OK WHO'S IT GONNA BE? LUCKEY 5!

So I love this idea and decided that I could actually do it ,Lucky you! The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year. {might be a little while}
4. You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or maybe even some creation I haven't even invented yet. I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows?
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!


* * *Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!*

SEANY IS MY SUPER SPECIAL BOY!

So do you ever get so wrapped up in life that you begin to forget about the small and simple things that make you happy, well Sean really made me stop and think. Sunday after church we got home the same time Ben got off work, I was up stairs talking to Ben and telling him about church, when Sean came up stairs and asked us to come to "his party in his room", at first I kind of brushed him off, thinking he wanted me to feed him something, but he got more and more persistent, in asking us to come to his room for a party. Well we finely went down and he had created this whole "party" for us and all of his stuffed animals, he had drinks and snacks and stuff to play with ,I was so impressed that a 4 year old could put so much imagination into this little room,( I was never very imaginative as a child I could never think this up,) It was so cute he even brought baby snacks down for Sofie and her bottle so she had something to drink, Ben was loving it ,we all sat down stairs in the boys room for at least an hour just talking and playing games, it was a blast ,I was able to spend such great quality time with the kids and Ben, we really needed that, thank you Sean for being you and always making life so much fun I am so grateful that heavenly father sent you to me.

WE ARE POTTY TRAINED!

Finally we are completely potty trained, it is so nice not to have to buy diapers for Ryan any more.He just couldn't hold it in any more and he just sat down and went.(sparing the gross details) He just loves it now and we can't keep him off the toilet, he will push out anything, he's so proud of himself, it's totally cracking us up.I've counted 12 times today and it's only3:30, anyways, I'm so estatic our super stubborn child is beginning to, relax and hopefully enjoy his little life. Next on the list is his horrible pickyness. We'll see how that goes in a few months, one step at a time. For now I am just so happy he's getting there.

BOYS WILL BE BOYS

Sean loves to push and it gives him a good workout

Ben held Sofia while I worked on teaching the boys how to pedal

They can be so weird in front of the camera

Josh was just so happy that enough snow melted that he could ride his new bike.

So I'm really bad about blogging and I just wanted to give a little update, we are all doing great and so are the kids , we are all getting over this horrible cold, but it hasn't lasted long, so it's not so bad. We are anxiously counting down the days till our Disneyland trip in July, we are slowly working on family goals of more Christ centered family home evenings, and emergency preparedness. Sofia is about to turn 11 months old and is cute as a button, she is trying her best to stand and take steps on her own, she still army crawls everywhere, but so did Ryan, she still has no teeth but I think they are about to pop out at any second. She is such a joy and I can't help but be totally in love with her. she is just such a happy girl! The boys are great, Sean's speech is really coming along and Ryan always cracking us up with his attitude, which has really started to come out.Josh is loving school and is doing very well in it. He's reading his scriptures every night like a madman, he loves having his own set. That's all for now, hope everyone is well.