This is Will with his friends. From Left to Right: Isaac Panter, Andrew, Will, Cameron Higley, Garrison Hammer, and Brec Thomas.

Will's 5th Birthday!

We just celebrated Will's 5th birthday on December 6th! I can't believe it.

For our boy's birthdays we always just do family parties because both of our families are here in Twin Falls. It is much easier, that way I don't have to worry about keeping a bunch of little kids entertained...I would stink at that. So, in talking about his birthday we were discussing the usual plan of having a low key cake and ice cream celebration at our house with Grandmas and Grandpas. Well, now that Will is 5, he has been to a few parties for his friends and understands that birthday parties should consist of bounce houses, balloons and confetti everywhere, goodie bags, friends, friends and more friends. He wanted a friend party. So, we compromised. He got to choose 4 of his friends and we made it a family night birthday party. We held it at the bowling alley so that I did not have to provide the entertainment. We had pizza and did the cake and ice cream thing, and Will got the pleasure of opening gifts from his friends. It was very low stress and everyone had a lot of fun. Will was thrilled!

We can't believe how fast time flys. In five more years he will be 10. David, Brent's youngest brother was 10 when Brent and I got married. Now Dave is a senior in high school, preparing for college and a mission. So, a few blinks from now I guess we will be sending Will off on his mission and we will wonder where the time went.

Happy Birthday Will! We Love You!

Our First Blog!

I still have no idea what I am doing. Thank you Katy for setting this up for us. We really do want a blog it's just that I haven't had the time to sit down and figure this out until now. I love looking at all of your blogs and seeing how well all of our family and friends are doing. I promise I will keep playing with this and get it figured out so I can give updates on us regularly.

Brent and I are living in Twin Falls, Idaho. Brent is working as an attorney at his father's law firm. I am home with our 3 boys Will (4), Andrew(3) and Jacob(8 mo). I have been running my own photography business on the side of being a stay at home mom for the past 5 years. I love photography and this has been such a blessing in so many ways for our family. The latest news in our family is that I have made the difficult decission to give up my photography so that I can put all of my efforts toward being a mom. I am happy about this decission and just hope that there will be a time later in my life that I can pick it back up.

For now, I am blessed to have the choice of giving up something I love and replace it with something I love so so much more, my boys (that includes Brent:)). They are the joy in my life.

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