Just snoozing away

Here are the two little sweeties snuggling. Most nights, they look like this. They share a bed and do so with little trouble. I'm thankful!
























The other day, I found Jesse like this.....so poised! He is just too cute!

Jesse's birthday celebration

And finally, here is is just as happy as could be with his cake. It looks like it is pretty exciting to be a three year old!

(These pictures were supposed to be in the opposite order! Someday, I will figure it all out.....)













Here he is blowing out his match-candle. I realized, too late, that I didn't have any candles upstairs and since he is the fourth child.........yeah, we improvised!














Here he is hammin' it up for the camera. He is one cute little fella. It had been a long day and I already had them all bathed and pj'ed.













So here is his train cake. Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm such an artist! He really loved it!

Just a little profoundness (is that even a word?!)

The other day, we had to go to Kathy's office to look at some things. While there, Elias was playing with some magnetic word strips. The sentence he made was "The answer to victory and success is time."


If you think about it, that is pretty profound! I told him that was true, my true victory and success is how the kids turn out. I hope they will be good citizens and that they will love and live the gospel. So, that does in fact come back around to the profound statement that Elias came up with, because it really is determined by the amount of time I spend with them.


The kids have been enjoying the summer, I have enjoyed it for the most part. They love being outside and now that Eva rides a two wheeler well, they are off riding bikes most of the morning. They have been pretty good about doing their chores, all things considered, and helpful with other things I ask them to do.


Tuesday, we went to a political rally for a man running for county judge. Before they blessed the food, the politician led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. Elias' voice was loud and clear. He is definitely proud to be an American! He got a lot of looks and smiles. He even got a high five from one man after the Pledge was over. He isn't embarrassed to let people know what he thinks and feels! I am really proud of him. Saul said the Pledge well too, he just has a softer voice an wasn't heard as Elias was. Amazing kids!


I have signed them up for the summer reading program. They have been reading/being read to now and they like it very much. That is about all that is going on here for now. Maybe something interesting will happen today and the next post will be more interesting!

Sunday singing!

Saul and Elias sang with the choir today. We sang "There is Sunshine in My Soul Today". They both did such a great job! Elias really got into it, I'm sure some of you can imagine......Chad and I received many comments on how cute they are and how well they sing. Most people could hear Elias singing. He has a great voice. If Saul sang louder, they could have heard him too. Many people also told the boys they had done well. I'm so proud of them!

The kids had a great time at Callie White's birthday party yesterday. Even after almost 4 hours, they weren't ready to leave. The kids--Joshua-6, Marion-5, Callie-3, and Delaney-1 are close enough to the ages of ours that they really enjoyed the time together. I will be sad to see them leave at the end of the summer :( It is so fun getting together!