Crazy Life...

Since I wrote our last post, announcing the pregnancy of our much anticipated baby number 3, a lot has happened and changed here in our life. First big change came a couple days after I wrote that post... Brian was layed off. Yes, that's right folks. Just bought our first real house, excited to welcome our 3rd baby, life is looking good, then we got the bomb dropped on us. We were completely shocked. We couldn't see this happening in a million years.
But life is meant for trials. That is why we are here... Right? Right. So we are plugging a long. I got a part time job at a place I was once employed full time. Which has been a blessing of sorts. Brian gets to see what being mom full time is like, I get more adult interaction, and the boys get to spend more time with us both. It has been a bit up-side-down, but we are working through it. We have felt the prayers and support of many, and hope whatever we are supposed to be learning from all this is made known to us sooner rather than later, and that Bri finds something new soon.

Things continue on with the pregnancy. Still feeling sick-ish most of the time. That should end here in the next couple weeks if I follow the pattern of the other pregnancies. That will be nice. We will find out the gender of the baby next week. YEAH! We are anxious to find out. Mav is insisting that he is getting a sister, but we don't really feel one way or the other. We love boys and think we have a couple great boys already, so a boy would be fun. But of course every mom wants a girl, and every daddy needs a daughter. So we shall see. It will be good to know. Especially if we have to spend the next half of the pregnancy convincing Mav that he is getting a brother.


Life is crazy, but things are good. And how sad could we be with faces around us like this...

(Slater REALLY enjoys eating.) Some things we have been up to lately...

We had a big ski day up at the Beav with Chris, Abby, and Jake. It was a great day!

Brian celebrated a birthday surrounded by family...
The boys mowed the lawn together for the 1st time at this house, and for this year. Mav LOVES to help mow the lawn and has helped every time since then.
Slater Found a new love for blue easter eggs...

Mav spends a lot of time painting these days

And keeping the fridge covered with BEAUTIFUL works of art

Slater spends most of his time driving trucks, looking for trucks outside, or making the truck sound with his mouth. Or all of the above at the same time

We made this delicious Cinnamon rolls for mother's day. They were so yummy!

Mav and Slater have put a band together...

Sometimes Mav goes solo

Maverick LOVES being outside and is found doing all sorts of silly things like climbing on this lovely bit of nature we have in our front yard

Here are lots of recent pics of the boys together. They are such good buddies - generally, and we just love that!

Here they are in their Easter outfits

Mav likes to see what's up with Slater first thing in the morning. I am pretty sure he woke him up this particular day and climbed right in to his much loved space...

Sitting on their bench on the front porch. They are often found sitting in this very spot. Had to get a picture.

With Daddy around a lot more now they are doing all sorts of fun stuff together. Here the boys are playing in a fort made from a big box. it still continues to entertain for quite some time.

Grandma Jan and Grandpa Keith brought these chairs to the boys one night. The next morning they were both down there "relaxing" first thing. They were so excited!!!

New goggles have made bath time so much fun! We love these boys!

We will let you know soon if Mav and Slater are getting a brother or a sister. And keep your fingers crossed for us with all this job stuff. This too shall be for our good...