Newbies of Grant and Eric

Here are some newer pictures of Grant and Eric. They are growing up so fast! These are my handsome boys - look at those eyes!

We played a game involving flour. This is what Eric ended up looking like at the end of the game!

Time for num-nums!

He has discovered that buttons are amazing!

Look at those dimples!!!

This is Eric practicing gymnastics like Janae. ;)

Grant love to help Mommy empty the dishwasher!

Fun Activities!

One little girl was bouncing for joy this weekend...literally. :) We signed Janae up for gymnastics. She has been practicing head stands, hand stands, flips, the splits, back bends, etc. all summer long. (And this is all self-taught). I have been wanting to start her up in gymnastics for a long time, but we were only now able to do it. She's a real natural and she LOVES it SO much! I'm happy to see her so happy!

Check out the cute outfit we found at Target. I love Target! :) And Miss Jacey gets to start ballet tomorrow! We went shopping and found her a beautiful outfit and pink ballet shoes. I think she's a little excited too! :) She looks very elegant all dressed up. I can't wait to watch her too!

Back To School 2015!

I can't believe we're already doing this: It's back to school for the girlies! They were excited to find these cute dresses at Target, so they decided to be twins on the first day at school. Janae also found cute necklaces that matched. One said "Big Sis", and the other one said "Lil Sis". Love my sweet girls, I miss them when they're gone!

Eric only has 1 year left before Kindergarten. And I will not even start counting for when Grant goes - I just might make it illegal for him to go to school. ;)

Our Growing Little Grant

I just wanted to share a few new picture of Grant since he is growing so fast! Grant is a very happy little guy. He loves to smile, give slobbery kisses, gnaw on my jaw, giggles when you play peek-a-boo, loves to eat every kind of food, loves to be held, and especially loves eye contact. He is a thumb-sucker, and has a little bit of strawberry-blonde hair (I think it's as close to red as we're going to get!). We can never get enough of him! :)

Greetings!

So, it's safe to assume that blogging is a luxury that doesn't get done very often. ;) Sorry for the long lapse in pictures. I thought I would post a few events so that you can see how the kids are growing, especially Baby Grant. He's already 6 months old! I just can't believe it! Birthdays: We had 2 December birthdays to celebrate: Eric turned 4 and Janae turned 7! Eric got a Hot Wheels loop, and a set of play tools. He also got to go to lunch with Mom to IHOP, his favorite!

Janae was brave and got her ears pierced! One of her favorite gifts was a music box, and she got a cute new outfit with a scarf. Janae picked to have breakfast at Kneaders.

We also blessed baby Grant! He and his cousin were blessed on the same day (they were born 3 days apart), and so we decided to have a dual-baby blessing in my Brother's ward. It was so fun, and we enjoyed having family come to share the special day. Thanks to everyone who came near and far!

Grant is on the right, and his cousin is on the left. :) Dane and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary!!! We had big plans to go on cruise for our 10 year mark, but we had a baby instead. ;) So, the kids and I decorated our family room so that it looked like we were on a tropical island. We did everything like we would have done on a cruise: played games, snorkeled past the fish that we colored, enjoyed yummy food (went out for dinner), and drinks (I made Brazilian Lemonade...my favorite!), danced to music, etc. We had a lot of fun sharing the evening together!

The kids surprised us on Valentine's Day. They had been planning some kind of 'surprise' for weeks. They had even asked me to go shopping at the dollar store for the occasion. ;) They told us to sleep in that morning, and we delightfully complied. When we were finally allowed to go downstairs, they had made us breakfast and served it so nice and pretty. They gave us valentine's cars, cookies, beautiful blue goblets, and served us juice, fruit, and toast for breakfast. Talk about sweet kids!!! We feel so blessed to be their parents!

We left them a few Valentine's Day surprises the night before too. :) And here are a couple of other pictures of the boys playing dress-up. They are a couple of very handsome little dudes!

Some Happy Things...

I thought I should update our blog with some fun pictures that make me smile. :) Here we go!... This is Janae on Crazy Hair Day at school. I think she could have won an award for this one! And no, I did not use wire to make it stand up, the hair does it all on it's own when I put elastics in every inch or so.

This is a cute picture of Baby Grant when he was about a month old.

This is what Grant has to put up with for the rest of his young life. Being the youngest teaches patience...right?

This is the most hilarious picture of Eric that I happened to snap. We were at the splash pad with cousins and I decided to catch everyone in action. I don't know what Eric was intending to do in that moment, but like I mentioned before, it's one that makes me smile (and even chuckle a little).

Check out this cute baby boy, and now check out the dimple in that cheek. He has an identical one in his other cheek. I LOVE his dimples!!!

And here's our Birthday girl!!! She turned 9 - I can't believe how fast these 9 years gave gone by!!! Happy Birthday Sweet Jacey Jean!