Family Fun

Entertain your little boy for hours with a pan, some water, some dish soap, and cars...mini car wash!

Meeting baby Joshua, she is an amazing big sister and helper to mom and dad.

This little boy is such a busy little boy and keeps us so busy, but he is so much fun,  I call him Brandyn 2.0 because he reminds me so much of Brandyn army men, guns, and the same silly movies!

Taylor still keeping us busy running her from dance class to dance class! She is such a beautiful young woman, I will resist calling her a little girl, it is tough!

Anniversary

I had planned to blog to blog yesterday the real date of out anniversary, but just could not bring myself to it, instead I stayed busy, played games with children, cleaned like there was no tomorrow, and spent some time reflecting.  I hate that this day drags up difficult memories for me, I wish my husband had honored The Lord and his covenants, I wish many things but wishing does not do a thing.

I am grateful I married an imperfect man, I am grateful he is married to an imperfect wife, I am grateful we have imperfect children, I am grateful we all can not be perfect, I am grateful for mistakes, and I am learning to be grateful for the pain.  All this chaos of the last three years has drawn me so much more closer to my savior, he has shown me faults I do not like seeing, and shown me where I need to change (yes I am trying to work on these), he has shown me when I felt alone I was not, I am grateful that I am learning grace and forgiveness like The Savior has for us for me it took complete devastation to learn that you can love, forgive, show grace, be kind, and still serve your husband and children through your deepest pain.  As a side not please note I yelled, I screamed, I cursed, I sinned in my anger, and that is why I love that I have a Savior who in spite of all my ugliness still loves me!

So I close this post with this....my husband wants to renew our vows I am not ready for this step, trust takes a long time to earn back, I will revisit this at a later date!

Surprise.....It's a Boy

Yes you heard that right, surprise we welcomed a beautiful 7 pound 2 ounce, 20 inch long surprise baby boy into our family on May 2! What a shock he was, I didn't know I was pregnant until I was 14 weeks along, yes I actually thought I had an illness like cancer that was draining my energy, for the record he's much better than cancer. 

As you can see we fell instantly in love and he had to wait a full 24 hours for a name.....we chose Joshua Eugene. I really love the meaning and life of The Prophet Joshua and Eugene is great grandfather and uncles name in keeping with tradition of giving the children family middle names. 

So I promise to get this blog updated on a regular basis and keep it that way. I will try not to get too busy! 

Here's some more pictures of the new baby boy we have the honor of calling son!

The cuteness is overwhelming, I know but really what a lovely, sweet, and easy baby he is. We are all smitten with him!