for Ben A

so i can't believe that it has been so long since i have written.  where does the time go?  so much has gone on with our sweet little family.  i will give you the highlights.....

brandons birthday was in november.  it is always fun when his birthday comes around because he celebrates it throughout the entire month.  next we had thanksgiving and what more is there to say about that?  we ate well.

christmas rolls around, and brand and i decide the kids need 4 wheelers.  then we decided that we might need one to so we can ride around with them.  very fun.  they were quite suprised.  i couldn't sleep the whole night.

new years is always a blast considering we cannot stay up past 10;00.  lame....

valentines day we were in cancun.  now that was a fun trip.  the kids really loved it there.  i wasnt quite sure if we were going to like it, but it ended up being so great.  the water there is amazing. i think it is better than hawaii.  the kids want to move there.   we are thinking about it.

right now it is march madness, so we haven't done anything but watch t.v. and eat a bunch of nachos lately...

the kids are growing faster than i can keep up with their jeans.  they are all so fun.  connor is a busy first grader with homework that at times stumps brand and i (scary). max is all boy and has some great one-liners.  i will share a few...

-all the kids got balloons from red robin the other day..connor accidently let his go and was a bit sad, so brand tells max to let his go that it is cool..he thinks about it then finally kisses the balloon and tells Jesus he is sending him a balloon.

-he puts brandons deoderant on everyday so he "can get hair under his armpit too'

-gave gage a blessing when he hurt his leg and it was all better

-i gave ellie some lemonade at costco and told her that is was special..max proceeded to tell me that lemonade isn't special, our Savior is special

he keeps us laughing...

gage is just a little sweetheart.  he hates primary and begs to go back to nursery...who wouldnt want to go back to nursery.  i feel your pain buddy.  he loves his little sister.  he is such a big dude.  he might very well be the biggest of them all.  he loves his mama and dad.  he loves playing sports with brand.  

ellie is just a little princess who gets anything she wants.  it is scary.  she is such a cutie.  she loves here daddy and her favorite word is "bye bye".  o she loves food.  you can get her to do anything for food.  it is hard for me to see her grow so fast.  she is already so independent.  it is tempting to have #5, but then not.

life is good and all is well.  i hope to keep up with this little blurp of our family better...