Grandma'a are Great!!!.....Husbands are too! :)

It was so great to have Grandma Miller and Grandma Jung come out for a visit. The kids absolutely had a great time and it was so nice to have a few extra hands to help with EVERYTHING!!! We sure love our grandmas...what amazing mom's Ryan and I have!!!

Zachary Ethan

Brayden loves to hold his brother, and then after about 10 seconds he tells me that he is all done. What a nut!

Brianna is such a great helper.

Here is one of the first pictures of our little guy. Ryan was so helpful during the whole delivery, and of course after also. I really have a wonderful husband! Any guy that keeps reminding the nurses that their wife really wants an epidural like NOW is a great guy!!! By the way, when I got to the hospital, I was dialated to 8cm, and by the time I got my epidural, I was probably at 9cm. Not my idea of fun, but glad everything went okay. And for now, we are enjoying being "walking zombies"! :)

Washington D.C. Temple Trip

Yesterday we took a family trip to the Washington D.C. Temple. I am so grateful for temples on the earth today that allow us to be an eternal family. It was so fun to hear Brianna & Brayden get excited about seeing the temple. One of their favorite songs to sing almost everyday is "I Love to See the Temple." And of course, this temple has a special meaning to me because this is where I was sealed to my mom, dad, and sister when I was only one and a half years old. I am grateful for a loving Father in Heaven that wants us to be an eternal family. I know that families can be together forever, and that makes me so HAPPY!!!

Fun with the Bun (in the oven)!

We went to the beach a couple of weekends ago, and the Ryan and the kid's convinced me to let them bury me in the sand...So, I have to admit, it has been quite a while since I have done this, and my memory of how much sand (in all those weird places) gets trapped in your swimsuit afterward was a little off. Note to self....it will be a while until I do THAT again...but it was still very fun.

Dance Costumes!!!

This is one of my favorite pics of Brianna in her costume. Doesn't she have the best smile???
Pictured are the other two girls in her ballet class, Kate and Lacey. They did a wonderful job during the recital and I was so proud of all of them....especially my lil' dancer! I'll attach a video of their dance soon (it's on our video camera still).

Uncle Ray and Brianna

Ryan absolutely LOVES this picture of his brother and our little girl. And of course he should! Brianna was so excited to go to the beach and what made it really special was there her Uncle Ray got to go with her. It has been over a week now, and we are still hearing her talk about the fun family trip and her famous Uncle Ray!!! :) Thanks Ray for bring so cool!!!

Beach Day with Uncle Ray

We're ready for a fun day at Virginia Beach!

Uncle Ray helped out by carrying Brianna after she got tired from walking along the boardwalk.

These next two pics are kinda funny b/c they look like they go together....but no, Brianna did not push Brayden into the sand...he just did that all by himself! What a silly MESSY boy!

The boys (Ryan & Ray) had a fun time building a wading pool for the kids. The kids had a fun time digging, splashing, and falling into it!

Some quality Uncle & Nephew time!

This picture is to document the fact that both these young strapping lads decided that a water temp of 50 degrees was NOT going to stop them from diving into the water...personally, I think they're both CRAZY! It was pretty funny to watch them get the guts up to do it though. I think they were out there in the water for about 1 hour before Ryan just jumped right into a wave, and then Ray followed shortly after. I tried to get close enough just to take pictures and my feet were FREEZING!!! It's so fun to see boys just being boys! :)