BLOG UPDATE!

I know I haven't posted anything in a while, but the hard drive in our computer crashed...even though it's only two years old! And of course we didn't have an external one to back everything up. Word to the wise...if you don't have one...get one! We are still in the process of trying to recover and save everything from the old one, and I still can't use all of the programs on our new one yet. So we haven't fallen off the face of the Earth...just in case you were all wondering, but I just can't post anything yet. Hopefully it will all be up and running in the next few weeks. =)

PLAYING IN THE LEAVES!!!

Seth and Dylan pretending to be hunters, hiding in the deep jungle

The kids did a great job helping to rake all the leaves...but what fun is it if you can't jump in them after?
Lily and Dylan...as close as can be! Lily's brothers are so good to her and take great of their little sister.
Having fun!
Dylan pretending to be a monkey in our tree. He named himself "Dexter" and made us call him that for the whole day.
Lily has so much personality...I think the picture speaks for it self!

My 26th b-day!

My 26th b-day!

So, I turned 26 this year! 25 was good, but 26 really pushed me over the hill...now I'm that much closer to 30!!! Jared way-out-did himself (like usual) and spoiled me rotten! He and the kids threw me a surprise b-day party and he even baked this cake all by himself! He used 3 different kinds of chocolate, (my favorite) and check out those layers...he's insane!!! He is way too good to me...I don't know what I did to deserve him!
The kids gave me this cute little heart shaped rock that they found on one of our hikes. They told me to always keep it with me, so I could remember how much they love me when I'm at work! (they must know how much I miss them when I'm at work and away from them). Talk about bringing me to tears!
Here we are getting ready to eat Jared's yummy cake and open the rest of he presents. Lily bought her and I these matching hats...Jared said she picked them out all by herself! I have the best family in the world...I couldn't ask for anything better! It was a great b-day...besides the getting older part =)