Mother's Day

As I write this post on Mother's Day, I think about my boys' birth mamas.  They're the reason I even have this blog!  They chose me (and Erik) to raise their babies and I hope they are at peace with their decision.  These 2 baby boys are my everything and I'm grateful every day I get to be the one they call mom.

We talk about their birth moms often, their reasoning for making the decision they did, the fact that God put us all together.  

We know Kade's birth mom well and although we don't know Mason's, we cherish her just as much.  We explain that everyone deals with things in their life differently but that doesn't mean he's less loved.  Because, man, do we love these 2 not-so-little gentlemen!!

Picture  catch up.

This spring Kade tried out for a travel baseball team.  

It was a AAA team that played a couple tournaments in Iowa in April.

He did great!  They didn't do so hot but he loved the experience and that's all that matters! 

First time playing on an all turf field.

No dust!!  It was amazing.

Mason had ZERO desire to watch baseball so he stayed home with G&G and did what he does best with his cousin Isaac....

FISH!

I still can't resist taking a picture of this sleeping beauty.😆

 

Easter and Spring Break

The cousins on Erik's side

The middles

The hunt is on!

Kade and Violet hid the eggs for the younger kids, Kade took his job especially seriously for his brother.  Mason didn't find 4 of his eggs.  However, for about 2 weeks afterwards, Grandma would send us random texts saying, "found another egg!".  Luckily it was just candy and a couple of them had holes chewed through, so some critters had themselves a good Easter!

Kade helping Owen

Kade holding Brooks super high for his airplanes!

Kade and Grandpa went crow hunting down at Grandpa's woods.  They hit a certain spot on the road and Kade takes over driving.  He's a good driver but I'm not sure I was ready to see this!

Grandma and I stayed behind and tended the fire while they hunted.  Mason and Erik were on the Mississippi....fishing of course!

My brother is building a house and the boys have taken a few trips to go "dumpster diving" for scrap wood.  Well, Mason though he hit the jackpot with these headphones and he wanted his picture taken.  I threw them away when he wasn't looking 😆

An afternoon of bowling!

Kade and Isaac are SUPER competitive so they were trash talking the whole time.  Luckily they both won 1 game each and were both happy with that.

Mason, on the other hand, is just there for the party.  He couldn't resist dancing in those sweet shoes.