House Projects

Check out the before and after of our house.

We painted the shutters black and put on a new roof. :)

Easter 2012

We had a great weekend it was the start of our Spring Break and Easter. The weather has been not too cool and not to hot perfect for playing with friends in the back yard sandbox, riding bikes, jumping on the trampoline, and enjoying being outside. Friday we cleaned the yard up and had an Easter egg hunt and died eggs. Ariel, the boy's babysitters saw them looking at what they got in their eggs and she said to her dad "aww will you had eggs for me?"

Oh, did I mention that Adam and Zachary started T-ball. Adam was really hesitant to play on a team but once we got him there he really liked it. Ahh, relief! They were so So cute out there in the big helmet and uniforms. Adam and Zachary really liked the structure of the sport and that there were specific tasked that they were suppose to do as apposed to soccer where it was just a running mosh pit of cleats and shin pads. The coaches that they have are wonderful. Zachary's favorite part was when they played catch the coach and they chase them around the bases. When they caught the coach they dog piled on him. Zach was in heaven.

Sunday morning I got the kids ready in their Easter outfits that I have been planning for months. If I am not going to have girls I'm going to have fun matching my boys in super handsome wares.

On Sunday afternoon we had the McIntyre family over for dinner. It was so nice to have another family over to share Easter celebrations with. We really enjoy the McIntyre's. Not only do we have a good time with the Mom & Dad but our kids have a really good time too. After our dinner we had a big egg hunt in the front yard. Our neighbors came out with their big dog with got the babies squealing with delight. the fun migrated to the back yard where the kids ate candy and jumped on the trampoline till dusk. So much fun.

Turning One

Andrew is definitely the most get into everything baby that I have ever had. He opens up the cupboards and pulls out all of the bowls and pots and loves to drop them all over the floors to make the biggest bangs that he can manage. He has been crawling since he was nine months and cruising shortly there after. Andrew LOVES to eat. He will eat anything even Brussels sprouts. It is a nice change from his older brothers who instead of eating their oatmeal they would rather ware it. Oh, Zachary would smear his breakfast all over himself as if to have a full body experience.

Andrew doesn't stop smiling from the time that he wakes up to the time he goes to sleep. He is a joy and I am so blessed to be his mom. I often think about how I've been blessed with noble and great children of my Heavenly Father to take care of and to bring up in the gospel. They really aren't mine but His and these little ones are just on lone to me to be under my stewardship for a time. I pray everyday that I will bring them up unto God and that they will grow to have their own personal testimonies of Jesus Christ. I witness of their purity everyday and their meek tenderness. They are my often my teacher and reminders of what this life is really about.

Andrew's Birthday was nice. We met up with some friends at a park to play. Pam surprised us with a lil'party. She brought mini cupcakes, treats, and a gift. Andrew was delighted and had a great time enjoying eating his cakes and opening his present. I have such good friends.

We had a family celebration but we got back from the park later than i thought and everything was running late so by the time we got to gifts and cake Andrew was really tired. All he wanted to do was lay with a push toy that he got the day before. Finally he opened a gift and Adam and Zach helped with the others. He got some cars and enjoys playing with them.

Sunday we celebrated with some friends. I made cake pops, cookie cake, and funfetti birthday cake. I went a little over board with the deserts but I had a good time doing it and I wanted to make the 1st birthday special. I hope that is was. We love you Andrew. I feel so blessed to have you as a part of our eternal family. While I was in the hospital holding you for one of the first times I thought to my self Adam taught me love, Zachary brought peace in a time of turbulence, and Andrew adds to us joy. Happy Birthday Andrew, you are so loved.

St. Patrick's Day

I don't' know what got into me this year but I decided to have a good time with St. Patrick's Day. Zachary saw that Valentines day was "red day" and was excited to have a "green day". It was important to him so we made a celebrations out of it. We threw up some decorations and the crafts that the boys did at school. As the day approached Adam talked about leprechauns and gold etc... the night before a leprechaun put some goodies in the boy's shoes, put streamers all over the house, left a treasure hunt for our guys to find. I put out a box of lucky charms with a special note on the box. I have to say i felt like super mom. It was fun to have a special say and treat the boys to some good memories.

