Birthday celebrations!

March is a fun month at our house!! We have 3 birthdays. Nathan turned 8, my baby girl is now 6 and, well let's just say I am still in my 30's!! Nathan is a low key kinda boy! His idea of a great party is 3 or 4 friends going swimming, and that's just what we did! This mom didn't take the camera though~ do you think I would take a chance of there being a picture of me in a swim suit?? On his actual birth day, we got him a puppy cake that the entire family enjoyed! After the birthday song, Nathan asked for permission to stick his face in the cake. Of course, I said no, and true to form dad says, "I'll give you a dollar if you do!" He glanced at me as if to say, "He said yes, will you let it slide so I can have a dollar..." I nodded and he proceeded to DIVE straight into his cake! We laughed so hard!! What a fun memory with such a great birthday boy!

Lainee's birthday was a little more high maintnance..... She had all sorts of ideas on what she wanted to do. Tea party(which I would have prefered) swimming party, jump n jive and then she had a bright idea~ SLUMBER PARTY!! So, we made her trim down her list of a million friends, wish we could have had them all but unfortunaly we only have so much sleeping space! Anyway we had such a blast, I will let the pictures do most of the talking~

We made candy bracelets while we waited for our friends to arrive

Freeze dance! These girls had some moves!

Lainee, Kati, Morgan, Gracelyn, Annsley, Addie and Taylor happy as can be!

We painted night shirts for the girls to sleep in.

Opening presents

We even made our own dinner~mini pizzas!

We decorated cupcakes with lots of sugary stuff!

We had a blast!!

Be blessed~

Snow days in pictures....

Be blessed!

Merry Chirstmas~

Be blessed!

Congratulations!

Tonight is Michelle's graduation party~

We are so excited for her and so sad at the same time! We are not sure of her immediate plans, but she did get accepted to WT! She is not planning to begin her college career until the fall(much to Randall's dismay)! She is going to go back to CA after Christmas to spend some time out there. She has become such an important part of our family and we will miss her dearly! It definitely wont be the same without her!! We are so proud of you Michelle! You will always have a home here! We love you and are so thankful for the time God allowed us to have with you!!

Be Blessed!

According to Lainee!

~translation~
My family is the best family,
My dad is the best dad.
and last, my mom is the best mom.

The one in the red is Randall. You may think that is a bow, but that is how Lainee illustrates the boys in our family because of their spikey hair!! I love how she drew me right next to her in the exact same outfit! When I asked her why she wrote and last before she wrote about me she said, "I was going to write last but not least, but it was too long!" What a cutie! :0)

Be blessed!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Things I am thankful for today~
Waking up to my awesome husband having the ads on my kitchen table(and coffee made too) by about 6:30am!!
Snuggling on the couch before the kids woke up watching an episode of the office!
Seeing each one of my precious children one by one with their sleepy head hair walk in and say "Happy Thanksgiving!"
Randall getting the Christmas lights up before noon!
The kids cleaning up the dog doodoo in the backyard!
Looking at all the ads with Michelle and being so thankful that she has become such an important part of our family this year!
Our good friends who invited us to share their thanksgiving meal with them!
My gracious and loving God who listens and answers when I talk with Him!
An afternoon to lounge with the family with NO agenda!
BLACK FRIDAY starting in just a few short hours~wahoo!!



Be Blessed!

New Pics!

If you are looking for someone to shoot your family Christmas photos... Have I got the girl for you! We had so much fun with Angel! She was actually taking Michelle's Sr. pictures(which I will save for another post!) In the midst though, she graciously snapped a few shots of the kids! I love the way they turned out! Some of the pictures(the ones that aren't so great) I took with my measly camera, but most of them she took. She did a fabulous job! Thanks Angel!!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Be blessed!