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Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

12 May 2014

may babies

May is a fun and busy month in our house!  Big E turned 8, Miss Em turned 3, Mom turns **cough** thirty-something **cough**, and then add on Mothers Day, teacher appreciation week/end of school stuff, and capping it all off with Memorial Day! Whew! 


Here are a few highlights from my growing babies...

BIG E:

  • Loves to dress in black, neon, camo, and sometimes all three.
  • Loves swords, nerf guns, and spy gear. Requested a double-edged sword for this birthday, but settled on a hatchet.
  • Went turkey hunting for the first time (no one was hurt - not even a turkey)
  • Best friend is Kale
  • Aces most spelling tests
  • Super responsible kid and an awesome big brother! He makes me proud every day!

MISS EM:

  • Loves to wear her "cow boots"
  • Rough & tough girl. Walked in one day to find her sparring with a boy from her class.
  • Loves to sing, especially Happy Birthday, ABCs, Old McDonald, and Little Bunny Foo-Foo
  • Wanted scissors and candy for her birthday 
  • Best friend is Sutton aka "Sutt-Sutt". Other buddies include Sibley "Sibby-rose" and Kate.  
  • "Yesterday" means anything from this morning to three years ago (example: "I was at that hospital yesterday when I was a baby."
  • Total daddy's girl, but gives mama plenty of hugs and kisses too. Love our baby girl!

This year the kids had a horse party for their birthdays! If you ask Em which was her favorite: the slower smaller horse, or the bigger faster horse, the answer is of course the big fast one (not pictured)!




23 December 2013

Merry Christmas 2013!

Feeling so blessed to be surrounded by love and laughter this Christmas! 





22 October 2013

family fotos, a pumpkin patch, & other fall goodies

Saturday we had our family photos taken. Big E's first grade teacher is also a photographer on the side, and former students get a discount - score! It was great to see her again and I'm so excited to see all the photos after the sneak peek we got! 

This photo captures my babies perfectly...


 And here's the family shot! This was taken in the pasture just behind our house. I love it back there.


We turned out pretty close to my fashion mockup. :) Turns out yellow is not the most slimming color -who knew? Em wears it well anyway.


Sunday we headed to the little U-pick pumpkin patch near our home. I am so over all the big pumpkin patch productions. It was refreshing to just go wander around a little patch. While it was a little picked over in mid October, the kids did find some fun little green pumpkins to pick. Of course there were also some nice pre-picked ones still for sale so we'll have one to carve this weekend.


Em is sporting big brother's old halloween shirt, and a headband she never wore as a baby, tied with a gift box ribbon.  The result?  The cutest little pumpkin at the patch!


We're loving fall around here!  It's been busy though!

Here are the boys planting the fall fiesta maple (also pictured: sawtooth maple and Big E's nectarine)...


Big E roasting some marshmallows at Aunt Brenda's...


And my handsome man as a ring bearer...


Happy Fall Y'all!

18 April 2013

march kidstagram

Cute kids + Instagram = Obsessed!  (albeit a little late)

riding back from visiting family in Illinois


working on some dance moves

story time with Big E

loves to make mustaches


taken by her big brother


finally warm enough for the park

sick again at the doctor's office

playing jeff's piano

easter morning funny faces
peeking out of em's new window!

helping daddy with yardwork

horsing around


watching elmo videos on youtube

26 February 2013

february kidstagram

Yes I'm obsessed with my kids, taking photos, and instagram.  Here are February's highlights!  




















12 December 2012

Big E's Holiday Program


our little rudolph in a sea of elves

dada and brother's biggest fan

em looking cute in her new christmas outfit from grandma

posing with brother the red-nosed reindeer

pure joy

Here are a couple of videos of Big E practicing Jingle Bells and his school's new fight song, which the kids debuted at the holiday performance!