Sawyer is 5

Sawyer is 5!

A video is in the works, should be done by tomorrow night! :)

This year brought:

• Vacations: Lake Powell, Utah (twice? three?) and camping.
• Skills: Sawyer is now an excellent swimmer, swims the length of the pool multiple times!  Rides his bike without training wheels.  Improved his skills in soccer and basketball :)  And he can actually help me clean!! Hooray!
• Smarts: He is learning how to read, working on sight words, loves math, taught himself to count to 100 and finished his first year of preschool, dual language kindergarten two months away!
• Funny: After explaining that hamburgers are made from beef which comes from cow he had a total light bulb moment.  "That's why they call it Old McDonald's!!"
• Likes: Superheroes, Harry Potter, Avatar, Mario, Sonic, Cake Boss, dogs, swimming, riding his bike, playing PIG (bball), pizza, lemonade and ice cream!

This was a list off the top of my head, things I don't want to forget.  There is so much I could say about this boy and how much I love and adore him.  Putting this video together just reminds me how smitten I am with him...does that ever stop?? 

Happy Birthday Sawyer!!

We love you!

Ollie's 3rd Birthday Video

I am way overdue for an update, and I am so sad and disappointed in myself for not keeping up on my family blog. I guess living closer to family and Quilt Story taking more and more of my time, I left the blog go by the wayside. But I do plan on doing a catch-up by the end of January.  But today is Oliver's 3rd Birthday video.  It takes me a couple hours to do these videos, but I really hope that I do them forever!  We watch them all the time and I think it's just a fun way to document our lives.

Music: We Belong Together by Paul Newman from Toy Story

Mr. Ollie

Happy Birthday to my sweet baby Oliver!

Video coming this weekend :)

Sawyer Boy is 4!

Happy 4th Birthday Mr. Sawyer

Music

Free Little Bird by Elizabeth Mitchell and Lisa Loeb

Poker Face by Lady Gaga

Folding Chair by Regina Spektor

OKJ

music

You Are My Sunshine by Elizabeth Mitchell

Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

Three Oh

See this guy right here?

I love him.

Today is Pearl Harbor Day.

AND his 30th birthday!!!

Eeeek!

Check out last years post to see pics of him as a cutie pie baby and learn some "fun facts" :)

Truth be told, he kinda hates the spotlight.  But that's what a birthday is all about.

Here's to my E.

the best daddy in the whole world...yesterday I watched him out the window as he tried to help Oliver ride his trike correctly...just one of those moments where your heart swells and you feel soooo lucky

thanks for letting me put my icy cold feet on your feet every single night

thanks for always telling me I'm beautiful

thanks for being so random and funny, and sorry that sometimes I roll my eyes :)

thanks for singing "cool songs" to Sawyer and Ollie

thanks for getting up so early every day and going out there for us...little sleep...little appreciation...thank you

thanks for taking care of the stinky icky garbage

thanks for helping me be spontaneous

thanks for listening to me whine and complain

thanks for taking our boys "down to China town" almost nightly

There are so many great things about you.

I'm the luckiest girl.

I totally scored.

Love you E!  Happy Birthday!!

1, 2, THREE

As a mommy it is hard for me to put into words how I feel about my children.

I guess I love them will have to suffice.

Being my first born child Sawyer holds a very special place in my heart.

I remember staring at his beautiful face moments after he was born in absolute shock.

I can still stare at him with complete adoration.

Happy Birthday sweet Sawyer

I'll love you forever,

I'll like you for always,

as long as I'm living,

my baby you'll be.

Checking in

I haven't posted much in a couple of weeks, and that will probably be true for the next few weeks.

We're counting down the days until we move.  There aren't many more left.

The last weeks have been spent saying goodbye to friends :(

And more to say goodbye to.

Celebrating my birthday in Columbia (wahoo!)

and awesome friends here who made it the best.

This is starting to sound like a poem,

the only word that rhymes next is chest.

That's what I get for always centering my text.

I have officially packed 4 boxes as of today.

I hate moving more than anything on this earth.  I haven't cried yet, but I know there are many tears to come.

E has been studying intensely for boards.

And the boys and I did a photo shoot!

I still have to perfect my technique, most of the shots were overexposed.  I'm just using trial and error for now, until I can sit down with the manual and read read read.  Thanks heavens for photoshop and actions, I can still enjoy the pictures thanks to them!

And that's a wrap :)
**I should mention my mommy made those darling Seersucker shorts for my boys.  The pockets are lined with puppy fabric.  So sweet. Thanks momma!!**

It's been a whole year

Dear sweet Ollie King, how we love you so.

