Cha Ching.... I'm scrapping his birthday already!!

Can you believe it??? His birthday isn't even over really, and I've already

scrapped four pages!! I have a few more that I'll do but here's a start !! 

It was a nice, simple little party with our little family, and then Grandpa R was

able to come over and spend the evening with us. We wish that Grandma R was

there also, but she's up assisting Chris's youngest sister who is very large

with child, and about to give birth any day now.  So we missed having Grandma here.

Happy 5th Birthday to my little boy.

Today is your birthday son!! I can't believe that you are already

5 years old!! It seems like just yesterday that I brought you home from the hospital and started our journey together. Now you are 5 and you've have grown and have learned so much in such a short time.  I love how helpful you are to our neighbors, and how friendly you have been.  I love your willingness to work, and help others who are in need. But I can also appreciate your wanting to take time to be a kid also.  Here are some of my fun memories from the time since you were born.  Your Dad and I love you both so very much and love how you are developing into a young man. 

Happy Birthday !!

January 8th, 2005

This is the photo mat that I have done for your first year of life, and

wanted to preserve it this way as well. I know some of the pictures are "cut"

off, but you can still see your growth and personality.

Age 2

AGE 3

Typical Thomas goofiness!!!

June 2008 -- Right before you had to have a surgery performed. 

You obviously weren't very thrilled with the idea of doing such a thing.

 

January 2009  BYU Basketball Game.

Such a hard worker.

Who knows how to have fun too!!

January 8th 2009 ---   4th Birthday

Age 4 Summer 2009

And after lots of hard work, everyone deserves one of these.

And sometimes we have to put you through these, which now

you are getting better about, but for awhile there, it wasn't easy.

Easter 2009

December 2009

Above is the five generation picture that you are in. That's your great grandfather in the center with whom you share a name. 

One of our most recent adventures as a family.  January 1st 2010!!!

Because I don't know what else I want to do.....

So I haven't posted much in the last few weeks, but here's something I wanted to participate in because my friend Tricia tagged me (or at least I'm assuming she meant me) and even if she didn't I'm doing it anyway.

1. Go to my documents/pictures.
2. Go to my 6th file folder.


3. Go to my 6th picture.


4. Blog about it.


5. Tag 6 people to do the same

So this was taken back in April of 2007 right after I got my first digital camera. This is of my oldest son, and his "blankie" because he is a blankie baby. He's starting to phase out of needing this everywhere, but please, oh please I never thought I'd have a boy that was so completely hooked onto this blanket. I love this little boy. (Along with all my other kids)

So I now tag : Alexes C, Amy M, Lorie M, Amy R, and Aja F. To do this as well. Have fun.

I've been busy today... and no I wasn't CLEANING.

I decided if I want to stay caught up this year on my scrapbook --which I'm switching to digi-scrapping, I better do it throughout the year. I also realized that T-man had his birthday over a month ago and I never posted pictures. I do have to say that this was my "baby" -- the CAKE not exactly the BOY. Although he used to be my baby. These are just some of the pages that I did just this afternoon.

And as far as the cleaning go, I've been cleaning out files on my computer that are no longer needed. So I do feel like I've been productive today. More to come .. hopefully throughout the week. With the huge mounding of laundry finally folded and a few things left to hang, I'm not doing TOO badly, but then again, more clothes have gotten dirty and are in need of being laundered, so the "VICIOUS" CYCLE goes on yet again.

In the WORKS!!

Okay so Today is T-man's birthday. I can't believe he is already 4!! One more year home and he starts Kindergarten -- how scarry is that??? Okay maybe not that scarry but it means my little boy is growing up and someday will be a MAN -- now that is SCARRY!!!


But I'm working on his birthday cake today, and am trying to come up with something cute and fun for a 4 year old little boy. So it's in the works to make a TOW MATER CAKE --- stay tuned for pictures hopefully tomorrow. I love this creative part of life. And the memories that my kids will have of ME ... got that... ME making the coolest cakes EVER!!

The reason that matters so much to me, because I'm a complete AMATEUR and get an idea and GO with it. Hopefully he likes what I've got in store. Time to finish up with the cake --- now go and do something .... where you can be creative. It really is a quality of our Heavenly Father .... because it starts .... in the beggining God created all things.... okay so I paraphrased it but you get the point. Go be creative.

What has inspired you to be creative lately and what have you created???

It's Been 1 week !!

Okay so T-man had his surgery one week ago today. And if you didn't know he was having a surgery you'd never even know!! He was up and running around later that night. Here a few pics from the day we spent up at Primary's in Salt Lake.

So now it's been even longer but I just wanted to remember this time in his life. It's now been over a month and he's still doing great. He had a surgery June 13, 2008 -- which involved some work on his male anatomy. The incision itself was laprascopic, so it's really tiny. And he bounced back so quick afterwards, you'd never guess he had a surgery. I wish I could be this resilient.