The new family member...

Tater

We decided to try to curb Allie's pet obsession by getting a cat. POOR CAT!!!!

We probably should have gotten a dog, but I think cats are less work. Pretty sure he thinks we HATE him because she is CONSTANTLY chasing him and trying to carry him yelling "Here Kitty!!". He RUNS and HIDES really fast when he hears her coming most of the time.

He is a SWEET cat and loves to follow Brian around! He likes to sleep on Brian's feet. It still kind of freaks us out that there is an animal roaming around our house on his own! I have enjoyed watching how much the boys like to play with him too. Jake isn't an animal fan. The cat is less intimidating to him than a dog would be. I can see why they say animals are good for kids. He relieves anxiety by letting them pet him...he loves to lay under our table and play with drinking straws!! We like him a lot and will hopefully adjust to keeping fur off of our furniture soon......

He's 11 months old and de-clawed so we can keep him inside.

Now we have 2 Leopard Geckos, a Russian tortoise, @50 fish in 4 aquariums, AND a cat....

we might be charging admission to our zoo in the NEAR future!!!

OUCH!!
Allie's road rash...

Jake took her for a ride in the stroller, he was being such a good big brother and even buckled her in. He tipped her over on the neighbor's driveway and she came home with this...

She was completely devastated that her face looked yucky!!!

"I am totally in the hands of the Lord."

Gordon B. Hinckley
Getting up at 2 AM has it's advantages and rewards. Quiet time to myself to ponder, pray, think, see, listen.

ALREADY over????

Nate played his last regular season game ALREADY!!! He has a couple of tournament games this week but, I can't believe that his Spring season is over! It went WAY too fast! We REALLY enjoyed watching him play!!

Allie whines while Bri watches seriously

After the game.......

Our FAVORITE soccer field friends

STINKIN CUTE KIDS MAN!!!

Game Face?????

NOPE!!! GAME FACE!!!!!
Why so SERIOUS Gray????

my blue

"If you EVER want to eat again......" Yikes!!

U10 Arsenal Blue


GREAT SEASON GUYS!!!

It was FREEEEEZING cold but so much fun!

Pictures....

Quiet MINUTE

All in a row

Deep thought SPAZZZZZ!!!!!!

Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us,

we see the past, present,

and future.

~Gail Lumet Buckley

My Bri & The DaddyMitch

Michael
every time.....

memories

Love

Lycia

Gary

Woolley

popcorn popping at Great Grandma's house

Beautiful Great

Grandpa

Jakey

Easter Sunday
Cuties

stressed out
SAD

Allie+egg= ^

Do it AGAIN Daddy!!!!!

I LOVE looking at faces! Especially the faces of the people I LOVE!!!

Something is wrong with my camera...I can't get Jake's baptism pictures off of it. It was such a good day with a LOT of famliy, laughing, good food, and great conversation!!

I am so proud of my Jake for making a decision that will impact the rest of his life and the person he is becoming! He is a sweet, thoughtful, tender-hearted, athletic, smart, big and little brother with the most amazing blue eyes I have ever seen!!! I love that kid!!!

TiMe.....

We are still alive...just trying to get through the Easter holiday and then we'll post again! We have been BUSY, as most everyone else. We have had soccer, scouts, RS, Elders Quorum, babysitting, crafting, work, CLEANING, 2 "friend" birthday parties, CLEANING and on Saturday we will top off our extreme 2 months of craziness with Jake's baptism and Easter!!!

Allie turned 4 on March 13 and Jake turned 8 on March 20!!! It shocks me that I am the mother to ANOTHER 8 year old AND my very last BABY is 4!!!!

Time goes WAY too fast!!!!! They are growing up right before my eyes! I am so blessed to have HEALTHY, happy, BEAUTIFUL children, but a little scared that I just blinked and my babies are gone and in their places I have amazing spirits in big kid bodies with minds of their own!!!

I am so grateful for the opportunity we had this past week to enjoy conference! It is always amazing to me that no matter how insignificant I may be feeling in my life, our Prophet seems to share messages for ME!! he knows exactly what I need to hear and when!!!

I saw this on my friend Lynne's blog and thought it would be fun to take part in.

So here's the deal: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 for you! 2. What I create will be just for you. 3. It'll be done this year. 4. You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a card. It may be a scarf or maybe even some creation I haven't yet dreamed up. I may draw. I may bake you something and mail it to you. It may not be big or impressive. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure! But lets be honest here. This is me and I will likely do something amazing. =) So come on, sign up! 5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post 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 post this same blog on their blog and leave a comment telling me they did will win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Let's keep the chain of love going around!

Heehee...this will be fun!!!!!

If you don't live in Harvest hills, I need your address so i can mail or drop by!!