My cutie pies

Need I say more? :)

We have a CRAWLER!

Yep, Riley is now officially mobile. Yikes! He started slowly a couple days ago and now he thinks he's hot stuff. This morning Shawn went to get him up and he was on his knees holding onto the bars on his crib--first time he's done that! As Shawn put it...."it's all over now!" Our little baby is turning into a big boy. That makes me sad!! Maybe it's time for another baby? No, I think we're good at the moment! :)

It's Our Day!

To my wonderful wife:

You are the best wife and mother and I feel so blessed to have you in my life.

Happy Anniversary!

Love,

Shawn

9 years and counting!

Thank you for 9 wonderful years honey.... Happy Anniversay! I love you.

Act of Kindness

Today on our way home from church we decided to swing by Starbucks for some coffee (tall soy extra hot latte for me, in case you were wondering :). As we reached the window to pay we were told that the lady in the car ahead of us had already paid for our drinks--we were stunned-- in a good way! So we decided to keep it going and paid for the car behind us. It made us feel happy all day long. How one simple act of kindness from a complete stranger could have such a wonderful effect. I hope the giving continued all day long in that Starbucks line. It makes me want to do things like that a lot more often.
So, my challenge for you is: brighten someone's day this week--your kindness may touch them more than you'll ever know.

Riley's teeth

If you look closely you can see Riley's two little teeth poking out...or click on the picture to enlarge it.

He's so cute I can't stand it!

Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas! The kids did pretty darn good in spite of all the excitement. We loved our time spent with family and had SO much delicious food. My favorite moment was watching Austin get into his stocking Christmas morning and finding "Spencer" the train....his FAVORITE train. He couldn't wipe the smile off his face and that was just the beginning. Seeing Christmas through a childs eyes has got to be one of the most rewarding, precious, fun things ever.

More SNOW pic's

We had an AWESOME time in the snow---still can't believe we got as much as we did, it usually NEVER happens here so I was a little camera happy---who knows if this will ever happen again!? Each night we'd put the kids to bed and then Shawn and I would go out and play in it.

It was so fun, we were like 2 little kids trying to savor every last minute of it.....now it's gone and we want MORE! :)