Prayer and Brothers

I have a really cute and fun experience! When we say prayers with Tanner, we try to prompt him with words like: Dear..., Thankful for..., Please bless... and so on. The other night Kenny says, "Thankful for..." and Tanner says, "Thankful for Lightning McQueen's eye, thankful his other eye." Kenny and I tried, but we couldn't contain ourselves. It was so funny!

Jack-Jack found a car in Tanner's room and started driving it around the house, I was so sad! He is getting so big!!

They are both wearing hand-me downs from Brendon!

Well, I got one of them looking in each picture, but I couldn't get both of them at the same time.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today we are wishing my mom a happy happy birthday!

She threatened my life if I exposed her true age. We will just say that I am 27 and tell you that I am her oldest (you can make a guess from there!)

Here are some fun memories through the years...

My first birthday Sept 1982 (Wasn't my mom cute!-she still is by the way)

Christmas 1983

This just might be one of our worst pictures, but it is one of very few with us and our mom.~five kids in five years (you might call her amazing or just slightly crazy!)

My mom and I in Helen, GA (I think this was Christmas 2001)

This is when she came to pick me up from my mission (July 2004)

Mom at my wedding (July 2005)

She flew to Utah and stayed for a week and a half to help me when Tanner was born (Nov 2006). I probably appreciated my mom here more than any other time in my life! She was a life saver!

The reason I waned to include these pictures is to make the point that my mom is the one person who has been there for the most important moments of my life! Thanks mom for making me a priority!

5 Reasons we love my Mom:
1. She helped us when Tanner was born and Kenny was finishing school!
2. She raised 5 kids practically by herself!
3. Every decision she made, while we were kids, had our best interest at heart.
4. She always gives the Grandkids too many sweets ( Tanner tells me he wants to see alabama-grandma for some more candy!)
5. No one has loved us kids more!

I love you Mom, hope your birthday was the best!

Popcorn!

Wow, there is nothing like popcorn and a movie if you want to find some peace and quiet with 6 kids in the house (it doens't work so well for Jack-Jack, but he was already in bed).

I thought this picture was awesome- I doubt I could ever re-create this one!

Riley, Sydney, Carley, Tanner, and Hailey (these blondey sure look like cousins to me!)

Now, if only I could find the trick to calm down this one (kenny)!

Kenny just had his birthday, and we celebrated Korean style!

I made Budea Chigae, and Pul-Kogi (if you are impressed you should be!)

For dessert we had Cherry Cordial Cheesecake! (this one is definitely not Korean)

This picture is a painting from an investigator on his mission. It was getting pretty messed up in his mission tote, so I decided to have it framed and that is what inspired the party.
Kenny was very surprised, and I was super happy with the way it turned out!

He loved it and we had a ton of fun and until a couple of kids ran the tractor into the father-in-laws truck, but that story is for another day!

Happy Birthday Riley!

Riley is now 9 years old!

It is crazy to watch our wedding video, and see little 5 year old Riley!

Here he is reading to Tanner, and we love to have him over.

5 Reasons we love Riley:

1. He is a great cousin and brother!

2. He is super at sleep-overs and likes to help clean-up even!

3. He is good at sports, works hard at school, and does great in cub scouts!

4. He has lots of funny jokes!

5. He can climb a tree as fast as a monkey!

Happy Birthday Carley!

Sweet little Carley is 2 years old! She is only about 6 months younger than Tan, and hopefully they can be great playmates (some day)!

Kim made this darling and amazing cake! I had to post it because it was so simple and so cute, I thought all you mother's of girls would be interested in how to do it! I'll send you the link if you want.

We just love little Carley and are glad to have her much closer these days!

Watch out Michael Jordan...

Here comes Tanner!

I was shocked how well Tanner did with this basketball he got for Easter. The hoop is down a couple steps from where Tanner is, but I was still impressed!

We spend a lot of time doing church ball in the winter, so he was excited to have his very own b-ball.