Avery and cousins

Baby Avery, my niece, Phillip and Desi's little one . We have had her at our house 3 nights thus far. this last time I was able to see more of her personality. she is a smart little girl who i am sure will thrive with the wonderful parents she has. She was quite interested in this pooh phone that Liams nana got for him, it lights up and does all sorts of things. I so enjoy seeing her interact with my boys as well. I have been longing for the boys to have a strong connection with their other cousins in Stayton Oregon so i want them to have a sense of family here with Avery. Growing up my sister and i had cousins but we didnt exactly feel like family with any of them. there wasnt a strong bond with either side of the family. I see my sister and i both trying to give our childern what we lacked growing up with our cousins. It is so nice to be able to make those choices and to have christian relatives to enable such friendships to grow. God is good to have blessed Dee, my sister, and I with opportunities for such strong families to be a part of.

Elijah is 6!!!

Elijah is 6.
wow he had a star wars themed birthday party i put together some of his legos to make star wars themed cake topper(see pic at bottom) anyways it was a fun birthday party. Just family we havent dived into the whole friends party yet, maybe next year we will 1st grade is a good time to start having friend birthday parties. He got a pokemon book collection that we have already started to read i am hoping to get him more interested in reading so that he will be more enthused about reading himself. He does not have any drive to start reading or writting I have been trying to find ways to get him going on that. We have been so focused over the last couple years with his speech that i fear that i have not been diligent with the rest of his learning. I keep hearing in my mind one step at a time, but i know that we are a bit behind becuase those steps have been so slow.

so another posting... i dont know why-well wait i know why i dont post daily like some people. but i have a little boy who likes to get on my laptop and push buttons as i am so it makes for a control game i dont really want to play..
this is what has been going on in my life.

so this is easter morning our boys are so sweet (when they so choose to be) i have to say we are the luckiest parents in the world. i have been blessed with two boys who love to cuddle and be loved on -i guess that is not as normal as i thought it was. anyways we had a great day with a wonderful church service at Faith Bible church with our amazing pastor Dan Jarmes. Then we were off to grandma and grandpas house for Easter lunch and a fun egg hunt.
This egg hunt is one i hope i never forget it showed how great a big brother Elijah really is. As Elijah was finding eggs and Liam was only finding a few Elijah saw that and he took some of the eggs from his own basket and rehid them for Liam. It was so sweet and it is so typical for Elijah to do such a thing. He likes it when everyone is having fun, especially his little brother. Liam is so blessed to have a wonderful older brother I pray God will strengthen their relationship through the years and they will always be concerned with one anothers happiness.