I can't believe that summer is over and a new school year has already started.  We did a lot of fun things and were sad to have our summer end.  My niece Ali married Andrew.  We love weddings and theirs was a lot of fun.

 

 Here is our family at the Bountiful temple.

 Rhett played t-ball this year.  He was on the Angels, and he absolutely loved it!  He was so excited to play and can't wait to do it again next year.

 The kids all enjoyed their 2 weeks of swimming lessons...and loved going to the pool to cool off and have some fun.

 Rhett was forced to learn to ride with out training wheels when his broke off.  He is now a pro at riding his bike and spends many hours everyday riding around the neighborhood.

 Rhett's first day of Kindergarten.  I can't believe he is old enough to go.  He loves learning and enjoys going to school...I hope he always has that attitude!

 Here is Rhett with his teacher, Mrs. Farr.

 Tate's first day of preschool.  He was a little nervous and a lot of excited.  The last year with Tate has flown by and he is growing way to fast.

Here is Tate with his teacher, Miss Tiffany.

 

We were also able to go to Canada this summer for a family reunion.  It was a fun road trip with the kids.  They did awesome!  It was good to get a way and spend time with each other.  I know things are only going to get busier as life goes on, but we are enjoying every minute of it!

Update

 Well I guess it is time for my yearly update! lol...!  Life is so crazy busy sometimes it is hard to take pictures and then to blog about it....I have been slacking.   The kids are growing like crazy.  Looking back at pictures I can't believe how much they have changed.  It makes me a little sad that they are not little babies anymore.

I don't know what is so appealing about mom & dad's bed, but this is where they love hanging out.

The kids got a trampoline for Christmas...but I think they loved the boxes it came in more.  They would set them up and watch t.v. and ask to nap in them....kind of freaked me out, they look like coffins!

 


ahhhhh......here is my baby.  She is getting so big.  She tries to do what ever her brothers are doing.  She is a major climber and a very busy girl.  Keeps us all on our toes!  We sure do love her!

Rhett lost his first tooth at school on Valentines Day!  He was so excited!  I didn't even realize he had a loose tooth.  He was excited to put it under his pillow and have the tooth fairy bring him some money.  He has since lost his other tooth too.....sad day when they lose those cute baby teeth, now the big ones come in.

Tate has been working really hard to go on the potty.  He was so excited when he no longer had to wear diapers and got to wear his big boy pants.  His Grandpa Williams said he would buy him anything he wanted when he was potty trained.  Tate has been wanting a John Deere Backhoe so bad.....so he finally got it.  He was one happy boy and I am one happy momma not having to change or buy diapers anymore.

The boys love dressing up and playing pirates!

We made over the boys room in John Deere.  We love how it turned out. 
The boys love the tractors on the wall and on their beds! 

  

Well, hopefully it will not take me another year to update.  Spring and summer are coming and I know we are going to be getting busy.  Hopefully I can keep up with all that we are doing!

Catch Up

I have got a lot of catching up to do.  This year is going by so fast. 

The kiddos are growing like crazy and life is good!

 Here are Tate and Janie.  Tate still thinks she is pretty neat and she thinks he is the funniest thing in the world.  They sit and crack each other up and are always laughing.

 They love to hang out with Janie where ever she is.

 I can't believe that Janie is 8 months already.  She is crawling all over the place and getting into everything.  We love her!

 In May, Rhett graduated from his first year of preschool.  They put on the cutest program and he loved singing all the songs.  He knew all the words and actions. 

 We decided to go fishing one hot day....the boys lost interest pretty quick and thought it was more fun to play in the water.  When Mike got a couple fish Rhett got pretty excited!

 The boys love to "fix" the house with their tools.

 In March my brother Jared got married to Bailee.  Weddings are so much fun.  We all had a great day and are excited for her to be in the family.

 We went bowling and the boys thought that was the best.  Mike did pretty good with one arm.

The kids love to go and visit Grandpa Williams.  When the cousins all get together they are pretty creative and love inventing things to play and do. 

