CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS GUY IS 5!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR WONDERFUL LITTLE SAMMY!

I guess you can say he is not so little anymore. He is becoming quite the sweet young man.

We started a new tradition on Sam's birthday. We had celebrated our anniversary a few days before Sam's birthday, which includes Jake making me breakfast in bed. So we decided Why not do that for the kids on their birthdays? Sam was so excited when he got his breakfast that we decided this new tradition is a goodie and will be sticking around!

Faith is our little video girl, filming the fun. Following in Daddy's footsteps??

But of course he was not allowed to actually EAT in bed, he had to move to the living room. No messes on the sheets!

And of course we had to have a party! This year our theme was Batman...of course! Anyone who knows Sam, also knows he will be a "Real Batman" when he grows up.

Sam's little friends came over to celebrate (rain forced the party inside this year) and we all had a great time. Nate was really into the singing and the blowing of the candle...he almost beat Sam to it!

Hope you enjoyed your birthday buddy! We love you oh so much!

On The Blog Again

I know, I know. I keep abandoning the blog. Life gets busy, and the blog gets up on the backburner.

Life is a little extra busy these days. In October, we pulled Faith out of the public school system. So I am now homeschooling ALL THE KIDS! :) We are beyond delighted, and this decision has been a wonderful fit for the family. Faith is doing MUCH better then when she was in school, and Sam is loving having his bestie back home all day to share school time with him.

So with that comes adjustment. Which is where my focus has been. Getting a good "school day" groove in place. Finding what works best. Took a couple of months of testing out this and that, but I think we are on a great routine now!

SO now I'm simply trying to get other things back on track...including the blog. We are doing so much fun stuff, I really need to get it recorded on the blog! I love spending quiet nights reading back to older posts and remembering the fun times. :)

So, here we go. I will once again try to blog more often ;)