Yeah for Father's!!!

I gave birth to these beautiful children but its clear that their favorite parent is Ryan. Maybe its because I have all boys and they naturally prefer dad or it might be that he just is a really great dad.

I asked the boys why they were glad that Ryan was their dad.......

Jack:

He's fun, he reads with me and he eats chips with me

These are all very good reasons!

Payton:

"He's awesome and fun. " Let me take you back a few days..........

I walked into the kitchen the other day and found this on the fridge

So I asked Payton.. "What makes you so awesome"? He said "Because I'm funny and awesome" OK so where did you get your awesomeness from? "Definately from Dad"!


And I might mention that I am awesome too. Payton told me so in a card for Mother's Day. However, I was told I was an awesome mom because he was so awesome. So I guess I can conclude that I am awesome because Ryan is awesome (strictly by association) ...... since that is where Payton inherited it from.

Happy Father's Day Ryan ----- you are totally AWESOME!!!

P.S. Thanks for throwing in the awesome gene to my three awesome boys!

Baby Hyrum and Birthday Boy Adam

After driving 15 hours to move from Santa Teresa NM to Lafayette LA the boys and I drove to Huntsville AL (another 8.5 hrs) with Aunt Nancie to visit Kelli and see the new addition to her family. Welcome to the world Hyrum!!

I personally think he is a little "mini me" to his dad

And just to keep things in perspective ---- here is my giant baby compared to this tiny baby. Check out those cankles!

Baby Hyrum and Giant Ben

The Battraw family - doesn't Kelli look AMAZING!!!!

Payton was so excited to hold Hyrum. He really is so good with babies. Unfortunately we didn't get to hold him nearly as much as we wanted because he had to be on the billi blanket most of the time

Happy Birthday Adam!!!

More pictures to come.....

Teaser

I realize I have been a little MIA in the blog world recently. Hopefully this makes up for it and hopefully I can get the blog bug again and start posting more.

Spring Break - The Drive

For Spring Break we took a road trip to Utah with Ryan's parents. Ryan's brother Aaron lives in Provo so we went to visit him and to see some of the church sites in Salt Lake.Here we are - we've been on the road for a few hours and everyone appears to still be happy and enjoying themselves.
We stopped at Lee's Ferry if you have never been there I highly recommend it - GORGEOUS!

Ryan and Ben

A view of the canyon

My 3 Sons

Looking down to the Colorado River. Something I would have never thought up on my own - but Ryan was showing the boys how long it takes for spit to land in the river.

I have to say that it made me a little nervous being on the bridge. I was ok as long as I was in the center, but the closer I got to the edge the dizzier I felt. I did try to take a picture looking straight down into the river over the edge of the bridge but it didn't turn out so good. I realize I have irrational fears about my children, but I had to keep telling myself ... they will not fall off the bridge.... they will not fall off the bridge.

It was actually pretty cool to see the California condors. I think the boys thought it was cooler to call them turkey vultures, until we explained to them that these creatures are pretty much extinct. There are something like 70ish left in the world and we were able to see 8 of them that day.

Not sure if you can tell what Ben's shirt says "I'd rather be naked". This child loves to be naked. He could be throwing a royal fit but if you take off his clothes all of a sudden he is all smiles and giggles. I'm not sure if that is a baby thing or just a boy thing. Maybe both.

My guys





THE END

More pictures of our trip to come!

Look who's rolling over!

Still trying to figure out how to roll back onto his back and not too happy about it.

Little Reminders

Ok so maybe since I've been working full time I never find the time or desire to keep my house as clean as it should be. Maybe I start to clean and get frustrated with it all and have to stop cleaning before I lose my mind.
Well today I tried to get some of the rooms looking half decent and Payton kept asking me " Is someone coming over mom?" Do I only clean my house when someone is coming over? Or is it that I just realize what a mess and how embarrasing it is when someone is going to come over? I didn't think my children were keeping tabs on that. I told Payton "No - no one is coming over I just want a clean house". So a little time goes by and Payton says "Mom we shouldn't really be cleaning today - you know - it is a holiday. He is right it is a holiday -but I still wish I could wave a magic wand and make all the mess disappear.

Happy/Sad

What is more fun than making a baby smile?

According to Ryan making weird noises and making a baby cry is much more entertaining