Hold me to this!

So, I've been slacking on blogging. I want to have this for our family history, so I'm saying out loud and to you all. I am committing to blogging once a week. I will try and do it Sunday nights. So, I'm giving you all permission to nag me if I'm not keeping up with my committment. A little intervention might be neccessary. I will thank you later I'm sure!

So, here are the sweetest children sleeping. I love Chase's hand so carefully placed under his chin. Chris discovered this and came to me and said, "you gotta come up here and look at how Chase is sleeping."

We documented Brody as well. He sleeps on his stomach at least half the night.

They are such good boys. We are so blessed to have them in our lives. I was leaving Costco with all three of the boys in the cart. The employee checking our receipt says, "How wonderful it is to have these children. They are such a blessing." I looked at him and immediately my eyes got glassy. I said, "I know. It is a blessing. I think about it every day."

Brody's 5th Birthday

Brody chose an Iron Man theme to celebrate his 5th birthday this year. Chris set up an elaborate "Iron Man Training Center" which included army crawling under a canvas tarp, target practice with velcro balls, bouncy ball hopping through flags, soccer kick into a goal, and shooting out fire with a water gun (just candles folks). I failed as the photographer of the event. I didn't even get a picture of the birthday boy "training". Maybe because I was corralling 12 kids, including a 1 year old (that would be Blakey-boy).

Here is Chase shooting the water gun. Here we are at the table eating hot dogs, chips, and fruit.

Brody's friends included: Seth, Chase, Paul, Gavin, Jude, Lucas, Cross, Calvin, Rhett, and Ava.

Here is a video of the birthday song blowing out of the candles. After you watch Brody, watch the friend on his right. It made me chuckle.

It was a great party thanks to Chris. He is a fabulous Dad. I appreciate all the effort he makes to be close to our kids and raise them with love and compassion. Brody had a great time and he felt really special.