Holly kisses

Holly is my cuddliest kid. It's a quality I adore. I know I can always get hugs from her. Today she came up to me and said "After I eat my apple I'm going to give you a kiss!" I love her.

Crazy cute kids

Every night Daniel and/or I read a story to our kids before bedtime. Two nights ago as I was reading I look over and find that Holly has a new hobby...and she seems quite good at. She now likes to scale her doorway and then jump onto the floor in her room and go back and repeat. This girl never stops making me smile.
As is tradition in elementary schools around the US...Andrew's class got to participate in the Chick it Out program at school. Drew was so excited. He loves animals just like his mom did...I still do but don't want them all as my pets anymore.
I love my kids...and how they find joy in such seemingly little things.

Happy 10th anniversary to us.

We're heading home from a surprise trip to St. Louis that Daniel planned for us to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. We got to go to a Cubs vs. Cardinals game and to a play at the Muny(an outdoor theater). Both were awesome. We've accomplished a lot over the last 10 years. We have 5 amazing children and 1 on the way. We've graduated from BYU together and Daniel successfully finished his PhD. We live in a lovely house and have met many wonderful life-long friends. We are blessed.

What a deal?

Saw this cute shirt idea and decided to make a shirt for both of the twins. It sort of goes against everything I've been saying about the twins since they've been born but it's certainly a cute idea. You do not get two for the price of one with twins. We more than paid double for them.

Hey that's MY....

Most kids start out with some of their first words including mine or my or anything possessive like that. I'm usually annoyed by this and constantly telling them it's not YOURS and we share. One thing I'll never grow tired of though is when Max says "hey that's MY Henry!"...or when Henry says "Don't hurt MY Max!"...to come to his defense when someone is fighting with him. They love each other and it is so sweet. :)

St. Louis

Here are a few pictures from our recent adventures in St. Louis.

When Daddy comes home

Recently Daniel went out of town for a conference so the kids had to suffer through life with only me. As you can imagine that was pretty tough. Needless to say when Daniel got home they were thrilled to see him.