Thanks MLK for a great day

K was out of school for MLK day. Oh what to do to entertain the natives?!

 

We took a family outing to the gym first thing with only minimal protest (from me- up before 7 on a school holiday? no thank you).

 

Step class thouroughly kicked my butt and the scale was NOT my friend.

 

After the gym we went to HOME Depot to get a new fixture for my closet- I have not had a working light in there for months, it was a problem.

 

After that the kiddos and I met some friends at the park for a picnic and play.

 

This pic makes me laugh-

He was begging me to "wear her" so I finally said fine.

He thought it was fun and she loved it- WIN WIN!

I think he should start training to haul her around all the time.

baby ain't light!

 

Great weather, great day!

Happy Halloween

We had a pretty low key Halloween. Perfect in my opinion.

 

A Ninja, the Hulk and a sweet baby (whose mom was too lazy to go pick up her costume from a friend so she just wore her jammies)

Love these kids so much.

Pumpkin Patch



The weather here finally turned to fall this weekend, and it was amazing. After church yesterday we visited the pumpkin patch.

 

 The boys were being super silly .

 A group pic with Mallie, of Lindsey's Whimsy's, her sweet family came with us.

 

They had some GIANT pumpkins there, Keddie could not get over how big they were.

 



Monroe was so busy watching her brothers run around and play she couldn't look at the camera.

Sweet Mallie had a hard time. She is so sweet and rarely cried except for when we were trying to get a picture.



Getting a pic with all three of them looking is next to impossible.

I LOVE this pic of Miss Monroe and her Daddy.

Boys playing

- Monroe is looking at us like why is Mallie screaming- so cute

Future Besties

And we managed to get a pretty good family pic (thanks Lindsey).

Fun day

It's the most wonderful time of the year

I am sincere in saying that I have a love/ hate relationship with the holidays. 

I LOVE the true spirit of  Thanksgiving and Christmas but like so many others I am guilty of getting caught up in the commercialism of it all and that's when I get stressed and start hating it. 

Christmas is exactly TWO months from today. Yep you read that right- 2 months!!!

For me as a mom with several kids that means I need to get on the ball so I can spread out the impact all that Christmas Cheer is gonna have on my bank account.

In theory I love the baking and decorating and list making and gingerbread house making party, and traveling and ALL the other must do's but to be honest it's ALOT of work to make the holidays memorable for my little ones. 

But MY favorite part of the holidays is adopting another family and helping them with Christmas. We have adopted a family for several years now through various organizations and I usually shop for them by myself and wrap and deliver. However this year I am super stoked because I feel like the boys are old enough to help me and understand what and why were doing. 

This year has definitely been challenging for us financially (not that our kids would ever know that) but that makes it all the more important that we share the blessings that we DO have. There are always those that are less fortunate that we can help. 

I am so excited to be able to share this with my boys this year and as a bonus it will definitely help with my Gratitude Project. 

I am in the process of lining up the family that will bless us by allowing us to help them with Christmas. I encourage all of you to find a way you can make a difference for someone this season, I'm hoping my family will snowball into a something bigger. Keep you posted. 

Tis the season

With school being out this week and the weather not being fantastic, we've had a little cabin fever going on.

My friend Katherine came to play with us today. She is one of my oldest friends and the boys have a blast with her. She even brought crafts.

We made Christmas Trees out of paper plates and pipe cleaners, but they really loved playing with the pipe cleaners...

Keddie in his hat and glasses

Langston wouldn't hold still, but you get the idea.

And we also decided to go see Santa today.
They were both really excited to see him and did a great job. Langston didn't really want to talk to him so Keddie told him what they both wanted. And ofcourse it was stuff they had never mentioned to me...

All in all a pretty good day...

Gingerbread Houses

Tonight I hosted my 2nd Annual Gingerbread House Making Party.

When I was growing up, my brothers and sisters and I would make these every Christmas.

It was something that we looked forward to and a tradition that I am continuing with my kids...

We invited some friends over to join in on the fun...unfortunately I didn't get a pic of every kidddo but I know they all had fun...

Jordynn and her house

Langston in the process of decorating his house. He was very meticlious, candy in straight lines and color coordinated, he is something else.


Bennett and his house.

Londyn and her house.

This is the end of the night, lots of candy and he was not having a picture.

Man I love these two boys. We had a great night.

Here's to continuing traditions...

Happy Easter, a little late I know

Easter Bunny goodies (this one can't take a pic with his eyes open...EVER)

Happy with his loot...


Later that afternoon we had an egg hunt at our GranNita & Papa Jack's house...

(again with the closed eyes)

My favorite pic of the weekend (even if L's eyes are closed!)