Our Little Man Turned 11

I can't believe my baby is eleven years old, just one year away from getting the priesthood! He has grown so much this year; physically, spiritually and mentally. He is a great studier of things that interest him (which tends to most anything, but in it's due time). His mind is always busy, so we have to pull him out of the clouds periodically to help out, get his work done, etc. He is currently about 25-30 typed pages into a novel that he is writing. He is definitely part of the "spice" of our life! We love this guy with all our hearts!!

 

 

 

 

We have traditionally made gingerbread houses on Gehrig's birthday. He still chose to do this as an activity for his birthday. He and Emma decorated one.

 

 

Damian and Isaiah decorated the other one.

 

 

 

Happy 10th Birthday Gehrig!

I know, I know. . .this happened 3 months ago. Well, I'm doing my best to get caught up. Gehrig really enjoyed his birthday and was so cute about all his gifts from siblings and parents!

 

 

 

 

I love the look of excitement on his face when he opened his main gift from us, an MP3 player! It's been so much fun watching him use it faithfully. He records his own reading of books, records me reading to them, records piano pieces, favorite songs from the radio, and listens to everything! This gift was worth every penny!

My December Babies. . .

Gehrig, age 9

Emma, age 4 (I know, I know--you've seen this picture before. Can I help posting it again?)

We have quite a busy December with Gehrig's birthday, then Emma's, then mine, then Christmas! It's always such a fun month for us. I try to get most of my shopping done throughout the year so that I can enjoy the month with my family. It's been a pretty fun month for us as we've celebrated these two awesome children of ours! I already posted about Gehrig, so I'd like to take just a moment to tell you how much we love our little Emma! She adds a feminine flair to our household that we have needed! It's so much fun to have a girl to dress up, fix hair, nails and buy purses and lipgloss, etc. for! She is a very happy, sweet, spunky, fun little girl! Every day is brighter with her in it! We love you little Miss Emma! Emma is 3 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 32 pounds.

Happy Birthday My Big 9 Year Old--GEHRIG!!

It's amazing to realize 9 years have passed since our first child was born! He's been such a source of joy in our lives. We're so excited to have him in our family. One of the reasons we decided to home school him was because of his love of learning. Having him home gives him so much more time to read and research on the many various interests he has. He loves his history, science, art and Spanish classes the most. We find him reading the scriptures, biographies, human anatomy books, you name it--he loves to read just about anything. He often asks to research on the Internet about all kinds of subjects (especially rocks and coins right now). He takes his journal almost everywhere with him and adds a couple of lines at a time. He has been kind to let us read it. What an entertaining and fun experience to get a glimpse into his mind! He is learning how to play the piano, basketball and hip-hop. He's a very happy, ENERGETIC, boy! Happy Birthday! We love you Gehrig!

It was a special treat to have Mimi & Papa with us to celebrate with him. He started his day out with them going to Music & the Spoken Word on Temple Square. They watched the Joseph Smith movie and wandered around Temple Square for a couple of hours. He had a blast!

I thought this was a fun picture of Damian giving Gehrig part of his gift (the army set--Damian earned it and gave him half of it so they could play together with their army guys).

GIFTS (an awesome quilt from Mimi & Papa, a book from Emma & Isaiah, a Sudoku game & a rock tumbler from his parents). He gave such great reactions to every gift. He's such a cute gift receiver! :)
HUGS!

You gotta love this guy!!! (Oh, I thought I'd add that he's 4 feet 6 3/4 inches tall and weighs 63 pounds)