We were able to get most of my family together for a photo before Richard(my youngest brother) leaves for Iraq Dec.8th. (He's the one in the yellow)

My Baby is 1 year old! Man, time flys! We had fun celebrating Sam's birthday. All his cousins were there to make a big deal out of it. He had no idea what was going on.

We had a fun halloween. Jake was the red spiderman, Max was the black spiderman, Cole was the ninja turtle, and Sam was the spider. We had fun at grandma and Grandpa's family night party. All the kids got to dress up and dress up their pumpkins.

Cole, Max, & Jake with their floam creatures

My BIG boy! I can't believe he's almost a year. How time flys!

October break camping trip. We had fun camping with our friends The Whipples.

Max's 6th birthday

I realized that I never posted this picture. This is what the house looks like now. We are starting the landscaping this week. So it will look a bit different in a little while.

So what do you think? I slaved over this for hours! I only wish I could say that I did it. I owe all the glory to my great sister-in-law Mikelle Bailey. She came to my house and did it all. Thanks a bunch Miki. I love it!

Cole had fun digging in the sand, he also went way out into the water with mom.

Jake boogie boarding

Cole avoids the traffic jam. His jeep at home goes faster that these cars.
But he did get a drivers licence!

Max, he's big enough to ride the rides without an adult.

Jake and Bre

We had an awsome trip to California with our good friends. We went to Lego Land and lived at the beach for the rest of the trip. We did not want to come home.

well I got my camera back from the shop and we went on a fun vacation. So I have tons of pictures for all of you who have been giving me a hard time about my blog.

This is our toy room, we stained the concrete and it turned out great! Now we have drywall done too. We are texturing the walls and putting in the baseboards tomorrow. Should be done soon!

First day of school! jake is in 2nd grade, and Max is in 1st grade.

This picture was take by my sister-in-law while they were driving along side of us after a soccer game. Go Sharks!

Cole loves basketball! Any chance he gets he will play.

This is the family! We went to Amazing Jake's for our neice's 1st birthday. We had a blast!

Anytime dad is in the pool with the boys, this is what they are doing. The boys really know how to wear out their dad.

Brian and Cole in the pool. Most of our pictures will probably be in the pool because that is pretty much all we do right now.

Sam

Sam is now 8 months old. How time flys!

Well I was all ready to update my blog and had a lot of pictures to post, but I can't find my camera!My kids had to have put it somewhere. Hopefully someone can tell me where it is in the morning. I do have a few pictures that My sister Becky sent to me.

Here is an update on our house. We have cut down some trees so now you can actually see the front of the house. We also cut down one of the orange trees in the back so we could fit a swing set. Things are coming along inside. The counter tops are going in June 12, so we hope to be in shortly after that. We have already started moving a little. We are excited to be back in Mesa. (Next week this picture will look a lot different.)

Max graduated on tuesday. Its hard to believe he will be in first grade!

My Boys! They all love the pool.

Things that made us laugh!

One Sunday while we were getting ready for church, Max was in the bath. He asked me, Mom how come all the people who don't go to church get to go to Burger King? (While driving to Church Max always noticed all the cars in the drive thru.)

We love the bumbo! Sam sits in the middle of the table while we eat. He loves to be up there with all of us.

Brian likes the boys to sing as he plays the piano. This is part of our family night. We are hoping that one of the boys will have Brian's singing talent. (We usually have to bribe them with ice cream)

These are our boys. Jake, Sam, Cole & Max. Jake is 7, Max is 5, Cole is 3, & Sam is 6m. I've always said that I would like to have a girl, but this past weekend when it was father and sons outing, I was happy to pack them up and send them off. That is one weekend I will look forward to every year!