Fathers Day

 We had a lovely Father's Day in June.  We found some neat ideas on Pintrest for gifts.

The big boys made custom cups for daddy with Sharpies.  We found white mugs at the Dollar Store and I bought some new Sharpies from Walmart.  We then baked them in the oven.  It's a neat project because it makes whatever you draw permanent.  He's using the cups in his office to hold supplies, but you can also use these to drink from as well.  Such a fun project and so easy for the kids!

Matthew made one with Batman on it.

 



Nicholas made one with Superman and wrote that his dad was his superhero.

 



 

I painted the little ones hands and feet and printed them on canvas.

 



I turned Juliana's feet into a butterfly...so cute (-:

 



We then enjoyed a lovely dinner from the grill with Darryl and my dad. 

Darryl is such a wonderful father to our children and I'm blessed to call him my husband.



Mother's Day 2012

Mother's Day this year was lovely!  After church, we met some friends for lunch at a local restaurant.  It was lovely outside and we enjoyed our lunch on the patio.  

I had to include this first picture because of Peanut's face...look closely...he wants his mama...

 All better...mama's close now...

 

The children ate and then played while we talked and relaxed on the patio with friends.

What is neat is these same friends kept our big boys last year for us while we were in the hospital having Peanut.  They came to this same restaurant for Mother's Day last year so we all decided to start a tradition!

After lunch, we leisurely perused the shops and stopped to pet the kitty...

It was such a lovely day.  The weather was perfect, the company was perfect and I got to be with my family.

I'm so thankful to be a mom.

4th of July

We had a wonderful(but wet) 4th of July this year.

Friends invited us to their farm for food and fellowship.  It started raining just as we pulled in and everyone was scrambling to bring all the food and fixin's inside but we all still had so much fun.  We had all the traditional fare:  hamburgers and hotdogs, baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad, watermelon, banana cake and cookies.  We also had the best sweet tea!  My friend's daughter could sell her tea..it's that good!

After we ate the kids all went outside and got muddy.  They didn't mind the rain at all!  They all went on a tractor ride and then the boys decide to blow up some tomatoes and army men with fireworks.

After the sun went down, we had a great fireworks display and the boys kept telling me how much they enjoyed the show!

They were so excited after we left at how much fun they had and it was evident because we only live about 8 miles away and they were both passed out by the time we got home...it was a great night!

4th of July parade

We got to experience our first small town 4th of July parade this year(last year we had a baseball tournament).  It was perfect!  Tractors, hillbilly wagons, horses and of course, a civil war brigade...oh, and candy..lots of candy!

Yippee!!!

We have family coming for Thanksgiving!!!!

This is the first time in 9 years that we have celebrated with family and I'm so excited!

I was pregnant with the boys the last time we had family together for Thanksgiving..wait...I'm pregnant again...is this some sort of wierd coincidence?

I digress...

I can't wait-I love, love, love having people here-especially family!!