Aidan and Kyle's 1st day at school

I am so proud of my boys today.  And proud of myself for not crying (even though I wanted to).  I am glad that Aidan has a big brother who loves him and wants to look after him at school.

Aidan turns 6!

I lay in the hospital bed on New Years Eve, listening to the firecrackers in the streets below.  Everyone was celebrating but I was worrying about what was happening to my baby.  I didn’t get much sleep that night with all the noise and stress of the situation.
After surviving cancer the fertility specialists said that I would not be able to have more children.  A month later I was pregnant with Aidan.  I had many scares with the pregnancy and Logan also was unemployed during the pregnancy. 
When Aidan was born on New Years Day I lost a lot of blood and it took the doctors a while to stabilise me.  I remember the sound of the beat of my heart sounding faster and faster.
Through all the challenges I have one thought now:  Having this sweet little boy was so worth it!  He still challenges us but the love that he has for us and his brothers is so awesome.  We love this Miracle Boy.

Christmas Eve Dinner

Every Christmas Eve the family has dinner together.  I think this is my favourite night of the year!  This year Logan and I were the hosts.

Lara made 40 delicious cupcakes for us.

Serviette rings

Jethro carving his “Lamb on the spit”

The food was DELICIOUS and it was wonderful to have everyone there.

Orin and his cousin enjoying Christmas dinner together

Merry Christmas

From our family to yours.
May you feel our Saviour’s love at this wonderful time of this year.

Orin and his Dad.

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard.  Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass."  "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply.  "We're raising boys."  ~Harmon Killebrew



You will find that if you really try to be a father, your child will meet you halfway.  ~Robert Brault.


Orin adores his Daddy.

Chace and Ruby-Lynn's Wedding

Chace and Ruby were married today.  It is wonderful to have a new sister-in-law in the family. It is taking some getting used to, having the same name but it is funny also.  It was the first wedding that I have attended where the civil ceremony was not necessary because temple marriages have now been recognised here.

The children and I in the temple grounds after the ceremony.

A few of the cousins sitting by the nativity scene

Orin loved the donkey

All the male family members

The beautiful wedding cake.  The amateur photographer didn't do it justice!

Two little shorties burning up the dance floor.

Aidan's Goodbye

On Monday we went to visit Aidan's Squirrel teacher, Mrs. R.  It was a bittersweet goodbye for me.  Aidan is moving to a new school and all that that brings.  It was sad too, because he has been there for the past two years and it has been a building, good experience for him.  Thank you Mrs. R for your care and concern for Aidan.  We knew he was in good hands.

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Brothers

On Saturdays we try and do something to fix the house and I decided that it was time to turn the boys bedroom around.  We put Jesse on Aidan's bed.  After a while he started to moan.  Aidan jumped onto the bed and started to talk to him.

He calmed right down and listened to his big brother talking to him.

Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.  ~Marc Brown

It snowed last year too:  I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.  ~Dylan Thomas

It was nice growing up with someone like you - someone to lean on, someone to count on... someone to tell on!  ~Author Unknown

My Birthday

My birthday was on the 28th.  I was SO spoiled.  Logan said that he didn't have a present for me because he wanted to take me shopping BUT when I woke up on my birthday there was note on the desk with a laptop underneath!  Kyle gave me a bar-one (a favourite from when I was pregnant with him).


In the afternoon I took the children to Lara's house.  We share the same birth date and it was really nice to sit and watch the children swimming and enjoying each other's company.