Happy 9th Birthday Jordan!

Happy Birthday to my baby boy Jordan....well not such a baby anymore! Where does time go? I can't hardly believe today he is 9. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital....less than 12 hours old....that was my husband's idea...not mine :o) Along with Riley who was only 19 months old. What were we thinking? And here we are 9 years and 2 more children later :o) What a blessing Jordan is to our family! He is such a passionate and kind little boy. Last night I was putting him to bed and gave him his birth story recap. I told him how we knew we were going in to have him and we were so excited. And then I told him how excited we were when he finally arrived. He asked if I cried "tears of happiness" and I told him I did! Then we had a great conversation about God...prompted by him of course. He wanted to talk about how cool and weird it is that God is the same yesterday, today and and forever. How cool is that! We are just so proud of the boy he has become and the man he will become. We are truly blessed! We are celebrating today with our usual birthday breakfast, cookie dough, as picked out by Jordan. I will also take lunch to his school and eat with him in the cafeteria. We went out to dinner last night with the Beeson's because Jordan has baseball practice tonight. And then we will have a friend "paintball" birthday next week at the City Life Community Center. So the celebration will go on! Jordan must take after me because he thinks he should get to celebrate his birthday the whole month of May! Too funny :o)

Happy 6th Birthday Abby!

Can't believe she turns 6 today! Where does time go? This blog is quick because we are running out the door to catch a plane to go to Florida for the week. But I wanted to post a few pics of Abby! She has grown into such a beautiful, sweet little girl! Happy Birthday sweet girl! We are so proud of you! We are excited to see you grow into a Godly woman and see all that God has for you!

Happy Birthday to my Bubba!

Yes I know it's cheesy...but that's what I call him! Today Brian is celebrating his 37th birthday....we have nothing too exciting planned...he will be helping our electrician friend wire our new house and then spend the rest of the day planning some more for church tomorrow. It has been a crazy week around here between house stuff, church stuff and just plain real life. Brian did take 2 days off at the beginning of the week to go hunting with Riley but came back to 98 e-mails and a wife that had 50,000+ words to say because she had been home with the kids for 2 days ;o) The kids also made him a cake last night and the Beeson's popped in for a visit. We had cake, visited for a minute and then fell into bed we were so tired. I also got Brian 4 magazine subscription for his birthday...I have been catching him reading my "Better Homes and Gardens" and "Family Fun" and thought he needed some magazines he would enjoy. I order from a company Best Deal Magazines and they always have great deals. I got his subscriptions for less than $4 each for 1 year...3 hunting magazines and 1 business magazine. We are soooo looking forward to the house being done...this building stuff is fun but exhausting! I'll post some new pictures soon of all of the updates. We are hoping to start siding the outside next week and start drywall pretty soon too. Dave just told us we will probably be ready to paint the interior the 1st of November....so we will be planning a painting party...consider yourself invited ;o)! Well I need to go for now....I am going to help with the wiring too...gotta build up that sweat equity!

Brock's 2nd Birthday Party!

We had a great time having Brock's 2nd Birthday! He is currently obsessed with Thomas the Train so that was the obvious theme for the party!

Missoula has a great party store minutes from our house so I could have gone all out but seeing as we had just moved here, I decided to go pretty simple! Brock kept saying "Happy Birthday Thomas!" I think he was a little confused about who's birthday it was until he got to open all the presents...mostly Thomas themed.


He did get a 4-wheeler which he likes to call a "5-wheeler" and a motorcycle. He loved anything that has wheels and goes...preferably fast...typical boy for you! He does however like to get in touch with his fashionable side as you can see by the picture of him wearing Abby's flip flops and sunglasses, carrying her purse.


Shortly after I took this picture he did a face plant and didn't even cry, he just said "Oh, my purse" because it had fallen. Brian would like to interject at this point that he does like elk and is very much a boy in that sense!

All in all is was a great party with great friends! After opening all of his presents, he was a little overwhelmed and ended up having a melt down. He ended up in bed before our guests left. I am thinking that is par for the course for a 2 year old birthday party!

Happy 2nd Birthday Brock!

Brock turns 2 today! I can hardly believe it! He has grown so fast! It seems like just yesterday I was 9 mo. pregnant and thinking to myself is he ever going to come out! And after a relatively short labor, out came our bouncing baby boy...all 10lbs. 9oz. of him! We picked the name Brock because we liked the name "Barack" which means blessed in Hebrew. And that is truly how we feel....blessed! Everyday Brock brightens our day with his smiles, laughter, and constant repeating of so many different words...mommy, truck, mommy, truck,mommy, truck,mommy, truck, etc. daddy, thomas train, daddy, train, DADDY, TRAIN! His voice getting louder with each time he repeats himself. He loves his big brothers and sister so much and he can't wait to get out of bed in the morning to play with them! He has truly completed our family and for that we are thankful! Happy Blessed Birthday Brockie! We love you so much and know that you are going to grow up to be such an awesome man of God! We look forward to many more years of your smiles and laughter and even the constant repeating!

Jordan's 8th Birthday!

Here are some more pictures from Jordan's birthday that I promised a few posts back. We had a great time at the movie theaters! The movie, Speed Racer, was a little questionable...why they have to throw profanity and scantily clad women into a PG movie is beyond me but the kids seemed to enjoy it and hopefully they didn't go home repeating the words and hand gestures. I think the kids had a great time all around...from cake and ice cream, unlimited refills on pop, a tour of the projection booth to the popcorn and a movie...it was a blast! Jordan even got to start the movie. It is amazing to see how the movie technology works. I also included a picture of Jordan on his actual birthday going to Zany's...his restaurant of choice, a picture of him with his new guitar and an example of the thank you cards I sent out. I love experimenting with photo cards...they fun and easy to personalize. I can't believe how quickly they grow....amazing!

Jordan's guitar playing debut!

Here is Jordan's birthday present ~ an electric guitar. A few months ago we were at a friend's house who plays the guitar and he taught Jordan a few songs (or parts of songs.) He was impressed at how quickly Jordan picked them up. After that Jordan kept telling us he wanted a guitar for his birthday. So we decided to try to nurture the gift he has for music and gave in. Brian bought him an electric guitar because I guess it is a little smaller and easier to learn on. I would love to find someone in Missoula to give him lessons...he is so eager to learn. Anyway, the video is of him playing the songs he learned a few months ago. I think he is well on his way to becoming a rock star....especially with that hair!

Just thought I would share the invitation that I made for Jordan's b-day party that we are having today. I love movie theater parties....just show up and everything is there for you. No running around getting cake, goody bags, etc. Anyway, we are watching Speed Racer so hopefully it's a cute movie. I'll post pictures of the party this week.