Brandon is 32

We had a wonderful time celebrating Brandon's birthday on Wednesday. We had grandma Daisy's enchiladas and I attempted to make chocolate tiramisu. It used hot chocolate instead of coffee and ended up turning out really tasty. Brandon's mom brought over some old photographs and we hung them on the window and we all really enjoyed that. 

This is Brandon

 

...and this is Levi

Happy birthday daddy!  We love you so much!!

Mady's skills!

Mady decided she is ready to take off her training wheels today. I said "no let's wait for dad" and she said that "but I know where the wrenches are" and now she is trying all of them on her own.

And she was successful!!!

Once she got them off it only took her a few tries before she was successfully riding down the sidewalk! She is a natural!

Proud mom!!

The kids had their awards assembly today for their last semester. Kaden received an award for "A-B" honor roll and the B.U.G. Award for "bringing up his grade"! Sarah received "All A" honor roll! So proud of them! 

Levi crawling and holding his bottle

This sweet boy will be seven months old on the 19th. We are all so in love with him and cannot believe how fast he is growing and changing. New Year's Day we also discovered that he has two teeth.  Such a big boy!

The latest with Levi

We had a wonderful new year celebrating with Brandon's family and my mom. We were so lucky to have her here with us. On January 1st we discovered Levi has started growing 2 teeth. He also had his first swing that week! He is just bringing all of us such joy! He has started copying the kids too. He will shake is head side to side and will bump his head against theirs. It is so cute and the kids think it's hilarious.

 

Christmas morning 2014

We had such a great morning and we blessed with very special secret Santa gifts this year. They even sent a gift for grandpa and grandma something. We were very humbled and felt so grateful to receive such love and kindness. We were also so happy to have grandpa and grandma with us for Christmas morning. It was a special treat!

The kids all got their own nativity ornaments to start a new tradition.