Happy Birthday Austin! Happy Birthday Scott!

Our two big boys turned 8!  Here is Austin--McIntyre friends Cini to the left, Ian to the right.

Here is Scott

Austin on the birthday morning opening his presents.

Austin with his special new scriptures and case

Scott with his new scriptures and case

 Dad giving Austin and Scott birthday hugs.

We love these two boys so much.

Scott:

• Loves to do funny things and make us all laugh
• Really loves to play basketball and loves to go outside and practice
• Is an expert on all things Star Wars.  He reads many books about Star Wars and is familiar with all of the characters and stories.
• Loves Harry Potter, we read the first one as a family, and Scott couldn't get enough
• Excels in school in reading and math (Scott is always going fast, so the penmanship suffers)
• Has been working hard on saying R's since last October and can make all the R sounds correctly--now to form the habit of saying them all the time
• Is very kind to all of his siblings and showing a lot of responsibility when tending younger siblings.
• Has chosen to be baptized and has a testimony of Jesus and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
• Is very thoughtful
• Loves to play video games 
• LOVES to read
• If anyone is hugging, Scott loves to jump in and get in on the action
• We saw a plane in the sky flying low--Scott wondered what would happen if he was flying.  He decided he would make this announcement: "I've got some good news and I've got some bad news.  The good news is I am flying this plane.  The bad news is we are going to crash."
• Scott has been excelling at piano and practices 5 days a week, he will have his first piano recital in June.
• We love Scott so much, he adds so much fun and love to our family!

Austin

• Is also an expert on all things Star Wars, Austin and Scott will sit together and devour whatever latest Star Wars book one of them got from the library
• Also loves Harry Potter.  When we finished the first one, he devoured the second one right after.  
• Is an excellent reader, excellent in math, and all around great student (although his penmanship struggles because he is trying to hurry as well)  
• Has shown a real aptitude for piano and is really enjoying piano lessons
• Is a very creative person, he loves drawing, creating, and coming up with lots and lots of ideas.
• LOVES to read
• LOVES to play video games
• Has chosen to be baptized and has a testimony of Jesus and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
• Is so so sweet to his baby brother.  Austin is constantly trying to get Logan to laugh, or hugs him and just gives him lots of special attention, it is really sweet
• Is very sweet and thoughtful of others
• Loves to do lots of voices and making us all laugh
• Loves playing with friends, especially Austin Birdsall
• Always has an interesting way of looking at life and different situations

These 2 buddies have a lot in common, they share a lot of the same interests, but are emerging into their own individual people.   We are so grateful these 2 boys came to our family and made it safely here.  We are so proud of the decisions they are making and the people they are becoming.  Life would be very dull without Austin and Scott.  We love you boys so much!!!  Happy Birthday!