Joshua is 5!

Five years ago I was given the best gift! An adorable baby boy who thought the world of me. He was so much work and I had no idea what I was doing. But he and I learned together and now I can attest that we really are best friends. 

Joshua has such a tender heart and has always been very protective of me. He tells me the funniest things and I love to watch him learn new skills. He makes me feel like a great mom and tells me sweet things when I'm upset. 

I can't  believe he's 5 and will be in school next year. I am so grateful for the kind of boy he is. Scared to let him out of my sight for school but he is more than ready. 

New talks to read

More talks. The list keeps growing. These have been really good and just wanted to share them with you all. Hope you enjoy! 

To touch a life with Faith, President Eyring

Touch the hearts of the children, Annie G Wirthlin

Perfection Pending, Elder Nelson 

Finding Joy in Life, Elder Scott 

FHE moment

"Moments are the molecules that make up eternity. "

                  -Elder Maxwell

Playing after FHE's lesson...putting on the armor of God. The boys loved this FHE. Sure do love having boys. 

IPhoto

I love pictures. And I love taking pictures of my kids. If you are on Instagram and we are not friends please find me! 

This week we spent lots of time inside because it has been so cold. I wish we had snow or something fun like that, but it's just cold here. Because we haven't been able to go anywhere we have tried to stay busy inside. 

The boys have been working on their homework projects and are making good progress, I guess I can start working again with them. 

The boys have also enjoyed taking pictures of doing funny things together. At the sametime my friend told me that she took her family photos with her iPhone and edited them herself. I was super jealous because they looked fabulous. So I downloaded some apps and have been playing with them and reading about how to take great photographs with the iphone. Luckily for me I have some great subject matter to practice on. 

Love my little family. Here is what I did this week. 

Benji in grandma smiths Christmas present. 

Pouty lips Samuel. 

Perfectly portrays Joshua, fun, crazy, and loveable. 

So do they look alike? People in the ward say they all look exactly alike. 

So in love with this boy! 

Can you tell he might be my favorite...actually I tell them all that. 

Samuel and his photoshoot. He loves that leopard. 

Sweet Samuel. 

No more pictures of Joshua because he said he wasn't ready. Maybe next week. I loved editing these photos. Let's hope when I develope them they print up nice too.