Fly Away Benjamin....

be free....ok I know a little cheesy but it fits the picture. (For those of you who don't know it is a line from the movie CARS)

This boy makes me smile =)

....Start a Band

Our friends have a lof of insturments at their house I guess their boys like to make noise too... Here are our boys going at it I wonder if this is what we have to look forward to.....

Little Drummer boy

Singing and playing the piano at the same time boy he has talent! =)
There is that tongue again...

We will see I am sure if they have the desire to learn an instrument we can find ear plugs LOL just kidding we will let them give it a shot especially if it is guitar like their Daddy.

Charleston~

We went to Charleston SC this past weekend to celebrate Caleb's 4th birthday.

Friday night bath time. I am not sure how much longer we will be able to fit all 4 boys in the tub together!

Look at those long eyelashes and imagine what he will look like with a mustache

Saturday Caleb's birthday party was at Chuck E. Cheese. I think the boys were on overload they had never been before and has a blast! Although I must admit when we got there and Christian met Chuck E. he was not happy at all he had big tears and was ready to go he DID NOT like him at all but once he got into the games he was OK as you can tell. =)

Driving the train this was his favorite thing to do! Riding the horse Benjamin and Barney
Riding around the big clock he liked this
they both did its the little things in life! Playing a game with Mommy
Riding a roller coaster togetherDriving the jeep look at those 2 boys they are just too cute!! watching Chuck E dance and sing Happy Birthday!! Benjamin getting down to the musicThe Birthday Boy! Mommy & ChristianDaddy & BejaminShooting hoops with DaddyConcentrating look at that tongue looks like somebody else I know.... =)Our little family What a fun day of celebrating it was!!

National Donut Day~

Friday was National Donut Day and we decided to participate before heading down to SC. We went to Daylight Donuts.

As you can tell from this picture Benjamin was worried he was not going to get any donuts to eat :(

He was ok once he found out that he was going to get to eat too

but I think he was worried we were going to take it away so he put as much as he could in his mouth at one time! Christian enjoying his blue sprinkles! Yummy! and like a good big brother he shared a bite with his little brother and I see a sprinkle to prove it! :)

Bright White & Healthy!

This morning I took the boys to the dentist for their check-up. This was Christian's 3rd trip and Benjamin's 1st. They both did AMAZING!! I could not have asked for them to do better.

Benjamin doesn't he look excited to be getting his teeth cleaned. I think he is really more concerned about the picture that is being taken.

He was a champ! Brush Brush Brush..Benjamin totally suprised me with how laid back he was about the dentist cleaning and looking at his teeth. I was thinking about the how clingy he has been to me lately and how he doesn't like anyone new right now and wondered how he would do but he suprised me and did WONDERFUL (much better than Christian's first visit!=) Christian- He was beyond amazing today. I kept remembering our 2 previous trips to the dentist and wondering if today was going to be a repeat and thankfully it was not. He did such a GREAT job he went right with the tech Jannet and climbed up in the big chair laid down and let her get to work on his teeth. The pictures are so cute one of the techs took them for me b/c I was in with Benjamin.

Loving the sunglasses to keep the bright light out of his face

Christian using the mirror to look at his teeth.

Getting X-rays He even let them take X-rays of his teeth. The turned out great and all of his permanet teeth are there. The only thing we need to pray about is the bottom front 2 teeth are turned and we would like them to move into the right position before they come in but we have a couple of years before that happens. We love Dr. Johnson at Carolina Pedatric Dentistry! I am so thankful that they both had bright white healthy teeth. In the mean time Dr. Johnson said we may want to start saving up for Braces b/c it looks like both boys are going to need them!! We go back in 6 months hoping that visit will go as well as today's did!

Summer Time Summer Time!!!

We are so glad that summer is here and we can enjoy time outside. Last night we went to Rolesville Park for a bit. Here are a few pics of the kiddo's.

Wherever we go one or both of the boys find sticks it was the first thing Benjamin did last night

Christian swinging he still likes to swing in the little swings I think it is b/c he wants to swing w/ Benjamin and seems to have a little fear of heights. Whatever it is I don't mind it makes it a little easier with 2 of them.

Benjamin....can someone tell me when he got so BIG! Gosh really and look at those big ol' legs =)I think he is saying WEE this is fun or either he is trying out to be superman I'm not sure which but I love this picture! Ready Set GO!!! It is so hard to see Benjamin's face in this picture but he is grining from ear to ear and having a blast playing with his big brother. We look forward to many many more trips to the park this summer!

Now that is a face....

I could just eat up!

Sweet Friends

The last stop we made while we were back home was at O'Charley's not just for food but for fun. I have a dear friend who moved overseas to India right after we graduated highschool. She originally was going over just for the summer to be a Nanny well she ended up staying. She met her husband Anil and has 2 boys Silas and Issac. They live in India and are ministering to families and children in need. The last time that we saw Rachel was when Silas was around a year old (almost 4 years ago). So it was great to see her the boys and her parents again. It was our first time to meet Issac and the first time that they were able to meet our boys.

(Left-Right) Benjamin 1, Silas 5, Christian 2.5, & Issac 2. Such a sweet picture!!

Rachel and her boys and Me and my boys. I didn't think to get a picture with Preston and Linda but we will do that the next time. It was great to see you guys!!

More Berry Pickin'

This time at the Chesterfield Berry Farm back home. Sunday before we came home we took the kids to the strawberry farm and they had a BLAST!

They had a few animals that you could feed.

Christian watching the tractor

Sweet BenjaminRunning through the haystackAdian, Kayla, Benjamin, & Christian

Mommy Daddy and the boys

The boys they both look so thrilled they are watching the hay wagon leave for the Strawberry field.Riding out to the fieldsKayla and her big strawberryBoth of the boys loved eating the strawberries Benjamin understood what to do here he is picking a red one

and as you can tell he did a lot of taste testing

Look at thatChristian running through the strawberry patch it was HUGE! Heading out look at "little" Benjamin he was such a MESS and yes his bucket was empty and on his head but he had so much fun!! All of the kiddo's.....We look forward to going back again next year!! The berries were SUPER sweet and VERY VERY YUMMY!!