What a fun and busy week we have had! We had our dear friends Mark and Jen stay with us for a week. They endured some moments of chaos from the boys, including meltdowns at a birthday party, and a typical hard, fussy time at sacrament. It was neat to have a little girl in the house, and see what a difference a girl is. They are saints to ever want to visit again. Yet, it was so fun to have the queen mattress out for them, a jumping playground for the kids. They cooked some awesome meals, inspired me to eat a little more healthy, and got me an awesome King Arthur Flour cookbook. I love it when our home is a hotel
We all went up to Calico Basin, and got some gorgeous family pictures for them. Their daughter is just stinking cute, and I had to share this picture. I got seriously lucky when another photographer was kind enough to let me use her chair.
Here are some shots I grabbed in between the session pictures. These are my gifts for Mother’s day, my family.
It feels like I am constantly in the ‘trenches of motherhood’ with this guy. There’s been some tears and prayers in the past week, and utter exhaustion, but I love Ethan so much. Getting him to pose for the camera is pointless. He just is always on the move, and I love this picture of him so much. I am so thankful to be his mom.
My darling, wonderful friend. He woke me up Mother’s day playing “Good Morning, Beautiful”, and hid a brand new crock pot on the bed for me to find. I love him so much. We are both in this parenting thing together. We pray, laugh, and sweat through it all together. I don’t know how I got so lucky to be with him, but he was worth the wait.
My sweet, tender, little Kevin. He’s so different from Ethan. Shaun and Mark were wrestling on the ground. Ethan jumps in and laughs. Kevin starts freaking out and crying. He doesn’t like to see violence
He’s so little and has no fear, jumping like a kamikaze onto the queen mattress this week, bouncing onto the ground and laughing. Love him.
Today, I find out the baby’s gender. I love to find out. It’s an exciting thing, and I just have to know! I wonder what precious soul will be coming down to our family. Mothering sure is humbling. When the hard stuff comes, I keep asking myself ‘Is it I?’ What can I do better to help these kids? I just keep trying to take it one day at a time. Thanks, everyone for reading our little blog
Each child is born with a different spirit as you know with Ethan and Kevin! Some are more challenging than others and test our patience, but also help it grow! Hang in there Mama and read up on what is developmentally normal for a 3 year old, it always helps me to know that this too shall pass....also ask your pediatrician for advice (that is if you like your pediatrician :)
ReplyDeleteHow cute. Love that first picture on the chair! You are so good.
ReplyDeleteYour boys are cute. You are being a great mom because you worry about it all the time. I'm glad you had a great Mother's Day. You are wonderful. Just remember all the sweat, tears, and praying for our kids is all worth it. They will see our example one day and it will all be worth it.
ReplyDeleteLove to read it, always. :) And honestly, there is TONZ of positive, uplifting, encouraging stuff to read on everything you post. I'm so glad I found you again after losing track of you for years.
ReplyDeleteI love you, Erin!! Your example gives me hope and strength because it is so honest and yet so pure. You just keep at it, because you are creating the foundation of a great work!!! This I know!
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