Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! My plan is to "simplify" next year, which means I will have more time to post to this blog monthly (I hope). We are all doing well, crazy busy this time of year, but very thankful for ALL the blessings, family, & friends God has blessed us with! More to come soon! Enjoy the holidays and the celebration of our Savior's birth!!

Love, Kari

Noah Andrew

Our Noah you are 3.5 years old now, potty trained :), full of energy, and talking all the time! You love your snacks and the chance to watch movies. You aren't real fond of Benjamin wrecking your train set or every other toy you are trying to play with, but you are good and only knock him down every now and then. You love to wrestle with Dad and Benjamin, to try and ride your bike, to help me with laundry, cleaning, baking, to play outside and to ask "why". Yesterday you asked, "Does God go potty?" I responded "No". Then you went and asked Papa, "Is God a person?" Papa told you God is a Spirit and Jesus was a man when he lived on earth" and you responded with "OK", and off you went to play. I love seeing the world through your eyes! You still love to snuggle and I love that! You are growing up so fast our big boy! We love you Noah Andrew!

Benjamin Jae

You are climbing on everything, getting into everything and running everywhere! that is a crazy combination! We love your deep chuckle, when you say Mom and dadda! You want whatever your brother has and want to do whatever your brother is doing... which doesn't always make him happy. You have a very strong will and plan, but at the same time are also a sweet, snuggly baby boy! Not really a baby for much longer, but you are our baby and we love you so much Benjamin Jae!

Family Pictures

It has been a while... my excuse is busy boys, summer, and life! Here are some family pictures we had taken by a photog friend of mine from college. She does amazing work... it was fun to have something different... and the boys even had fun too! It is hard to get family pictures of 1 and 3 year old boys, but they did a great job.... even Andy was good :) More post to come shortly!

Happy Mother's Day!

I love my three boys (one is really a grown man...most of the time)... and our baby in heaven! Thank you God for blessing me this Mother's day with such precious gifts!! I am truly grateful for the blessings they bring to me daily! Happy Mother's day to all!

1 Year old (March 8th)

Our baby boy is ONE!! It is so hard to believe you are already one! The year has gone so fast...and you amaze us with something new every day... you like to say "momma, dada, and Uh-oh". You sign "all done" and "more"... usually for more food while eating-one of your most favorite activities! You just started feeding yourself with your spoon which stresses me out because you are not as neat as your brother, nor do you care!:) I love your giggle and your newly found deep throat laugh... you love to climb on, through, and over anything and everything, push buttons on the TV, computer, phone, remote, etc. and you love your Mom & Dad! You love to find us in a room and crawl straight toward us wanting to be held close. You love to chase your brother and Eddie. You are taking more steps everyday, about 8 right now, but prefer to crawl since it is much faster. You eat everthing except you don't care for canteloupe (at least this week) or Kix cereal. You have had less ear infections than your brother, but still had 2 double ear infections thus far... hopefully that is it! I love your sparkely blue eyes and your infectious giggle. You are a sweet boy and we are so blessed to have you in our lives! Love you Baby Boy!

(more pictures of the actual birthday to come)

We've got a climber

Benjamin climbs on everything!! His new fav is climbing on the train table to re-arrange his brothers hard work...naughty and loving it!