Preston is SEVEN!

I love this boy!  I love him, I love him, I love him!  Even though it took him a LONG time to come to our family, I'm glad we were able to get him!  He is so sweet, adorable and precious.  I am so lucky!

Stephanie and Preston

 Mike and Preston

 These two look mischievous!

Preston was so excited for his birthday, he dressed himself!  Oh boy. Sorry Preston, you are not going to church like that!  I'll let you keep your sweater, but those shorts have got to go!

Preston doesn't understand why I am laughing at him.

 Preston ~ 7 years old

 Preston's loot

 Jorja gave Preston Stick Dog 2

 Ice cream twix from Maysen

 We gave Preston a quad for his birthday.

 Preston looking at his name.

 He loved it!

We are going to start reading the Book of Mormon again in a few days. Once we get to the end of Daniel.  It will be nice to take a break from the Old Testament.  Sure makes you appreciate the Book of Mormon!

Jorja had a look of total shock on her face.  Now she is the only one without a quad.  She doesn't like that at all!  I'll have to go let her pick one out sometime.  Preston and Jorja did get matching Webkinz Chinese Dragons for their birthdays.  Preston named his dragon Long. I can't pronounce it right, but it is the Chinese word for Dragon.

 Jorja with Luck & Preston with Long

 Preston

 Stockton gave Preston bite size Snickers for his birthday.

Preston really wanted Pokemon X for his DS.  By the time he had asked I already had a ton of presents for him.  That boy is sure spoiled!

Preston with Pokemon X.

 Preston just opened his scooter.  He loves it!

 Preston's new scooter

Preston wanted a Minecraft cake.  This is what Mike, Jorja and I came up with.  (With help from the Internet.)

Preston's 7th birthday cake

 Preston

 Stockton eating random cake pieces we cast aside.

We took the cake over to Steve and Shannon's.  It is also Erica's 17th birthday.  We had crepes and eggs for dinner.  It was delicious!  Erica had a chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting.  Yum!

Preston blowing out candles.

 Preston always likes to joke.  Here he is holding up 8 fingers.

 I finally convinced him to hold up 7.

I should have gotten a picture of Preston and Erica together.  Whoops.

Happy birthday Preston!  We love you!

Train Cake

Mike and I worked on Preston's birthday cake tonight. Preston had a hard time getting to sleep. I think he's a little excited about tomorrow. Stockton kept trying to get a 'last look' of Preston....he wants to always remember the last time he saw him when he was three. Then Stockton started telling me exactly what Preston looked like the last time he saw him when he was one and two. Stockton also said, "I wish Preston could stay a baby forever." I am excited that he will start wearing underwear again tomorrow.....let's hope Preston still remembers his promise....

Snow Day!

It's a snow day! Well, really it's a rain day. It rained so hard last night. Mike opened the windows so we could listen to the thunder. I started wondering if there would be school this morning. I usually don't have the windows open, so I wasn't sure if the storm was as bad as I thought. About 6 am, I started to sneak downstairs. Maysen was on the stairs watching the storm out of the big window. We sat and watched the rain for awhile. Peaceful.

Anyway, school was closed today. It will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday as well. Several roads washed out and the water lines were damaged. We have to boil our water. We are lucky. We have water from our faucets and our basements didn't flood!

Today was wonderful. The girls, Mike and I played Dragonology. I won - I love that. Maysen and I baked a cake - Maysen loves that. Maysen loves everything about Halloween. She has been wanting to try out our new cake pan. I keep telling her she needs to wait until I finish the Parry Post. The Parry Post isn't done, but today was calling for bonding with my daughter! We had a great time and Maysen did a fantastic job!

Maysen & Stephanie

Maysen
Jorja
Mike cutting the cake like it's a Thanksgiving turkey!
Spooky 1/2 house

We decided to watch Marley & Me tonight. I need to preview movies before I let me kids see them. Maysen & Stockton left 1/2 way through. I was proud of them for leaving the movie when they didn't feel comfortable. Mike, Jorja and I finished the movie. Jorja and I took turns putting pillows over our eyes. And some singing in ears was going on as well. It's just not worth the stress watching a movie like that. The movie wasn't terrible, but when you are watching it with your children you are aware of every inappropriate moment.

Last night when I went to check on the boys, they looked so cute I made Mike go get the camera. Stockton was in his own bed when we left them. Preston was probably so scared of the thunder. Stockton is such a great brother. I love how they love each other.

Stockton & Preston