This is Matthew in 4th grade on his field trip to Apple Charlies, the boy sitting next to him is Matthew too and they are on the same soccer team this year. Matthew is 8 1/2 in this picture not quite 9 yet.

This is Matthew being goofy with his cousins...Brayton, Jeramiah, and Ashlyn. He is 8 here.

this is Matthew Two years ago in 2006 he was 8 years old in this picture with his little sister Isabella we had for 6 weeks. He loved her dearly. We were vacationing with Scotts family in Texas that summer.

Matthew's School picture this year for 6th grade. I think this is a very good picture of my handsome boy.You can see from the pictures how much they change in just two years. Same handsome face just more grown up.

This is a picture of Blake and Matthew now Fall of 2008 Blake is 5 1/2 and Matthew is 10 1/2

look how much they have changed from almost 2 years ago

This is a picture of Blake when he was 4, Matthew 9, His friend Danny 9 and Devon 13.

This is a picture of Blake two years ago when he was just 4 years old, Matthew was 9, and Devon 13.

So these pictures were so you could really see how much our children can change is just two short years. I just can't believe how much more grown up they look now. I guess that's why I like the advice given in conference to cherish the little moments. Pictures always help me to cherish those moments.

FAMILY UPDATES.....

Well this was a good conference weekend. We had lots of good talks and advice given; I really liked what they said about making the best of the little moments with our kids because they grow up so fast and we don't want to have any reqrets looking back with our kids. I had to remind myself this when Matthew and Blake were sitting on our Family room floor pretending to be listening to General Conference but, far more into their game of Sponge Bob ants in the pants. I couldn't help but smile seeing both boys getting along so well and playing together nice. Also Blake for once was beating his brother at a game and his whole face lit up with pleasure, he was feeling like a big winner and Matthew was taking his losses very well. I was very proud of him for that. Then Matthew decided to have a ants in the pants tournament that we all had to play. Well they were making it look so easy to get those ants in the pants but, I was having a really hard time and my ants kept going straight up in the air instead of forward, it was kind of funny to watch; Blake kept saying to me, "Mom you do it this way, not like that." I finally got the hang of it but, did not win the tournament, of course Scott had to play and beat everyone proving he is the big winner. Sometimes I do beat him at games though and its great to watch his reaction. So anyway in the spirit of what was said at conference and cherishing the little moments I decided to cherish this little moment and share some pictures of just how much our kids change in just two years time.......