Going Going GONE..............

Well 2011 has come and gone I started the year out not even thinking about another little spirit in our family and ended not knowing how we ever lived without our little E.

11 highlights for 2011

We had little Bean October 8th

We had Visitors, Grandma's and Grandpa's came to see us

We went to the Beach and it was AWESOME!

The kids and I got to go to Utah for a Whole Month we wish we could go more often

Swifty finished another year of Residency just one and a half more to go

Our Renters signed on for another year

We are all healthy, our families are healthy, and my Bro and Sister in-law are having babies (yep not just a baby but BABIES!)

I learned how to build things and I tell you it is addicting

Buster has had A LOT fewer blows to his head :)

KB and Buster played on their first Soccer teams and were Awesome, Heiselt is a fantastic fan and great at cheering

We have learned to Love Alabama

Three

Hieselt turned 3! Can you believe it, I can't why oh why do they grow soooooooooooo fast? Two days after Christmas Our sweet guy turned 3. We started the celebrations off with Zoolights, we have no pictures because I did not want to risk my camera getting rained on. Hiesie is at that age where you don't nap but if you get in the car after 4 p.m and it is dark you fall asleep, so he slept through the first bit of his festivities. The next morning we began his day with a little Dinosaur Train, opening of presents, once those two important acts occurred he could think about breakfast. Swifty had the day off so we played all day, had Chicken for dinner, a dinosaur cake with HUGE candles in them I could not find our birthday candles so we put 3 huge Candles in his cake.

Mohawk

Look at this Little Lady her hair looks like this every bath day, poor thing needs some GREASE to keep her soft little hairs down. She is growing sooooooooooo Fast1 She smiles now and has even given her mama a few laughs every now and again!

First Smile

Little Bean is about 6 weeks and look what she did!

Thankful 11

My sister did 11 things she was Thankful for this year, so I am following her trend here is my

11 for 11

I am Thankful for

1. My Family - the family I was raised in, I wish I was closer to them in proximity so we could spend more time together I do love visiting them. The family I married into they are so funny and fun to be with. Finally the family I have created I love to be with my kids and Swifty

2. The Gospel for the joy and knowledge it brings into my life and my children's lives

3. My Friends we have been lucky enough to meet amazing friends that we can consider family

4. The chance that I have had to live in different places. Although I wish I could be closer to family not only for my sake but also to help when it is needed as well as allow my children to have a more constant relationship with them I am better because of the people I have met living in different places.

5. The weather where I live. I LOVE warm winters

6. My home

7. I have renters in my home in OHIO

8. KB's school and her teacher who has been so fantastic

9. My kid's love of books. There is nothing better than reading books with my kids I think it is my favorite past time and if we all read together snuggled up it is even better

10. Our health

11. The fact that my husband is such a hard worker and will do anything to provide for us but also that as long as we are okay he always chooses us over work

I could go on and on but I wont. Okay just one more bonus because it can't be left off

I am thankful for a baby that is so sweet and patient.

Happy Thanksgiving

Moss Rock

We love to hike a preserve super close to our house, so a few weeks after E was born we decided to brave it with all 4 kiddos. Swifty and the kids always need to find a walking stick but this time Swifty found the Mother of all sticks. The kids tried but could not find a stick that compared to Daddy's. Of course when a man has to hike wearing an infant he needs a stick, Right?!

The kids found rivers to fall in, trees to climb, leaf hills to slide down and rocks to climb on

Swifty went up a steep hill so Heiselt thought he needed to help Swifty get down the hill safely

Heiselt got mad at me towards the end of the hike and became his Daddy's bud the rest of the way

Little bean did this the whole hike

The big kids allowed a picture of them together

We even had a rare citing of ME in a picture, don't worry we didn't get too CRAZY there is just one picture of me

Top TEN list

There are a few great things about having a baby besides the baby!

#10 Your kids love you because they are suddenly allowed to watch Dinosaur Train for an hour every morning while you sit on the couch and sleep

#9 You can be a little bit of a hermit if it is yucky and raining and everybody would expect it

#8 Your boobs make your waist look small

#7 As long as you have gotten yourself and children out of the house people think you are AMAZING!

#6 Everybody stops you to see your sweet bundle, I feel like a movie star

#5 You don't have to cook dinner and you have AMAZING meals brought to you

#4 Grandparents come and play with your kids

#3 Grandparents come and keep you company and do fun things with you and your kids for example play crazy games you never could think up, go to the pumpkin patch and sing silly songs with them

#2 Grandparents come and do a million and one projects, clean and cook and bring fun toys for your kids and run errands with you

#1 Grandparents COME! (because even if they didn't do #'s 4, 3, and 2 it is great to have them come)

Grandma Jo and all the kidlets (we missed our Baca)

Grandma and Grandpa S With E on her Blessing day

We are Blessed to have such AMAZING grandparents and we are so Grateful you came!