Happy 4th Birthday Austy Poo!!!

Our little Austy Poo turns 4 today!!! Well, he's not so little anymore! He's getting so big and turning into such a little man. We took advantage of the beautiful scenery here and snapped some 4th Birthday photos of this handsome stud!Love the expressions of this cutie pie!!!Where does time go?!? It seems as though these past 4 years have flown by! Austin is our sweet baby, much to his dismay! He does not appreciate me calling him this, but I have ensured him he and his brother will always be my babies no matter how big they get so he must get used to it! Things we love about our handsome little fella:

• His goofy smile and bright blue eyes.
• His love for everything superhero (especially Hulk) and Star Wars.
• His mischievous personality.
• His stubbornness.
• His ability to play for hours with any action figure around.
• His vocabulary and choice of words. Austin seems to be able to try and talk or argue his way out of any situation.
• His love of life and family.

The list could go on and on! Our life wouldn't be the same without our sweet Austin! We love him soooooooo much! Happy Birthday Austin!

Our President's Day Weekend!

Over President's Day weekend we enjoyed some quality family time! We were given some tickets to enjoy Disney on Ice, and we had a GREAT time!!!Hi Minnie!The show followed the Toy Story 3 storyline and was very cute!We were all in agreeance (sp?) that this was our favorite part!The main reason we headed up to Loomis was to attend cousin Luke's mission farewell! He is such a fun young man full of life and excitement! He will be an amazing missionary in Ohio!!! Ryan and Austin were sad to see him go. They know Luke well since he's so close in age to Uncle Trevor, so we spent a lot of time with the two of them together. So proud of him and the choice he's made to serve our Father in Heaven!On Monday we decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and go for a hike to Hidden Falls!The hike was 2 miles of beautiful Gold Country terrain! Trigger got his first tasted of our outdoor adventures!Ryan and Papa found this! It was so cool! Our best guess was that it was a firepit or something used by the Native Americans a long time ago. It was covered with vines and was built with rocks right on the side of the creek.We finally found them! There sure were hidden! :-)Megan and Ashley decided to take a closer look and hiked down to the waters edge!Yes, we've become those people who take a picture with their dog! Lol!Ryan was into throwing rocks into the water, and got tricky by throwing them behind and through his legs! Wow!Austin wanted sticks and needed to hit everything with them, while growling might I add.We had so much fun enjoying nature and time with the fam bam! Don't you worry, we have plans to head back this summer and actually enjoy swimming in the water!

Fun with Trigger!!!

We LOVE Trigger!!! The first few weeks were very hard and as if we had a baby suddenly, but it has been worth it! The boys have so much fun lovin' on him, throwing the ball for him, making sure he's fed, and holding him while they still can! Ryan was picking him up one day and said to him, "Come here so I can hold you while you are still little. Pretty soon you are going to be to big for me to pick you up since you grow faster than me, at least that's what Mom says." I thought it was so cute, and funny that he was having a conversation with the dog. They have helped out with him a lot and are enjoying having a pet!He's about 10 weeks old in these photos, and is even cuter in person!He's about 2 weeks older in these next pictures. Man he grows fast!!!Watching a movie together! 14 weeks old!We love taking Trigger outside, and he enjoys watching the boys on their bikes, as does Mommy!

Valentine's Day!

We had a fantastic Valentin's Day where we celebrated all the LOVE'S in our lives! EACHOTHER!!! The boys both had school and enjoyed their Valentine exchanges.

Austin seemed extremely excited! Lol!

Ryan was a little less expressive!My treat from my Valentine's! Edible Arrangements, which I think Austin mostly ate! That kid loves his fruit!We enjoyed a great dinner together with our heart shaped pizza and sparkling cider!CHEERS to those we love!!!

Our Community Field Trip!

Ryan is learning about "Our Community" in his Social Studies unit at school right now. As part of the unit, we got to go on a field trip to the local public library. he was so excited to ride a bus yet again! When we first got there all of the kids played on the park out front. It was a cold and foggy February morning, but these kiddos didn't let that get them down! :-)Ryan and his best buddy Jayce!I LOVE Ryan's school! We have him in a charter school, and it is so family oriented! Austin was able to come on the field trip with us, and even joins me as I help in the classroom during the week. There were also almost as many parents there with us as there were kiddos! This is something I'm not used to as I taught at a school where I had to beg for a parent chaperon to join us for a field trip and never had a parent help in my classroom, but I LOVE it!!!When we went inside, the kids enjoyed some Read-A-Loud time and games, then got a tour of the whole library! We are so grateful for our community and have since gotten Ryan his own library card where he has picked out several books!