Snips and snails, and puppy dog tails!

June 23rd at 11:20 p.m.
8 lbs. 2 oz.
20 1/2 inches.
Jory John
We love our new baby brother.

Our family is made up of snips and snails, and puppy dog tails!
And that's the way we like it!

Leaving our footprints at Mamma's house

I think we left a lot more at Mamma's house than just little footprints. I think we left some fingerprints, some unwanted chalk on the driveway, some flowers that may need to be replanted, and 'the good red milk, not Mamma's bad (skim) milk' as Jett would say. But I also think we left behind some great times with cousins and grandparents!


First we had to do a little yard work before we could play. Jett and Sawyer were such good little helpers. Jett thought Mamma should probably have another shovel for him to plant flowers with though. Only one shovel, what is she thinking!

Always so great to see all the family when we come home. The kids play so cute together. And we can never get enough of Grandma Boosa's chocolate cake. Yum!

Oh my sweet little thumb sucker! How I love to cuddle with you.

We spent hours . . . and hours painting (with water) and drawing with chalk on Grandpa's nice clean driveway. Oh how he loved that. How is it that the grandkids get away with things that I never could do??? Chalk on the driveway, NEVER! What a mess! I think my Dad has losened up a bit.

And our two sweet baby boys just watching all the action from a safe distance away.

Hours . . . and hours playing in the water.

And the classic scene of the whole week. A farm boy teaching a Doctors daughter how to pee outside!

What happens at Mamma's, stays at Mamma's. Kids peeing outside and tatt's on the toddler's. Oh the shame of it all! What kind of parents are we???

The Old Ephraim stories live on! And somehow Jett and RoWan are the stars in them now. Jett is still talking about the nice bear that helps us out. 'Can he carry our house Mom?' Well in all the stories I remember, he probably could Jett.

Oh, how sweet it is to go back home and relive my childhood through my children. Hanging out with my sister and parents while my kids play with all my old toys and learn from the greatest parents ever. We love you! Thank you for putting up with all the noise,
and the footprints we left behind.

It's that time of year again

Yes, it's that time of year again. The early mornings, the late nights, the dirty laundry, the dusty floors, and yet, it is still so much fun to get out in the dirt again! Jett asks every morning if he can go ride the tractor with Dad. When he planted some grain with Rhett, he asked why it wasn't growing. Rhett replied that it needed to be watered and Heavenly Father would help it grow. Jett then insisted on taking his water gun the next day on the farm so that he could water the grain so it would grow. What great lessons Jett is already learning on the farm. No better place to be than on the farm working side by side with his Dad and Grandpa.

Jett had to dress himself the first day he got to ride on the tractor. He had to have the boots and most importantly, the hat. No good farmer goes to work without his hat!

What cute little farm boys! Soon it will be Sawyer riding on the tractor with Dad.

So now we have sown the seed . . . . . .

Say Cheese!

Sawyer's first word was duck. Dad was so proud. Then came cheese. We must take a lot of pictures! I want to know what happened to saying Mama first???

Mr. Bunny came to visit

For a month now Jett has been anticipating the arrival of "Mr. Bunny with my gun that goes peeww." He was very inquisitive as to how this whole Easter Bunny thing works. He asked where the Easter Bunny lives, what he looks like, and if he has a car to get to all the little kids houses. All very good questions that I was scrabbling to find answers for. The night before the big arrival of "Mr. Bunny" Jett then decided that maybe he didn't want a Bunny hopping around his house and perhaps running into him at some point. I assured him that "Mr. Bunny" was only there to get the job done. In the end "Mr. Bunny" did get the job done and put smiles on everyone's face, including my own.

There is nothing cuter than dressing up in our new Easter outfits for church. So cute!
Jett was most excited about his new sandals that he even wore to bed the night before.

Coloring Easter eggs with my little boy brought back such great memories. The dozens and dozens of eggs my Grandma Elaine boiled for the eventual coloring to come. The perfectly color coordinated cups for each color we had to choose from to color our eggs. The stickers, the crayons, the diapers (for baby eggs of course). And last, but certainly not least, the millions of great places for the Easter Bunny to hide the many beautifully colored eggs! Truly, Easter was a magical time at Grandma Elaine's house. It still is one of my favorite holidays. Now making those magical memories for my boys has brought that magic back to me.

The Easter Bunny did a great job, if I do say so myself!

Sawyer ignored the mower, the ball, and book. He went straight for the candy! Finding those Easter eggs with the candy in them was his favorite part.

Jett of course loved all the presents, including Sawyer's. He especially loved the gun. A gun of Rhett's that he had when he was a little boy, so cute. Jett had to shoot all the eggs before he would pick them up after finding them. He shot everything in sight all day. Dad showed him the right technique for shooting accurately. The aiming, breathing slowly, closing one eye (Great! Another hunter!) All the instructions Jett took very seriously as you can see in the clip. He now sleeps with the gun and pretty much everything in our house now, is dead. What am I teaching my kid???

I am looking forward to the many more Easter eggs to be boiled, colored, stickered, and diapered! Let it be known Brother, Sisters, and Cousins; Those color coordinated cups are Mine!