Intimate Moments with God....

I don't normally take pictures of the kids praying, but i just had to so I could remember these special intimate moments as they get older.

This is one of my favorite things, especially about Braiden, he is so tender and honest as he prays. This just makes my momma heart soar. He always starts before bed with " dear Heavenly Father, OH my Heavenly Father....." it is beyond precious, and it amazes me how he just gets it, no questions asked he just understands. Don't we wish that we could all have faith like that, "faith like a child"!!

Braiden prays for himself but Trevor still needs help. Every night, the family meets in the boys bedroom and we pray over them and they pray. One night I was tied up and Trevor started yelling in his room "MOM, you have to talk over me", I sat there thinking, I have to talk over him what does that mean, when it dawned on me that he was meaning I needed to pray over him. What an amazing feeling to know that these kids have the desire to have a relationship with God, and it comforts them having this time.

Fireworks and The Flu...........

Okay our 4th of July was interesting, to say the least.

On Friday the 3rd some friends of ours invited the kiddos to come over and make 4th of July shirts, and have lunch. They had a great time and made adorable shirts, you can see them on the boys, Audrey got a Independence day outfit for her birthday so I thought she should wear that. But the super cute barrettes in her hair were a Stephanie creation. Oh to be that crafty! Thanks Steph!!

Anyways the kids were fighting a bug earlier in the week but seemed to be fine. The 4th rolled around and the kids still acted fine, so we went to a BBQ at my sisters and then went home to get in our Jammie's and pack some snacks to go to watch the fireworks at West Ellensburg Park. As the kids got dressed it all started to go crazy. Braiden started complaining about his stomach, but was heartbroken at the thought of not getting to see the fireworks. Jeremy and I at that point, made the decision to still go, but park around Anderson's Hay and just sit in the back of the car, which was a good idea, because halfway through them Audrey turned greenish and started vomiting out the back of the car. Oh, Memories!!! We got her cleaned up, managed to watch the rest of the show and have officially been sick ever since.

Audrey's Future Boyfriends, WATCH OUT.......

Because her dad is working his way up the belt rankings!!!

Jeremy just received his Blue Belt at the beginning of the month, and we are extremely proud of him.

He set a goal and obtained it, his next goal is purple, brown and than the coveted Black.

Congrats Jeremy you are no longer "pigmentally challenged".

But with this new color of belt, his professors are asking him to go to a lot bigger tournaments, so Jeremy on top of belt color goals he is looking at going to The Worlds, Pan Am's, and other larger competitions. Apparently I am going to need to get a frequent flyer card! Oh my!!

Fairy Princess....

Uncle Nick and Blair got Audrey a Tinker Bell dress up outfit, which she LOVED. When we got home from the party she immediately wanted to wear it. She had her dad help her put it on (which, is a whole new world for Jeremy, because dress up, hair an everything girlie is not something that he normally does), and wore it the rest of the night. She then found her pinata from her party and tried to ride it around, she was vary upset first when it wouldn't move and second when the legs broke out from under it because it was made of paper mache.

Audreys 2nd Birthday Love Letter.....

To our Beautiful Audrey Grace,
This is your 2nd Birthday Love Letter, and my how you have grown in just one year. The first year of your life you constantly amazed us with you persistence and your spirit, but I have to say year 2 has amazed us even more. Let me tell you about yourself during this last year.
You are STILL persistent, sweet and have an amazing spirit, but with that you have added Bossy, Busy, and Even more Beautiful.
You are a bossy britches, you THINK that you rule the house, and in some cases you do. You and Trevor are constantly fighting for control of the house. You try to tell your brothers where they need to be, when they need to be there, and a lot of the times they listen.
You are loud, everything you do and say, is loud, from the crazy outfits you have decided you will wear, to the decibel 1000 you have to talk at to make sure that you are heard.
You are busy, you don’t sit still for long. You by far get into so much more than the boys did at this age. So far I have had shampoo poured all over my couch, nail polish spilled on our carpet, and pen marks all over out furniture and walls, just to name a few. We do however find it comical that you can be extremely quiet when you are getting into things, because like stated above that is not normally your nature.
You are beautiful, your dad and I fall more and more in love with you each day. You make us smile because of the light that flows out of you, the quirky outfits that you love, the way you always say “I WUV YOU” when we need it, how you will go and stand in time out with your brothers partially because you want to cheer the m up and partially because you want to tease them, and the way you LOVE your brothers and would follow them anywhere. This last year has been hard due to the health issues that you have had seizures, ears, colds, but through it all you power through. You don’t let much “get you down” and we admire that trait and hope that it stays with you for the rest of your life.
We Love you so Much Sissy Bell,
Mom and Dad

Audrey Turned 2!!!

Audrey had her 2nd birthday the 29th of June. We decided to have it at the park due to the amount of kids that were invited and because we still don't have landscaping (someday!).
It was windy but that didn't stop the kids, they played hard.
Audrey knew that everyone was there for her and she made the most of it!! She had all the adults catering to her every whim, which was pretty funny.
Grandma Debbie made the cake, which was a farm theme it was super cute and she had a My Little Pony pinata which she still didn't really get the idea but the older kids sure did. She got some great gifts like a fish, dress up outfits, a baby doll, stuffed animals, a few My Little Pony's and some super cute big girl bedding. She is a lucky girl, not because of the presents but because all the people that came to celebrate the day of her birth!
Again we had a great time with family and friends, thanks for coming!

Sun Lake

Briaden I think was born with gills he LOVES the water!!

The older girls started building a "lake" and instead of helping, Audrey made herself comfortable right in the middle of it.

Aren't they handsome!!

Eden and Audrey the sand friends This was at the end of our trip, so all the kids weren't in it, a lot of them had hit the "end" of the trip.

The End of June our Bible Study planned a camping trip to Sun Lake.

The initial plan was to leave Friday afternoon and stay until Sunday, but it just seemed like Murphy's law got the best of us! It got to the point were all Jeremy and I could do was laugh because it was ridiculous, let me sum it up; ear infections x 3 ears, ear bacteria that ate the lining of Trevor's ear canal and caused massive bleeding out the ear, multiple trips to the Dr., eye allergies, 4 wheel drive check light came on in my car, check engine light came on, Jeremy had to work really late, toilets backing up, breakers flipping, garbage disposal exploded carrot peel all over the kitchen, and outlets in the office stopped working. See what I mean, it was CRAZY!!!

So we ended up leaving early Saturday mourning, and although it wasn't near long enough we had SO much fun (thanks Brian for planning it). I think all together we had 14 kids, so they had a blast playing with each other because all had someone that was near their own age. We got to enjoy good friends, fellowship, food, and weather (although we did get to check the wind rating on our tent on Saturday night).

Thanks friends we had a ton of fun and we can't wait until our trip next year, but maybe we will have to make it for a few more days!