Party!!

Of course we had to party for the big two year olds!!

 Sporting their new "Hollywood" look...thank you Barrus family!

 Loving the dinosaurs from Aunt Marci and Uncle Wade...especially when you can scare grandma!

 Sensitive boy

 The kiddos...Kate, Lauren, Nate, Braden, and Wells

 Lovin on Grandma and Pa-pop

 Uncle Jeff and Auntie Brooke gave us cute stuffed animals we love to play with in our beds

 Yummy Cake

 Thank you Grammie and Grandpa for our new toys!

Two Years Old

I know I always say this, but I can't believe they are two already.  This year has brought lots of changes for the babes.  They have learned many things and grown in every way.  They are a joy to have in our home, most of the time, and they always bring a smile to our faces!

 Justin is such a sweet boy.  He continues to be sensitive, and need his loves.  He loves to learn, he reminds me of Tyson, he knows most of his numbers, letters, colors, and shapes.  He remembers what you tell him and will be a great help to his sister who isn't showing much interest in that sort of thing:)  He is hard to stay mad at for too long.  He LOVES his ni-nite and struggles to go anywhere without it.  He looks you right in the eye as you are talking to him and tries hard to communicate his needs and desires to you.  His vocabulary grows everyday and the boys love to make him try new words.  We love having this sweet boy in our family!

Jessica is a princess in every way.  She has figured out that screaming and throwing a fit gets a reaction.  We have tried hard to lecture the boys to not give in to her tantrums.  She is very independent and wants to do everything on her own.  She is also very adventurous, the other night she was outside jumping off of the rocks in our backyard.  She LOVES water and wants to play in the pool and water almost every night.  Jessica loves animals and likes to pretend she is a puppy.  She is a special little girl that has us all wrapped around her finger.  We love this little girl!

HAWAII

For Christmas this past year, my dad and step mom gave us a trip to Hawaii.  It was a week on Maui for ourselves and the kids, with a 2 bedroom condo and rental car included.  All the siblings and families were invited, which meant time with cousins and Aunts and Uncles we don't see very often.  We were SO excited.  We quickly decided that this would be a trip to take without the twins.  We also decided that since we were in Hawaii, we would also spend sometime with my grandma  and Aunt and Uncle that live there.  We have been counting down for this trip since we received it and were so happy when the day arrived.  We left the babies in the very capable and loving hands of Amber and family and off we went. 
We had a wonderful time and still can't stop talking about it.  The experience was so wonderful, Jaron and I want to take all the kids back someday.  Jaron has loaded the pics onto smugmug, so to see our adventure just go to www.jaronfarr.smugmug.com
Can't wait to see what my parents give us this year...

4th of July Party

Jeff and Brooke had us all out to their home to do fireworks and hang with the family.  We had a wonderful time even though the babes liked to run into the street...they kept me on my toes.  They put on a great fireworks show and I was surprised that the babies weren't more scared..ok Justin wasn't more scared:)  He did need some lovin during the loud ones!!

BOYS BOYS BOYS...and Kate and Lauren:)  the kids had their own fireworks before hand and LOVED being in charge.  They were setting them off in a box and at one point Jaron asked if they had a plan in case the box caught on fire.  All the older boys just stood there but cute Mason, who is 6, replied...oh we can just pee on it!  Love boys:)

Cute Lauren

Cute Kate!

Tyson, Lauren, and Braden, playing dress up!!

Cousin Josh even came by for a visit!!  We love Josh!!

It was a great evening with the Farr family!!



4th of July Weekend

The Fourth of July is always a fun weekend in Riverton.  We started off running the annual race, Jaron ran the 10K for the third year and the boys and I ran the fun run.  It was a great start to a fun weekend.  Here we are before the race.

I thought that during the race I would be waiting for Nathan so I told Braden to go ahead and  take off ahead of us and we would see him at the finish line.  Boy was I mistaken.  Nathan was the one that took off and about half way through I couldn't see him anymore.  He took 4th place in his age group of 8-11 year old boys.  

Braden took some walking breaks and needed more enchoragement, but sprinted to the finish line and took 7th in his age group.  Tyson wasn't feeling well and stayed home with the babes, but we hope to make this a family tradition!  It was lots of fun.

After the race we ate breakfast in the park.  During the day there are lots of activities going on, the 4wheeler rodeo, many booths and kid games, the carnival, and lots of entertainment.  We are so lucky to live so close and be able to go back and forth throughout the day/weekend.  I love Riverton!!