Eli had a Birthday (like 6 weeks ago)!

It is completely amazing what can happen in six weeks: 

 Eli had a birthday! He turned 7 on April 14th. We did everything pretty low key, I took him lunch at school, later on he wanted to go to Cave Hollow Park (like I did with Zach on his birthday). We Skyped with Joe and Eli enjoyed getting Legos from his dad and grandparents.

Here he is with his BFF Shade Stewart at lunch (Sam too)!

Having some special moments with his gifts- classic Eli!

Cave Hollow Park

The scary part of the day was that Zach got his drivers permit and drove around the parking lot many times whilst we ate pizza and wanted to throw up; that was a really good time! Eli was glad when we could go hike up the trail!

We love our young master Eli, he really enjoys life and loves when he gets to have a moment to snuggle and read a good book like The Hobbit and Harry Potter, which we have been trying to fit in amidst all the other goings on around here. Honestly it is hard to remember where each day has gone sometimes (or always) I wonder how I could be working so hard every day and still feel so far from reaching the goal! I look forward to the time when this challenge will be behind us. But everyday we are realizing our blessings and I am so thankful for wonderful kids, I want to celebrate their goodness each day- they are truly my treasures and have been wonderful to pick me back up when I start falling apart. Hopefully the glue will hold for a little while! This has been the time that I want to remember the most, but don't have the time to record the millions of things going on in our lives. I am determined to add more on the blog, but right now I am going to go spend some time with the kids at the temple grounds- I think a picnic is in order!