I know it is cliche, but your smile really is contagious.

You were a surprise to us, I took your daddy to Cold Stone and told him I was pregnant and we both just laughed and laughed. You see, it took us so long to get pregnant with Sawyer, and we got you without even trying :)


Life would not be the same without our Stinky Jones. You make all of us happier.

Love you sweet baby boy.

Two Nine

Happy Birthday love!! December 7, 1980 at 1:45 pm Panama time :)

29 things you may or may not know about the man I call E:

He had a Michael Jackson jacket as a kid and practiced his dance moves.

He knows every episode of Full House and Saved by the Bell.

He LOVES Garth Brooks

He is a really great singer, and no fun to sing karaoke with because he just makes me feel silly :)

In 2007 he had back surgery from a slipped disk. He was unable to walk for weeks.

He was born in Panama.

He loves every sport, especially basketball to play.

He was wined and dined by the University of Pennsylvania and would have attended, but thankfully BYU got his major (neuroscience) so he changed his mind :)

He served his LDS mission in Peoria, Illinois and included areas like Milan MO and he would attend church right here in Kville (although he never lived here).

His first language is Spanish.

He drove by himself from Florida to Utah.

He has an older sister, Celi, and a younger sister, Laura.

He's entered a karaoke contest, auditioned with me for a show on the WB and Deal or No Deal and danced in some Hawaiian skirt on stage at BYU.

He loves to play XBOX and is really good at Guitar Hero, although we haven't really played since leaving my parent's home theater.

When we were deciding if we were marrying (DTR) he said, "2003 works for me". Awe. His favorite shows include 24, The Office, So You Think You Can Dance, Arrested Development...

While training at the MTC, he was walking along and jumped up to touch the side of the roof *stop now if you're weak in the tummy*. He didn't come down, he was hanging from his ring which was shoved up through his skin to the knuckle. It was his class ring and he has a nice fat scar.He has really long arms. I once said he had freakishly long arms, and they are.

We went to an Air Force Base and got to see the president land on Air Force One, he gave a little speech, and went down the line of the railing (which we were standing at) and he high-fived everyone except about the ten feet around and including us. He and his family are converts. He was 13 when he was baptized.

We took a trip together in 2007, when I was 7 months pregnant with Sawyer, to England and Scotland. It was our most favorite trip.

He's an Eagle Scout. He has two really great parents in Florida who treat him like a King.

If you still can't figure him out, he's being funny :)

He is a great latin dancer, although he will only strut his stuff when he's dancing with his family.

In elementary school he would have contest with his friends of who could make the best graphs and charts.

He is a HUGE HUGE HUGE BYU fan.

He is Ernesto Jr., so his family calls him Rey, king in Spanish.

He is the greatest daddy and hubby in the world. Love you.

1.6.09

I cannot believe 9 months ago we had this little Ollie! It is hard to remember life before him. No one ever told me how fast it goes with your second.

He seems to be reaching milestone after milestone before we know it. He crawls all around, pulls himself up and scoots around all the furniture. He will eat any baby food I present him with. He still has the greatest smile in town :) He loves his momma, I cannot leave the room without him sobbing. He loves when dad comes home and leaps from my arms to his, then he quickly realizes what he's done and wants back with me. He is sleeping through the night, hooray, but could use some perfecting on his naps. He is a shrimp.

He loves Sawyer and watches him play. Sawyer is Oliver's life coach and

informs us of his every need and often reminds Ollie to "be nice". They wrestle already and Sawyer loves when Oliver is being "bunny" (funny). Sawyer calls him either Ollie or All-burr.

Oliver we love you so! You are such a happy boy and we love that you are part of our family. We wouldn't be the same without you.

Happy 9 months

He's okay

For those of you who haven't heard, which is probably most of you, Ernesto was in a car accident early this morning in Cheyenne, WY on his way to see us in Utah. He's okay. He fell asleep and hit a pole and rolled our Escape, when he came to a nurse and her mother were there and told him not to move, that they had called for an ambulance. They took him to the ER and did all sorts of scanning and tests, but apparently he is completely okay, aside from bruising. My phone was downstairs and I was asleep upstairs, so I found out at 8 am after a string of phone calls to my in-laws, my parents, my sister and finally to me. I am grateful because I knew right away he was okay and I was talking to him within 15 mins. He is about 6 hours away and right now we are working on getting up there, waiting to hear when he can be released. (As I am posting I'm on hold with our insurance.)

I love you E.

And, today is our sweet baby boy's second birthday. E wanted to be here for it. I'll have to post another time and gush over our amazing Sawyer, but today a picture will do.

I will keep you all posted.