Thursday, January 10, 2013

The return of Buddy the Elf!

One of the kids favorite Christmas traditions is our family Elf, Buddy making his appearance every year and keeping an eye on the kids to make sure they're behaving and staying on Santa's nice list! This year, instead of just showing up in his first hiding spot, he brought along a North Pole breakfast for the kids and they LOVED it!
 He brought them each a box filled with some yummy chocolate, a personalized mug with hot chocolate, the Elf story movie, some Christmas trees (box of waffle cones) and frosting and a yummy donut breakfast!

 They were in heaven and so excited!


 Welcome back, Buddy!

Friday, January 4, 2013

November Happenings

I'm back ( to the 3 of you that read this!) I'm REALLY going to make an effort at keeping this thing more up to date..For reals this time :) The day before Thanksgiving my cousin had her sweet baby girl, Hannah. She weighed in at a whopping 9lbs 3oz!! (OUCH!) We went and met baby Hannah when she was 4 days old. SO, so precious!!
 Paige and Luke LOVED her and were arguing over who got to hold her!

 I told James it's a good thing I already have one cookin for us or else I would be asking for another :)

I LOVED holding her and it just made me that much more excited to welcome our own baby in April! Can.Not.WAIT!
 Speaking of our own baby, this is my most up to date belly pic.. Taken at 20 weeks which also happened to be my 30th Birthday!
 That morning I was showered with love and gifts :) James let each of the kids pick a little something out for me. Luke chose the Christmas earrings, Paige the butterfly necklace and Kaylynn the "b" initial and sparkly circle necklace. James also got me a gift card to one of my favorite stores, Charming Charlie.. which reminds me, I need to go shopping!
 After my gifts, James and I headed to our gender reveal ultrasound appointment! Perfect birthday present right there :) We found out the sex at the appointment but kept it a secret from our friends and family until our gender reveal/birthday celebration that next weekend.
 Everyone enjoying my Birthday dessert at Islands... YUM!!
 My family and a few friends joined in that weekend at Texas Roadhouse for the gender reveal!
 We bought 3 little sleepers/onesies that were gender appropriate and wrapped them up seperately and had each one of the kids open one all at the same time. They were so excited to find out if they were having a baby brother or baby sister!
 End result:




It's a GIRL!!!!!


We are so excited and can't wait to complete our family in a few months with another precious baby girl!!

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Halloween Festivities 2012

 I know, it's the day before Thanksgiving and I'm just now posting about Halloween.. Oh well, at least now I am pretty much caught up! We had a fun October!
                               Making (and eating) yummy Halloween cookies with friends

 Going to the Pumpkin Patch!








 They LOVE getting their face painted!


 Carving the family pumpkin!
 And of course, Halloween! Batman, Harry Potter and a pretty Mermaid :)
 This was the end result of a fun night of Trick or Treating
Now to just stay caught up on this blog!

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Oak Glen 2012

Back in the beginning of October we took our family trip to the apple orchard in Oak Glen. This was the first year with Kaylynn joining us and we all had a great time. It's definitely a family favorite fall activity!!

Ready to do some apple pickin!







 We came home with SO many apples and ate every single one of them!
Until next year!

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Disney Days!

Back in May, we bought 3 day park hopper tickets to Disneyland.. We got an AWESOME Military rate and decided to use our 2nd and 3rd day on Paiges birthday. She had been talking about Disneyland for her birthday since her birthday LAST year so when this deal came around it was perfect! Disneyland for a family of 5 otherwise = $$$$
Anyways, first stop when we got there was Paiges birthday button!


 Love this picture in line for one of our faves, Toy Story mania!

 Shortly after we got there, we met up with my cousin Diana and her hubby Jeff and they spent the afternoon with us. It was a lot of fun!

 I absolutely LOVE Luke's expression in this picture!



 Outside the Lego store while we were waiting for a table at a restaurant

 With our big birthday girl!!



 Happy Birthday Paigey Poo!!!!
 Our second day at Disneyland started off with Lollipops.. Mom of the year right here :)

 Then Cars Land! We all loved it there, feels like you stepped right into the movie!



Such great family memories.. I was sad to leave! :)