TWO TODAY!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAVAYAH!! Mommy & Daddy love you so much, and are so thankful God chose us to be your parents!!! You are a special little girl. Hope you have a great 2nd birthday, and enjoy being TWO!! :) Love you Looga

Easter Pictures!!

I hope you all had a great Easter with friends & family. We truly are so blessed to be serving a risen Lord!!! We had a nice Easter. I will just let the pictures do the talking. ENJOY!!

3 Posts in 1 Week........didn't want to leave Navayah out!!!

I tried potty training Navayah a couple months back, but she would just go crazy when it was time to use the restroom. And if she had an accident she would come running and crying flipping out about the situation. I had never experienced this before, but it got to the point that she was holding it in so long she was just in so much pain. So I decided it wasn't worth all the stress on her and me and let it go. Well I decided this week was the week to attempt again. Because she knows exactly what to do, and shows interest, but when it comes time to "letting it go" it is STILL drama. You would seriously think she was giving birth. We have discovered that her jumping up and down and crying "owie, owie, owie" is our cue to get her to the bathroom fast, but then she will still sit on the potty and scream and cry until she just lets go. I feel so bad for her, but it is actually pretty comical. I have a short video clip of the "drama" that hopefully I can figure out how to get up on here later, but for now just enjoy the pictures of the happy times before "letting go"

Clowning around......@ the Circus

Saturday Anthony and I took Brayden to the circus. It was his first circus and he had TONS of fun, with lots of sugary yummies he normally doesn't get so I don't know which he enjoyed more the circus or the treats.

Swimming Lessons for Brayden

Well, now that Brayden is 3 we decided it was time to start him in swim lessons. Last Monday was the first night. He goes on Mon. & Wed. evenings. He is doing really well. He is a little stressed about going ALL the way under, and has quit a lengthy conversation with Ms. Robyn(swim teacher) before jumping into her arms. About not letting him go ALL the way under. I talked to him about it all day yesterday, and kept telling him his teacher would not let him stay under water to long. Still not convinced he would randomly come up to me throughout the day crying about how he did NOT want to go under. So being the GREAT parent I am, on the way to swim lessons, I bribed him with a pack of gum if he would jump in and go under. IT WORKED!!! And no, I don't bribe often if hardly ever, but I just really wanted him to realize it wasn't so bad. Here are a few pics of his first class. (I was the only obsessed mom with a camera)

P.F. Changin' it.......YUM!!!

I don't know about you but I honestly love spending time with family. Over Christmas some girls in the family were talking about how relatively close we all live together, but yet how little we see each other. So we decided that needed to change. We talked about trying to get together once a month to go out to eat, shop, talk, laugh do whatever, but just do it together. Friday night was the first of hopefully many more times and memories to come. We all met (including my cousin Donna who flew in from MN. She works for an airline company so that is just one of the perks she gets)at P.F. Changs and ate LOTS of yummy food. After we had dessert we sat there for awhile and had great fellowship. I really hope this is something we keep up girls. I am still waiting for schedules in March, you all know I am open. Love you tons and am so glad you are all part of my family!!!

p.s. I am glad the rest of you that weren't there are part of my family too :)
LOVE YOU ALL!!!

HaPpY bIrThDaY!!!!!

Today is Anthony's 31st Birthday. I just wanted to make a special post to recognize his birthday, and tell him how much the kids and I love him. You are a great husband and daddy!!! Thanks for all you do for us!! We love you SO much!!!
Hope you have a great day.

Navayah's got a BOYFRIEND!!!

Navayah's 1st kiss was as simple as 1,2,3.......


1. Jake and Navayah talking about whether a kiss should take place.
2. Navayah deciding it should, and giving Jake a look he couldn't refuse.
3. BAM!!!! There it was just like that!!! Her first Kiss!!

Brayden and Bob the Builder underwear

We have been trying to get Brayden "excited" about keeping his underwear dry during nap. He has been completely potty trained for sometime now, but keeping his underwear dry while sleeping has been a bit more of a challenge. So we bought him SPECIAL Bob the Builder underwear because he is obsessed with BTB. He has actually done really well with not getting "bob" wet. Here in these photos he is showing off his special underwear proudly while sleeping.

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