Here are some recent photos. Not of our fun trip to New Mexico to visit Mikelle and her family, no photos of that. Just some pics when the kids were in the same room as the camera.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Camera convenience
I think it might be time to turn in the old flip phone and get a phone with a decent camera so I can document our life a little easier. Right now I have to get out the big camera from its case and go to where ever we are to take a picture. If we ever go anywhere do I really want to lug around the big camera in its big case with all the other stuff I have to carry? Absolutely not. So, my documentation has suffered and now my kids will never know what there childhood was really like.
Here are some recent photos. Not of our fun trip to New Mexico to visit Mikelle and her family, no photos of that. Just some pics when the kids were in the same room as the camera.
Thomas is now 6 weeks old.
This is about 2 weeks ago so middle of May. Above he looks like Thomas E. Wright. Ha, Ha.
Here are some recent photos. Not of our fun trip to New Mexico to visit Mikelle and her family, no photos of that. Just some pics when the kids were in the same room as the camera.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Blessed
We feel so blessed in our life right now. It is truly wonderful to have this sweet spirit in our home. I love having a newborn. It hasn't always been this way. I have definitely grown into motherhood. But I can say I am enjoying my children immensely right now.
Thomas was blessed by his dad yesterday. It was a very special blessing and took us by surprise. He looked so cute in his blessing outfit.
Thomas was blessed by his dad yesterday. It was a very special blessing and took us by surprise. He looked so cute in his blessing outfit.
Saturday we went to the Tulip Festival. I have to say I like this place more than Disneyland. There are beautiful tulips of amazing color everywhere. Rolling hills, small streams, ponds, huge waterfalls, amazing gardens. Tai was in heaven. The family loved it! Perfect weather made it the perfect experience.
If only there weren't any people there!!
Thursday, May 1, 2014
May Day- Truman is 2
caught little Tommy boy with an awkward smile
Thursday, April 17, 2014
His name is Thomas!
Thomas was born on Passover, a lunar eclipse and a blood moon. This is very rare to happen all on the same night! Thus, his middle name is Pascal- meaning born on Passover. It was an eerie night, the moon was noted on my way to the hospital at 3:45 am and consequently there was much howling in the hospital that night. It is hard to describe but it made me smile to hear other women go through what I just went through... so anyway when I got to the hospital I was already dilated to a nine, yikes! I delivered him at 4:21am.
I am home now and am glad to be out of there! I was going crazy and missing my kids for 2 days.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
go figure
I have been unable to get access to my blog, but today I figured it out. So here are a few pictures...
Most recently we got a bunny and named him snowball. Tai takes care of him...yay!
It has made the rest of winter bearable with something to entertain the kids.
Oh, and one from halloween.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Tai and Tag had a birthday!
Tai and Tag had a fun birthday this year. They were sure looking forward to it for months everyday counting down the days. Tai turned 8 and Tag turned 5. They had an EPIC Dance Party for their birthday party and invited friends to come over and show their stuff. They ate pizza and punch and cake and were out of there in an hour.
Here are a few things about them each at this age. More for my benefit than anything. Feel free to skip.
TAI:
Is enjoying being home-schooled. She started to finally enjoy reading. She is in the middle of the novel The Yearling. I've figured out it is more pleasurable for her to accomplish reading a lot of pages than to actually understand what those pages are saying however. She is practicing writing faster and doing better at that. She is very detail oriented so she has had a habit of writing painfully slow in order to make all the letters just right. Just like her daddy! To this day Mark writes just the way he was taught cursive in 2nd grade. No modifications whatsoever. Anyway she practices her typing skills with Mavis Beacon and is finally progressing in math with Khan Academy. Her greatest interest is in the sciences. She loves to know how things work. Mark started to give her piano lessons which she really enjoys. She is still in gymnastics and had a hard time adjusting to her new gym. She is getting over her fears though and learned a back flip on tramp (a huge accomplishment for her because of fear issues) again, got that from her dad:) Tai loves doing things. She is never lazy and always producing or busy with something and loves the outdoors. She loves fashion, cooking, crafts, projects, gardening, making things look good and reading scripture stories. She has a good heart and is very sensitive to others feelings, is very expressive, has keen understanding, likes to sing, she is cautious, loving, helpful and has a desire to do the right thing. Tai does enjoy teasing however and has her mama's pride in that she doesn't like to be shown that she is wrong. She is very good to her brothers and sisters and gets offended if they don't show the same affection for her. She has an out of control silly side sometimes and goes bonkers even at the age of 8!. I don't know what my life would be without Tai!
TAG:
Tag is pretty much the opposite of Tai. He is content to be inside playing on the computer or watch a movie. He is still learning his letter sounds and slowly putting words together. He learned to ride a bike a few months ago and was very excited to get a new bike for his birthday. He is a quick physical learner. It is refreshing to watch Tag in gymnastics catching on so quick. He is on the Boys Team and his coach loves his discipline and ability. His favorite phrase is "I'm STILL hungry!" This boy can eat all day long. But at least he will eat healthy now. He still suffers from asthma and eczema and we are still trying to figure out the best way to manage it. Tag wants everyone to succeed and is genuinely happy for his brother and sisters accomplishments. It does not phase him when Tai gets mad at him for looking at her "wrong" during breakfast. He just continues to be sweet Tag. He plays well with all of his siblings equally. He still has his "new joysey" accent but is much more mild now. His baby blessing said he would bring balance to the family and he has definitely done that. He loves to give his mom hugs and of course melts mama's heart.
