Party Time!

This past Saturday was a major party at The Chase House. We had so much fun all day celebrating out awesome kids! Naomi and McKay's birthdays are so close that we decided to have combined parties this year. The friend's party was first, then we had a family party.

I'm never good at remembering to take pictures but I got a few throughout the day...

Some of Naomi's cute friends that came to party....I love Na's face in this one

Blowing out the candles

another funny Na face

two suckers at a time

mac in mickey ears...

McKay usually takes his morning naps from about 10 to 11:30 or 12. And of course on his birthday he would not go to sleep! He finally went down at 11:30 and slept through most of the party.

Mac and mom

I love cute Naomi smiles

Mac and Nana Chase

Divin' in to the cake, there wasn't much diving..

covered in chocolate

The Chase fam

Birthday boy, just about in his birthday suit

the kids got so many presents! thanks everyone!! this mickey and minnie couch was a favorite

Na and Nana Chase

Sorry that my kids don't like to look at the camera and Naomi won't smile for the camera very often, so these aren't the best pictures, but they're "real life" i guess. enjoy!

Sharing her peas...

One day at lunch I gave the kids their food, got them settled and as they ate I was in cleaning mode, so I was in and out of the kitchen. I was in the next room and heard Naomi saying in the sweetest voice ever heard, "You can have all of these, McKay. They are very yummy. You can have ALL of them!" So I walked in to see what was happening and this is what I found...

She was gladly sharing her peas with McKay! They are so "yummy" that she wanted to share them all. When I came in to see what she was doing, she quickly told me, "Mom, I'm sharing with McKay!" She was very proud to be sharing with her brother and thought she was out-smarting us all.

 You can see that he has already practically licked his plate clean, and now he has to eat more peas! He did eat some but not quite as many as she gave him....

Showing off a shared pea...

being silly

"yay! more food!"

My Birthday and Valentine's Day

Adam is the best at planning fun birthdays. My birthday is the day before Valentine's so usually it's something really fun. This year we went snowmobiling!
Adam drove most of the time and I was the grandma sitting in the back of the snowmobile but it was really fun to ride together. (and last time I was driving the 4 wheeler (kind of the same thing right?) we almost went off a cliff, seriously, cause it was really heavy and I couldn't control it very well.)
Anyways, It was so much fun! We need to go again soon.
It was snowing the day we went out and when we hit 10,000 feet it was a totaly white-out. We couldn't see the paths at all, and we couldn't see the view from the mountain, but it was still really pretty on the paths and exploring the mountains with my hubby.

On the mountain...

driving along....

I thought this would look cooler than it does. This is Adam going down a big hill. You can see the people down below watchin him be crazy...

At the end of the trails is a huge open field. It was fun to watch the experienced people doing crazy stunts. And I actually drove the snowmobile in the open field, cause we couldn't fall off a cliff there.

snow angel

When I stepped off to make a snow angel my foot sank like 4 feet. Once again can't really tell in the pictures.

We were laughing pretty hard trying to walk in such deep snow.

Thanks to Larissa for all of the warm clothes!! =)....And Adam for such a great time!...And all those involved in watching our kids while we were gone. =)

Kids...

I like to take a cute picture of the kids close to Valentine's so I can mail it to our family members. So, I got the kids all cute lookin' and we tried for about 45 minutes to get a good picture of the two of them looking at the camera and smiling. It did not happen. They would not be still for anything! But it was funny to try and at least I could laugh about it, right?

So here are some pictures of the process of me trying to get some cute pictures of my kids...there are lots because there were a lot of attempts at getting a good one...

Little Mac is 10 months!

Time for an update on our cute little guy. We love him so much!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some things to look back and remember about these 10-month-old days:
-McKay, You love to make noise! I think you'll be a drummer one day. You're always banging on something. And I need to add that you have quite the lungs. We thought Naomi was loud til you opened up and showed us what you've got.
-If you have something in your hand, whether it's toy or snack, one of two things will happen-you'll eat it, or you'll throw it. Nothing in between.
-You are a pro at crawling backwards, and have been for at least 2 months now. You still army crawl forward, but I will admit you get where you're going fast.
-You are trying to pull yourself up into a standing position. Once you're there you are happy as can be. 
-You've always been a great sleeper. And you NEVER wake up cranky, if you do it's cause you need to go back to sleep, and so we let you. =)
-You love your daddy so much. When he's in the room he's all you want to look at. I'm sure the relationship  started before this life. You two are such great buddies!
-I love your bald head. It's the softest thing ever to touch.
-Your sister loves you now, despite the taking of toys that we still can't totally control. If you are sad she says, "It's ok, Mac, I'm here." I hope that's the friendship you two will always have!
-I love to watch you grow each day. I am so blessed to have you in my life!
We love you so much. You are a miracle baby and we will always remember how lucky we are to have you in our lives.

Just a few pics from Christmas morning

Christmas was so great this year. It was a blast to have kids to share it with. Here they are opening some presents.

 

If you're wondering why I'm not in any of the pictures, well that's because I was up all Christmas Eve throwing up and I'm sure I was scary to look at. Terrible timing, but at least it got a little better for the next day. 

Adoption is "All About Love!"

My brother and his wife feel that adoption is the right avenue to start their family. If you know of anyone that would be interested, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE take time to get to know this wonderful couple! Or pass this info to those who might be able to use it. Bill and Leslie are going to be the best parents! Just look at those smiles!
I can't imagine the difficult road adoption places in front of the birth parents and adopting parents, but I KNOW that adoption can bless all of those involved. Our Heavenly Father is so wonderful. This is such a grand opportunity for all of us to use our faith, and have the baby that has been chosen before this life to be in Bill and Leslie's family, and sent to their family in a unique way.
 (Below is their adoption profile info.)
Taken from Bill and Leslie's blog:
"We recently updated our adoption profile. Please feel free to pass it on to family and friends. We are so ready to grow our little family!"
https://itsaboutlove.org/ial/profiles/5759901/ourMessage.jsf