Kimbre's 24!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIMBRE!!!What a HOTTIE!!!!So, Even if it's a day late post, I still wanted to recognize that it was Kimbre's birthday yesterday and wish her all the best in her 24th year!!
We love you so much Kim! You're always so much fun to chat with and we all know you're super-cool!
Happiest Birthday to you!!!!!

I know, you already did these pics, but I love 'em! It's so you! ; )
Oh, yeah...

Dallas Todd Rowley

So I've taken a while to post pictures here, but I didn't forget! We're all doing really well here. We looove having Dallas here! The boys love to see him and hold him and Tucker just about smothers him with loves and kisses! Jay and I are tired from not so much sleep, but we're hangin' in there. =) Dallas is a really good baby. He sleeps, eats poops and spits. He's a spitter - which I'm starting to get used to, but don't like too much... He's mellow and when he's awake he's so alert! He loves to stare into peoples faces and he'll even track if you move. He has such bright eyes and we love his dark hair and complexion. He's sooo handsome and we are all in love with this little boy!!!
We sure love all of you and thank you for your support and love! And a special thanks to Nana and Papa who watched the big boys for us. That was the biggest help and they had such a blast! We love all of you and hope you enjoy the pictures! =)

Playin' in the Mud!

What can I say? You're only a kid once! :) Jacob and his buddies were a muddy, wet, happy bunch that day. Haha!:) Needless to say he went home wearing nothing but a diaper and bathtime took place immediately upon arrival.

Guess what.....

It's a BOY! We are very excited--Jacob will have a little buddy soon!:) Anywho, enjoy the photos, love to you all!

~Lisa

A little bit of Joy

Matt's brother, Travis, has this on his blog and it makes me happy. Watch it.
http://video.yahoo.com/network/100000089?v=4816051&l=100022574

Since we had Brycen, Ava has had to take on some new responsibilities around here. He...He...He..., Just kidding!

Brycen Andrew Oakes

So here are some pictures of our handsom baby BOY! We love him dearly and are so excited for all the fun to come. Love you guys! Thanks for all your prayers and support!
~Drew, Mandy, Ava and Brycen

ABC's and 123's

Jacob is starting to learn his letters and numbers! It is so much fun hearing him say them-- he especially loves this website we found called starfall.com--it's very cute and perfect for kids learning to read!
This video was taken about a week ago, but last night Jacob was counting from 4 to 10 without help and kept saying "five fingers!" Aaaa!!! :) They learn SO fast! We were pretty excited! I don't think he understands what it means yet, but he's getting the idea and the sequence anyway.:)

Happy Easter and Fun April Picts!

Easter Hunt and BBQ with our friends!

Hello All!

Don't kids just make holidays the BEST!! We had sooo much fun with Jacob this Easter-- he did 3 easter-egg hunts--two with friends and the other on Easter Sunday with our family here! It was so cute to watch him. He was just fascinated with openning the eggs-- every time he would pick one up, he had to open it and empty the contents into his basket before moving on!

Hope you enjoy the photos AND CONGRATS TO THE NEW BABIES!!! What a wonderful season of life! LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Couldn't resist adding these to the blog just for fun-- this was taken after a morning of playing in mud puddles--happy boy! :)

As you can see we kept the egg hunting pretty easy for them.:)

Easter Treat Baskets-Cheese! Jake is currently fascinated with anything that has a propeller-- we are constantly hearing "airplane!" or "helicopter" from him anytime something with a motor flies by--he played with this little fan until it broke! :)

Hugs! These two are best friends--Jacob asks to play with Mylie every day! He loves his cousins and is especially tender and sweet with Sharie's new baby Brynlee--always giving her little kisses and soft pats on the head:) I hope this continues for his new sibling on the way! :)

Anywho, Happy Easter! Love to you all!

~Lisa and Jason

Welcome to our World - Brycen Oakes... Sounds like Mandy had a pretty good delivery of only 3 hours / 8lbs 9 ounces...

And...I might say a very good looking young man!! ;o)..

Congratulations Ava---you have a new baby brother and he's a cutie....just like you.

40 weeks!

I think Ashley looks a lot better than I do - But that's okay. She's always a HOTTIE in my book :)
( Ava wanted to be just like her Mom!)

Anyway - the race is on...

The Day of Delivery Approaches

Ashley and Mandy are quickly coming to that time of delivery and we are all anxiously waiting to see that it all goes well.
I just couldn't resist this one last picture of a beautiful expecting mother who's also anxious to move forward from this heavy protruding burden to time when she can carry him in her arms.

We find out hopefully from Lisa next week what her new baby will be. What wonderfully exciting times these are!!

We love you all!!

Steve and Sue

Jacob's Prayers

Just had to put a little journal entry on the blog today. Jacob is starting to say his own prayers lately-- it is so precious! Usually at meal-times I'll start to say a prayer and he just jumps right in and repeats everything I say as best as he can. He gets so smiley and proud of himself. It is very sweet.:)

I Finished The Easter Dress!!!

So I wanted Ava to have something special for Easter and something just for her when the baby was born. So I tackled sewing! I was a lot of work - and a lot of picking-out and starting over - BUT I FINISHED! Ava says she feels like a princess. When she walks down the stairs, the dress trails behind her and she loves it! I'm just glad it turned out. I just love to see her face light up when she sees it!