Thursday, October 31, 2013

HaPpY HaLLoWeeN!!!

Here are our two Halloween cuties.
They picked their own costumes
and they are so, so...them.
Happy kids.  Happy parents.  :)
This girl loves anything princess and I really mean anything!
She loves it.
She actually picked this princess dress out last year for Halloween
and she still loves it!
 Oh this little Lightning McQueen...
you melt my heart.
 He insisted on holding two Lightning McQueen cars.
One in each hand.  :)
Four of my absolute favorite little people.
My kids and my niece and nephew
The cutest nephew and firefighter ever! 
She is just the CUTEST strawberry I have ever seen!!
 LOVE you Riley girl!
For a look back on some of the fun we have had in previous Halloween's,
click HERE!!

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Halloween's of the past...

I thought we should take a little look back at the fun 
we have had on some of the Halloween of our pasts.

Let's go back to some of Blake and my pictures in our younger years.
You know you love it.  :)
Aubrey Rose's first Halloween...
2011...our Little Mermaid and Flounder
Last year...2012
Rapunzel and her buddy Pascal
2012

We have had some fun family costumes as well....
2009
2010
2011
And last but not least, 
my entertaining husband...
I am so very proud to be his wife.  :)
I love him!!

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Her first field trip!

I was so blessed to be able to join Aubrey Rose on her first field trip.
This girl is absolutely loving being in Kindergarten.
She loves the learning.
She often tells us that all she does in Kindergarten is play.
This day has been one of her favorites.
Her favorite part of the trip was riding on the hay ride.
Our girl is quite the social butterfly.  
She has found some really sweet friends in Kindergarten.
She also loved being able to pick out a pumpkin to bring home.
She said she wanted to find "the cutest little pumpkin."
We are so very blessed with the best teacher EVER!
Love her!!
And I have loved getting to know all of the new friends Aubrey Rose 
has been spending her mornings with at school.
She sure has some great little friends.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

A lot of loves...

 There are a lot of loves going on in these pictures.
Austin loooooves playing with cars and he loves lining them all up.

He also loves wearing shoes that are way to big for him.
He makes me smile.

Monday, September 30, 2013

Boys...

These boys are in their own little heaven.

Friday, September 27, 2013

New routine...best decision EVER!!

We are three weeks into a new routine over here in the food department.  
After the first week, I told Allie (my wonderful sister-in-law), 
"Can we do this for the rest of our lives??" 
It has been THAT great!

I actually don't remember how it all got started,
but Allie and I decided to get together to prep meals for the week.
The first week, I watched the kiddos, she went grocery shopping,
then in the afternoon when the kids went down for their nap,
we got to work!

We did this on Monday,
made meals for each night of the week.
Sliced, diced, seasoned, mixed and ready to just throw in the oven 
or whatever the recipe calls for.
The picture above we made stuffed bell peppers.  
On prep day, we made and seasoned the meat mix.
Then the day of we just cut open the bell peppers, filled the mixture and put them in the oven.
For the kids we decided to make burritos using the same meat mixture.
It usually takes a whole afternoon,
which can feel like it might not end,
but then every night of the week,
we just pull out the 9x13 pan (or whatever it might be)
and bake it, or bbq it and serve.
This was another meal we made,
chicken and green beans in a bag.
Yummy!
This new routine has been such a blessing.
It has been a blessing to my busy mind.
It has been a blessing to my wonderful husband.
It has been a blessing to our kids...
(even if they don't understand how much of a blessing).
It has also been a blessing to our nutrition.
It has been fun to try new recipes and to learn together!
I encourage you to find a friend or a family member too, to do this with!  
You will be glad you did!!

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Austin's hats

Austin loves wearing hats lately.
His favorite is his Lightning McQueen hat.
 He does not mind if they are too big...
 or too small,
He loves the red Bulldog hat too.
 Sometimes he wears the hat backwards, 
but if he does he tells me he is wearing the hat the wrong way.
 He even likes to find hats at the stores to try on.
Even warm, cozy hats work well.
He has been a big fan of them lately.