Here are a few other family photos:
Here are a few things about them each at this age. More for my benefit than anything. Feel free to skip.
TAI:
Is enjoying being home-schooled. She started to finally enjoy reading. She is in the middle of the novel The Yearling. I've figured out it is more pleasurable for her to accomplish reading a lot of pages than to actually understand what those pages are saying however. She is practicing writing faster and doing better at that. She is very detail oriented so she has had a habit of writing painfully slow in order to make all the letters just right. Just like her daddy! To this day Mark writes just the way he was taught cursive in 2nd grade. No modifications whatsoever. Anyway she practices her typing skills with Mavis Beacon and is finally progressing in math with Khan Academy. Her greatest interest is in the sciences. She loves to know how things work. Mark started to give her piano lessons which she really enjoys. She is still in gymnastics and had a hard time adjusting to her new gym. She is getting over her fears though and learned a back flip on tramp (a huge accomplishment for her because of fear issues) again, got that from her dad:) Tai loves doing things. She is never lazy and always producing or busy with something and loves the outdoors. She loves fashion, cooking, crafts, projects, gardening, making things look good and reading scripture stories. She has a good heart and is very sensitive to others feelings, is very expressive, has keen understanding, likes to sing, she is cautious, loving, helpful and has a desire to do the right thing. Tai does enjoy teasing however and has her mama's pride in that she doesn't like to be shown that she is wrong. She is very good to her brothers and sisters and gets offended if they don't show the same affection for her. She has an out of control silly side sometimes and goes bonkers even at the age of 8!. I don't know what my life would be without Tai!
TAG:
Tag is pretty much the opposite of Tai. He is content to be inside playing on the computer or watch a movie. He is still learning his letter sounds and slowly putting words together. He learned to ride a bike a few months ago and was very excited to get a new bike for his birthday. He is a quick physical learner. It is refreshing to watch Tag in gymnastics catching on so quick. He is on the Boys Team and his coach loves his discipline and ability. His favorite phrase is "I'm STILL hungry!" This boy can eat all day long. But at least he will eat healthy now. He still suffers from asthma and eczema and we are still trying to figure out the best way to manage it. Tag wants everyone to succeed and is genuinely happy for his brother and sisters accomplishments. It does not phase him when Tai gets mad at him for looking at her "wrong" during breakfast. He just continues to be sweet Tag. He plays well with all of his siblings equally. He still has his "new joysey" accent but is much more mild now. His baby blessing said he would bring balance to the family and he has definitely done that. He loves to give his mom hugs and of course melts mama's heart.
Here are a few other family photos:
And here is another video as we encountered a friend on a family hike in the mountains:
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Ever feel like Job?
No, but maybe just a tiny bit though....
We seem to have had a few trials lately with losing things...one of which was particularly heartbreaking. You see, we have this never content baby named Truman who is always on the move..he literally can't sit still for more than 8 seconds...we time him all the time. Anyway, in a moment that we were distracted with something else he jerked our external hard drive out of the computer. The Trumanator has force and strength like I've never seen and unfortunately terminated it. What's the big deal right? Well, Mark was in the process of copying everything to make a back up but had just begun that process. So, what did we lose? Everything. Every picture from when Tai was a baby on up, every document, precious family history interviews with Mark's grandma and the list goes on. I bawled. I felt like I had nothing left. We sent it in to an expert company that does data recovery to see if they could salvage it. Turns out they can....for only $2500. Wonderful. So, the option is there just not within our reach. In a way it is liberating though. I think if I was asked to give up every possession I could do it now. All I need is my family. My heart is filled with gratitude that I still have them.
We are also losing a few friends in the neighborhood because they are moving:(
Tag's best friend Addi
These two adore each other. Last week at church we sat behind them and Tag and Addi just shyly smiled at each other the whole time with out ever saying a word. It was so cute.
One of Tai's best friends Kylee. Tai will miss the dance parties over at Kylee's!
We seem to have had a few trials lately with losing things...one of which was particularly heartbreaking. You see, we have this never content baby named Truman who is always on the move..he literally can't sit still for more than 8 seconds...we time him all the time. Anyway, in a moment that we were distracted with something else he jerked our external hard drive out of the computer. The Trumanator has force and strength like I've never seen and unfortunately terminated it. What's the big deal right? Well, Mark was in the process of copying everything to make a back up but had just begun that process. So, what did we lose? Everything. Every picture from when Tai was a baby on up, every document, precious family history interviews with Mark's grandma and the list goes on. I bawled. I felt like I had nothing left. We sent it in to an expert company that does data recovery to see if they could salvage it. Turns out they can....for only $2500. Wonderful. So, the option is there just not within our reach. In a way it is liberating though. I think if I was asked to give up every possession I could do it now. All I need is my family. My heart is filled with gratitude that I still have them.
We are also losing a few friends in the neighborhood because they are moving:(
Tag's best friend Addi
One of Tai's best friends Kylee. Tai will miss the dance parties over at Kylee's!
Neighborhood friends are the best!
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