Having Fun

It is nice to have good friends to share a warm summer day with.

My Two Sons

There is a wonderful light that comes through the front window each morning. It is tough to pass up when the boys are all dressed up for Sunday.

Man it's Hot

Man it's hot outside.

The perfect day for a sprinkler and a little kiddo pool.

Learning new things

Yesterday....

Looked who learned a new skill,

he grabbed on and held onto one of his toys that is attached to his swing!

Then we both learned something new last night:

baby learned how to sleep all night long from 9:30pm until 6am this morning.

(we will see if this continues)

It is so wonderful that he has learned that nights are for sleeping

however,

I learned that even if baby sleeps all night long,

that doesn't mean mommy will get to sleep all night long.

As it was proven last night,

when both his siblings each got up for one reason or another.

Igor me while I gloat

Forgive me, I'm going to gloat for a moment. I remember when I announced to the ER staff at one of the Hospitals in Utah that I was going to become a Physician Assistant, several of them laughed. They said that I'd never find work, it was a fad career choice that wouldn't last long and that I'd always be a second class provider. Well... As it turns out, PA's are quickly becoming the "backbone of primary care" and one of the best career choice in America. With the worsening shortage of medical providers, Mid Level Providers like PA's and Nurse Practitioners are filling in and making up the difference. Where once they were an oddity, they are now the mainstream. If you ask around, there is a good chance that your local physician works directly or indirectly with a PA. If you are unfamiliar with Physician Assistants. Please look around the www.aapa.org website. I thought I put up a couple of choice news articles about PA's that maybe you'd all like to see. Here's a good one out of Fayetteville, N.C. Anyone been there before? http://www.wral.com/lifestyles/healthteam/story/7630696/ Here is one from Forbes. They really like PA's. http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/19/best-masters-degrees-jobs-l eadership-careers-education.html?boxes=Homepagechannels

Baby Pictures from AE Photography

Our friend Adrienne offered to take pictures of our sweet little boy, and we gladly accepted.

Here is just a few of our favorites. These were taken on March 10 when he was just a week old! The time has gone by so fast! Thank you Adrienne ~ we love them!

Just because it's Sunday

Notice: the two boys making the same face in each picture...

The CEO

Grandma Becky bought this outfit for him 2 years ago, and now, it finally fits. How'd she know he'd look so good.

my 3 liitle hearts

I am the mother of these three amazing children. I am so thankful to be their mother.

So far today has consisted of...

*Breakfast: Eggs and toast

*Home-made cards from the kids

*a sweet thoughtful gift

*my 2 older children both went up during our

sacrement meeting at church to sing a mothers day song,

I watched from the foyer with the baby in tow who was hungry

Being their mother is hard work, tiring but I wouldn't have my life any other way.

Guess Who's 2 Months Old

I didn't approve of this development. I'm content for him to remain an infant for the next twenty years. He is smiling a lot now. He's better an holding up his head, but only for short moments. He really loves to see his Ma'ma, especially if he's been away from her any more then a few minutes. He gets a little bit nervous around the big kids, but they are 90% gentile with him, they just need close supervision. All in all, they are a nice pack of youngsters and a lot of fun to be with. The baby is lucky to have such a great big brother and big sister to play with.

Sleep

I don't know what it is about them, but I just love seeing my children sleep. They are so peaceful. Especially the little daytime cat naps. Maybe it is envy, because Renee and I aren't getting as many Z's as we used to. Maybe it is the chance for a few stolen moments of quite time. Certainly it is nice with these kids, because they often wake up very happy, and the rest of the day always goes better after a short nap. Little moments that remind me of what I'm supposed to miss about child rearing.

April 4-April 20 Utah Trip Part 2

While the kids and I were in Utah we had some fun...

We went to the Living Planet Aquarium
J loved touching the stringrays
and
K loved watching the pengiuns dive into the water

We went to Discovery gateway with some of our cousins

Showed the kids where mommy and daddy got married

Took the kids to BYU to have lunch and go to the bookstore