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Six years ago, we were blessed with "Boogs" my 7lb. 14oz. wonderful surprise. When I got pregnant with Tad, it was not planned for sure but was a pleasant surprise. I would get so mad when people would call him my mistake. He is no mistake, he is a surprise. The same feelings of denial I felt on Darrells birthday, I have felt with Tad. How did he grow up so fast?! Where did six years go and how have I kept him alive and happy for that long! ha ha ha He has been a blessing to this family for sure and we wouldn't trade him for anything! I started calling Tad "Boogs" when he was just a baby. He always had a runny nose and I was constantly wiping it. I would tell him all the time to get his little boogs over here so I could wipe his nose and the name just stuck.

A little about TAD

My little sugar pie! He is the sweetest kid you will ever meet.He has always been the quieter child. He has always been content to just look at a book or draw or just play quietly by himself. He is a smart little boy and has a great mind and imagination. He is all boy for sure and loves spending as much time as he can with his brother and dad outside in the mud, on the four wheeler, on the tractor, or even just in the sandbox. He is very creative and has loved drawing since he was little tiny. At the age of one I would find him on the couch with a pen and a pad of paper drawing circles or lines or just scribbling. It didn't matter what he was drawing, he just wanted to draw. He has created some pretty creative and neat monsters and trains and things since then. He has always been a sweet child that cares about others and their feelings. He is pretty shy and quiet but once you get to know him he is CRAZY! He loves to wrestle his brother and his dad and ride his bike. He has an amazing little spirit and loves to go to church. He loves spending time with his cousins and playing soccer. He loves to spend time with his dad in the field and with animals and if you ask him what he wants to be when he grows up he will tell you either a worker or a farmer or both, he cant decide yet. ha ha ha I am so thankful he picked us to be his family. I love being his mom and I love that he is mine.

WE LOVE YA BOOGS!!!

First day of school

 Our first day of school was August 13. The boys both got teachers that they have LOVED so far! Tad started kindergarten this year and is really liking school. He has become a little more shy now that he doesn't have Darrell there all the time but he is doing really well. Darrell loves first grade. He loves the fact that he gets to stay longer and eat lunch in the lunch room and he gets two recesses now. He tells me how awesome that is all the time. Ha ha ha

 The boys helped me make cookies and these cards to take to their teachers on meet the teacher night.

Darrell was given a blank piece of paper shaped like a person and was told to make it look like him. What he wanted to be when he grows up or what he looks like now. He decided he wanted to make him look like a train engineer because that is what he wants to be when he gets older. He had to be creative and find all the things he needed himself so he found some old hay that was bleached out by the sun and used it for his hair and some old buttons I had for his eyes and found some fabric that looked like an engineers overalls so we cut some overalls out of it. He colored the rest and had me draw a train for him to cut out and hold. I asked him why he was coloring his teeth grey and he said I'm not coloring all my teeth that color just my dead tooth! ha ha ha he turned out pretty cute though, I thought.

 Tad wanted in on the crafting too so this is the monster he made for me! I thought it was pretty cute too! He cut all kinds of shapes and glued and colored and he was really proud of his monster. I was proud of his creativity! He made the tail out of fabric so it could swish and hit other monsters and dinosaurs. Ha ha ha

Ninjago and Ben 10 were a must for their attire this year and they were so excited to get to finally wear their shirts!

I just can't believe how big they are and that both of them are in school now!

It is a fun adventure for sure!