Milestone Birthday for our boy

Our sweet boy is 5!!! It is very hard for me to believe that it has been 5 years since this amazing boy has joined our lives. And since then, he has given us so much joy and amazement each passing day. He is such a gentle, sensitive and thoughtful guy. He loves everything that we do and truly appreciates everything that he experiences. He makes me so proud of him for so many things...like how he can memorize anything just by listening to it once (books, songs, etc), how he learned how to read at age 4 and how he can name Dave's songs in the first 2 notes. But most of all, I am so proud that he's been the best big brother and truly loves and adores his sister. I am so grateful that I get to witness that every day.

SLC Trip

We surprised our good friend Craig and helped him celebrate his big 40th birthday. We drove to Salt Lake and he was shocked to see us at his front door! It was a weekend filled with fun times with good friends, and very little sleep. We can't wait for them to come back home!!!

Enjoying the Beautiful Fall

Halloween 2010

While everyone were busy with costumes and such for Halloween, my family was busy doing this:

I've had some not so nice comments about how we don't "let" our kids celebrate Halloween. I don't particularly care about Halloween and neither do my husband. This year, I tried to talk Aden into doing the whole Halloween thing. Just to feel like we're "normal". He was not buying it. He didn't want to dress up. He said he didn't want to be anyone, just Aden. I was so proud of him, of not caring what others do and just doing what feels right to him. We made a family decision to enjoy one more year of not celebrating Halloween. So, off to the beach we went. And frankly, no amount of sugar can ever top this sweet treat. I'm glad my kids agree....for now.