1.31.2014

instaFriday

so...apparently, i took a 3 week blogging break.  i guess that it was well needed because i didn't even realize that it had been so long!  and, now i've got lots of pics to share!!!

grace and carter helped clean the house before their party.  so very helpful. ha!


she got a sleep mask for her birthday...it must work great!


i sat down for a few minutes and all of a sudden i was babysitting 3 more kids!  and apparently, they were up all night crying.  oh my!


we did a snowman craft on our day off!


if carter was a snowman at night, he would "play and watch and eat breakfast and eat supper and eat lunch and eat dinner."


if grace was a snowman at night, she would "gowe sleding and make snow ajulse."


we celebrated the 100th day of school by dressing as 100 year olds!


and we had a granny race down the hall!


me and my amazing student teacher


it's spirit week {again!} at grace's school!
day one...wacky tacky day


you know...just snuggling while watching the grizzlies play.


all of us went to see frozen and this was carter's first movie.  thank goodness for popcorn!


we celebrated john's birthday!!!


his prayers are seriously one of my favorite things ever..."gank you for god. gank you for jesus.  gank you for polka dots and slushies. gank you for my birthday.  gank you for puppies and rabbits and cows and all the animals.  gank you for my plate...in jesus' name, amen."


day two...blast from the past


i had a headache so, we did this because disney junior is not as loud as they are!


day three...aluminum foil/duct tape day


day four...western day


carter had to get in on all the action!


happy friday!

1.07.2014

three years old

it is birthday season around these parts.  today we celebrated carter man's third birthday!  he was super excited when he woke up this morning and saw that he had balloons just like grace did.  he said, "see.  it's my birthday today.  i got balloons!  i got green polka dots!!!"


he got a crown too!  ha!  grace thought it was a chocolate cake...i don't know where that thing came from, but it worked.


how old are you now?


free!


poppa taught him how to hold up three fingers and he is so proud of himself!

he was kinda eager to open up his birthday gift and he was hoping it was toys!


it was!  yay!!!


although, i'm totally questioning my decision to get him these huge blocks...where are they going to go???  ugh!

we took carter man out to dinner at chuck e cheese's!


he was super excited to "play games!!!"


this girl was intense...she may be a basketball star, one day.  or maybe, it was so she could win tickets which equal prizes which equal candy which equal her favorite thing ever.


happy birthday, carter man!  i love you bunches and i love that you keep my life exciting!!!

1.05.2014

Our Christmas Break

{through Instagram}

These kiddos made a birthday cake for Jesus.


They put on their new jammies on Christmas eve and got tucked into bed, but...it took a loooooong time for them to fall asleep! 


"You know who gave me this movie?  Jesus!"


We did this a lot!


He sang baby June a song..."I like my car!  I like my car!  Not the animals that scare you! I like my car!"


We welcomed in the new year.


We celebrated my favorite girl in the whole wide world on her 6th birthday.


He ate his breakfast. Again.


The birthday girl and I saw Frozen...finally. It's totally my new favorite!


Meet Police Puppy and Princess Sparkles...they had a great time at Build-A-Bear with Grandma Grape!


And now our Christmas break is over and I am sad!  Is it crazy that I'm already wishing for a snow day?!?  'Cause I am!!!  And, it's cold.  Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get in bed and attempt to get warm while I cry myself to sleep, but I won't be able to fall asleep anytime soon because my body is still in Christmas break mode and it's gotten accustomed to staying awake until 2am watching Friday Night Lights.  Texas Forever.

life rearranged

1.02.2014

six years old

my sweet baby girl is six years old today.  crazy.  where oh where did the time go?


this girl had a kinda awesome day!


happy birthday, grace!


i think she grew up overnight.


she requested a crown for her special day and she pretty much wore it all day long.  i checked on her a little while after she went to bed tonight and she was sitting in her bed listening to her new frozen soundtrack and drawing with the crown still on her head.


after her birthday breakfast, she opened her gift and was truly thrilled over each and every detail!


seriously, she loved every single thing equally!


she is too big!!!


she wore her new shirt, listened to her ipod, painted her nails, chewed {almost} all of her gum...


oh yeah, she also face timed with lily for over 25 minutes.   


when she finally got off the phone, i took her to see frozen.  it was so good.  she hasn't stopped talking about it.  it really was so good.  i downloaded the soundtrack before we got out of the theater parking lot.  i want to see it again.  she does too.


next, she asked to go to target to look at the frozen toys and we did.  then, we picked up the boys and went out to eat at whatever restaurant she wanted.  she picked cici's.


she also received a ton of phone calls, text messages, & video messages!

she had an awesome day and i'm so thankful that i was able to celebrate with her because i think she is awesome!!!

1.01.2014

happy new year!


we celebrated at home...family style!


we had party food


we played games


we ate ice cream


we rang in the new year with a wacky wardrobe/glowstick dance party


happy 2014


we hope you have a fun year