Luke is Potty trained!

Luke is 2 1/2. He is a happy boy. He is now on his way to being completely potty trained. He has been doing really well. We are soooooo excited! He loves our new puppy She-Ra and we here about it in every prayer he says. He adores his big brother Brax and tries to do everything just like him. Luke loves to tell you all the details about what he is doing or wants. Last night he told me that he was a very nice boy because he doesn't hit his friend Jordan. Because he is so nice he said he want's a "DS" gameboy, and he wants it to be "blue like my crocs, not tonight it's to late but another day". He is such a fun boy to have around. 

Spring Break

Braxton had spring break this week so I let him invite a couple of friends over for a pizza party. They had all earned BOOK IT coupons and thought it was fun to go pick them up.

  Then they created their own rice krispy treats. I love to watch and listen to all the entertaining conversations a 6 year old has with his friends. 

I set up Braxton's crochet set that the Easter bunny brought us, and explained a simple way to play for Braxton and his friends Kai and Easton. Later when I went out to make sure they were getting along okay I found them pretending to be old men walking with crutches and "double guns". 

New Hobby

It is official, we LOVE to ski. I have always loved skiing. For our anniversary Nate asked what I would like. I told him I would really like to go skiing with him. Our friends Chris and Katie were so kind to take on the task of watching the boys while we went night skiing on our anniversary. Nate had one lesson that night and he and I had a blast the rest of the evening. Since then Nate got the bug. He loves it. I am so happy! I love to ski. We took Brax with us a couple times, once with our friends the Zweifels. Braxton really got the hang of it on his second trip. We are hoping that maybe next year we can get Luke up on the slopes. 

 So this is only Nates 4th time skiing. Doesn't he look Great;) Apparently I don't know how to work the camera

Happy Easter

  Easter came so fast this year. We had such a good time. We dyed eggs with our friends Chris, Katie and thier son Jordan. Nate works with Chris and we have become great friends since they moved here in Dec. 

On Easter we had dinner with friends from our ward. Bart & Alissa Schow and Jeff & Angela Zweifel. Dinner was great everone brought the best food. The kids had an egg hunt, well a few, they re-hid the eggs. They all had a blast.

We are so blessed to have such great friends!!

Braxton loves Kindergarten

Braxton is 6 1/2 he loves Kindergarten. His teacher is Mrs. Aholt, refered to by the kids as

 "Mrs. A".  She has been a great teacher. Braxton loves math and is very good at it. In February Braxton began art class after school which he looked forward to each week. He will begin a new session in April on cartooning. Braxton is a very observant person and he cares a lot for others. He is always trying to help his brother Luke and watch out for him.  

Bowen Family

Well, here we are. I finally started our family blog with the help of a wonderful friend Katie Burke. We love you all and are excited to be able to share more with you. I will probably be checking out everyone's blogs to get idea's. I hope that is okay!