My gorgeous kiddos!

Not much explanation needed here....I got some great pix of the kiddos today.

Birthday portraits

I took the kids for birthday portraits, since their birthdays are only a month apart I can have them taken right in between. Over the next few weeks, I will post them a few at a time. I will start with some of the kids together today. Happy birthday to my beautiful babies!

Smoochy face

The boy always wants to hold baby sister. She usually is quite agreeable to that scenario, but today she was not at all interested in smooching. Big brother wasn't taking no for an answer, and planted one on her anyway. It is so amazing to see how they interact. The boy is such a good big brother, always wanting to help Momma with baby, and always making sure to talk to baby, play with her and love on her. What a lucky girl!

It's SO fluffy!

The kids both had crazy hair today. After the bath it dried so FLUFFY! It cracks me up how much they are alike, and how sweet they are together!

Life's a beach....

...and that's a good thing. We are so lucky to live on a peninsula. This beach is about 4 minutes from our house. We had a little dinner picnic, laid on the blanket looking at the sky, dug in the sand, threw rocks into the ocean, and walked out to about our ankles (it was COLD!) I love that we are equally surrounded by mountains. It really makes this place special.

Happy Mother's Day!

For Mother's day, the boy (with help from Daddy) made me a custom jacket to wear. It goes with everything, and it is a one of a kind original! The boys made me breakfast, and all Daddy's morning meetings were cancelled, so I had help getting the kids ready for church. Then at church they gave the Mommy's potted marigolds, and the boy did a survey in nursery which I will post here. Tonight for dinner we are having tamales and spanish rice, and the missionaries and Nana are coming. Pretty good day!
The boy's survey:
My Mother's full name: Momma
She was born in a town called: She wasn't a baby
She is now 5 years old and 65 pounds tall.
My Mother likes to: Give kisses.
But, she is sad when: I'm naughty.
The funniest thing I ever saw my mom do was: wipe baby's urpy.
One of the most fun things my mom does is: give big hugs.
My mom's favorite food is: dinner.
My mom does not like to eat: dinner.
My mom's favorite color is :pink.
My mom's favorite time of day is: bed time.
My mother's job is: make breakfast.
My mom is really good at: make breakfast.
The first thing my mom does when she wakes up is: snore and make noise.
I like when my mother: gives kisses.
I like to pick up toys for my mother.
My mom's best friend is : Me.
I love when my mom: tells me about Jesus.
One reason I love my mom is: she be happy.
If I could give my mom anything it would be: a jacket.

Blossoms and babies

I took my babies to the park for a picnic, and there was a beautiful blooming cherry tree. I got some good pictures of the kidlets. I had a hard time picking my favorites!