That afternoon we took the boys out to Sandy Hook. Adam and Daddy got to climb up into the still operating lighthouse tower. They said that they could see the NYC skyline from there and that it was really cramped up there. Zachary was disappointed that he wasn't big enough to go but we went on our own adventure. We walked around the old base and got to see some old bomb shells from WWII. After the light house we went to a beach on the inside of the bay. They had a good time looking at the rocks, shells, and animals that we found.

Sleep Over!!!

Julie and Philip Nell had planned to go out of town and we offered to take care of the kids so we had a sleep over! We played games, ate pizza, watched a movie (Mirriam went home b/c her parents ended up not going) and slept in the spaceship tent.

It was the funniest thing. All three boys crammed their sleeping gear and bodies in this lil'tent. When I went up to check on them I saw Sam's arms hanging out the tent door and on the other side Adam's feet poking out. They played pretend that there were on the planet icecream and had many adventures. I really enjoy Sam being one of Adam and Zachary's friends. He is so creative and fun and is easy to please.

In the morning we had doughnuts and chocolate milk. Man, I am such a nice mom. :)

President's Day Weekend

duke farms

Camden Aquarium

The shark Tunnel

There were sharks swimming all around us. 

I think that we did a good job of making this four day weekend a lot of fun for the boys. The weekend fun started on Thursday after school. Adam got to go to Sam Nell's house with his friend James. While Zachary had Miriam over here to have a dance party and eat yummy cookies.

Friday Sheryl Cranga and I packed up all of our kids and took them to the Crayola Factory in Easton PA. It was really cute they got to see how crayons and markers are made and get some samples of each. Then there were a bunch of activities that they could do. It was so nice to have friends to go with on our fun adventure.

Saturday Josh and I took the fam to Duke Farms. It is a huge! private estate of Doris Duke (old tobacco money)and we went for a little hike and saw some really beautiful statues etc. We really want to go back there in the Spring.

Sunday was really nice. We had Kerri & Drew Hart over after church for a visit. Adam and Zachary really enjoyed beating on Drew. I think that Josh enjoyed that someone else got a turn as the punching bag and I just enjoyed the company.

Monday we went to the Camden Aquarium along with everyone else in the area. I couldn't believe the amount of people that were there. The line to get tickets was literally around the block. By some miracle a guy walked up to us and handed us three tickets and we were able to get in for free!!!!! I was really happy about that because we were about to drop over $100 to get in. We were able to see the sharks in the tunnel and that was the most important thing for us to see that day. There is a ton more to see and do there but when you get in for free it isn't hard to leave while you are still ahead.

Monday we took our crew to the giant aquarium in Camden on the delaware water front over looking the Phillidelphia skyline. Well everyone else decided to go there today too. i was told that today they had the most visitors there on record. It was a zoo of people. We were about to abort our mission but randomly we got handed tickets by someone leaving. We only went through one zone but that is all we needed. We saw the sharks and oh were the boys excited. there is a tunnel that goes through the

Valentine's Day 2012

This year I wanted for the boys to have valentine cards that were unique and different than the regular super hero ones. So we made pictures with them holding pvc pipe and made it look like they were holding a giant lolli-pop. I thought that they turned out really cute. I pinned on the boy's shirts felt heart and Zachary wanted me to write a message on his. It said "I want to have a dance party with Miriam". He was very proud of it and when he got to school he found Miriam to show her. He got to have his play date the next day with her.



So this is the Valentine,  I just punched a whole at the top of the stick and inserted a heart shaped lolli-pop.  I thought that they turned out really cute.



Josh brought home flowers and a very nice card. I don't know why but I was surprised. I made a special dinner for the fam we had heart shaped raviolis. I wish I would have taken more pictures but....I feel like I was doing pretty good to just do all that I did. I feel like I'm still adjusting to three lil'ones. I also am taking on more crafts and projects that have taken up more of my free time so other things have been pushed to the way side. I'm really grateful for the opportunity to expand my talents.

Because this is a holiday that celebrates the love that you have for family and ones you hold dear I want to take this moment to express my love for my family and how grateful that i am that i have the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ in my live. it is my knowledge of the gospel that gives me the eternal perspective that families are forever and this lie is just a practice period a time to prepare for greater things and roles.