The Growing Gant Family...

William likes to draw during free time at school... I love how he included his birthmark and freckles (o;  

The boys and I were getting the newly tilled ground ready for a garden...our first one here in Sublimity.  I'm not sure how was more excited, me or them. While digging in the dirt, William says to me: "Mom, when I get married, my wife's gonna be a farm girl.  She's gonna have a big garden, just like you." Melted this Mama's heart right into a puddle. Not that I needed anything this big, but it looks like one big open canvas to me!

How blessed I am to be their Mom. I pray they'll always know how much their Dad and I truly love them... And even more importantly, how much their Heavenly Father loves them. Applebee's lunch with my boys for Mother's Day!

There's just something about these two that oozes genuine love for our family.  In particularly, the boys.  Every birthday, every Christmas...they're always remembered with some special gift that shows them how much they're loved.  We don't see them often, but always cherish the times we do. Bus, Donna and the boys at their home in Portland, next door to where we used to live before moving to the country in 2007 (before either boys was even born).

This.kid.loves.to.build. And has for quite some time. I can't recall when he got his first Lego set but the excitement hasn't diminished. How many Legos does a kid need?!  Apparently there are never too many.  And even though most all sets come with prefab instructions, he works outside the lines and makes his own creations too.  That's what I enjoy seeing the most.  There's something about his love of creating that I think will play into his future.  We'll see where he goes with it!

Since we bought our new place back in December, the boys have chosen a spot in the dirt to dig.  They've pulled out their shovels at least a dozen times now and just keep digging.  If you ask what they're digging for, William will reply, "Water, Mom!  If know if we dig long enough, we'll hit water!" It's fun to watch the boys get dirty and enjoy the outdoors.  I now wish there had been a way to calculate exactly how many hours these boys have been digging...And who knows how much longer they'll go!  They seem pretty motivated!! Goofies (o;

In my mode of half asleep while the boys came rambling down the stairs into my room, I responded, "You can get your own breakfast this morning boys." They responded with an enthusiastic, "Ok!" Little did I know that they had other plans than getting the step ladder to reach the cereal in the pantry and the milk out of the fridge... I opened my door to this: Grandma Marsha has instilled in them a love of our little donut maker (just like hers...Thank you Auntie Lori for the gift you gave us years ago at Christmas!).  Whenever they're at her house for breakfast, it's what they ask for.  Pour the dough into the little molds, shut the maker and boom, you've got yourself some mini "donuts". I did not expect them to whip up a batch, and likely if they had asked, would've told them no.  It requires getting a recipe, gathering ingredients, following the recipe and then pouring and baking them in a super hot device.  Although they've h...