Mother's Day

Abby spearheaded my "breakfast in bed". She wanted to make chocolate chip pancakes, eggs, bacon and orange juice. She sure likes to be in charge! Halle and Gwen helped too . . . and Ben supervised.

I loved all the homemade cards and notes. My kids thanked my for all kinds of things that I do, and expressed LOTS of love. It was wonderful . . . and then a part of me feels like I may be a little undeserving. There are so many things I could be doing better with them.

Luckily for me, they are forgiving and love me anyways. Happy Mother's Day to all you women!

My New Life

Stephanie Nielson, survivor of a near-fatal plane crash, shares her story of a beautiful life centered on faith in Jesus Christ and love of family.

If you have not seen this video yet . . . I really recommend watching it.

Up Until Now . . .

Since I have had Austin, several people have asked me, "is it different having a boy?" My answer so far has been, "except for the clothes, not really . . . so far he just does baby things that my girls did too."

Up until now.

Maybe all boys do this, but Austin saw Ben throwing a football around last weekend . . . and went absolutely NUTS! He was laughing, had his arms in the air, and was talking excitedly in jibberish.

The football in the pictures has actually been in his room this whole time, but NOW he notices it and points at it.

Tonight, he cried until Ben came and gave the football to him, which made him SO happy. Ben played with Austin and the football for a minute, but then it was time for bed. We actually had to take the ball out of his room so he would stop crying about it and go to sleep.

I'm pretty sure my girls have NEVER done that.

I'm on the Phone!

I don't know how many times I have had to tell my kids when I am on the phone that "I'm on the phone!" We have had numerous discussions about how when I am on the phone, you cannot come and ask me questions. Have our discussions made any difference? Absolutely not! Any ideas on how to get kids to wait until you are off the phone to talk to you?

Away

For one night at least! Last weekend, Ben arranged for a babysitter and wisked me away for a 24 hour date. We went shopping, ate out, stayed at a hotel, slept in . . . and the kids survived without us! It was a much needed break. Sometimes I think I am the "only one" that can take care of my kids, so it was nice for me to see that they will be just fine with someone else sometimes. Thanks Ben!

Farm Country

We have had snow . . . and then weather in the 60's this week. So weird. The girls are on spring break. So today, since we woke up to sunshine and not snow, we went to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point. It was still a little cold, but fun to pretend otherwise . . .

Easter Egg Hunt

Happy Easter!