Life in this Zoo: My Family

I have done a lot of things in my life: I have kissed the Blarney Stone, scuba dived on the Great Barrier Reef, eaten sushi in Japan and snails in Singapore. I have been to such obscure places as East Temor, Diego Garcia, and The Seyshelles. I am a college graduate, returned missionary, Veteran of Foreign Wars. But I have to say that the best thing I have ever done in my life, the most challenging and the most rewarding, is becoming a wife and mother. I absolutely love my family. Let me introduce them to you...

This is James, he is 6 years younger then me, and has tons of energy when it comes to playing with the kids... watching him with them really wears me out. But no one could ever love them more then he does. He likes to camp, hike, hunt, play on his XBOX 360, travel, and do anything that involves being with the family. He is a good 6 feet tall (about 1 foot taller then me) and has absolutely gorgeous brown eyes and black hair. He went to Japan on his mission, is working on his Bachelor's degree ( he only about 5 classes left), and has been in the Navy a cumulative 7 years.

How did I get so lucky? teehee.

This handsome young man is Jeremiah. He is almost 4 and he is so proud of what a big boy he is. He loves being a big brother to his sister and brother. He loves super heros, dinosaurs, and animals. His favorite color is green, his favorite food is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with ketchup on the side, his favorite animal is anything with teeth and a cool growl... He loves to play computer games. And he loves being with his daddy, and his new baby sister. Jeremiah is very affectionate, and very sensitive, and very shy. But once you have become his friend you will be his friend for life. He is very loyal and a hard worker, and he loves learning and being independant.

Jeremiah is very smart, but he has to do everything at his own time and in his own way. Because of this it has been a challenge for him to learn how to talk. But we have had fun learning to understand his unique communications and watching him as he has been learning and developing both his confidence and his communication skills.

This little monkey is Isaac. He will be 2 in April and thinks he is as old as or older then his big brother. You know the song, "anything you can do I can do better. I can do anything better then you." I think that this is one of Isaac's person theme songs... He has an infectious and heart melting smile, but don't let fool you... he is a little devil. His absolute favorite thing in life is chocolate milk, which he absolutely has to have first thing in the morning or he is a bear, and no one had better turn the lights on or interfere with him until after he has had his "fix". His favorite word right now is "mine". His favorite things are cars, particularly the cars from the movie "Cars". His favorite color is blue. His favorite animal is the giraffe. He has an elephants memory, and tends to hold grudges... but he loves to hug and kiss, and cuddle. And he loves to play. His favorite people are his daddy and his big brother.

And finally, there is Eden. She is 5 1/2 weeks old, and is the new love of our lives... she is in everyway a girl and we think that she is absolutely beautiful. She started life at 7 lbs 1 oz and is already over 10 lbs... so you can see that she loves to eat. And she is very good at expressing her opinions too. It is really weird though to have so much PINK in our house suddenly. It will be very fun to watch her learn, grow, and interact with her brothers.