Happy Birthday Adam

Four years ago today, Adam joined our family. We couldn't have asked for a better boy. We love his imagination, his love of learning (right now he is fascinated by electricity), how helpful he is and how sweet he is. He has brought so much joy to our home and while we love watching him learn and grow, we hate to see him turn 4 already.

May 2006

May 2007

May 2008

May 2009

May 2010

I had 3 people come up to me in church on Sunday and tell me how much Adam makes them laugh during primary. I am still trying to decided whether that is a good thing or not.

We had both families over Sunday night for a big party. He requested a dinosaur birthday this year, so I did my best. He seemed to like everything.

Today, (May 25th) we had a little party with some of his friends. Not one of his boy friends came. Good thing he has so many girlfriends:) I made him a dino dig cake and a long neck cake. He loved them!

Emma, Ellie (he calls her his primary Ellie so we don't confuse her with cousin Ellie), Alexa, Katelynn and Tessa-our dinosaur party girls. They were good sports.

I told him he could eat whatever he wanted for his birthday. Remind him when he is a teenager that I am a good mommy-I got up and made him cinnamon rolls at 6:30am so they would be ready when his tummy grumbled, and for dinner made what he requested-shrimp, rice, chicken nuggets and pizza. He said it was delicious.

His big surprise this year was his big boy bike. It will take some practice, but he did pretty good on his test rides tonight.

Happy birthday Adam! We love you and are so thankful for you!!

We got to the beach right about sunset. It was so beautiful, but so cold!! We only played for about 20 minutes. Adam loved playing in the water and was fascinated by the seaweed. Tessa was just too cold to enjoy anything. We had fun though!

Our super cold girl!

Having the time of his life! He LOVED the beach!

Disneyland

Last week we had a wonderful trip to California and The Happiest Place On Earth!! It was so nice to get away for a couple of days and watch the kids faces light up! We went down with my family-Santa gave everyone a ticket to Disneyland at Christmas. It was fun to spend time with everyone and Tessa could not have survived the week without her Aunt Katy, so it's a good thing she was there.

We left early Tuesday morning and headed to southern California. The kids traveled SO well!! Our first stop was at Rose Hills to visit the graves of my Grandpa and Grandma's. Adam was excited to see the squirrels running around the grounds. He wanted to know why squirrels lived in trees, so Eric explained that some animals, like squirrels, live in trees. Thinking that was the end of that conversation, Eric started telling Adam what a cemetery is and why we go to them. To which Adam asked, "But why do squirrels want to live in a tree?" So much for the cemetery explanation.

Tess at Grandma Lemley's grave. She would have LOVED Tessa!

Our next stop was to our favorite burrito joint and then to Grandma W's "Echo" house. The kids had so much fun running around the backyard and digging in the dirt.

This tree has been around for years and years. My Mom use to climb it when she was a kid, I use to climb it and now my kids climb it. It wouldn't be a visit to Grandma's house without playing on her bricks and spending time in her avocado tree.

There are so many pictures from this trip! I will have many more posts. Coming up:

our trip to the beach!

Mother's Day 2010

~Mother's Day~

I am so grateful to be a mother! It is the best and hardest job I have ever had. I love watching my kids learn and grow and can't wait to see what life holds for them. I am also so grateful for my own mother and mother-in-law. Both are such amazing women who have taught me so much about motherhood and life in general. I hope they know how much we love and appreciate them!

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo has come and gone. I spent most of the day in the kitchen. I cooked WAY to much food! I made jalapeno poppers, taquitos, quesedillas, chimichangas, nachos, sweet rice, homemade refried beans, chili relleno squares and mock fried ice cream. Adam helped me make sombrero cookies too. It was super yummy and we had a fun little Fiesta.

I'll post recipes on the food blog-you are going to want to try some of these!!

Weekend Pictures

Tessa was "helping" me in the kitchen on Saturday. She found a new hat.

She wears is well-maybe we are related to Johnny Appleseed

Adam is very into playing make believe right now. Yesterday he insisted on being a cowboy all morning. He loves to play house and he always wants to be the mommy-even when we have girls over. He loves being the mommy!! Guess that should be a compliment to me.

On Saturday we had a much needed family movie night. I usually miss family movie night because I am at work. We watched a Disney movie the kids had not seen, had popcorn and way too much junk food. It was nice to have a low key evening at home.