Easter 2008

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Our little bunny's first Hoppy Easter!!!

Gavin is our cute little bunny!
We love, love, love this kid! Happy 1st Easter to Gavin!

Questions about life, death and dear sweet Sachet

Today in the car after Megan's dance class, she said to me, "Mommy am I going to die someday?" I paused and then said," Well, yes....we all are going to die someday. It is part of life, but not for a really long time." I then said something about how we will get our bodies back again because Jesus came to earth, sacrificed and died for us so we can live again. She said, "It is taking a REALLY long time for Sachet to get her body back." Sachet is our sweet family cat that died almost 1 year ago next month. She was 17 years old and gorgeous as ever. My mom's next door neighbor's dog came over and killed her on her own front porch on Easter Sunday. It was a traumatic day. (I am still surprised it didn't put me into labor...too bad it didn't considering Gav was born at almost 10 lbs. three weeks later!) Tanner understood what had happened and grieved at the time. Megan on the other hand was so young that she never understood how long Sachet was really gone for. I think it is now starting to sink in, because she is noticing that she has been gone for such a long time. I guess that is her first real taste of death being that she was 1 when my dad passed away, and not born when Brandon's dad passed away. Easter is now almost here. What a great time to talk about life after death and "getting our bodies back."

Whoops! Gavin discovers chocolate...and what a discovery it was!!!

Happy St. Patricks Day

Every year the boys wear their Irish soccer shirts that dad got them from Ireland. I will be sad when they don't fit anymore!







Megan had a fun morning at preschool with her green party and brought home a plateful of green treats.










No pinching around here! The green is covered.



Tanner enjoyed a nice game of backyard soccer outside in the windy weather!














Gavin loves his bouncing Zebra!

Goin' to the skating rink (or scooter rink in this case)

Zach eating his pizza!













The scooter kids

In this video, Tanner is in the orange shirt at the beginning. You can see the twins pretty clearly.

Who knew that spending hardly any money would make the kids so happy? Zach and Megan's school held a special skating night at Classic Skating and everyone got in free and we took our scooters. We had never done this before but they had a blast! We only paid for our little $2 dinner deals(basically pizza and a drink) and a few bucks for games and prizes. Tanner acted like it was the coolest thing ever! Who needs Disneyland when you have Classic Skating! :)

In Honor of the Six B's...

I choose to be grateful. What a multitude of blessings I enjoy. I get caught up in the mundane day to day...the hard tasks...not being able to keep the house clean...etc. When I do this I miss the little moments. I forget my blessings. I am not enjoying the beautiful children I have, and I do have beautiful children! I certainly wouldn't want to wish this time away, only to be sorry when it has passed. What a shame that would be! I still remember our sweet bus driver Diane saying to me, "This is the best time of your life. I would do it all again if I could!" There is a sweet baby at Primary Children's Hospital who is very sick. He is my baby's age. He had pneumococcal meningitis, and has been in the hospital for over a month. Each day I check his little blog for updates. His name is Charlie and I don't know him or his parents, but I think about them all the time. He is adorable. Talk about life reaching out and smacking you in the face. I often wonder why things like this happen. I don't have the answers. I suppose that is why we have the gospel and why faith and hope are so important. Life is hard enough to go through and I am so grateful we have the gospel to fall back on!
"The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead."-Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Aaaahhhhhhhh...a little taste of Spring

A stroller ride here...riding bikes there...turning off the heat...no jackets...snow melting...is it all a dream? I think we are going to set up our trampoline on Saturday! Oh wait, is there a storm rolling in?

Tanner lost his first tooth!!!

It has been loose for days and it finally happened tonight! Daddy pulled it out. It just seems like he just got those baby teeth! My, how time flies. We have one child getting teeth and one child losing teeth! His permanent tooth is already coming in and should push forward into the nice little space that is now there. I was a little tearful when he said he first had a loose tooth. Once they lose those baby teeth they just don't look like babies anymore. Sigh, ho hum. Life goes on...


Look Ma...no tooth!!! Tooth fairy, here I come!

Tooth update: On Saturday March 22, Tanner lost his other loose bottom tooth, pulled out again by Dad. The permanent tooth is already coming in on that one too and is pushing forward nicely. :) :) :)

I registered the twins for Kindergarten!

The day has come for us to think about the twins going to Kindergarten. Wow! I can hardly believe they will be 5 in June. Crazy time...it just keeps going faster and faster as we get older and older.




They used to look like this! Megan at the right and Zach at the bottom. I have to admit, there have been wonderful yet difficult aspects of having twins, but I am just starting to appreciate the fact that they came TOGETHER. This is something that had been hard for me to see when I was pregnant, and then being overwhelmed with the pressures of having twins and taking care of little children. I now see them become closer to one another as the months go on. I see them appreciate and protect one another and I now TRULY believe they came together because they were supposed to.
It was all part of the plan long before they were born. It doesn't mean we don't see our share of fights on a daily basis in our home, but there are also some great moments too. I am glad to be part of this experience. It is pretty cool, and has provided me with a different outlook on life. After the storms sometimes we can step back and enjoy the rainbows, and that is what I am choosing to do.



Twins
There's two to wash, there's two to dry,
There's two who argue, there's two who cry.
One's in the mud having a ball,
The other holds a crayon, another marked wall.
Some days seem endless, my patience grows thin.
Why was I chosen to be a mother of twins?

The answer comes clear at the end of the day,
As I tuck them in bed and to myself I say,
There's two to kiss, there's two to hug,
And best of all, there's two to love.