That's right Nya....you finally get a girl cousin:)

Happy Birthday Gage!

Today we went to Chuck 'e' Cheese's with Gage to celebrate his 5th birthday! He kept asking to go there and Mom and Dad finally agreed and it was a blast. I love that the kids had a great time and I had hardly any work to do!!! Gage, with the help of Grandpa, Grandma and his parents, earned a total of 500 tickets...he was thrilled and I think that the adults had a little fun as well trying our hands at the ol' games. I can't believe that we have been so blessed to  have Gage in our lives for 5 whole years now. I was going through pictures of him (in the last 5 yrs) and remembered all of the good times that we have shared. He has always had such a sweet and loving spirit. He has always been mom's boy from the very beginning, and he will still tell you that to this day. When he was tiny he was just a "gerber baby"! Big round cheeks, a sparkle in his eyes and a huge smile to melt your heart. He can still melt your heart today with his big hugs, great smile and compliments that he dishes out to me on a daily basis. He loves life, star wars, his brothers and family!!! He is such a great little guy and I can't thank my Heavenly Father enough for the gift of his life and that we can share in it....Happy Birthday Gage! We love you.

Easter....

Easter was great! The boys thoroughly enjoyed hunting the eggs the bunny had left behind and eating all that candy until they were sick. Easter dinner was great with the family(Mills side) and all thanks to Ann and her willingness to have everyone at her house for the meal!!! I know i wasn't up for it so many thanks to her. Most of the family had left when the boys discovered the beauty of a hot tub....the new one that sits in Ann's backyard. After cute little pouty faces and big eyes, they were allowed a trial in the tub!!! They loved every minute and we had to pull Bridger out kicking and screaming when it was time to go....Gage for that matter as well. Bridger found a new best friend in his cousin McKenna!!! He just absolutely adores her and she seemed to have a lot of fun with him as well. Happy Easter to all!

Neighborhood Annual Easter Egg Grab!

Now I don't call it a hunt because there is no hunting! The eggs are all laid out and age groups are assigned, a whistle is blown and the kids start a grabbin'....they love it though. Every year they look forward to the traditions that our Ward and neighborhood have. What ever happened to the good ol' fashioned egg hunts anyway? I guess we will have to reinstitute them in each of our own homes to keep it alive!!! The wind was blowin and it was so cold. I was here in a hot shower trying to rid myself of a headache that so frequently plagues me this pregnancy. Dad and the boys had a good time though but came home with very red noses and frozen little fingers...

A Great Night with the Kids!!!

On Wednesday night we took the boys to the Tree House in Ogden for the "Mad Hatter's Tea Party"! We indeed got to go to wonderland and share in the story of Alice and all her crazy friends. The boys met the Queen of Hearts, the Rabbit, the Mad Hatter and the Hare, and of course the musical caterpillar. They began the evening with the Queen of Hearts trying their hands at her favorite rendition of croquet, Flamingoes and Hedgehogs! Of course the rules were that she had to win but it was fun none the less. The queen asked the children if they liked to play games and what games did they play. Children began naming Monopoly, hide 'n' seek, memory, etc! Then the queen asked Gage and he excitedly told her he loves to play the wii!!! The queen laughed and said she had a Wii too and that it was very fun. Leave it up to one of my sons and the Wii is ever present on their minds!!! The queen was getting a little worried by the time we were going to move to the Mad Hatter's because Isaac was getting very good at croquet and she didn't want to take off his head! (remember only the queen can win) He was proud though. Then we were off to make hats for the Mad Hatter's tea party. As we were making our hats the rabbit was playing hide and seek with the kids and finally Alice spotted him and she took off running after the rabbit and the boys though that was so hilarious. I wish i could have recorded their hysterical laughter!!! Then it was on to the tea party where the boys were instructed in proper tea party etiquette by the Mad Hatter and the Hare. And finally we ended in the magical forest with the caterpillar and his dum dums!!! They sang fun songs with nursery rhymes and the kids got an instrument to play along. The boys really enjoyed themselves and can't wait for their next trip to wonderland. It was a really fun night and we got to drive home in dumping snow and wind!!! At least the boys thought that was fun too...

Kids say the cutest things!

So last night we were eating dinner and Gage took a huge drink of water. He turned at me and with a huge smile said, " Mom, don't you love my water beard?" I saw water on the fine little hairs above his upper lip and it finally clicked...you know the ol' milk mustache!!! Except for his was a water beard. He makes me laugh!

Snow! Blah...

So it used to be that I really enjoyed snow days and it is not to say that I don't but the older my children are getting, the less they are enjoyable. So Isaac is out of school today due to Quality Teaching Day, and he is bored out of his mind. You see this could have been an awesome day if it had been warm and sunny! He could play outside all day with his brother and his friends and i wouldn't have to sit in the slump of "no more wii, no more t.v.!!!"What else can you do when it is 3o degrees outside and raining/snowing all day? The other half of the problem is that I have absolutely no energy and not a creative thought is passing through my head today!!! What do you do? Just get through this "blah" of a day and hope that someday soon we will see the sun and feel its warmth again! You know in about 3 months from now I will have the complaint of too much sun and heat...and so life goes!