Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Spring

Last week it got into the 80's and we were outside almost the whole day. A week later it is snowing. The kids love playing outside and eating popsicles.
Tanner helping my Dad mow the lawn. My Dad found a dead mouse underneath his lawn mower and put in a ziploc bag. Tanner carried it around trying to scare me with it.
My youngest sister, Leslie, had her senior prom this weekend. She looked really pretty. I thought she looked like she was ready for the red carpet.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Happy Easter!

2 years ago today, Eric and I got to go to the temple for the third time together to be sealed. This time it was to have Tanner sealed to us. Aubree was already sealed to us, but they let her come in anyways. There is not many things more special than being sealed to your spouse and then to be able to have each of these two sealed to us. I don't even make into the room without losing it. It was different to not have to go to the temple to have Travis sealed to us. Five days before the picture above, we found out I was expecting. We have been so blessed!
















Thursday, April 2, 2009

Lots of Pictures and ADOPTION

The weather got a little bit nicer, so we tried to get some pictures of the kids outside.

Love this picture.


Tanner acting like a monkey.

Love this girl! My sister, Sara, put a little lip gloss on Aubree's lips, so she kept doing this "delicate" smile. I can't believe how old she is getting.
Aubree said some funny stuff this week. One day she had some some gas and tooted a bunch. After every toot she would say, "excuse me." Anyways, she walked across the room and tooted with every step. After saying excuse me with every step, she said "Sorry, I have crazy gas." Aubree also always says that things are "pretty, kinda" instead of just pretty or kinda. For example, she would say, "Mom, that's pretty, kinda cool." or "It's pretty, kinda cold in here."
Tanner has the coolest blue eyes.




Travis is so handsome. He has the cutest smile.


We tried to get a picture of the kids before church.


These three kids are so amazing; they have completely changed our lives. Our lives are busy, fun, and wonderful, with these amazing kids. Interestingly, throughout the past year, Eric and I have felt strongly that we need to become approved for adoption again. We are just finishing up that process, and we plan to be approved within the next couple weeks. Within the last decade, the majority of adoption placements have happened through networking. In other words, the people who are reading this are an important part of our network, and if you know of someone who is pregnant and may be interested in placing their baby for adoption, please keep us in mind. If you feel inclined, you can refer these people to our blog and give them our contact info - we will be adding a link to our blog that will allow viewers to see our adoption profile. Adoption has been and continues to be an eternal blessing to us. We love our kids, and we are so thankful for the blessing of being parents. Thanks.

Last week after Tanner went to the bathroom, he signed(pointed to his eye, crossed his heart, and pointed to) and said "I love you" to his poop as he flushed it down the toilet.I took some pictures of my little sister Sara.
This was our April Fools joke this year. These are actually meat loaf with pink mashed potatoes spread on top. It is pretty funny to see people eat them.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

RIDE

Time is flying by. I can't believe it is almost April. We are doing good, besides all of us getting some sort of bug that caused throwing up and "something else" not fun. We are on the mend and can't wait till it gets warmer out. Eric found out last week that we was accepted into the RIDE program. The University of Washington dental school picks eight students who get to do their 1st year and most of their 4th year in Spokane. It will be nice to be so close to family for an extra year (and only have to live in Seattle for a little over 2 years).

As I was looking through all my pictures to see which ones to post, I didn't have too many to choose from. Most of them ended up being of Aubs and half of them her hair looked crazy (I promise I do her hair).
I love her! Aubs is so beautiful! Aubree is growing up way too fast. She is learning things so fast. She has decided she wants to be a doctor and is learning a lot of anatomy terms. I can't believe all that she can remember. She loves listening to stories, especially stories about Jesus. Eric will tell her stories of Jesus at night when he puts her to bed and she'll remember details that he won't even remember telling her. Aubs is also getting so good at her prayers. She has even started helping Tanner with his prayers.
Aubree loves to dress up. The picture below, she came downstairs with these stickers on her shirt (the letters in her name and a 3).
I came into our family room and found Aubs on Tanner's lap, reading him a book. They sat like that for a while. They are so cute!

Monday, March 9, 2009

Crazy!

Tanner decided this week that he wanted to go poo in the potty.  I never even asked him if he would like to.  He was taking a bath and went(in the toilet).  Ever since that (last Monday), he has pooped everytime but once in the toilet. They even came and got me while he was in nursery and he went.  I still can't believe it.  This is Tanner, who just last week was still pulling other people's poop out of toilets (sorry about the graphic nature of this post).  He has no idea with peeing, but the less diapers poopy diapers I change, the better.  I am so proud of him.  Hopefully this isn't a fluke.
My dad teaches the kids gymnastics every Saturday.  
Handsome Tan.  I love this boy!
Aubree and Tanner are such good friends.  
Aubs checking herself out in a mirror.
Tanner has the BEST laugh.  It is just infectious.  He is such a happy boy.
Travis is 15 months old now.  I can't believe how old he is and how big he getting.  It is crazy for me to imagine that Trav is the age that Aubree was when I found out I was pregnant.  
This is what I saw when I looked back from my seat.  It is enough to make me cry.  

Tanner got into my mascara and if you look close, you can see his fat lip.  He slipped on some tile flooring and put his teeth straight into his top lip.  Blood was everywhere and his gums turned all purple. He is all better now.

We love to pop our own popcorn for our family night treat.