In my defense, we were so preoccupied with enjoying the moment that I didn't take many pictures. I so wanted to see the look on their faces when they opened each gift and couldn't wait to see how they reacted to our surprise, that the camera was kind of an afterthought. Add to that the fact that my camera was a trillion years old and there is absolutely no natural light in our living room and the few pictures I did get are blurry and the color is wonky. Even photoshop couldn't rescue me this time! Just pretend they are beautiful and rest assured that we got the entire morning on video for posterity. Although we managed to get through the entire morning without a single pajama-clad photograph as a family in front our tree, I did set up the tripod as we were walking out the door for lunch ...
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Remember Christmas Eve?
Christmas Eve seems like so long ago! We started the day much like we do every year and celebrated Christmas with Josh parents. We were having such a good time that I managed not to sake a single picture of anything significant. No gift opening, no food eating, no family fun, nothing. Just pretend like you saw cute pictures of my kids and their cousin Bella in adorable black Uggs with stockings the size of a small car! We were exhausted when we left, but per tradition, we met my parents and KCory for candlelight communion at our church. When we arrived home we were greeted by three VERY cute, pajama-clad boys who wanted our help spreading reindeer food and getting excited about Santa's arrival. We sprinkled glittery oats all over both yards and ran around squealing for a bit before ...
2012 in Pictures
Admittedly, the blog was a little lacking last year, so the annual recap might look a little slim. Forgiveness is a good thing, friends! In January, I made a few "reVolutions" and actually managed to stick with some of them. Josh left for NOLA without me to cheer on the Tide and boy did he have a great time! I resorted to documenting a rather mundane Tuesday night, but isn't this sweet girl adorable? We rounded out the month with our annual visit to the Barnum & Bailey circus. February brought an art show at Ella's elementary school, I talked about why I'm not a stay-at-home mom and shared a sweet story about my Valentine. Josh invited me on an impromptu date night and I shared another day-in-the-life post. March was when Josh got stuck in NYC and I continued to run. Our ...
October Revisited
So, it's December 4th and I haven't really blogged since mid-October. Sure, there have been some P365/weekly updates and a few "thankful" posts, but you don't even know how my children dressed up for Halloween! I figured before we could move on into the holiday season, I needed to at least mention the end of October, right? I decided to go the easy route with pumpkins this year. For whatever reason, I'm struggling to keep up in all areas of parenting / creativity / holidays, etc. We didn't make it to the pumpkin patch and I just couldn't force myself to carve pumpkins. I know, I'm a Scrooge. I asked the girls how they felt about painting pumpkins and they were pretty enthusiastic. Aside from the acrylic paint that won't come out of my wool rug, I'll count it a success. We even managed to ...
thanksgiving
We watched this video at church on Sunday and it made me giggle. Then it made me so thankful for my family and the opportunity we have to live life together. via ...
thankful
I'm thankful that yesterday I had over 100 wishes / messages / emails / phone calls / hugs / songs to celebrate my birthday. I'm thankful that when I walked in the back door Sophie yelled "It's YOU birthday!" and did a little jig. I'm thankful that my mom made my most favorite dinner and that I got some pretty special gifts. I'm thankful that Ella monopolized the dinner conversation as usual. I'm thankful that I'm really only 33, even though I spent the entire day thinking I was 34. I'm thankful that I left my parents' house with a to-go plate for lunch today, may the carb-fest never end! I'm thankful that I came home with my precious family to our little rock house. I'm thankful that no matter how high the thermostat reads, it's always a little chilly in the fall and winter. I'm thankful ...
Homecoming Week
Friday night was our small town homecoming. Since we live across the street from the high-school where we graduated, the week of festivities provides with several nights of family events to attend and the girls love it. We enjoy hanging out with our high-school friends (especially those we don't see as often) and watching our girls soak up the traditions we loved as children. On Tuesday night, we watched the junior varsity team secure their first win of the season. This was the first game we've managed to catch since our SD started helping Cory coach and the girls loved it! Of course we had to give him a yell from the sidelines and they affectionately refer to him on these nights as "Coach Daddy", which I love. What is better than staying up late on a school night to enjoy school spirit ...
Round ‘Em Up
Ella's birthday party was a dream. It was an easy, relaxing party and she had the best time. Just like every year it was her "favorite birthday ever!" a chalkboard greeting Ella's invitation framed in a barnwood frame picnic table centerpiece with bandana & gingham fabrics crock full of corn chips & doritos Sophie's tiny cowboy boots for silverware watering hole labels for the water oil burning lamps for ambience hot dogs in the crockpot (thank you, Pinterest!) rotel cheese dip & tortillas a cupcake for the birthday girl bandana bouquet for the guests ella's first glimpse mom tying on her bandana I should mention that she told me ALL cowgirls showed their bellies! ella greeting her friends emma & lane kynnedi madeline ...