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(that's my sweet little Averi at almost 1 yr old)

I'm So In LOVE...........

WITH THIS GIRL!!!!!!!

Averi is 2 months old today!!! I can't believe how complete our little family feels with her in it!! She is so sweet and beautiful. I'm thankful every day that she came to our family. She has such a happy, content, little personality. She is very alert and loves to really scope out everything in her view. She gets a lot of love from her brothers. Dax loves to kiss and hug her ALL DAY. Sometimes I need to watch that he doesn't wake her up with so much kissing :) Beau likes to kiss her and hug her, but he doesn't really think of it on his own. Anytime he is asked though, he happily complies. He does have moments when he walks by her, notices her, and says "Averi is pretty." or "I love you Baby Sister." We are very blessed to have this little girl in our lives!! It's amazing that our Heavenly Father loves us so much that he gives us these wonderful children to have in our lives.

PRINCESS..... Daughter of a Heavenly King

Today was Averi's blessing day!! She looked so beautiful and was such a good girl through her whole blessing. Jason did such a good job and there was such an amazing spirit there!! It is such a great milestone in a child's life, as well as in her parents' lives. We had family there to see our little girl and we appreciate them so much. Unfortunately the flu hit our home and everyone but Jason got it. Beau was home throwing up all day on Sunday. Isn't it always something though?

Averi Amanda Brower

Our new little addition came to us Monday, August 17th @ 8:09am. She weighed 8 lbs and was 20 inches long. She is a very sweet, easy going little baby!!! I am thrilled!!!! At only 4 days old she has already blessed our lives! We are so thankful to have her here with us in our family. She is so beautiful and very special to us!

FINALLY UPDATING MY BLOG

I haven't been good at all with updating my blog. It's been stuck on Halloween for almost 3 months. I didn't think it was a big deal because I hadn't really told anyone about it. Then one day I thought I would get on to take a look at it and realized it had been looked at 160 TIMES!!!! How embarrassing!!! I thought about deleting the blog altogether, but figured since it had been visited so many times, I better share more photos.!!!!! So sorry to whomever has been looking and being disappointed.
Also, BABY #3 IS ON IT'S WAY!!!!! We are expecting him/her in August. That was Jason's big surprise Christmas present!!! I kept it from everyone for 2 wks before Christmas so I could surprise Jason with a wrapped onesie in his stocking!!! He was really excited!!!

Dax's 2nd Birthday

What a BIG BOY!!!! Dax is 2 years old!! He had a great Mickey Mouse birthday party with all of his Grandpas, Grandmas, Uncles, Aunts, and Cousins!! AND HIS GREAT BIG BROTHER TOO!!! We had pizza for dinner-Dax's favorite, and a Micky Mouse cake! Dax got lots of fun toys! His favorite was Elmo Live from Mommy and Daddy!!

Our Future Pro Basketball Players

Jason's Marsh Valley Basketball Team played West Side in the Energy Solutions Center. They played a really good game and came out with the win. Beau and Dax had a great time at the game. We also stayed for the Jazz vs. 76ers that night and had a fun time time with our families.

Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year with lots of fun family parties!!! Santa was very good to Beau and Dax this year. They got alot of fun toys to play with. Their favorites: The Fisher Price Castle and Batcave from Santa.

Christmas Cookies!!

The boys had a great time making and decorating cookies with me this year!! They loved the icing, and really loved the sprinkles. They spent most of the time sucking on the sprinkles cans. Needless to say, the cans were all clogged up, and had to be cleaned out. (Don't worry, we didn't give out any of these cookies- Only to Santa- and he was none the wiser!)

Day of Sledding

We took the boys sledding with Uncle Brian and Uncle Jared! Beau had a great time!!! He couldn't get enough of it. He even went down the hill by himself and loved it!! Dax, on the other had wasn't so thrilled with the whole idea of sledding. He didn't like going down the hill, or coming back up, for that matter. He ended up being Beau's audience, and he was great at that!

HALLOWEEN

Beau & Dax went as Dr. Suess's characters Thing 1 and Thing 2 this year!! They had alot of fun trick or treating at our church's trunk or treat, and in Old Town Pocatello at all the businesses.

They had a lot of fun saying "Trick or Treat" and "Thank You" to everyone. If it took too long to get to the next car or business, they also said, "MORE CANDY"!!

Our Family

PICTURE DAY

What wonderful little boys we have!!!!! The boys looked so cute! We decided to get their pictures taken outside. The boys were so preoccupied by all of the weeds, the grass, and the rocks, that they wouldn't sit still for any shots. Dax decided to keep a frown on his face for the first 20 minutes. Despite my crazy little boys, the photographer managed to get some adorable pictures.

Beau Starts Preschool

This day was such a big milestone for Beau, and Mommy:) He looked like such a big boy with his new haircut!! He loved his backpack and did not want to take it off. I dropped him off at school and he was so excited. He was the first student to arrive and he seemed quite at ease. He went and took a seat at the table and, acting so cool, said "Bye, bye Mommy"! I barely made it out of his classroom before I burst into tears. What a BIG BOY!!! I was so proud of him.
He had a great first day. He came home on the bus, and was so excited to see me waiting outside for him. His eyes lit up and he was smiling so big. He told the bus driver, "That's my mommy!", as she was unbuckling his seatbelt. The minute he came in the door, he took off all of his clothes, and sighed a BIG sigh, like he had had such a long day.