Hooray for Photoshop!

Check out my re-touched smile (thanks, Rob)...a little preview of next month (fingers crossed that the braces come off next visit!). Oh, and check out that cutie next to me too. Couldn't resist posting this picture. Happy memories. :-) :-)

Buddies...

Ben's buddy Hunter from Kindergarten last year FINALLY got to come play on Saturday. The boys were smiling ear to ear when they first got in the car. So happy to be together again. Gabe joined us later. I love having a car full of kids! :-)

Cowboy Ben

There are so many funny things about this picture...

Giant Marshmallows from Grandma

The boys thought these were awesome....and found many, many uses for them. Thanks, Grandma! They're about the size of a baseball, and, honestly, who can resist pegging your brother with a giant marshmallow??!!

Slumber Party

Ben's first slumber party. Can you tell they had fun? And everyone stayed through the night! Brave boys. :-) (For the record, I only took one of these pictures.)

Biker Babes

Kelli, Rebecca and I at the site of the Kansas City Temple. It's about 14 miles round trip by bike.

Why the safety glasses??

I don't know...give me your theories...

Meeting Elder Russell M. Nelson

A couple of weekends ago, Rebecca's husband, Jeremiah, was called as the new Stake President of the Liberty, MO Stake. It was an incredible weekend, especially for her and Jeremiah. We attended the meeting where he was set apart by Elder Russell M. Nelson, who is one of Twelve Apostles called to witness of Christ in our time. Quiet, humble, kind, inspired...it was really a blessing to be near him. The boys and I met him. Ben and his cousin JJ bolted to the front of the line to shake hands. We weren't able to take pictures of that experience, but I did get these cute pictures of the boys while we waited outside the room where Jeremiah would be set apart. Sam was using his walker, and Ben was riding on the back. Amazingly, Sam kept walking, which was not easy with the extra 40+ pounds he was carrying. He was smiling the whole way and grunting as he pulled.

Hooray for Upholstery!

My couch and chair are like new...Thanks, Mom!

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Finished:

Being Studied

Some of you know that Sam has been in a drug study for the past few months. The study is over now, but here are a few pictures of him at the hospital. Such a happy kid.

Scrabble Board

Used EVERY tile. Score was 258 to 257 my favor.