HAPPY 30 + BIRTHDAY

I decided to take over the blog for a short post to tell everyone how much we all love you Heather. You are the rock that holds our family together. You always have an answer for all our questions. (not always the right one) You are a strong christian woman that guides me in becoming a better father to our boys. Our boys are a great example of the influence you are in their lives. I know little Kinsley will be blessed to have a mom like you.

I know that I do not always show just how much you mean to us, but on your birthday, please know that you are loved beyond measure and I truly love you more today than I did yesterday and I will love you more tomorrow than today. Happy Birthday

Ok, I need some help. Do any of you have one of these strollers?? I'm just trying to get what will be easiest not cutest. So I'm just wondering if any of you had any opinions on this one or any others. Kason is big enough that I don't want a regular double stroller that I would have to lift him in and out of. But I was just thinking something like this would be really convenient for him to hop on anytime he gets tired.

Ok, sorry guys I have to post this disclaimer before you start reading. Blogger is really testing my patience. It's late, I've wasted an hour trying to update only to find out now that I thought I was finished that one of my pictures was deleted and one wasn't even loaded for some reason. I'm too tired to mess with it anymore so if the pictures don't go with the journaling by them I'm sorry. Sometime when I'm not so tired and ready to go to sleep I can get it straightened out.
As school has been winding down for Keagan he has been enjoying some fun days of not much work and mostly play. This a picture of his field trip to the splash park. He had such a fun time with his friends goofing off and staying cool! We are so very proud of Keagan and his accomplishments this past school year. I get teary eyed just thinking about how big he is and how fast he is growing up. Will he really be in 1st grade next year. I didn't cry when he started kindergarten but I won't promise no tears his first day of elementary school!!! He's such and amazing son, I am so blessed to have him!

This past Friday our little big guy turned 3!!! It really amazes me at how quickly time goes buy. My boys are getting SO big and changing so much every day. For breakfast I served Kason pancakes and no they are not moldy, his favorite color is green so I decided to stick a little food coloring in the pancake batter and make them his favorite color:) That night we celebrated at the hibachi grill in town and topped it off with some cheesecake they served to Kason after our meal!

A couple of weekends ago we took the boys up to see a Ranger game. Thanks to my brother in law we were able to sit in some amazing seats only 8 rows back from home plate!! This was the boys first time to go to a Ranger game and I believe for their first time they had an amazing experience. The firt 7,500 children into the ball park receieved Kinsler jerseys, so....they each got one, after the game they went onto the field and ran the bases, and to end the day we waited outside the players parking garage and got Josh Hamilton's autograph on all of their souvenirs as he drove out of the ball park!!! That was such a fun day!!

Oh my gosh, do you see what I see in this picture?? I have now seen two snakes in the past month. This one I found in our neighbors flower bed as I was going to grab Keagan's soccer ball that had been kicked into it. I heard a little noise before I reached in to grab the ball, and happened to see this big guy!!! The second one I saw I wasn't able to get a picture of but it was crawling into our garage one day when I stepped out of the house!! Also saw a wild turkey in our neighbors front yard that same day!!!
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Keagan's t-ball is going great. He loves playing and is doing a great job. Kason has always looked up to his big brother and always wants in on what Keagan is doing. So since Keagan is playing t-ball, Kason has been wanting to wear Keagan's game uniform to play in around the house. Needless to say it looks ridiculous on him because of the size difference between them. Well....a certain someone decided to get him his own uniform for his birthday. He absolutely loves it and thinks he is the biggest boy in it. We have to make him take it off in order to wash it every few days. Too cute!!

Some pictures of our Easter fun. Some of the pictures we are a little squinty since the sun was shining so brightly Easter afternoon but I thought I'd add them anyway:)

It's been so long since I've blogged any pictures or updated, seems like the posts are getting further and further apart but bear with me my blogger friends I hope to do better soon! Since starting a part time job life seems so hectic and the times I have at home I don't want to spend on the computer but with my sweet family. Just wanted to send out a little update for now and new picture of the little one growing so quickly inside of me. We had our sonogram on Tuesday so I'm posting a cute little profile picture, can't wait to meet her that's right I said her we are having a GIRL, what are we in for!;)

Wow.....it's seems like it has been so long since the last time I updated so this will be my best attempt.
Some of you already know this story so you may want to skip this post.:)
Since the news of being pregnant and getting over the shock and moving into the mode of excitement so much has gone on. First of all you have to understand that my husband is such a hard worker for our family to have the nice things that we have, a nice home, nice car, etc. But of course it all comes with a price. For almost 3 years now Jason has worked in the car business. He has loved it, he enjoyed the excitement of closing deals and was so very excited last March to take on the position of sales manager at the dealership where he started selling cars. Again he had been doing this since before Kason (almost 3y/o now) was born. The down side of being in this business is that family gets little time. He worked every Saturday that rolled around and a majority of the time left the house at 8:00am and didn't get home until 7:30-8:00 every night. He didn't seem to mind it and after some time became accustomed to it. This meant that he was home just in time for the kids to go to bed and missed all but two of Keagan's first two seasons of soccer games. So for me it was tiring. I have prayed for quite some time that God would bring something along, literally lay another opportunity in his lap that would allow him more time with us his family. So........that's not really what happend b/c God always has a way of doing things that leaves us confused in the begining but in the end feeling his amazing love. The first Tuesday of February Jason called me on his way home and told me that he had been laid off. He was devistated I was shocked and immediately began to worry about so much. We will both tell you we wondered what God was doing. We cried together and talked for quite a while then I sent an email for our Sunday School class to start praying for us. The very next day our SS class had a prayer meeting not just for Jason and I but for others who were going through some hard times as well and it was amazing. Jason and I immediately began to feel God's peace and assuring that He was going to take care of us. Jason went 3 weeks w/o a job! We think that's amazing considering the circumstances in the economy right now. He accepted a job offer and now works a 9-5 job Monday-Friday with every single Saturday off!!! Isn't God amazing!? There are so many other benefits that he gets from the company that I won't bore you with but we have felt so loved by God through the process and know that no matter what He is there, He is listening, and truly wants the best for us in HIS perfect timing! Jason's layoff was God's way of taking Jason out of the previous job b/c Jason had become so accumstomed to the hours he probably would not ever have quit. His 3 weeks off of work allowed he and Kason some precious time together while Keagan was at school and sweet time playing football w/Keagan every day after school. I also must mention that our family, church family and our sweet friends prayed for us and surrounded such an amazing way, we appreciate those of you who called, emailed, prayed and offered to do anything in the world for us, you know who you are.....we love you very much and are so grateful each of you has been so carefully placed in our lives!!!
Oh and I can't forget Jason is working for a well established home mortgage company so if you need any assistance in that area send me an email and he get you all fixed up:) Thanks for listening (reading) and I tried not to ramble too much!

Just thought I'd include this picture of my man he's using for the new business cards
Love you Babe!!

There has been so much going on the past several weeks. I can hopefully get the blog updated soon but for now here a few new pictures of the boys which is really all the family bloggers want to see anyway:)


Both the boys LOVE every kind of sport there is! He is Kason ready to play some baseball!

Keagan's Valentine's Party at school


Painting with dry pasta...so much fun!!