softball season is here

Kyle is playing spring softball again.  He's playing first base .  We go to his games, as long as he doesn't have the one that starts at 9:30pm

The boys really love going.  Kaden because he gets to sit in the dugout and spit sunflower seeds with all of the guys, and  Bosten because he gets to eat a sucker!

 Notice Kaden spitting seeds?

 That was a really good orange sucker!

 By the end of the game, Kaden's hat is usually turned around...we think its funny!

birth mothers day & mothers day

Confession:

I used to dread Mother's Day.

I was happy to celebrate and honor my mom (who by the way, is the best Mom and Mimi in the world),

but it also was an in your face reminder of what I desperately wanted to have, and didn't.

It was really, really hard.

Did you know that there's a Birth Mother's Day?  Don't feel bad, I've only known about it for a couple of years.  Somehow it seems fitting though, that we celebrate and honor them before Mother's Day.

I (we) are so grateful for our boys' birth mothers!   I think about them all the time and pray for their happiness.

"Thank you" seems ridiculously insignificant for the selfless sacrifices they made, but they really do have our heartfelt thanks.

My journey to motherhood has not been an easy road, but I'm so grateful for these two miracles in my life:

It doesn't get any better than this.

Also...

I can't help but think and pray for our next birth mother. 

I think about her often.

Please help us to find her.

all aboard

We rode Frontrunner up to Ogden this week to check out the train museum at Union Station.

Here are the boys waiting for the train...they were so excited!

It was really exciting once we actually got on the train too!

Once we got to Ogden, we played on all of the trains.

Pretty cool, and a fun day out!

meeting zane

Last week the boys got a new cousin!

Zane Cory Bluth arrived on Thursday, April 28th.

We went to visit on Friday afternoon.

Bosten was interested for about 30 seconds, and he was done.

Kaden loved every minute and would have stayed forever.

Aren't they so cute with the baby?  They'll be such good big brothers...

*Sigh.

our trip to thanksgiving point

Last week we needed a change of scenery, so we decided to go down to Thanksgiving Point and check out the dinosaur museum.  We've been there once before, but it had been a long time.

Bosten thought it was a little scary, and Kaden loved it.  We got to look at lots of exhibits, check out some dinosaur bones, and even dig for some of our own bones.

We had such a great time that we decided to grab lunch and then go to farm country too.

Both of the boys loved it! 

There were tons of baby animals to give love to, especially a baby horse that had been born earlier that morning. The baby cows came right up and were kissing and licking their hands and faces.

It was such a beautiful day!  We saw tons of tulips, took a wagon ride, and rode a pony.

Next time we'll have to make sure that we take Daddy with us!

an eggcellent easter

The boys were pretty excited to wake up and find Easter eggs all over!

They were pretty cute to show us (and each other) what was in their Easter baskets:

We then busted the eggs open to see if there was candy or money in them:

We went to church sporting new shirts:

After church, we went to hang out with Ryan, Kerry and the kids, Grandma, and Ben & Kathy:

It was definitely an eggcellent day!