10 years

10 years, 3 kids, 10 cars, 4 houses, 2 countries, a bachelors degree, hair school, starting med school, 9 jobs between the two of us, owning a business, 2 cruises, many camping trips, hiking angels landing, the subway, Sunrise Mountain, Mt. Timpanogas and Charleston, road trips, running a marathon, half marathon, relay races and mud runs, movie nights, temple dates, scooter riding, game nights, bike riding, lake adventures, church callings, raising kids, love makin, happiness, sadness, joy, frustration, anger, communication, comfort, understanding, lots of laughing, teasing, peace and most of all LOVE! This is a look at our 10 years of marriage. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful eternal companion. Aaron, I love you!

9 years old

Another year has come and gone. Ezra is 9. Last year in single digits. Growing up. Not sure I'm ready for this.
Ezra, as I'm writing this, I'm watching you play minecraft. You're itching a mosquito bite. Also, asking if you can fly to Vegas by yourself. You've probably asked that at least 20 times today. It's kind of driving me crazy. Today, I watched you play with Hank. I watched you calm him down and make him laugh by making funny faces. You did it with love. You did it with confidence. I watched you play with Lincoln today. I am SO happy you two have each other. You are a wonderful big brother. Lincoln loves and adores you. I love and adore you. I'm so grateful you are my son. Love you bud!

Dirty thirty

Oh how I love birthdays. I love celebrating another year of life. I thought turning 30 was going to be rough but honestly, I'm grateful to be getting older. I'm grateful to have lived 30 years of this thing called life.
Highlights of 29-
-Giving birth to my third baby
-Moving to a different country
-Living and experiencing a new country
-Stepping out of my comfort zone multiple times
-Aaron starting and finishing his 1st year of med school
-Meeting new people and making some great friends
-Doing hard things! Like things I never thought I could do and rock it:)

Some lows of 29-
-Saying goodbye to friends and family
-Saying goodbye to my husband for 4 months
-Being mom and dad for 4 months. I have serious respect for military spouses.

All in all a great way to end my 20's. Life is good

About the kids

Just thought I would do an update on the little Boren children.

Ezra:
-LOVES Minecraft (ugh, I'm so over it)
-is obsessed with cruises. He is currently trying to earn enough money to go on one. He has put in a serious amount of time researching different cruise lines and the different ships. I bet he could answer any questions you have about cruises:)
-Also he is really into the Titanic for some reason. He has put in even more time researching this.
-is in swim lessons and is working on his back stroke.
-in school he is excelling in math and science but needs a little work in reading and writing. Laziness is all that is.
-loves snorkeling
-likes Grenada but is anxious to move back to Vegas
-is very anti girl things.
-is in love with his baby bro. He plays with him and holds him. He even wants to change his diaper:)
-Favorite color green
-still very picky about what he wears
-wants to be a cruise ship architect
-very patient with Lincoln.
-loves to get his back tickled
-has a big heart.
-loves Sunny and plays with him every chance he gets.
I LOVE this kid!!!

 Lincoln:
-Also loves Minecraft
-basically this kid loves electronics of any kind
-loves Ezra. He is his little shadow.
-also is swim lessons. He is doing awesome. When we moved here 5 1/2 months ago he couldn't swim and now he is a fish.
-he is very cautious
-if Ezra won't do it, most likely he won't
-favorite color is blue
-still loves to play cars with dad
-his nickname is the Hulk because he he can lose it in a second and when he does it's ugly. HA! he has a temper.
-Doesn't love school but does pretty well
-still loves to cuddle
-likes to play soccer
- loves cereal. He would eat it for every meal if we let him.
Love you Lincs



Hank:
-is now 7 1/2 months.
-can sit by himself
-apples are his favorite food
-loves his walker
-the older he gets, the worse he sleeps. His naps are short and he wakes up multiple times a night.
-he has 2 teeth and one coming in.
-he now likes his car seat
-hates to be hot. Yeah, doesn't really work here:/
-loves to be held
-likes to be outside
-loves the water.
-has the cutest smile ever and it can be seen when his brothers are in the room and when he is well fed
-is curious about everything and can't be trusted with anything that can go in his mouth.
Hanky poo we love you!

Eric visits

We were soooo excited when Eric came to visit. The week was jammed packed full of beaches, snorkeling, the pool, monkeys, turtle watching, robot making, paddle boarding, crab racing, and family time.

The boys are the LAE tide pools

We were lucky enough to watch Leather back turtles come up on the beach and lay their eggs. Here is Lincoln touching one. The picture is bad because we weren't allowed to have a flash.

Ezra paddle boarding at Grand Anse Beach (our favorite beach)

Grand Anse Beach

 Underwater Sculpture Park

Ezra on Eric's back because we were swimming through jelly fish

The jelly fish were small but there were thousands of them. If you look at my selfie closely you can see them. They are clear and about the size of a quarter. Luckily we all only got a few stings.

On the way to the sculpture park

View of BBC beach

Eric and Hank at Grooms beach. The boys new favorite place to snorkel.

Crab Races

Grand Etang. Feeding the wild monkeys

Notice Aaron wasn't in any pictures. Poor guy was studying for finals but it all paid off because he is on his way to second year of med school! You rock babe!

Eric, thank you for coming out. It meant so much to me and the boys. I hope you had as much fun as we did. Love you!

Pandy Beach

We went to a new beach a couple weeks ago with some friends. It's not a beach for great swimming or to get cozy on but it was still a lot of fun. The boys loved it. Honestly I did care much for it but it is great for finding sea glass and shells and the boys had fun snorkeling there. I was surprised at how much the boys loved it:)

This beach did have a great view of St. George