Family Picture Outtakes...

Everyone has been telling me how great our family photos are. I have tried to convince people that they are not all wonderful and no one seems to believe me! I agree my kids are pretty perfect but they still have their moments.....

See I told you we don't always take perfect pictures!

3 and 4 Year Old Photo's...

Ignore the white out on the scanner! I'm to lazy to fix this!

A Heavy Heart...

A Heavy Heart. I always debate if I should post stuff like this or not, and have decided that it is my blog and if people don't want to read about it that's fine they can stop reading the blog. I want to remember ten years from now how we felt in regards to our sweet baby boy and this is the best and easiest way for me to keep a journal of everything happening in our crazy lives. Lately we have all been missing Jeret like crazy. It is funny how it comes and goes. Some days are easy and while we still think of him we are not overwhelmed with sadness. We can function and make it through the day. Lately that has not been the case. Lately it has been REALLY hard. I don't know if it is because the older Colten gets the farther away we seem from Jeret or if it is just a part of life that we will never overcome. I can't stop thinking about this sweet boy.

I wonder what could of been. What his personality would be? Who he would be today?
I know that this is a part of life but today it doesn't seem like a very fair part of life. I'm missing my baby boy.

Lazy Sunday Morning...

What's better than a lazy morning? These two slept until 9, and then wanted to lay around and watch cartoons. What a great start to the day!

Future Bat Boy...

Well you are looking at pictures of the future bat boy for Kansas State Baseball. We got his uniform last night and he is VERY cute in it. We are so excited for him and it makes the start of the season a little more tolerable! I am happy that he will be able to do something that he loves. I do have my doubts on if he will really do it when the time comes, but I guess time will tell. I'm sure he will hold his attention for a couple innings every game but have my doubts on if he will be able to handle it for the entire game. I'm glad he will finally be able to put his love for the wildcat's to good use!

Bath Time...

Yes, I realize that my children are going to hate me for this someday, but I don't really care! Colten recently has decided that he HATES (the word hate is an understatement) taking a bath. It is the only time he throws fits, and let me tell you they are brutal. So I had to share a rare happy moment of him in the tub.

Wordless Wednesday (On Thursday)...

Snow Day...

The kids have had SEVERAL days off school, and activities recently due to winter weather (I am very jealous) and they have been making the most of them. They have had LOTS of time to play with cousin Bricen which is always the best for both of them. Here are a few pictures of the snow day fun!
Isn't he sweet?

Playing outside. BRRR!

Don't know what he's looking at but he's focused.

Forget the sleds they are just going to roll on down the hill.

Miss Mya took a bath on her snow day.

Different day, and they STILL want to play outside.

He is fine with the cold!

They really do love each other.

Snow days are the best in their opinion!

I also thought I would share that I recently turned the blog into a book and am SO happy that I did. It is very cute and the 2010 one is 400 pages. CRAZY!

Karate Kid...

Okay now that I am done freaking out over the fact that my kids are WAY to big, I will go on with the post that I sat down to do.
Colten started karate! He LOVES it and I really am glad he is enjoying it so much. I wasn't sure when we signed him up but to see that look on his face, is wonderful. He goes two nights a week. He was quick to make friends, and really gets into what the teacher is trying to make them do. The one thing that makes me laugh is when we get home the SECOND he is in the door he is ready to change his clothes. I ask him why he wants to change so fast and his answer is that his outfit is only for karate. What a great boy!

Here he is getting ready for class to start. I told him to smile but he said he had to do a Karate stance! Goof!

Take two. I love the look he is giving me!

Sitting with his friends waiting for class to start.

During class. I was afraid to take to many pictures....I didn't want to get in trouble. Those instructors are scary!

Growing Up...

Well it's official my children are growing up WAY to fast. It breaks my heart. Really it does. I want them to grow, explore, and learn new things but at the same time I want them to need me forever! I want them to want to spend every waking moment with their mama! To scream and cry when I drop them off at Grandma's or school. They don't do ANY of these things any more. I realize that them growing up is a part of life but at the same time why do they have to do it so dang fast. I have a FOUR year old and a little girl who is going to be THREE in about a month! It is absolutely crazy to me. Why does time have to go so stinking fast. I want these two to stay little forever and ever! I guess that's what I get for having them so close in age. I'm glad that they are at this point but at the same time I wish I could freeze time. Seriously how can they be in karate, gymnastics, dance, and school? Aubrey should MAYBE be a month old!

Wordless Wednesday

New York...Plane Home

Naturally I had to take some pictures of the kids on the plane home! I should have done it on the way there but we were all scattered about in the plane from Manhattan to Chicago and then if you remember we ended up driving form Chicago to New York so the pictures didn't happen!

New York...The Pier..

While in New York we also visited The Pier. It was really cute and the kids LOVED the big boats parked at it. I still am not over the fact that there is water SO close to huge buildings. It was really neat to see.
To get to the pier we had to walk through wall street!
I wanted Justin to buy me something from Tiffany's but he said no!

Wall Street

The Brooklyn Bridge. Very neat.

Like I said I can not believe how close to the water they have built. It is CRAZY to me!

SO many birds!

Checking out a boat.

Aubrey was tired and just wanted to sit in the stroller. Fine by me!

They had lots of cute little shops. SO fun.

What a great experience for everyone!