I'm not going to blink

I love the songs that have deep meaning, what can I say I am a hopeless romantic.
First, let me apologize about the lack of posts. I have some really cute pics that I want to put up, but something happened to our computer and now I can't download my photos. I am working on that problem and hopefully will have that resolved shortly.
But in the mean time I had to post tonight to record a tender moment that I don't want to forget. My younger son had a rough day making some not so good choices and was in time out twice today. This evening after bath time we had a disobedience issue and he lost a privilege. He was, to say the least, upset. (Add in a very tired little boy and you get lots of tears!) He begged and begged for the privilege back, and I almost caved. It was breaking my heart to see him so upset. I picked him up in my arms and walked him to his room where we read scriptures and had prayer. He cried some more when I asked Heavenly Father to help Evan's little heart be comforted. After I got the others in bed I came back and laid by him and his brother. (Ev didn't want to sleep in his bed, so the two boys were sharing a sleeping bag on the floor.) It was so sweet and wonderful to have both my boys there snuggled up to me. I love my little family. And though at times it is tough to be a parent, it is wonderful to comfort them and help them to see a bigger picture. I definitely did not "blink" as the country song would say.
I will post pics as soon as I can.

Cute bugs!

This is my cute little bug. My mom got her this outfit and it makes her look so grown up. When my husband saw her in this he couldn't believe how big it made her look. They grow up too fast.











These two were so excited to find a bug on our little tree. They were playing discovery and finding all sorts of things this day. But this was their greatest find! I love spring time when everything is new and exciting.

Sunday afternoons

This is our sunday afternoons after church. The other sunday I actually got a nap in and when I woke up my boys wanted to show me what they had created. I am not exactly sure what it was suppose to be, but let me say that for the next week I found tape and yarn everywhere in their playroom!! Creativity does have its price!









Yesterday after church Evan is suppose to be changing his clothes and he comes out and says to me, "Mom, look at my superman costume!" He was very proud of himself.











At night it is a treat to pop popcorn, since we just got a new air popper. And it is the only kitchen appliance that my daughter is not terrified over. Anything else that plugs in she is scared stiff and is frozen in place shaking hysterically! But this is a fun thing, if you can't tell from her face.









We love Sundays!!!

Easter activities

Saturday before Easter was our Egg Hunt. Nat loved the Easter bunny, but not our boys. I could not get either one to go near him. And Nat couldn't get enough of him, she just kept walking up to him and resting her head on his lap. It was really cute! Then she found a lady there that had these cute little baby ducks. She and I fell in love with them. I wanted to get one so bad, they were only $10. It seemed like the perfect pet. You keep it for 6 weeks and then take it down to our lake and realease it and you can visit it when you want. My kind of pet. But my husband predicted something bad would happen to the poor thing. Then I read a friends blog (who had 2 baby chicks) and just as my husband had said is what happened to both her chicks. But they were so darned cute!!












Easter Eve I went to check on our kids and this is what I found on the boys top bunk. How can that be comfortable! If I slept like that I would be absolutely sore in the morning. He is hilarious.














I could not get my kids together for an Easter shot on Sunday morning. But I definitely wanted to get one of Nat. I have discovered that I love her in green. She is so darned fun to dress up and she loves for you to tell her that she is pretty.
I never take enough pictures when it is all said and done. I need to just go picture crazy. It is better to have too many than not enough!!

Spring happenings

We had another soccer game on Saturday and they took pictures. The running pic is to show you how Evan runs. He literally runs just like this-all the time. He is not going to rush himself, just loving life!

For Spring Break we hung around the house and had fun together. One day we went to the zoo and the boys were excited they got to see a baby crocodile! I wasn't very good at taking very many pictures during our break. Gabriel actually had the same week off as well, so we all had fun times.

A late Texas Christmas

We got our "White Christmas"(a little late) but the kids didn't care. Evan actually thought that Christmas would shortly follow. We had so much fun. It snowed on a Monday night, did you see the great shot with the moon and the snow falling? Really that is a ball our kids left outside, but it looks neat!! As you can see the snow was already melting the next morning. And Natalie really loved eating the stuff!(Yuck!) I could not keep her from putting it in her mouth.

Then it snowed again on Thursday while Zach was in school. They closed school early and they were out on Friday! Yep we actually had a snow day. The kids had so much fun. When Zach came home Thur he went straight for the backyard and started to make a snowman. Evan didn't like the flakes falling on his face, but Zach could care less.


On Friday the finished their snowman and Zach insisted that they had to dance around him, singing the "Frosty" song. Funny, huh! Natalie had breakfast outside!!! Then we went sledding on our great hill in the backyard. We had some make shift sleds, since we thought we would never use a sled in Texas. Even Natalie had fun sledding. By 1:00 the snow was pretty much gone. We sure loved it while it was here.




That morning in our prayers I said that we were thankful Heavenly Father had sent the snow. Evan was amazed that He was the one that sent the snow. So he decided that he was going to pray for snow every day! It hasn't worked yet, but stranger things have happened!

World of sports

From basketball to soccer we seem to always have a sporting event on Saturday. Thank goodness they are not during the week. Zach finished his first season of basketball and Evan started his first season of soccer. They are so cute out there running after the ball. It is cold somedays, but once they get running they aren't bad. Hopefully we can get a shot with Evan and the ball. Most of the time he just enjoys chasing the rest of the group!