Easter!

All the kids after the egg hunt.

Baby Ian found eggs too!

Rich, Lynn, Brian and Lizzy!

Eggs!

Yay! My hands are blue!!

Troy just dropped his egg into the dye.

Cheese!

Here we go!

March!

Tom and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary March 31st!

Troy took this picture (with a little help). Not bad!

Our garden is growing!

Moose the wonder dog in her favorite place... the hammock!

The crocuses were so pretty! I was sad when the last snow cut them short.

The first of the crocuses.

Troy giving Sam a ride!

Grandma came to visit!

February!

This makes me laugh.

It's a Sammy-in-the-box!

FLOWERS! I'm not sure what they are, but they bloomed in February!

It's not very warm, but the sun is out!

Troy loves to watch the "funny boys" on YouTube. They are clips from America's Funniest Home Videos, and it's WAY funnier watching his reaction!

January!

We got to go swimming!! The boys had a blast and did NOT want to leave. On the way out the door Sam pushed a button on the wall... only to call 911. Oops. I tried to explain it was an accident, but then reworded it to tell her my 2-year-old pushed the call button by MISTAKE. Yeah. They were not too happy, and we got out of there pretty quickly! Thanks a lot Sam.

Sam is in his big boy bed! We decorated his room in all Thomas (of course) and he LOVES his bed. Thanks Great Nanny and Uncle Russ for bringing it to us all the way from North Dakota!!

Train Man.

It was a really warm day, but it was pretty soggy out from all the melted snow. That didn't stop Sam! He had a great time splashing and running through the puddles!

We had an episode where Secret Agent Sam climbed up on a chair and snatched the Ovaltine from the cabinet. He took it upstairs to his room, opened it, and dumped it all over the floor. I found him running his trucks through it and scooping it into his backhoe. I guess he thought it was dirt, or a good imitation of it. (Certainly tastes better!) I thought I cleaned it all up, but I must have missed some under the bed. Moose decided to make herself useful and crawled under the bed to clean it up for me... except she misjudged her size and got stuck. Troy thought this was hysterical and wanted to lay next to her to be "stuck" with her. Funny stuff!

Sam cleaning out the cabinet to make room for the Yahtzee game.

Mmmmm... hot chocolate!

Moosey playing basketball!

I'm not sure what is bigger- Troy or his hair!!

Where does the time go?

It seems that I have neglected to post new photos on here since January! Oh my! I have a lot to add, hopefully today!
We are all healthy and eagerly awaiting summer. We just hosted our first Easter dinner with 28 of us at the house. It was very busy, but the food was great and the company was even better! We all had a good time (I think) and the kids enjoyed the egg hunt in the backyard.
Tom continues to work hard so I can stay home with the boys. His job is challenging, but rewarding too. All his hard work has definently started paying off!
Troy and Sam are still growing. They are bigger than ever! Troy weighs 63lbs and is 48" tall. I'm not sure about Sam, but he's a lug and a brute too! They both have birthdays coming up and I can't believe that Troy will be 4 and Sam will be 3. Time goes fast when you are having fun I guess!
I am hoping to start my own photo business. I have been looking and applying for jobs without much success, so I've decided to take a stab at working for myself. If you need family portraits taken let me know, or pass the word along!
Well, off to get the pictures uploaded!