the pumpkin patch

We had such a great time at the pumpkin patch this year. Ezra has been a little obsessed with pumpkins so I knew he would love it. Rylie LOVES animals, she would have fed the cow the whole time if we would have let her. It was a great day, the weather was beautiful, and it was nice to get out and do something different together.

Things on my mind

My sister Tannis was married last month. I don't know if I have ever seen a happier bride. I am so happy for her and Clayton. They are so cute and fun together that I know that they will always be happy and always love each other.

It has been a little over a year now since Grandma Vance passed away. I still feel so blessed to have known her. She was such an amazing woman with such amazing faith. I will always look up to her as a woman of faith and of someone that I want to be like. She kept amazing journals and always made people smile.

Elder Hine!! I can't believe he has been out for almost 18 months. I love reading his emails and love to hear that he loves his mission so much. He is such a great missionary and loves the people of Panama, and we love him.

Yay! Finally I can do cute things with Rylie's hair. It has taken awhile but it is finally long enough to do some creative hair styles.

My mom came up this past weekend and helped us potty train Ezra. He has done so well, I am so proud of him! Like my mom says though, potty training is really about training the parent to remind the child to go to the bathroom on the potty.

This is what happens when you turn your back for 2 minutes in my house!

So There you go! Also I want to give a little shout out to my friend Janice who has an etsy shop full of cute felt items. I actually bought some of the preschool games and hair clips and LOVE them, and the kids do too. This is her link to her shop! I highly recommend checking her out. :)

lucky

 

sometimes I feel like the luckiest person because I am Ezra and Rylie's mom. How did I get so lucky to have such cute and loving kids?

Voice of the Spirit

Ezra's birthday

 

Ezra turned 3 today. His birthday is easy to remember, 09-08-07... We kept it pretty low key and celebrated on Monday when devin was home. Breakfast was delicious and as you can see the cupcakes were too!

 

These are some of my favorite pictures taken of Ezra over the last 3 years. Its hard to limit my favorite pictures. I know i'm biased but I just think Ezra is such a handsome boy and has such a contagious smile.

 

These are the birthday pictures for the last 3 years..you can see his eating habits haven't changed much!

Ezra is seriously my buddy. Some days I think I'm going to go crazy because he is such a busy boy but honestly he makes me laugh and smile daily and I wouldn't change him for anything! He has such a sweet spirit about him and I know he is going do amazing things. Not everyone knows this, but Ezra was diagnosed with autism earlier this year. It has been a struggle, but we are blessed with so many people that support us and lead us in the right direction. He is making tons of progress and I know his future is bright. We are so hopeful for him and are willing to do whatever it takes to pull him through this! To learn more about autism I suggest this site.
We love you Ezra!!!

furniture revamp

Before:


After:



We got an older dresser from some friends when we moved here and right away I decided I wanted to make it into a TV stand. So we took out the first 2 rows of dressers then laid wood on the bottom to make it a shelf. We painted it this ungly brown, because it was the only color of oops paint that we liked and felt like we could do anything with. The TV stand has done us well, but the last couple of months-OK really year- I have wanted to repaint it and do something much more fun with it. So this is the results. The hardest part was sanding it, that was a pain. Overall i'm very pleased with the results I just want to distress it more.

The outfit!

 

 

 

 

This is the outfit he ended up wearing after we changed his clothes..isn't he a ham!! how can you not just think he is the cutest thing ever? :)