Happy Birthday Jonah!

Two years and two days after Aidan was born he got the best birthday present ever...Jonah! Jonah's nickname "Donut" came from Aidan. When people would ask him his new brother's name, he would say "Donah" and they thought he said donut...it just stuck. He is such a sweet, easy going boy. We love him tons! Hope you have a great day Jonah!! 11 years old.

Gramma Sophie...that's what friends of ours called him. He had so much hair (and it looked crazy most of the time) they said it reminded them of their grandma. He had to have a haircut at about 5 months old!

His love for drawing started at a very young age...

I called him my "dippin' dude" when he was little. He loved to dip things. You can see in the one picture he totally abandoned the chips and went right for the salsa with a spoon!

What a daredevil...jumping off a waterfall into a river in Oregon

Power tool fun at cub day camp...

Jonah and Jake caught a couple of fish on a Lake Powell trip...he was so proud of this. The poor fish though, he got passed around so everyone could get their picture taken with him. When he finally got tossed back in, I bet the fish heaved a sigh of relief and swam away as fast as his little fins would carry him (I'm sure fish sigh, don't they)

Picking apricots at Gilcrease Orchard...did you know we have an orchard in Las Vegas that actually grows fruit?

Jonah is an excellent student when he puts his mind to it...now if I could just keep him motivated.

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONAH DEAR!! Happy days will come to you all year...

Happy Birthday Aidan!

I can't believe he's 13! Time flies way too fast...We love you Aidy Boy!

Look at those dimples...

"driving" the houseboat from the upper deck

He could sleep anywhere. We have another picture like this where he fell asleep perched on the top step...

He learned the hard way that pepper spray in the eyes really HURTS!

Aaaw, the police car shirt....He LIVED in this shirt. It had a button that made siren sounds when you pushed it and I could hardly get it off him to wash it! All of our pictures of him at this time are in this shirt. I still have it...maybe I'll make a pillow out of it and give it to him when he moves out!

Spending time with dad at scout camp...they both loved it even though I think only one of them would admit it.

Enjoying California Adverture. The beginning of the long hair phase. How long is that going to last?

Always the cool dude...

Sunburned and trying to live up to his Mexican heritage on the houseboat.

This is my favorite picture of Aidan...he's going to be a heartbreaker ( I'm in denial that it's already started. Ask him how many girls he texts on an all-too-regular basis)

WE LOVE YOU...HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

My future flashed before my eyes...

During Christmas break Anissa was invited to the movies by her friend and so she asked her Dad for money...

I thought, "This is so funny...is it starting already!? She's only six." We always put their allowance right in the bank. Maybe we should be better about actually handing them some cash every once in a while so they can learn to pay tithing, budget their money and not always just ask us...

Along those same lines, Jake spent the Christmas break working at the ski rental shop Jeff worked at as a teenager. I think he was pretty excited at the thought of all that money. The one drawback he mentioned was, "Now when I need money for movies or food, I won't be able to just ask you guys". He also came home with a brand new sweatshirt he'd bought with his own hard earned money and an employee discount...maybe this working thing will have some appeal after all.