Brock

Brock had his birthday on May 9 and we celebrated together as a family. We decided to do a friend party every other year and I really like the idea. The kids aren't too sure, but we enjoyed a day at Boondocks with just the five of us. Then on Sunday, also mother's day Brock and I enjoyed breakfast in bed. Daddy did such a good job spoiling us both. Then Grandmas and Grandpa came over for some cake and ice cream. I can't believe he is 7 and next year will be getting baptized. He is such a big helper. I love having him around more this summer. He is also very very smart. Loves math and loved 1st grade. He got a bee bee gun which he wanted for a while and a couple of wii games. We love Brock so much and hope he had a great day.

Briggs

April...
So April had a nice start with a job and midway through we had another birthday. Briggs turned 2, holy cow my baby is 2. He is so fun, loving, tender, crazy, busy, and we love every bit of him. We woke him up to presents and surprises, I think his favorite is the little mini spider man four wheeler. He drives that thing like he owns the place. Some things I love about Briggs at 2'
>He is still a momma's boy, Brock barely lasted till 1.
>He says yeah for everything, mid cry you ask, "are you ok?" and he responds, "Yeah"
>He has the highest pitch scream to ever come out of a boy maybe even any 2 year old.
>He is not afraid of anything.
>He will climb up or jump off just about anything.
>He is totally turing into a toe head, no more strawbery :(
>He will always cuddle with me.
>He would rather sleep on the floor than in his crib/toddler bed. So he now sleeps on a sleeping bag?/ Whatever works right?
>He stills climbs in our bed at least once a night.
>He has a mean bite, you make him mad, or take something he will bite, ask Sammi :(
>He loves fruit snacks, he could eat 5 a day if I let him.
>He still struggles when he is left with a sitter. Crying and wants me.
>maybe that why He wont go to nursery either.
>He loves shoes, wants them on first thing after he is dressed and usually wont take them off.
>He loves Brock and doing anything he is doing
>He loves his binky
>He does not like sleeping especially alone
>He loves going places in the car
>Falls asleep in random places, the floor being the most frequent

He had such a great day with his family. Grandma Love and Grandma and Grandpa Wootton came over for a bbq and some cake and ice cream. He got some trucks, blocks, diggers and clothes!
I could go on and on, but we will stop there. Happy Birthday Briggs! WE Love you!!

Where do we begin....

I want to give a brief update of our March events. So Barrett turned the big 30 on March 10th and I tried to do something special, but all I came up with was laser tagging and dinner with some great friends. We have truly made some amazing friends from Saratoga Springs and we now have an annual dinner at Tucanos! The guys love the meat and the girls love to chat and enjoy the company. Laser Tag was a blast and made us feel young again. We were probably the oldest there for sure! We put girls against guys and they killed us, but we still had fun trying to find them and tripping up stairs! Then March 11th I turned 29, yeah I will be in my 20's one more year. WE went to see Avatar and got a quick bite to eat. I was very spoiled with some nice running shoes and running clothes. It is pretty fun to have our birthdays right next to eachother. It does seem like an anniversary or valentines, but Barrett does always make it special for me.
Also in March was the first of 4 interviews with Wadman construction. They started with a phone interview then went on to 2 interview with managers to 1 interview with the president and v.p. of Wadman. It was a long process and we were very stressed and anxious, but they did hire Barrett as a temporary employee, then after 90 days as a superintendent. It was a huge blessing and we are so grateful to have the work. It was a wierd way of hiring and not loving the trial period, but they really seem to like Barrett and have big plans as soon as his hours are up with the temp agency. We will not ask questions and just be grateful for the work. We have learned so much through this time and are truly grateful to go through this. We have had so many prayers, fasts, and kind gestures for or to us.Thank you to you all! What a humbling experience and now we hope to be able to pay it forward. He started April 1, 2010 and they have kept him pretty busy, not always doing what he loves to do, but it all pays the same!:)
I am so proud of him and truly look up to him and his hard work ethic and good attitude. They wanted you for a reason and I am grateful for that!!

Basketball

Brock was able to play rec league basketball for the first time. He loved it too! This is the first time Barrett didn't coach him, but it went well! Brock has loved his coach. WE are learning he is very hard on himself and wants to be the best, so that is something we are trying to work with him on. He can dribble great and shoots really good too. His best game he made 8 baskets, he was so excited!! WE love coming to the games and watching him discover his talents!

Soccer

This is such a bad picture so don't look too close! It was right after a game.

So I have started playing indoor soccer, I guess now 2 seasons. I play with some people in our ward on a coed team and it has been pretty fun! It took me a minute to remember the game but thank goodness I had experience from high school. It is really fast paced and a great work out. I have really had fun!

Here is a brief catchup of the holidays

Christmas was wonderful we were so blessed and had such a nice Christmas! The kids
were very happy too. We definently cut back but I don't know that the kids even noticed. We(Santa) made Sammi a dollhouse, which turned out so cute. It was fun to work on together and keeping the kids out of the garage was a challenge! But it turned out perfect! She loved it and plays with it more and more everyday. Brock got Madden on Wii and loves it! Briggs got some wonderful slightly used toys and has no clue and loves them all! We had Barrett's Mom over Christmas Eve and helped wrapped up presents. Barrett and I were very grateful to be able to give our kids a wondeful Christmas, that was our only desire for this Christmas! We had many wonderfull generous and loving family and friends help us out during this time! Many drop offs we still to this day don't know from who, but also some we know very well and can't tell them how much we appreciate there willingness to sacrafice on our behalf and share with us during this Christmas season!

The New Year was fun, we spent the night with friends playing games and enjoying eachothers company. Hoping we can end this past year and start a new and better year in many ways. HOpefully a job, being #1!But many more goals and a great start to a new year.

Pictures will come soon!

New Rooms!

We recently moved Brock down stairs so he could have his own room. He is getting so big and insisted on needing alone time, and Sammi wasn't giving him any. We have 3 more bedrooms downstairs and he wasn't nervous at all so we went to work combining the two offices and moving Brock's bed downstairs. He wanted a sports room and we did our best, still in the works though. Sammi was able to have her own room upstairs now and she wanted a pink one! So to help with the transition of sleeping by herself we let her pick some paint and we painted her room! It turned out really cute!! I still want some new furniture for her but the painting and flowers are darling! Barrett is so great with all my projects! He helped so much with the painting and moving! Thanks hun!I must say that everyone is doing great in there own rooms. Brock is not scared at all and Sammi sleeps in later than everyone now! Yeah!