Egan's Insight

Egan came up to me with a broken toy and I said it would take a miracle to fix it.. he asked what a miracle was and I said it was when something magical happens with Heavenly Father's help. He said "We always need Heavenly Father's help, Mommy, 'cus we get lots of miracles" Love that kid. I know he's teaching me and not the other way around. :)

Here is one of my favorite Pictures taken recently. He's handing me "flowers".

A tribute for Egan on his 5th Birthday!

5 years ago today Aaron and I sat on a porch and saw two beautiful full rainbows. Looking back on it we think they were a sign of things to come. July 24th, Pioneer day, 2005 Egan was born. Just two weeks later he was placed into my arms, and at 5 pounds he was the most beautiful thing I ever saw. Here is a picture of that day.

Such a sweet baby. So precious.

We didn't have much clothes that fit him as a preemie.. I found some baby clothes at the local thrift store. After putting them on I noticed a hole in the bottoms... I look at the tag and they were "Build a Bear" clothes for teddy bears! Here he is wearing them.

Today he turned 5! The other night I shed a few tears in mourning for his babyhood... but he is so smart and so ready to start on the next faze of his life in school. I'm excited for his future!
Here are a few of the pictures of the day... he wanted a hot wheels theme. He got a Leapster 2!

Egan Loves making cake! Luckily so does mommy!

My favorite picture of the day! He is so big! I can't believe he's 5!

It has been an amazing 5 years.

Us singing Happy Birthday! Notice he makes his wish like he says his prayers. His wish was "I wish mommy and daddy to be happy" So sweet. And we are! He's not so nice to the dog though. :)

Egan opening up his Leapster. I love his reaction!

A funny sleeping habit

Evelyn has acquired her stuffed carebear collection back and has gotten back into the habit with sleeping with them. Unfortunately in her mind, they take priority of her pillow and bed space. This is a picture of her after she fell asleep the other night. Such a funny girl.

My New Glasses

I've been fighting it long enough... its time to fess up to my age and genetics and get glasses already. I went to America's best and got two pair for their special deal... I got a pair I like and a pair Aaron likes. Call me a nerd, but the thick black rims I think are totally cool especially with the rhinestones! Its so nice to be able to see and not see two of things. An astigmatism really does make a difference when your driving, reading etc.. can't believe I was living like that.

Here are a few pics of my new look.

A visit from Aunti Angie and Uncle Clint

This last weekend Aaron's Sister Angie and her husband Clint came to visit us and we had a ton of fun showing them the sites of the Northwest. They flew in on Friday night and we headed out the next morning to Seaside.. we got so burnt... and forgot our camera. The kids had a blast in the water and sand (they were making sand angels at one point.)

The next day we took a drive through the old highway to the vista house and saw beautiful views of the gorge.

Family pic taken by Angie... Evelyn was of course throwing a fit...

Then of course we visited Multnomah Falls! Beautiful day for pics.

The kids Love Auntie Angie! We loved having them! Come back anytime!

Couch Bound

Today we had our carpets cleaned and as it happens it's the hottest day of the year in the Northwest. We adventured out for a few hours hoping the carpets would be dry when we got home, but unfortunately they were not. Not wanting to take off again in the extreme heat the kids and I spent 3 hours watching tv, reading books and taking pictures of ourselves on the couch. Here are a few of the pictures of our silliness.

Evelyn gets more and more beautiful every day.

Quigly also joined us on the couch... he was a hot tired doggie.
Silly Kids. My kids are yin and yang: complete opposites in every way, but amazingly they complete each other and can't live without one another. I often get when I go places: "what beautiful twins" at heart I think they are, somehow they were meant to be siblings and Heavenly Father brought them together in our home.

Egan and I snapped this one before the dog got away...

The three of us... "Cheese"

Its funny how the best pictures and memories result from the strangest things.