Christmas in 2001

Christmas was fantastic this year. We were so blessed to have so much! The boys were so excited and I feel like this was the first year that truly understood the meaning behind this special holiday. I had sooo much fun shopping this year. For the first time ever, I took advantage of black Friday, so I most of my shopping done early. The Boys got play station hand helds along with a lot of other fun stuff. They were so cute and appreciative. Everything went so smoothly and I was so grateful for that. We had Ben's family over for Christmas Eve, and then we went to my parents Christmas Day where the kids got to play with all their cousins. I think all our boys thought the day was pretty perfect. All my pictures are out of order, but I can explain.

The boys got a fish tank. They were THRILLED. They have actually made great little pets and they have all been really good helpers taking care of them. Their names... Costco (which Vance later changed to Target) Clowny and Soldier.

Lovin the Christmas Pj's on Christmas Eve

Just woke up

Vance had the cutest Christmas program. I know I am his mom but I proudly say that he was the cutest!!! He is so animated, it really is hard to watch anyone else on the stage. He knew all his songs perfectly. Mom (mima) and my Grandma (Cita) made him sooooo happy by coming to watch!

Proud Grandma's

Vance had a pretty awesome Christmas Party, and he was nice enough to let Brogan come:)

Playing in the "snow"

Almost forgot, One of the best parts of the morning was when we went to my parents to skype with my baby Brother Rhett that is serving a mission in Italy. He is having the time of his life and LOVING the work.

Emma, Brogan and Noah talking to Anziano Scheurn

At the ward Christmas party. The kids were HYPED up on sweets

Over all such a great year! Christmas was an awesome way to close up the year of 2011. I LOVE my family and feel so blessed to be so lucky!

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Hi! We are alive and doing well! Im pretty stressed about trying to catch my blog up, so I am going to try over the next 2 days to catch up. I don't realize how great the blog is until I go back and read. I really need to keep up! here's to trying!

Birthday once again

My sweet amazing hard working husband turned 32 last week. It was a pretty great day for him! My dad gave us tickets to go watch him play in the phoenix pro am onthe day of his birthday.. it was soooo beautiful. The weather was perfect and I got to spend some pretty quality time with my birthdqy boy. Thanks dad for the tickets! That night Ben was lucky enough to be able to pick up his parents from the airport who came out to visit us from Georgia. Thenext day we had a Cowart family dinner at Red lobster to celebrate. It was all perfect. My parents also gave him a pretty generous gift card to one of Ben's favorite places. Also, on the sunday before, my family in phoenix celebrated his birthday with some amazing cooking. We are surrounded with amazing people. I am so luck to have my benny. He is pretty perfect for me. I am so glad that he got to have a wonderful birthday this year!

BIg Time Rush

Brogan turned 5 in November! I cant even beileve its been 5 years since I had him in my life He has recently discovered Big Time Rush on Nick and loves them. He know all the songs and makes me play their CD in the car all the time. When I heard the were coming to the State fair, I HAD to take him. For his  I took him to the Fair to ride rides and then see Big Time Rush. He was so excited. He oved every minute of the night. It was just me and Bro so we both  got to enjoy eachother one on one. This kid is so cute, I just can't get enough of him. He danced and sang the whoe concert. I don't know who had more fun, me or him?

Lady A

I also got t see Lady A and they were AMAZING! Jessica won the tickets on the radio so we were on he floor up against the stage. It was pretty Awesome. there was only 4000 people at the concert. soooooo good!

Little Archie!!!

David Archuleta put on a free concert at the Gilbert Constitution Fair this year. It was so cool. He is so talented! His voice is amazing and he is just so cute. It was really nice because I got to go with a friend and no kids! just me and Jessica!

Babysitter?

I can't believe it!

My sweet Bennett Grey! I can't believe he just turned 2! It really seems like yesterday that I was in the hospital waiting his arrival. After 5 very long weeks of bed rest in the Hospital, He finally came! We were all so excited and thankful that this little trooper made it here safely. Even tho he was in the NICU for almost 6 weeks, I knew he would be just fine. He has been my light. I seriously love him more than words can describe. He has come such a long way over the past 2 years. There have been ups and downs just like any child may have, but he is so strong.

this is one of my favorite pictures from when he was born. The soothie looks so big, but it is really just the small baby behind it. He would always have such a strong hold on his soothie.
His first year went by so fast. Before I knew it, he was one!
kept on growing.....

and now he is TWO!




He had so much fun on his 2nd birthday! We decided to keep it small and just do dinner at Peter Piper Pizza. we made sport themed treats and cake. With 2 older brothers, he is not used to being the center of attention, so he was in heaven :) He got so many fun gifts that will keep him busy for a pretty long time!
He really liked his Football cake. He had no idea what to do to the candles so his older cousins had to help him out with that.
My parents got him this lighting McQueen that he calls "Kachow" He rides it all over the house
sweet boy!

Like I said earlier, Grey is so special. He continues to be a huge light in my life. Now that the older boys are in school, he gets to be my little buddy. We both enjoy it. Unless you have been around this kid, you can't understand how good he is. He is so easy going and really never gives us a hard time.

He is into Elmo, Mickey (he calls mickey "hotdog"), ALL cars, and he LOVES horses!

He has been coming along so well with therapy. He has it 4 times a week and all his therapist are great. He gets so excited when he hears on knock on the door because he knows that it is most likely a therapist.

His facial expressions are HILARIOUS. He is so expressive and animated. He is a very good listener, so he is fun to teach.

Grey, We wish you a VERY happy birthday! I am sure before I know it, you will be 3! Thank you for being such an angel in our family! We love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!