here there and everywhere in between

A boy and his doughnut!
Thank you Ms Lyneil for the cowboy boots

A wonderful place to be

How blessed we are to have such great friends
(Kaden, Peyson, Bryant and Brayson)

Tinkerbell has joined the family!

Fun at the play place

What a cutie

The best group picture we could get in our Easter clothes

That silly easter bunny left footprints all over our table!

After smoking our house up with way overcooked potatoes, the kids found a great place to read while some airing out was taking place

Colby cleaning the ceiling trying to rid it of the smoke smell
(it was pretty bad)

We are always so busy it seems and then when we are not busy, we do nothing. That is my failed attempt at why I have not blogged in so long! Everyone is doing very well. Rosa has 2 weeks of preschool left and she is so sad about it. She loves going, she is only one of 2 or 3 that will be returning next year for preschool, but we are hoping that her having been there last year will give her a boost of confidence because she will know the ropes. She is such a beautiful girl, sometimes I look at her and am shocked at how big she is, she is no longer a baby, but a big and growing girl. She has moved to the bedroom upstairs and loves it, she can sleep as late as she wants and for the most part she does not have to share her toys.

Logan is also growing by leaps and bounds, he is really into cowboys and farmers, maybe he is our hope that we will someday have that farm we want. He is a funny boy and cracks us up by his eating style. If he is eating something that he really loves he closes his eyes and kind of moves around as he eats, which funny enought usually leads to him biting his finger. And the wonderful parents that we are laugh a lot when this happens. He is finally starting to make it through the night without an accident, still occasionally but not often, which means that maybe we can start with Bryant soon (although when I ask him if he wants to use the potty he just says "I already did"). Logan also tells me he loves me about 10 times a day. He is such a lovey boy! Bryants is a ornery boy! Which may bode well for him as an adult, but not so much as a kid. If there is a permanent marker or scissors around he will find them. He hates to be told no and responds by screaming his head off. But he also has a ton of charecter. He loves to laugh and make you laugh. He likes to sit in our lap and read books and give lots of hugs and kisses to everyone whether they want them or not. He is wonderful. We were given the opportunity to meet his birth father this month and are looking forward (at least mostly!) to that relationship. Peyson is really coming into his own and developing a personality all his own. He also responds to the word no by screaming (so pretty much at any given time in our house someone is screaming). He loves to laugh, he has wonderful contagious laugh. He does not use many words yet, I have not determined if he cannot or just so chooses not to. He can say mama but If I ask him to he laughs and shakes his head no. He thinks it is hysterical! He did learn to quack like a duck. He loves his sleep he does not like to miss a nap and likes to go to bed between 7:30 and 8 every night. Tonight we are taking them to the circus which does not start until 7 so he will probably not have the best time! And sweet Reah is getting so big, you would never guess she started out so small. She is starting to smile a lot and is gooing and babbling more this week. She loves Logan, he can almost always make her smile. Termination is set for this month and hopefull the adoption complete sometime this summer. We were so concerned about having a 5th child, but we have been blessed tremendously by her. They are all a great blessing.