Callen's 1st Birthday Celebration!

Callen's birthday celebration was simple and sweet which was just perfect for this little guy!

He has completely stolen our hearts and we are all happy with that!

We celebrated at a park since Callen LOVES being outside.  

Pizza, fruit, and cupcakes were all on the menu - more things he loves.

And we had to throw in some balls- he's obsessed!

His adorable spider-crawl, love it:

I can't get enough of this sweet boy:

Caught in action...loves sucking those fingers:

Party guests were Shar, Trav, and the girlies. 

Oh so fun!

Chowing down:

And our cute Cal with his very favorite toy EVER:

He started making these hilarious faces and we think he's pretty darn cute (and funny!). What a character!

Investigating something:

More of the monster balls:

Opening gifts:

Blowing out the candles, he was fascinated:

A gentle little poke was enough for him, ha!

He liked it!

Happy Birthday littlest man! We sure love having you in our family!!

April's Everyday Moments

We finally got out a little more this month and we've been enjoying the warmer weather. 

These kiddos keep me laughing constantly. 

Ryder's favorite animal is the giraffe...so I HAD to get this cute costume when I saw it on a yardsale site. He wore it for days and even slept in it. Oh how I love this kid! His brothers were quick to get out the animal hats and join in the fun!

I love how well they play together.  Weston is being the tiger and chasing the giraffes. So funny:

Callen pulls himself up on everything now. 

This stool happens to be one of his favorite objects and he kind of flips out when he sees it. Strange, but so cute too:

He is getting so big and makes us laugh all the time. I LOVE this little grin:

He has also mastered the stairs. This was one of the first times he made it to the top by himself!!

And the boys love helping him slide down them again:

He's making sure I'm chasing him:

Ryder LOVES Aunt Shar.  He started this cute thing where he'll run up to her and say "Aunt Shar, I missed you" when he sees her. It's so darling!

I just love this cute, chubby boy!

Family time

Chelsea & her kiddos stayed with us for about 3 weeks.  

It was a very FULL few weeks since, between the two of us, we have 8 kids ages 6, 4, 2, 1, & baby. 

BUSY is the word to describe it!  We had fun, though, playing outside (when it wasn't raining), jumping on the tramp, and going going going.  I'm sad we didn't take more pictures, but we honestly fell into bed exhausted every night. Getting the kids fed, off to school, and through the day was enough. :)  

We really loved getting to spend so much time with her and the kids.

We took the kids on a walk one day after we'd been stuck inside for awhile due to rain. It was a much needed breath of fresh air.  We had fun and got done just in time for more rain to hit.  The kiddos looooved the trail:

hiking stick a must:

 Chels & her cute kids:

Ryder & Reverie are little buds:

Callen enjoying the ride:

 Syanne:

Slow pokes with their sticks:

 Tave found a TON of sticks to throw off the bridge into the water, love this kid:

Stick dropping with Ryder:

My Tave always, always finds me a flower. I love how sweet and thoughtful he is and I love this little sign of spring:

These kids had a blast together. Here as a rare, quiet moment when they were exhausted enough to all sit down and watch a show. I LOVE this picture:

The dynamic duo...oh can you see the mischief in those grins?!

Sweet little Nea, I love that she warmed up to me and loved to snuggle:

Last year, when I had Callen, my  mom was going to come help me and stay for awhile. But her back went out and she ended up having to postpone the trip...until now! So we got a fun-filled week with Nonny-Kare. It was much needed after the crazy-hard semester Jeff has had. We didn't see him much and we were all ready for it to be over!

My nice camera is in the shop...so I forgot to take pictures...I'll have to get more from everyone else. We had a fun girls movie night, lots of hang out time, and lots of talking and playing. It was such a good visit...THANK YOU MOM for all that you do!

Nonny Kare was the popular request for bedtime stories:

And we got to see Mckenon really quickly on his way up to ID for school.

Okay family, I need the rest of the pics from the trip!!!!  

Love you all!