Mr. Strong vs. Jordo and...

I sort of forget about the blogging world now and then, but I told this story a couple of times and was told it was blog worthy. Most of Jordo's life is, but I don't have time to blog every day. And sorry the picture is after it healed, I am also a camera slacker!


The other day we were having a boring, quiet afternoon at home while Brooke was napping and Ty was at school. I took advantage of Jordo being self-entertained and tried to get some dinner prep started. The next thing I know, there is a lot of grunting, yelling, 'whoaing' and some pretty intense breathing coming from the front room.

Then the play by play started.

"Mom, Mr. Strong just threw me down, but don't worry!"

"Mom, I just got Mr. Strong, but he's coming back."

"Mom, look, Mr. Strong just threw me down across the carpet!"

"Ow, Mom, Mr. Strong really got me that time!"

I did the mom thing and said it sounded like fun and to be careful. But keep in mind this was an imaginary fight, with an imaginary Mr. Stong. By the end, Jordo had won, but he had the battle wounds to show for something.

Picture the pink remains of a sore on the bridge of his nose, bright scabby red for days! A rug burn down his nose, all thanks to Mr. Strong.

and.... If you stuck it out through the story and got this far :)....

We will have another addition to the Shaw family the beginning of April. We are so excited and will find out a just before Thanksgiving if Brooke gets a sister or will be the only girl. We are fine either way and just excited to know!

Kindergarten!

Ty started school last week! He's officially in kindergarten and has been counting down for months. He was beyond ready and has soaked up the whole experience.

Having his gone has been an adjustment for Jordo, Brookie and me. The first day of school Jordo promptly renamed his stuffed bear Ty, so as to fill the void.
It doesn't feel like he should be in school and time has gone by so fast. But he was ready. He never even looked back when I took him the first day and by day three he didn't even need us to walk him in. He just got out on the curb and headed in, which is a bit overwhelming for a first time kindergarten mom!
Love you Ty and so proud of you.

Love our Jordo!

I love my kids.

All of them are so different and fun in their own way.

Jordo is our kid that does everything the fun, but not always easy, way.

He is constantly thinking of new adventures and trying to put them into action.

He is so smart and loves to build and create.

Not much slows him down.

Actually, the only thing that does, is books.

He loves to read and be read to and will stop just about anything for a book.

Tonight I found him in bed like this....

He knew he was tired and couldn't hold up the book, so he did the only thing he could do...

He read until he couldn't keep his eyes open.

Jordo, I love this about you and hope you never change!

Oops, Blog Slacker!

We've been busy but we've been having fun. Here are some of the highlights we thought we'd share.

Ty in training for swimming season.

Brookie enjoying the one day that it was warm enough for water and then the heat was gone.


My boys are really starting to fatten up, don't you think?

Jordo's #4 birthday!

Loads of fun...until the rain.

Then to St. George. We went golfing for Jordo's actual birthday and he got a hole in one his first shot! Not a bad way to celebrate.

When she wasn't getting her head stuck in fences and crawling through the obstacles, she was hugging them.

Ty's turning out to be quite the swimmer.

And Jordo was working on getting brave.

Jordo got this awesome, GIGANTIC ball for his birthday.

(Not sure who is smart parents are who thought they had somewhere to store it, but then again, sometimes fun is more important that being practical, right?)

And it is SO MUCH FUN!

And last on our catch-up list is T-ball!

Ty has finally made one of his dreams come true.

He loves sports and has been waiting and waiting for the day he could play on a team and really hit a ball that counts. And he did. The other kids were testing things out and Ty hit it out of the park (in T-ball terms of course).

That's our life in a nutshell and if you aren't too stuck on Facebook, comment and say hi!

Easter Celebrations

Before we get into Easter, I thought I should let everyone know how excited Ty was to wear his new church shoes. 'Goofy' really is the only word that comes to mind.

Now for Easter.
We egg hunted at Grandma and Grandpa Shaw's.
I am afraid this will be most of the faces on Brooke's pics, she's posing.

Jordo finding the magic money egg!


Ty takes his egg hunting very seriously.

Then to Grandma and Grandpa Gay's for more eggs!

Grandma Gay sent all the grandkids (except for Zach, who we missed, but will be in Utah this summer, hooray!) on an "Amazing Race".

Here is Jordo making his shots before he can move on to the next level.

We Easter crafted all sorts of things that had way to much sugar in them.

And we pinned some tail on this bunny.

Here's a shot with most the kiddos. Brooke was napping and Cody was happy being left alone. It's always a good time when we get these kiddos together. We only wish it could happen more often.

Happy Easter!