The Christian Crew

Without bragging too much- Lets just say we got to enjoy a beautiful cabin up in the woods for a couple days last week as we celebrated Aria's 6th Bday! Aria and Brielle loved playing by the river and finding all the COOL stuff around the cabin and property- they found hidden doors, keys in stumps, little critters, neat carvings in the wood details o the house and outside and a fish and crawdad too!  The first day of fishing Brielle caught a lil' guy and the second day- Aria decided to dangle a worm in the water off the ledge and caught a crawdad. He was a meaty looking one too! Her birthday was a success and so much fun ( pics on that to come)! Thanks everyone who made it so and thanks to Gma Betty for ALL your help! This is the gorgeous view of the mountains and valley and river we had right out our window and from the campfire area! we truly enjoyed this retreat and will come back again! I'm so happy our summer had been a blast and we have 2.5 weeks ...

Being a mom of boys if FAR more exhausting than it has been when my girls were small. Let's be real here for a moment and compare... Girls only once touched their own poo. Gman- has taken off his own diaper more than i can count on all appendages and played in his feces! Girls hardly ate their foods or finished everything on their plates GMan- CANNOT eat enough. He could finish 2-3 servings, if i let him. Girls want to Dance around things and hop from here and there Gman- Bulldozes into you and anything he can! The differences are astounding and it has nothing to do with wether my kids come from my body or their birth momma's tummy. Boys are rough and tough and yet they are cuddly mommas boys. Im so in LOVE with my big boys and so happy to be their momma! Gavin is amazed and so animated about everything wether its a airplane or a bug flying around!   He can jump and gallop and kiss and hug just about anyone. Slade is rolling around, starting to get up and pus...