Day 13

We are so thankful for the boy's school. We've had such a wonderful experience with St. Joe's and having the boys there just feels right. I love that the boys are getting a religious-based education (there's not a single day that I don't hear Cal belting out 'Ave Maria' throughout the house), their teachers are great, they've made some pretty awesome friends, we've met some amazing friends and it's such a great community of families.

preschool

kindergarten

Day 11 & 12

Day 11: Today (actually yesterday now) I'm thankful for our freedom and those that have served & continue to serve our country.

Day 12: I'm thankful for the gift of being able to stay at home with my kids. It was such a blessing to be able to "retire" and start a new chapter as a stay-at-home mom when we moved to Wenatchee. Granted, there are definitely days when I think going back to work would be a much easier job, I wouldn't trade my days with the kids for anything.

Day 9 & 10

Day 9: I'm so thankful for some of the awesome friends we've made here.

downtown wine walk

Day 10: I am thankful for our family who watched the kids (my parents took the boys and Jenni & Logan took Emmie) for us so we could enjoy a couple hours of kid-free time with our friends.

Day 8

After a day like yesterday, I'm always thankful for my boys' patience, forgiveness and unconditional love for me when I'm challenged as a mom. Yesterday was one of those days... My patience was tested pretty much from the moment we got up until everyone was tucked in bed, I had a short fuse, not to mention I had very little time to dedicate to the boys cause my little lady just wasn't feeling naps (and sis gets grumpy when she's tired). Yet, the boys magically forget about my yelling, lack of time and defeated attitude and continue to show me nothing but love. 

Day 7

Today I am thankful for this blog and it's 6-year life span. I love that its basically a journal documenting all the major happenings of the last 6 years (and counting) of our lives, starting with my pregnancy with Cal. And even better, we've made books out of our blog so it really is like a scrapbook. I have all the kids' births, birthdays, holidays, vacations, major milestones, well-child check-up stats, you name it, documented. And I really love being able to easily look back and see what each of the kids were like at the same age (i.e. Cal at 7ish weeks, Bennett at 7ish weeks - Emmie's age now). Here's to many more years of blogging!

The last couple of weeks.

Cal had his first sleep over at a friend's a couple weeks ago so we got in some quality time with the little ones. Candyland with Bennett & tummy time for Emmie.

This little bugger went through a week of insisting he didn't need a nap... and this was the result of no nap by 4 p.m.

I have to sneak the camera out to try and get a pic of her smiling cause as soon as she sees it or my phone she freezes. 

family dinner

lights out & ready for bed

my view

Day 6

Today I'm thankful for all the love we felt after Emmie was born. We're overwhelmed with gratitude from all the kindness showered upon us. Folks brought us meals, we received amazing gifts from friends/family/neighbors/coworkers including some really thoughtful handmade and personalized presents, friends watched our kids, drove them home from school so I wouldn't have to wake up baby, shared tons of hand-me-down clothes and baby goods, and seriously you could just feel the genuine happiness and excitement from our friends & family on Emmie's arrival. Talk about feeling blessed.