Levi and Devin






So we’ve known for awhile now that Levi has a little brother. They met back in 2008 (blog post here) but Levi didn’t know the relationship. This time we had talked with him and he’d had a meeting with his birthmom. He is a WONDERFUL big brother. He has so much love and compassion. My favorite comment after we had met up with them for lunch and were in the car heading to the park, “Wow, I didn’t know he’d have my same face!”

Yes, yes he does. We won’t see him often, as he and the grandma are moving to Hawaii, but at least he’s had a chance to meet him and knows he’s out there.
They sure are cute together!

Way To Go Trey!





It’s official…Trey is no longer in preschool. It is a very bittersweet time for us, as we’ve had our boys in this program for the last 4 years. It’s the end of an era and I’m not good with change but I have faith that Trey will soar into the next challenge.

The end of the year party left us all in tears as we will miss seeing the amazing teachers that have encouraged, supported, taught our little guys. We couldn’t have done it without them. That’s the truth! They are our extended family, we will always keep in touch and visit as often as they will let us!

Spring Splash






To celebrate the end of the school year, Wilkes puts on the “Spring Splash” for it’s students. To say that it’s chaos is an understatement, but the kids always have a good time. I took the big boys and they had a great time playing with their friends. Trey even got up on stage to dance! Carlos couldn’t believe that he got pop (which he only gets at Gramma Patti and Gramma Jeanie’s house), popcorn AND an ice cream sandwich and it was all free.

Fun way to end the year for sure.

Dr. Doolittle

Just call me Dr. Doolittle…this poor little bird got knocked out of a tree by the boys. I think they were shocked that they actually were fast enough to do it, but it was certainly stunned and allowed me to hold it on my hand.
The boys and Alice got a container, filled it with grass and made it a home. They dug for worms and got it some water.
With all their heroic efforts to save it, it soon passed on. We buried it (next to the bird that Billie Jean, our cat, caught) and each of the kids found a special rock to mark it’s grave and they had a moment of silence for it.
Hopefully a learning experience…don’t knock birds out of trees!

You are Invited!


7th Annual Field-Bennett 4th of July Party
The Bainbridge hometown parade starts at 1pm, then we’re back to our place to BBQ and hang out. It’s our favorite party of the year! Plenty of room for the kids to run and play while the grown ups chat. Bring something to throw on the grill, something to share and whatever you want to drink. Our neighbors put on a great fireworks display and we’ve got the perfect view. It does tend to get chilly once the sun goes down, bring a coat or a blanket to wrap up in.
Hope you can make it!

Trying To Help

Every morning at our house starts with chaos…with 5 boys, I know that’s hard to believe. The source of most of the drama is from Trey, who wakes up with SO much energy he can’t even sit at the table to eat his breakfast. That gets the other boys going and you can only imagine. Trey is SUPER sweet and it’s tough to blame him because he honestly can’t control his own body but it is exhausting as a parent. One suggestion we had was to get him moving in the morning. So, Dee and I decided that we would take turns going on a walk with him before breakfast. Since he’s usually the first one up, we can get a walk in between 6:30 and 7am.
In my mind, I had this great mother/son bonding moment that was going to happen. Turns out, walking with Trey is painful. He drags his feet, he talks non-stop (usually repeating one or two phrases) and can’t stay walking in a straight line.
It is the first week, so I’m hoping it will get easier as we get into the routine of it. I see a difference at the breakfast table, though….he can actually almost sit through a meal!

Scenes from Seabrook


We are vacationing with my parents at Seabrook again, this time we’re staying in the Ocean Mist house. This is such a perfect vacation spot for our family. There is plenty of room for Nana and Papa downstairs and for us upstairs in the house. The babies are in respite care so that’s giving us a nice break from diapers and it’s a great chance for our core family to be together.
We are staying busy here…biking, flying kites, playing at the beach, playing games, catching up on the blog (!), eating and just enjoying eachother.


This shot is hilarious….Carlos the nap dodger! It did give me a chance to sneak out for a bike ride, just the two of us.