Meet the Hoins Family! Since moving to Davenport, these are some of the people of the community I got to know right away. What a fun bunch! Everything from having them in my awesome church family, taking wedding and senior pictures of their grandkids, and dancing to the band at Achievement Day, it’s always a great time. In the Hoins family, someone is always smiling (most likely with dimples), and maybe even up to playing a little joke on someone else. Scroll down to see how the two sons dressed up to surprise mom for the photo shoot. I’m still laughing!
My littler boy is three months old already! He is truly the sweetest thing. We have been blessed with three very good babies, and this little guy is no exception. He is so laid back and patient with me, until he is hungry. He sleeps almost through the entire night, and occasionally he makes it all night. He is really starting to coo and “talk” with us, especially his big brother and sister. They are his absolute favorite, and he is theirs. Now that he is here, I cannot imagine what life was like without him. It gets more difficult each day to put him down knowing that it was one less day in his baby phase.
Stay little for a while longer, my sweet Rhett!
(I had taken the first dressed-up pictures with his hair slicked down while it was still wet, but it just didn’t look like him.
So, I dressed him again and took a few more shots.
This is currently his hair reality. 🙂 )
Hayden is 3! And, when you are three, the most important thing in the world is that you play. So, that’s exactly what we did. We wrote with chalk, blew bubbles, threw a ball, chased around the yard, and even drove trucks in the sandbox. I loved seeing this little guy’s face light up as we played. It was so fun watching him explore, learn and grow right before my very eyes. What a precious time in his life when even the smallest things are really the biggest. May three be your best year yet, Hayden! Happy birthday!
Happy 10th anniversary to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law! I know I haven’t been around since the very beginning, but it has sure been eventful since I joined the family! Four babies, a home renovation and many small projects in between have caused just a few belly laughs, tears of both joy and sadness, way too many silly moments, possibly a few arguments, many reasons to celebrate, and more memories than we can count.
I’m going to get sappy for just a minute…
I’ll never forget having you two with Ryan and I when we found out my dad had passed.
Thanks for being there for me, for us.
Drew, thanks for being there for Ryan when he’s got mechanical & electrical questions and beyond. The amount of brotherhood and respect you two have for each other is pretty awesome.
Emily, thanks for getting me out of the house to do something fun like go to the zoo, Barn Festival or even Hobby Lobby when it’d be easier to just stay home. And, thanks for Halloweening with us each year. Those are some of the best memories, even if it means pulling, dragging, wagoning our kids all over town while in the midst of at least 4-6 of them having simultaneous sugar-coma-induced meltdowns. At least no one has barfed…yet.
Just when you think this little bug can’t possibly get any cuter, she goes and turns 18 months old. Look at those piggy tails! And, check out this adorable little summer dress. She looks like a savory little dish of rainbow sherbet on a hot day. I could just eat her up! I felt bad, little bugs thought she as pretty sweet, too, and were bothering her eyes, but it made for a the cutest little eye rub before I scooped her up and got outta there! Happy half birthday, little one!
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