Summer Tans...

Uncle Ben is always tanner than the rest of us but he gets especially tan compaired to the littles in our family. Landen and Kyla are very fair skinned, but Kyla looks especially light when she is getting cuddles from Uncle Ben.

Smiles...

...from Kyla...she is growing like a weed! Katie is so good about sending pictures to this auntie who has withdrawals regularly...life needs to slow down! Look at this sweet smile...

Where did April go...?

I can't believe the month of April went flying by and I didn't blog once...! Now don't think I didn't think about blogging, I did...there just wasn't time! And to be honest, there still isn't! Just to update our friends and family who might be feeling outta the loop here is our life in a nut shell:
-I am working full time...which we are extremely grateful for!
-Ben is coaching middle school track...also grateful for the opportunity to work with our community's youth!
-I am going to school full time (times two) for my masters...this quarter is extremely busy with class Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with an occasional Saturday class and Thursday class.
-SCENTSY...keeps us both busy...Ben is left doing the running around for deliveries and anything else I run out of time for!
We are truly enjoying any free time with each other and are now considering a trip to Costco a date night! (or at least quality time together) We are trying to get in as much auntie and uncle time as we can with Landen and Kyla...such sweeties! Landen is an awesome big brother, if you ask him about his baby he will tell you "Our baby is a pooping machine!" (and he's not lyin') Kyla is growing like crazy and is already over a month old...to say she is a mommy's girl is an understatement...but that just means she has one heck of a mommy! We are looking forward to the summer and I am looking forward to only taking two classes (rather than the four I am taking now). God has answered huge prayers, and I am going to be working full time again next year despite the major cuts the school districts are facing, He has truly been faithful. Those are pretty much the goins on around here...we hope the Lord is blessing you and your families this rainy Spring season!

Welcome...

Baby GIRL! Kyla Joelle was born March 29, 2011 at 2:25 pm. She weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. She is such a gift! This beautiful picture was taken by Beth Strotz Photography.

Lexy Marie!

Ben and I spent a day of our mid-winter break visiting our family in Marysville. They just had a new baby girl and she is DARLING! I could hold her for hours...and I did! This baby is SO loved and we are thrilled that we get to watch her grow! Thanks for sharing your beautiful baby girl with us Lindsey and Levi, she is truly a blessing to our family!

SNOW!!!

It was a family afair at our house...it's amazing how one little 3-year-old can get six adults outside playing in the snow!Landen wishes the snow could be warm! How about that snowman? pretty good right? Landen loved it, until he saw his daddy making the body and as he rolled, the snow on the ground "disappeared." The grown ups had to take turns pulling Landen on his sled...I didn't get pictures of that, but trust me it was hilarious! They all came to the consensus that it's harder than it looks to pull a sled! When we ran out of snow in our backyard, we moved to mom and dad's backyard...Ace LOVED having snowballs thrown at him. He would chase them and dig at them until they broke apart! The snow is fun, but this family is ready for SPRING!

Ruby's Bed-Head

Ruby has a special blaket that she sleeps on next to the bed...we call it her "Princess Bed"...well the other night she kept whining by our bed and it turns out someone put her blanket on our bed...and she wanted it down! The second I tossed it on the floor she was out like a light! You can see she isn't super impressed with my desire to take a picture of her while she was sleeping!