Happy Mother's Day!!

I just wanted a few pictures of me with my boys on Mother's Day. Oh, we took a "few" pictures, alright... But these are the "best of the best" - and they're no where near great - no where near what I was hoping for. Which means that I ended up giving up and pouting for 15 minutes afterwards. But as I look through them and over-analyze (as I tend to do with every photo I take), I notice one thing, and it's the ONE thing that really matters...there is visible LOVE in these photos. Carter loves Blake (sometimes a little too hard). Blake loves Carter. I love them both. And they love me. (Ok, the first one of me and Blake doesn't exactly help prove that point...) So the photos aren't perfectly posed, and Carter NEVER looks at the camera. But today, that 4 year old sweetie pie said "Happy Mother's Day" to me several times out of the blue. He wanted me to open his card immediately when I woke up in the morning. He proudly leaned over his adorable project from school as I read it aloud and laughed so hard that I cried. He helped me and Evan plant our garden and use my new mini-rototiller. Then he helped water everything, and helped me make dinner...which later he referred to as "the best dinner EVER." As much as I love nice pictures, I love the memories even more. And these pictures will always remind me of the LOVE we all felt for each other on this day and always. These two boys are amazing and I couldn't be more in love with them!!

Baby's First Oreo

Blake already had shredded cheese in his hair, so I thought we might as well just add to the mess and mark another "first" off the list...Baby's First Oreo :)

Trying to get the last little bit of Oreo off of his hands! So funny :)

Busy Spring Weekend!!

The weather was gorgeous on Saturday, so we took the family to a Michigan baseball game in Ann Arbor. When we left the house, weather.com said to expect a high temp of 62. An hour later when we got to our seats, it was 77 degrees. That explains the fact that Blake ended up pantsless and Carter ended up with his pants rolled up. We had a great time together, and I LOVE seeing how excited Carter gets about two of his favorites put together...Michigan and baseball.

Beautiful day for a ball game!

Blake must be growing, because he ate almost an entire hot dog (a BIG one!) on his own -

he loved every bite :)

Enjoying some popped maize!

Blake's first big sporting event

Kind of a random picture, but on Friday night, we had a mini-going away party for Carly...she's going to South Africa for an entire month. She'll be working at a cheetah habitat for 2 weeks - and then enjoying 2 weeks of "adventure" including a sunset safari...hence the tiger and elephant tshirts :) Car...we sure will miss you!! Have a great time!

Easter 2011

Such a relaxed Easter Sunday for The Sutton Family :)

Our adorable boys in matching green shirts!!


Attempt and failure at a "good" family photo


Carter and Blake were BOTH excited that the Easter Bunny visited our house!! Carter also noticed that, outside, "The Easter Bunny DID lay eggs for me!!!" Bonus.


Our two greatest blessings