Summer's Finally Here!

Fishing Trips have already started

Peyton graduated from Preschool!

T-Ball Came and went. The boys loved it.

Peyton wasn't too happy when the other team got him out.

Here are some cute pictures of Kate

Preston dressed Kate up in some of the boys' old baby clothes. He thought he was pretty funny. She does look a lot like the rest of her brothers.

She is such a good baby. She loves to smile.

Fishing "Trip"

I planned on making this a long post, but after I started, the add image button stopped working. So here are just a few things. I'll try to post the other pictures tomorrow.

Tyson sometimes finds the make-up and tries some of it. That mustache is made out of mascara. That face he is making looked pretty close to what his mom's face looked like she saw him. The other picture, he got mad at me and went to pout in the laundry room and ended up falling asleep.

Bath Time

This is Kate. I just have to put that because without pink clothes and headbands, she could be mistaken for any of her brothers at that age.


So here's where the fishing comes in. Our latest news happened last night. Preston went with his dad and brother fishing on the river. They decided to take Kayson with them. While they were walking, Kayson tripped on a log and fell. He got up and came and told his dad that he hurt his knee. He wasn't crying. He just said that he scratched his knee a little. They continued to fish and on the way home, Kayson fell asleep. So today he showed me his sore. It just looked like a small hole, like he had fallen on a small rock. At church he said that his knee was hurting so after church we took another look at it. It was swollen and so Preston and I thought it must have a sliver in it. We couldn't see anything in it so we had to dig in his skin a little ways. Kayson was really tough and after a while of digging at it, Preston pulled out a huge thorn or stick. He even had to use some pliers to pull it out. It was pretty creapy looking. It was over an inch long and it was pretty thick. The picture just doesn't give it justice. The other picture is of his knee. We drew a circle around the area that was swollen and red, just so we can check it tomorrow and make sure it doesn't keep swelling. Kayson is feeling fine now.

Catch Up

Catch up

Here are some pictures of some things that we did over the past few weeks. They aren't in any kind of order. They are just some random pictures.

Kayson wrestling with his cousin Dallin

"Do you know the Muffin Man?" Peyton had to dress up as a nursery rhyme for preschool.

Sleepy little girl

On January 23, Tyson had his 2nd birthday. We had cupcakes in icecream cones, went swimming, and then went to Chuck E Cheese.

All 3 boys at Chuck E Cheese.

All the car rides were Tyson's favorites.

Preston and his brothers going ice fishing.

I had to put this picture up. Kate crosses her eyes a lot. She always makes me laugh.

Grandma Miller holding Kate. She held Kate the whole Christmas break. We love Grandma Miller!

All ready for church

Kate in her Christmas dress. Her legs are so skinny that the tights look more like baggy white pants.

Kate's Blessing

2 Months Old

It was Kate's blessing today. It was a really good day. The blessing was so special. Preston always does such a good job. I always feel the spirit so strong when we bless our babies. There were a lot of happy tears shed today. Mostly by me. We had a lot of family and friends come and support us. We had some good food after the blessing. I didn't realize how big our families were until they were all at our house.

My sister-in-law, Crystal, came and took some pictures of Kate for us. She does such a good job. I put just a couple on here so you could see them.

This is my favorite picture. That little girl has here dad wrapped around her little finger.Two great baby sitters!

Here are some pictures of Kate. I couldn't get enough pictures of her. She looked so pretty in her dress. These are pictures that Crystal took.

Craig and Niyah. She is such a cute little girl. Tyson kept taking away any toy away from her. Hopefully in the future, they can become better friends.

My niece Ali and my little sister Melissa came to support us.

My Grandma came. Aren't grandmas the best.

It was a great day. We love our family.

It's a girl!

On December 8th at 8:08am we had a new addition to our family. Kate Marx was born weighing 6lbs 2oz and is 18 1/2 inches long. We are all so excited to have her here especially Mom. (Kate 2 days old)

She is so much smaller than our boys were. Although her feet and fingers are long and skinny.

(Kate 1 week old)

The proud Daddy. Preston has to hold her every chance he gets. He has been worried about what to do with a little girl, but I can already see she is going to be Daddy's little girl. She has him wrapped around her little finger.

Kayson has been my big helper. Since I can't move around very fast, he helps me by getting diapers, and other things I need.

Peyton loves his little sister. Every time he sees her he says, "She's so cute, huh". He likes to pick out her clothes for the day. Although she doesn't have anything that fits her right now. For the first 2 days she wouldn't eat anything. It was really sad and frustrating. She dropped her weight down to 5lbs 6oz. I was getting really worried, but since then she has figured the eating thing out and is starting to gain the weight back. At 6 days, she had gained 7 oz and weighed 5lbs 13 oz.

Tyson loves his baby. He loves to hold her and thinks she is his. He of all my boys is having the hardest time. He wants to sit on his mom's lap all the time. It's hard because I know he is missing the time he had with his mom before the baby. He has been wrapping himself up in all the baby blankets, laying down in the bassinet, and has even tried to drink one of her bottles.

Tyson with some of his sisters bows in his hair. He wants to have everything his sister has.

Preston has been so good to me and the boys. He has taken off quite a few days of work to help out. Besides cleaning the house, picking up kids from kindergarten, and making sure everyone gets fed, he has been playing with the boys and making sure they have a good time with their dad. He took them sledding yesterday. They had a ball.

Peyton fell in the snow a few times and got his face cold, but he was a good sport about it most of the time.

Kayson loves the snow and has been playing in it everyday since it has snowed.

Tyson loves the snow, but gets cold fast and wants to go inside.