HaPpY 40th BiRtHdAy ToM!

Tom turned 40 on Sunday. It was
a nice day to spend together as
a family. I made him waffles
for breakfast.

We gave him so fun presents and cards. My
friend let me borrow this great sign to put
out front of the house. It said "HONK! It's
Tom's 40th Birthday!" He wanted to take it
down once he saw it but I told him it had to
stay up all day!

And I even snapped this "sweet" shot of
him wearing his new sunglasses. He doesn't
look 40!

Happy Birthday Day Tom!! I love you!!

Spring Time

Easter morning with all the excitement
I forgot to take pictures of the kids all
dressed up in their Easter clothes. So,
here is my late attempt at getting them
to take some "Easter" pictures. Landon
was napping when this one was taken.

Love this pictures of Tom, Caleb & Teagan.
This is Tom's 40th birthday 4/19.

After church I got some pictures
with "Little Lando" or "Little" as the "Big"
kids affectionately call him.

Caleb, Teagan, Savannah and Landon,
all having a good time!

My HaPpY BiRtHdAy!

Yesterday was my birthday and when I arrived home
from the gym a little before 7am, I walked into
a house filled with the aroma of delicious French Toast!

Tom had gotten up early and made me breakfast
for my birthday. I thought it was so sweet and looked
so good, I had to take a picture before I ate it. He is
such a great husband and father and he is so good to
me. Thanks for helping make my birthday so wonderful!

I also had so much fun with many of my good friends at lunch!
What a wonderful day to spend visiting with friends who I love
and admire so much. Knowing them, makes me a better person.
They are ALL such good examples to me. Thanks for thinking of me,
and spending time with me on my birthday and for all the special gifts,
but most of all for your friendship.

HaPpY EaStEr!!

Landon coloring Eggs for the first time!
He loved it.

Caleb and his sweet lookin' egg!

Teagan loves his egg!

The kids outside after the Egg Hunt!

HaPpY EaStER!

The kids had a blast coloring Easter Eggs!

Savannah after she found her basket

Teagan after he found his basket

Landon with his car. He loved looking
for Easter Eggs with the big kids and
with Tom. He really got into this year
and had a blast.

Happy Birthday Landon!!

Ten Things We Love About Landon

1. His sweet spirit
2. His hugs and kisses
3. His Laugh
4. The way he says "peas" Please and "orry" Sorry
5. The way he plays with his siblings
6. His big beautiful blue eyes
7. The way he runs
8. The way he tries to keep up with his big brothers
9. His smile
10. His charm

Teagan took this picture of Landon

Teagan and Savannah made Landon a "birthday cake"
topped with two sticks for his "candles".
He loved it and they got to knock it down together.

Happy 9th Birthday Caleb!!

Happy Birthday Caleb!!
10 things We Love About Caleb!!!

1. He is a hard worker
2. He is sensitive
3. He loves Boy Scouts
4. He loves to read
5. He is really good in Math
6. He is kind
7. He is helpful around the house
8. He loves to play with Landon
9. He LOVES FOOTBALL!!
10. He is a good friend, brother, son and grandson

Caleb enjoyed going to Amazing Jakes
with his cousins Zoe and Jacob
and of course his family.

Afterwards, we celebrated at home
with presents, cake and ice cream
(just in case we hadn't eaten enoug)

After Christmas Fun!

Landon got this Lil' Quad for Christmas that
he loves. So does Savannah but they do a good
job sharing and Savannah likes to push him
around on it.

Landon riding his Quad

I had to put this one in here. Teagan insisted
I take a picture of his "first beard" as he called
it. He was so proud of his beard I couldn't
dissapoint him.

I just love this picture of Savannah. She is all
ready to go to church and I was so excited
because she did her own hair and I thought it
looked cute. Her older brothers still refuse to
do their own hair (the claim they don't know how,
but I think they just like the bedhead look),
so I had to enjoy the moment.

Christmastime

Oh, it already seems so long ago, but
this was just a few weeks ago, on
Christmas Eve. Here is Papa with
Caleb and Jacob. They go to "play Santa"
and hand out the gifts to everyone.

Christmas morning, I love this picture...yes, it's
blurry but I love seeing these two boys being so
happy and nice to one another.

Feel the love?.....I know Landon does. The big
kids had so much fun with him this Christmas.

Here they are "helping" him open one of his
presents. They were all really cute and sweet
and he was very excited.

Temple Lights

One of our favorite things to do each Christmas
season is go to see the Temple lights. Here is
Caleb, Jacob and Teagan in front of the visitors
center.

Tom and Jen enjoying the lights!

Landon loved looking at the lights and hopping
around. He had a great time especially once we
let the little guy out of his stoller.

Julie, Savannah, Grammy and Jeff (Were is Papa?)
He was somewhere around there, probably taken
a picture of the grandkids.

Thanksgiving - better late then never

Every other year we get to have dinner with
Tom's side of the family for Thanksgiving. His
Mom reserves the church builiding and everyone
brings a side dish while Tom and Sharon make
the turkey, ham, deserts and other side dishes.
We always have such a good time with all the kids
playing together. The enjoy being together as cousins.

Landon (20 mos.) and Tom
This year we had one long table that we all sat
at, it looked perfect until a nameless child (hint),
it was one of mine. Through a ball to his cousin
and the cousin missed and it hit the table. Not
just the table but smack into a full pitcher of water
and sent the water everywhere. It was a big mess
but the only one that was really upset was the one
who through the ball. The rest of us, just figured
it was bound to happen (since we were eating in the
gym and most of the grandchildren like to play sports).

Savannah had a great time too! Being surrounded
by boys and boy cousins doesn't seem to
slow her down to much.

Uncle Steve pushed most of the grandkids are
the gym on the underside of a table as they
were cleaning up. See this group can have fun
doing anything. (notice the large amount of boys).
Go Zoe and Morgan way to stick in there.

7 Random Things about myself

Ok, my friend Laura tagged me over a month ago. "Share 7 Random Things about yourself". This was hard for me, not only because it's a crazy time of year (I haven't been on my blog much at all) but also because I can't think of anything random about myself. I have lived a very normal, average life... So, here is my attempt at sharing some random things about myself (or maybe not so random).

1. I was born in Michigan but grew up in Southern California with two wonderful loving parents and two awesome brothers...I moved to Arizona when I went to ASU (Go SunDevils!!)...I'll leave the date out, but let's just say... Arizona feels like home now.

2. I love to play golf, hike, bike ride, workout and scrapbook (none of which I have much time for, but love it when I do).

3. I have four wonderful children and an awesome husband who is really good to me. (that might be unusal too, these days).

4. I am claustrophobic

5. I worry a lot about being the best Mom to my kids, to help bring out the best in them, to teach them to love God, to be kind to others, to be hardworking and to love life and to be happy...

6. I get stressed out whenever I feel like I'm failing my kids in these areas (which is almost daily).

7. I hate a dirty/messy house, but try to balance that with what's important...having fun and enjoying my kids at every age & stage. And spending good quality time with my hubby.

The following three people are tagged: 7 Random Things about myself
Jaymie F.
Michelle M.
Alissa P.