Love

I love this little one.

She makes me smile.
She makes me laugh.

And she said "yes" to Jesus too.
Which makes this mama's heart overflow.

Happy Anniversary to Us!

This year was our 12th anniversary. 
Seems weird to think about.
Like, seriously, we can't be that old right?

I tried to do something special for him this year, and he loved it!




And he got me this cute necklace from Cost Plus.  (Always a smart move to shop for me there...always!)

We had a great day!
We actually spent the day with friends, and didn't do anything exclusive, but it was perfect.
Perfect - because I was with him.
And he was with me.
And sometimes...that's just exactly what we need.

Weird Sleeper

I think I have a pic of each of the kids like this.
I don't know why, but they like to find weird places to fall asleep sometimes.
This guy chose under the ladder of the bed.....earthquake proof I guess?

Trampoline

Rest assured....this all ended well.

More Easter

 Better late then never, I guess.

For whatever reason, I can't seem to keep up with the blog right now. 
Even now, I have 2.3 minutes to sit and write before Nolan knocks something off the counter, or demands more milk, or wants a snack...and he's only 1/4 of my responsibilities that are at home right now.

I also need to make dinner.....
But whatever.

Easter Sunday weather was a little on the bipolar side. As we got dressed it was humid and weird, it rained on the way to church, and then cleared up when we got home.  As we drove out to my parents house, we had to go soooooo slooooooow because of the golf ball sized raindrops pelting the windows.  It was so loud in the car that no one could hear anyone else talk.  Crazy rain....
Then it cleared up again for the egg hunt.  Random....

The kids had a blast finding all the eggs, and I heard mine discussing strategy of the "egg shake".  Apparently if you shook the egg and didn't hear money, then you were supposed to toss it back.  My kids were on a mission.....
 
 
 
 
 Cannon and Luke found the silver eggs.  They were pretty excited.  And pretty cute.

 

 

 
Nolan had a basket full, and the other kids did pretty well too.

 
That eve, our amazing neighbor dropped off a special little cake for us.  Yes, it's like she read my mind.  Those are mini Cadberry Eggs, and mini salt and pepper shaker.  The birds now sit on my windowsill, and the eggs...well, those sit forever on my hips I guess. 

 

Green Mischief

This year for St Patrick's Day, the kids put a little {half-hearted} effort into their traps.

 


 
 
 
 
 I tried to make the day special, but didn't go overboard.

 
 
I'm trying to reign it in a little bit.

We ate corned beef, and all the fixing's, so Rich was happy about that! (He likes to claim his Irish roots when the food is good....)

My Man's Birthday

Rich celebrated 36 a couple weeks ago.  He had a couple friends over to play poker. 
That's about as big of a party as he can get.
The guy isn't much for parties....

I made the guys dinner, set up the garage so that they would have a fun place to hang out, set out some drinks and cookies, and then gathered my zoo crew and disappeared for a couple hours so that he could be "just one of the guys", instead of hubby, or daddy. 
 

 

I hear it was fun....

I'm glad he got to celebrate on Friday night, because by Sunday, he was throwing up, and on his actual birthday, he was quarantined in the bedroom trying to not share the joy with the rest of us.
Yay.

We will have to celebrate another time I guess.....

Happy Birthday to my partner in crime.
My best friend, and the guy who makes me laugh every. single. day.
The guy who makes my heart beat faster, and wipes away my tears.
I love you!

Round 3

"Once upon a time there was a girl who couldn't stand barf.
And then she got a dog. And he barfed all the time.
And then she had 4 kids. And they barfed all the time.
And then she went crazy."
The end.

We had round 3 of the stupid stomach flu last week.

If I met the stomach flu, I would punch it in the face,
then kick it while it was down,
and walk away.

Three times.

Three, stinking, stupid, times.

I quit.