January 2014

Yay! Yay! Yay!

I'm finally blogging about 2014!

Our year started off with a bang...

New Years Eve
We only had two of our kids with us this year:(  Carter and Tanner got invited to a mini vacation with their friends at a hotel.  Troy and Blakley got to choose what we got to do.  Decorating GIANT gingerbread men was the top of their list.  Followed by games and fireworks!  Lela and Moe stayed the night with us.

I went in for my yearly MRI on my brain.  I'm really wanting to get off of my anti-seizure medicine.  Hopefully 2014 is the year to do it.
But first...Let me take a selfie;)

 My poor little grandpa fell and broke his foot:(

 On the same day that my grandpa broke his foot, Clint was showing off his mad skills at Airborne and ended up breaking his finger:(

After seeing a specialist, they decided that he needed to have surgery to place a pin in it.

We celebrated my dad's 64th birthday!

Can hardly tell how much the kids love him?!?

Blakley started tumbling!

She is LOVIN it!

Ms. Ariane is the BEST teacher!

Tanner had his 7th grade science fair. Can you guess what the topic is??? Basketball! "How Does Air Pressure Inside a Basketball Affect its Bounce Height" to be exact:)

Crazy, busy, fun month!

Other Happenings in November

We had lots of things going on during the month of November.  Here are a few of the highlights.

My brother-in-law Rob got married to the cutest girl, Laura!  My nephew, Clint and Laura's son Josh were the best men!  They were very good lookin in their suits.

Lela, Tristin and Jessica were the flower girls for their dad's wedding.  Blakley was convince that they were princesses.  She loved following them around all night.  

My three boys and their friend Carson signed up for the kids cross-fit class.  It was fun to see the how much they improved during the course of two months.  They all were able to do more sit-ups, push-ups, burpees, pull-ups and jump-ups then before they started :)  Way to go buff dudes!

Troy made the Honor Roll for the second quarter!  He was one point off from making Principals list. So Close!  He is such a hard worker at school.  Looks like it pays off too.

Great Job Troyster!

We went and saw two of our favorite friends in the play "Suessical the Musical." Maddie played the lead role as Cat in the Hat.  Max played Horton the Elephant.  They did GREAT!

We celebrated my mother-in-law's birthday with dinner at my parent's house.  Everyone loves Terra so much.  She is such a sweetheart and would do anything for anyone.  She is gorgeous inside and out. 

My mom hosted Thanksgiving at her house this year.  

It was yummy as ever!

Shane and Emily announced that they were prego that day!  They had their kids come in the house wearing shirts that said "Baby #4 Due 8*3*14"  What a perfect thing to celebrate on Thanksgiving!  Since then we have found out that they are having a girl.  YAY!! I can't wait till baby girl gets here.

Moe and Lela

Clint and Tanner

Carter, Kennedie and Blakley

Goofy Carter

Cute Scoob dancing with Blakley!  She adores Scoob and just kept asking him to dance with her.  He was sweet enough to do it.  Thanks Scoob!

My hot hubby with his prize winning turkey.

Tristin and Grandma Terra

Carlos, Rachel and Scoob

I LOVE this man so much!

XOXOXO

Baby Girl is Four!

Oh my!  Oh my!  Oh my!

Just two days after Carter's birthday, my baby girl turned four years old!  How can that even be possible?  I just had this sweet, spunky, tender-hearted, crazy little girl yesterday.  How is she already four years old?  After three boys, this little girl was more than welcome into our family.  Blakley  has been such a HUGE blessing in our family.  We love her to pieces!

   

Her big day started out with a visit from the Balloon Fairy!  She left behind Blakley's favorite colored balloons.  She was so excited to wake up to a room full of balloons.  She would keep on yelling "the balloon fairy came"!  It is always so fun watching her big eyes light up when she is excited.

     

She got to use her special birthday glass for her lunch and dinner!  She thought she was really big stuff.  She is such a crack up!

That afternoon we had a family party for her and Carter.  These two kids are so lucky to have so many family members who love them dearly.  They got so many great gifts from everyone.  LUCKY DUCKS!

Great-Grandpa Ted and Carter

Jessica and Tristin

Lela and Moe

 Grandma Terra and Blakley

Happy Birthday Carter!

I love you!!

Happy Birthday Blakley Doo!  I love you so much baby girl.  I am so thankful that you are part of our family.  You make life so exciting.  You do some of the funniest things.  Not a day goes by that I don't laugh at something you do or say.  I love that you are such a snuggle bug.  Some of your favorite things to do is snuggle with mommy or daddy and watch a movie or read books.  I hope that you never grow out of that.  I love that you are my little girly girl.  You love wearing dresses, the puffier the better!  I love that your best friends are your brothers and your cousins.  You love family dinners because you are surrounded by your favorite people.  You love playing with your big brothers and look up to them!  You try to do whatever they do.  I love how many different ways you say I love you.  "I love you to the moon and back", "I love you to California and back", "I love you to the mountains and back", "I love you to Disneyworld and back", "I love you to Lagoon and back"! And these are just some of the ones she uses!  

April 28, 2013