8 years

johne and i just celebrated our 8th anniversary, wow time sure flies (even more so with kids)!!!  i am not one with words and wish i could describe how much i love and appreciate johne.   he sacrifices so much for our family.  he works (long hours and has a long commute), so that i can stay home with our 2 boys.  it means so much to me to have the opportunity to be a stay at home mom!!  he gets up very early, works hard all day, then comes home and immediately plays with the boys! they both get soooooo excited (running to him, hopping, skipping, dancing, shouting with glee) to see daddy.   everything he does is for the benefit of me and the 2 boys.  johne treats me like a queen and i am so thankful for all that he does!  i love you johne!!!!!

fun with family

we had so much fun with grandma and grandpa gledhill, uncle brett, aunt alisa and cousin carter!!! we wish they could have stayed longer! we had some rainy days and some really nice days. the boys really loved all of the extra attention!!!

grandma with nate and carter, look at those bright blue eyes! nates eyes are a little swollen from being sick.

grandpa playing with jack!

brett playing with the boys!

cousin love

playing ball

easter suits

we didn't get any good pics of any of us on easter sunday. we were busy napping, cooking, cleaning and getting ready for company (johne's fam coming into town!!) here are a couple pics of the boys in their easter suits! to see the unblurry pictures, you'll have to click on each one.

rocketeer

nate begged me to put his crocs on (over his rocket footsie jammies), then came walking up with jack's backpack motioning me to put it on his back. it looks gigantic on him, but he had fun walking around and looking at it in the mirror. nate's always got a cheese smile for the camera!

sick wish

while jack was sick, he was asking in his cute little sickly weak voice, to go to target and pick out a green thomas the train. in the past i have refused to buy thomas the train stuff because it is SOOOO expensive! $11 for 1 little train! johne wanted to surprise him when he got home last night, so he scoured target for a green thomas the train. he found red and blue, but no green. he didn't know how hard green would be to find! he kept looking and looking and finally saw a green one and bought it. johne was excited to get home are surprise jack with his sick wish toy, imagining jack jumping up and down with delight! johne got home, gave jack big hugs and then pulled out the green train. jack had no expression. johne asked if it was the wrong color or was too small. jack said that he wanted a small mini train, but didn't get sad or mad, just went on playing with a couple of (free) 3cc syringes, flying them around like rockets! why do we spend all this money on toys when they like the free non toys!?

ps. we are returning the expensive green thomas the train!

green hats and snow day

my mom got to see some snow while she was out here!! it was our first real snow for the year, but it's almost gone and will for sure be gone by the weekend. it will be in the 70's tomorrow! yippee! here are some pics of gran with silly nate!

early easter

my mom did an easter egg hunt with the boys while she was here! even though jack was sick, they both had a blast! jack is begging to find more eggs, so we've been hiding eggs with healthy snacks (vitamins, raisans, crackers, mangos, cheese)! thanks mom for all the fun we had while you were here! jack has already been begging to go to papa's house and nate keeps signing and calling your name!