Janie's Blessing Day and Update

Well I have been awful about keeping the blog updated....so hopefully I will get better. Last Sunday we blessed Janie and it was such a nice day. It was fun to have family and friends come to church and then after to our house to eat. Mike did such a good job. It turned out to be a really nice day. Here is Janie in her blessing dress before we went to church. She is getting all spongy and smiley! We just love her!

Here are Janie's little booties she wore for her blessing. These are special because my great-grandma got them over in Panama when my mom was born and sent them to my grandma to have my mom blessed in them. So my mom was blessed in them, my sister, me, my sisters' girls and now Janie. Hopefully we can keep passing them down to be used.

Mom & Janie

Dad & Janie

The boys just love her and think it is fun to get her to smile. They still love holding her and kissing her.

The weather has been amazing here for December and January. The boys love taking advantage of it and being outside. Santa gave them some diggers and 4-wheelers and they have had a lot of fun using them.

Rhett loves driving full speed on his 4-wheeler. He also got pliers and a plier holder from Grandpa Williams for Christmas so he loves being just like him and wearing them on his side. He told me he might need to fix fence while he is out driving his 4-wheeler so he better be prepared!

Tate loves his pliers too...he loves to follow Rhett around and crash in to him!

It's A Girl!!!

We would like to introduce Janie Rae Walburger. She was born on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 8:56 a.m. She weighs 6 lbs. 9 oz. and 19 inches long.

Everything went good. She is healthy and perfect and we just can't get enough of her.

Tuesday morning around 6:00 I started feeling some pain so we called my dad to come stay with the boys while we headed over to the hospital. We got there around 7:30 and had her at 8:56...so short and sweet! We are so excited to have a little girl and can't wait to get to know her better!

Here is our family picture

Rhett wasn't very happy at first that it was a girl, he said he really wanted a brother. But he likes her now. He likes to change her name daily. So far her name has been Mater, Lightning McQueen and Daisy.....

Tate wasn't too sure about what was going on, but he has been really sweet with her.

They both like to give her lots of kisses and give her attention.

I feel so blessed to have 3 sweet kids in my life and a great husband.

First Day of Preschool and Baby Announcement

I have been such a slacker at updating the blog. I don't know where to even begin. Rhett had his first day of preschool today. He was so excited to go. He has a fun class and some fun things planned for this year. I wish he wouldn't grow up so fast, time is going by really quick.

Also, we are expecting a new addition to our family next month. A little October baby. Things are going great and we are excited for a new little one in our home.

Here Rhett is all ready to go. He was excited to go school shopping and pick out some new clothes.

He was so excited to have a back pack. He has been wearing it all over the house.

Here Rhett is with his teacher Miss Tiffany. She is so nice and cute with the kids.

He found his seat in the classroom and is getting ready to learn lots of fun things.

Here is a picture of our new little one. We decided not to find out this time what we are having. We have been trying to think of some names. Rhett says Buster if it is a boy and Pinky if it is a girl......we will see, I don't think we will be using either one. Maybe for a nickname or something. :) Tate doesn't really care, he just likes to pat his tummy and say baby. I am sure there will be some jealousy when the baby really is here.

Easter!

I love Easter! It was a lot of fun to do activities with the kids this year. They loved coloring Easter eggs.

Here is Tate showing off his Easter eggs

Rhett is showing off his eggs, he was pretty proud

The Saturday before Easter we always have a family Easter picnic. We cook hot dogs, visit and have an egg hunt. It was pretty cold this year, you would think with Easter being the end of April it would of been nice, but not with the crazy weather we have been having.

Easter morning the kids were excited to see what the Easter Bunny put in their baskets

We have been trying to teach Rhett the true meaning of Easter. We didn't know if he was paying attention but the other day we drove by the prison and we were telling Rhett that is where they put bad people. He asked if the people who were mean to Jesus were in there, we said they should be.

We hope everyone had a great Easter weekend!