Carter is 11

Wow, I cannot believe that another year has past. Carter was very excited about turning 11. He kept telling me the daily countdown. I hope that his expectations were not dashed. Carter is a great son. He is very tender with children, he is smart, a good athlete, spiritual, sensitive to my needs, great friend, honest, very helpful, persistent and courageous!! We love you son and are so grateful you have come to our family and taught us so much. Happy Birthday.

For breakfast, Carter wanted hash browns (oh boy does he love hash browns), eggs, biscuits and bacon (because he knew that Bailey and Hayden loved the turkey bacon that I make).

Grandma, grandpa, Tricia and the girls all came to celebrate his birthday with us. He wanted to eat tacos for dinner. He loves his grandpa!

This is the cake that I made.

Right now he loves football. He got receiver gloves from his grandparents. The first night he got them he wore them to bed. When he woke up he told me that his hands were aching. I looked at his wrists and I said why do you have all these marks on your hands. He then informed me that he wore his gloves. Crazy kid. On his birthday, he wore them to school to play football with his buddies at recess. He loves them.

He got Star Wars, GI Joe toys, money, puzzle, gun and a DS game.

He was a very happy boy by the end of the night.

Running like a receiver!

OUR SON.

Pretending like he blew out the candles.

Happy Birthday CARTER.

Gannon's First TOOTH

The day has finally arrived. Gannon broke through his first tooth on January 19th, 2011. Then 5 days later he had his second one break through. He had been cranky and wanted me to hold him a lot, so I kept trying to figure out what was wrong and wala, it was a little tooth. The kids were so excited to see his little teethers (as I call them)! If you enlarge the first picture, you will see his cute teeth.

Look at those teeth. It was very hard to try and get him to stay still.

Baby blue eyes!

ZUMBA

So I did it!!! I went to a Zumba class at our local athletic club. I asked Madalyn to come with me and she was more than happy to shake her booty! I have been feeling like I needed to start working out and getting healthier for the last 3 months. During our time living here, I have checked out our athletic club 2 other times. This time I took the plunge and joined. Matt and Madalyn also joined. I had had a busy day yesterday and wasn't feeling like I should go and work out, but I knew that if I gave excuses, then I would never go. So, I laced up my shoes, and headed out the door to go to the gym. We had a great time dancing and sweating. You should all try it!!

This is Madalyn and I when we got home.

Matt stayed home with the kids and helped them with their homework.

You can see all of their backpacks on the ground. Thanks honey!!