Peace

This is such a beautiful picture to me. Three boys playing together and no one is arguing or fighting. Let me explain...it seems like the older two can do nothing but tattle tale on each other or compete to see who can be the best. There is nothing wrong with a little competition. They are boys after all, but one of the things we want to teach our children is how to respect each other and how to put themselves last. There have been many days when I thought I would lose my mind. Even this afternoon it was constant, but then, redemption. May I say it again? This is a beautiful picture to me.

(By the way the game they are playing is called Zingo. It was super fun and even Asher was able to play. Two would work on the cards and one would slide. The took turns. There are some advantages to having lots of siblings)

The student

The StudentThe Teachers

"Hmmmm...how can I learn how to do that?"

I am sure this school will be the cause of a many and great adventures in our family.

More outside

I had such a streak of blogs and well, I just ran out of time. Here are some more pics from our time of wonderful weather.

#3 loves to go in and out of the doggie door to our garage. #2 being himself

#1 playing ball and being on the teeter-totter

I finally got him not posing and not wearing his hat. :)

Outside At Last

We love to play in our yard. This day included mowing the lawn. I love the fact that the boys like to be like their daddy.

Me trying to be artistic Even the 8 year old likes to play

Boy Fun

Being in a family of boys means that there are sometimes things I will just not understand. For instance when you have an orange tree like this.
You must throw the oranges against the garage wall to open them.

Then enjoy the juicy goodness of your hard work.

Finally, allow all the orange rinds to fertilize the ground.

Making Cookies

Yesterday we got a box in the mail from Gma and Gpa. It was filled with Valentine goodies. One of the presents was a cookie cutter/stamper and some sugar cookies. I wanted to make cookies over Christmas, but did not have the time or the energy. So today in an effort to do something fun together, we made cookies. I think they turned out pretty ok. Not great, but I have never claimed to be a baker (nor a cooker really). The boys had fun and we had some yummy treat for getting a job done.

If I had had a girl

I won a hat off my friends website. It was so fun because you had to write a response to who you would give it to. (you couldn't keep it for yourself) I won!!! I was so shocked. The funny thing is that it was for a girl so obviously I wouldn't keep it for myself. It came today in the mail and just for fun I put it on my boys.

#3 didn't appreciate it at all

#2 was too cute

BUT #4 was perhaps the cutest of boys

I would've had a darn cute girl if God would have allowed me, but I love my good looking gentelmen.

Brothers

I love it when they play together without fighting or arguing about who has what car. I can't imagine life without these 4 boys. Last night I was just thinking if we had only had 2 and it made me very sad. It means no Asher who is the most hilarious child and no Sawyer who is a sweetie. Thank you, Lord, for giving me a gaggle of boys who at times will drive me crazy and make me want to quit, but the blessing truly out weigh those moments.