Brayden is 6

 

 

 

 

Yesterday was Brayden's 6th birthday. We celebrated on Sunday with family and had cake and ice cream. Then yesterday he invited a few friends over and played with them. Yesterday was the first day of wrestling too. He was so excited to go. He got new wrestling shoes for his birthday so he looked all spiffy in his singlet and new shoes. Overall I think he had a great birthday. I just can't believe that he is 6 years old already!

6 Months Old

 

 

I can't believe how fast the time goes. Cara and Caylin are now 6 months old. Cara is rolling from her back to front and Caylin rolls both ways. Caylin knows that she can get somewhere by rolling so she goes all over. They are eating rice cereal everynight and started drinking out of a sipppy cup. This last weekend we went to Idaho Falls and spent the night at a hotel. The girls got to go swimming for the first time. They loved it. The boys thought that was so much fun to have them swim with them. My girls are growing up!

Kids

 

 

 

Here are just some random pictures of the girls and Peyton that I thought were so cute!

Gardner Family

This is for everyone that is related to me on the Gardner side of the family. We are going to have a reunion this summer. I have created a blog just for the reunion so check it out and make your plans to come to Star Valley this summer!!!!

www.gardnerreunion.blogspot.com

How Twins Are Made

No these are not my kids but I thought it was so cute I had to post it!

5 Months Old!

 

 

 

Can you believe it. Caylin and Cara are 5 months old today! Where has the time gone? The girls are getting so big. Caylin rolled over the other day. Cara is trying. They ate rice cereal the other day for the first time too. They did ok with it, it is definatley not their favorite. They are getting such cute personalities. What fun they are to have in our family! Just for your information Caylin is the first picture, then Cara, Cara is on the right in the picture of them together. Don't they look a lot alike?

Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas day. The kids were so much fun this year. Brayden was the first one up at 7:30am. We had to wake up Peyton. They boys opened their presents and then the girls finally woke up around 9am and opened their presents. The girls gave me the best Christmas present ever, they slept through the night!! I was so happy! Let's hope this continues! We had a great day. The kids were so excited with all of their presents and had fun playing with them all day. We were able to visit with our family too.

Santa

 

 

 

Tonight was the Christmas dinner for the Fire Department. We have a great dinner and then Santa comes to see the kids. Brayden and Peyton were so excited to see him. Brayden asked for a spiderman suit and Peyton wants a remote control car. Cara had just fallen asleep and she was out. I thought it made a cute picture. Santa had fun holding the babies!!

First Hair Cut

 

 

 

Here are a few pictures of the girls that I took today. My friend Dancie, who also cuts my hair, gave the girls a trim today. You can't tell much of a difference on Caylin but we trimmed off all of Cara's long hair on top. At their 4 month appointment Cara was 12 lbs 7 oz and Caylin was 12 lbs 6 oz. Both girls are 24 1/4 inches long. They are growing so fast!!!
Top picture Cara on the right, Caylin on the left. The next picture is of Cara then Caylin.

O Christmas Tree!!

Yesterday we were able to go get our christmas tree. The boys have been very anxoius to get the tree and get it decorated. We finally got it done. It was a fun day. MeriJane gave the girls an early Christmas present, a Christmas dress. We got them all dressed up today for chruch. Don't they look cute!!!!

Polar Expess

 

 

 

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. We were able to travel to Salt Lake to be with my family. It was so nice to be home and see everyone. On Friday we were able to take Brayden, Peyton and Abby to ride the Polar Express Train in Heber Utah. It was so much fun. The kids were so excited to go. We had cookes and hot chocolate, sang christmas carols and even saw Santa. We had such a good time. It is always fun to see the kids so excited and filled with the Christmas spirit!

Buck Blaze

 

 

We would like you all to meet the newest member of our family, Buck Blaze! We inherited a horse recently and Brayden decided to name him Buck Blaze. Brayden said, "I always wanted to name my horse Buck Blaze." The boys were both so excited to have a horse. He still needs a little work but Justin is working on that. He is a very nice and beautiful horse. I think Justin was just as excited as the boys to have a horse.

Happy Halloween!!!

Well halloween has come and gone this year. It was fun but busy. We got up early this morning to get Brayden ready for school with his costume on. He was a vampire this year. He wanted to be something scary not cute! Then they had a costume parade at his school so we dressed up Peyton as a clown and headed to the school. We came home and had a few hours before the trunk or treat started. So we headed to the trunk or treat and got lots of candy and then went to a halloween carnival at the church. The boys had lots of fun. The girls were just wondering what was going on. Overall it was a good day!

2 months old

Here are the latest pictures of the babies. They are growing so fast. At their 2 month appointment they weighed 9lbs 1oz and 9lbs 4oz. They are starting to smile and coo. It is fun to see them grow!

My Cowboys

 

 

Brayden and Peyton were playing outside in the mud so we decided to give them a bath outside! They thought that it was the funnest thing ever. I couldn't pass up the photo moment and have them pose like cowboys. They are quite the cowboys!

Blessing Dresses

 

 

Here are the pictures of the girls in their blessing dresses. They looked so precious. Caylin is the top pcitures, Cara is the botton picture.

Baby Blessing

Sunday we blessed the babies. It was such a great day. My brothers and their kids came and my sister from Virginia was here too. It was so fun to see my nephews hold and burp the babies. We had a fun time visiting with everyone. The babies looked so beautiful in their dresses. It was a wonderful day!

Beautiful babies!

 

 

 

 

Here are the latest pictures of the babies. My friend came and took some pictures of them a few weeks ago. They turned out great! The girls are doing well and growing so fast. We are so lucky!

Mini Van Fam

 

Yep it is a mini van. I was never going to have a mini van or enough kids to fill a mini van. But look at us now. 4 kids under the age of 5 and a new mini van. We traded in the truck and bought this van. It was a sad day in the Andrews family to get rid of our crew cab 4x4 truck. Justin had to part with his truck, it was a sad day. But in return we have 4 precious children and that is worth all of it.

Too funny!

 

We were headed to bed the other night and stopped to check on the boys and this is what we found! Peyton was sound asleep on the side of his be with no pants on! He had an accident and took off his pants and fell asleep. He doesn't remember this at all. Too funny. Peyton is always giving us a good laugh. Some nights we can't find him and he has crawled under his bed and fell asleep or all the way under his covers. What a kid!

Babies 3 weeks old

Here are some more pictures of the babies. They are now 3 weeks old and growing so fast. They are finally filling out some of their newborn size cloths. They have also graduated from premie size diapers to newborn size!!! Cara and Caylin had their first bath last week. They wern't too sure about that. They are such good babies. One picture is a 4 generation picture of my Grandma Harrison she is 97, my dad me and the kids.

First Day of School

 

 

Brayden went to his first day of Kindergarten today! He was so excited that yesterday he got up early, brushed his teeth and set out his clothes for today just to practice. It is a good thing that Grandma Karen is here to help us out or we would have been late to our first day of school. I was counting on the babies waking up around 6:30 and then we could get Brayden up and ready for school. Well the babies decided to sleep longer this morning and so we did too! My mom came in at 7:00am and woke us up. Brayden has to be on the bus at 7:20. So it was a very fast morning. Brayden was so excited. We packed his lunch, got his backpack and away we went to meet the bus. He looked so small to be getting on that big bus. He said he was scared and excited. I had a melt down after the bus left. It was very hard sending my oldest off to school. We picked him up this afternoon and he was grinning ear to ear! He loved school and had a great day. He is excited to go back tomorrow.