Our Heroes!

Well, my brothers and me....

My Sweet Babies

Sarah 2 1/2 months (9-25-10)
Sam 3 months (7-1-06)
Lydia 8 months (adjusted age: 5 months) (2-1-04)
Anna 4 1/2 months (3-22-05)
Lydia 8 months (adjusted age: 5 months)  (1-27-04)
Sarah almost 3 months (10-3-10)

Marcus, Loved by All

Nathan's wonderful brother, Marcus, passed away Friday.  He had been recieving chemo for stomach cancer, but was doing well.  We had high hopes that the treatments would keep the cancer at bay and keep him with us for many more months and even years.  It was a shock to us all when he passed away suddenly while going out to visit a friend.  We love and miss him.

Prince Charming!

Finally made good on that birthday gift I gave him last February.

Now isn't he Charming!

See the resemblance?

Halloween

Mr. Bumblebee, the transformer. 

When Sam was asked what he was going to be for Halloween he almost always had to clarify that "Mr. Bumblebee" is a transformer.  Apparently most people aren't familiar with the "Mr." title.

As always, our little lion.

The cutest little fairy sisters that ever you did see!

Relay for Life

We ventured out for our traditional attendance at the Relay for Life while Nathan went to the Priesthood session of General Conference.  The kids had a great time joining the community walk and choosing from the treats that some of the teams were selling to raise funds for the American Cancer Society.

Each of the kids chose a luminara to purchase in honor of Uncle Marcus who's having treatments for cancer and inspiring us all with his positive outlook and zest for life . 

We love you, Marcus!

All Dressed Up

We made it to church for sacrament meeting today.  Happy first day at church to Sarah.

Special Delivery

And it's a....

CARSEAT!!!

The proud mama!

The ecstatic siblings!

So the carseat made it's appearance almost on time; only one day past Baby Girl's due date. 

Can't possibly be any more prepared.

You can come ANY TIME NOW sweetheart!!!

37 Weeks

As you can see Nathan has also gained a few sympathy pounds!

Happy Anniversary!

Thanks to my sweetie for the beautiful flowers!

Happy Birthday, Prince Charming

If you know Nathan well, you may know that he's long had a thing for frogs.  We still have a ceramic frog that he fashioned in Jr. High art class.  He wrote a really cool song about a princess and a frog back in his single days (now dedicated to me, of course.)  If you haven't heard it, you have to ask to sometime.  Frogs were involved in our first Christmas and Valentine's gifts.  We have been the lucky recipients of frog-themed wedding and other gifts ever since.

So this year the kids and I couldn't pass up the chance to surprise him with a "Princess and the Frog" birthday party.  He was gracious enough to go along with it.  The girls loved putting on their princess dresses.  Sam played the frog in his green shirt.  Nathan was indeed a charming prince. 

And these are the fixin's for the "real" costume (that will be ready) for him wear when we go to see the movie in couple of weeks.

Happy Birthday, Prince Charming!

I'm Thankful For...

This week for FHE we collected things that we're thankful for.  Here's the resulting I'm thankful video .  Sorry it's a little hard to hear.  I tried really hard to get captions on it.  (Anyone have a good video editing program suggestion?)

We also took a few pictures of the things we couldn't fit into our sacks.

Sam is thankful baby Jesus.

Anna is thankful for her flowers.

Lydia is thankful for her body

and for Jesus.