We turned 30!

I had a fantastic birthday!  I was able to spend some time on my own in the afternoon.  I drove down to Macon (30 min south) and looked through a fabric store and picked some fabric for a quilting project.  Of course upon coming out of the store I realized I had LOCKED my keys in the car... GAH!  So of course Kris had to haul all of the kids down to get me.  I lost out on an extra hour and a half that I could have been exploring or doing something myself, but I made the best of it.  I read a book on my phone and enjoyed the beautiful weather.  When the family showed up to save me :) we decided to hit AJ's a yummy restaurant in Macon instead of heading home.  It was pretty nice!  I took some back roads on my way home and got to see a horse and buggy from an amish family.  I got home a little after Kris and the kids and I walked into a VERY cleaned up house (happy mom!) and some cute kids who surprised me with birthday hats and streamers hanging around the house!  Made me a happy lady. 

Later that night I got together with some friends to watch '13 going on 30.'  Thanks ladies for making my night fantastic!

I threw together a birthday party for Kris.  While it wasn't done perfectly and he wasn't 100% surprised it was a ton of fun.  It was a great way to celebrate my fantastic best friend and husband but to get together with a great group of people before we all split ways with rotations beginning.  Kris was able to man the grill and stay out of the spotlight.  He smelled all nice and smoky/BBQ-y. 

I didn't take NEARLY enough pictures of the almost 40 people there but I was glad to snap a pic of two sweet ladies: Melissa and Kristen.

Candling the cake and lighting it.  I'm glad Zach was there to help out.  It was quite a task.

SMILE kids!

Jessica was EXHAUSTED but some sweet friends held her and kept her happy while I was trying to make sure things were set up.  

Happy Birthday to us Kris!  I'm looking forward to a great new decade to spend with you!!

Lovin' on Jessica

Here is my sweet baby girl.  She is quite a sweet snuggler- here with daddy. (2/6/2012)

And with me when she just did NOT want to go to sleep (2/7/2012).

And with her big sister.  Kaylie loves to hold Jessica.  Jess is almost another one of Kaylie's dolls. (2/8/2012)

Isaac turned 5!!

Back on February 6 Isaac turned 5!!! Holy smokes times is flying!  We had some friends over to play.

Later that night we got celebrate with just the family. 

February 3, 2011

I guess you can describe this post as 'everyday normal'-

My forever messy house... with an Isaac train track creation snaking throughout the room. 

Izy helped out with baking in his favorite way possible: licking the utensils!  Wow he does a great job!

Checking in on Kaylie... She didn't fall out of bed, more like slid out into a prayer pose.

Groundhog's Day Party

I love having friends that are willing to have get togethers because it is one way I'm able to get out of the house and break up the routine.  Case in point: Groundhog's day!  Let's celebrate!  We all brought a brown food- I brought brownies and chocolate milk (YUM!)  and they made a head band with ground hog ears and played like crazy outside in the near perfect weather.  Trust me, it was gorgeous!

January 26, 2012

Back in late January Kris got his new biking helmet in the mail!  The kids were excited to model it for us.

Can't you just imagine how fast Kris will go with the helmet? ;)  Isaac wanted to show off some of his art.

Isaac + Scrabble tiles = spelling practice! 

Some brother and sister play time!

They love to build forts with blankets and pillows in the living room. (1/26/12)

Playing with some cars and race tracks.  I love when they play together.  This kept them entertained for DAYS!! (1/24/12)

Isaac climbed into the crib to entertain Jessica after she woke from a nap.  They were played so nicely together.  Jessica loves Isaac and he can always get her to smile.  And yes, she is wearing one of his old sleepers.  Almost need to put a blue bow on her head so she doesn't look like Kristopher's doppelganger when he was 6 months old. (1/27/12)

January 14, 2012

Kris went running... in the snow.  Crazy guy.  At least he has the goatee to keep his face a little warmer.

Watching her daddy...

While Isaac played at a friend's there was a children's social with a bunch of art projects the kids could do.  It was one of the first times that Kaylie spent a lot of time all on her own.  She was pretty quiet most of the time but it was really nice to spend some time with just her.

I made Chicken Tikka Masala and wow those are some fun colored spices.

Amazingly it snowed.. one of the few times this winter (not complaining, but kinda miss it)  So of course we got the kids outside in it.  They were SO happy!

Silly girl was throwing snow up in the air.