Where have I been???

Well, I've been doing a little lot of this....

Very little of this.....

(This is where he requested to sleep when we spent the night with Uncle Mike and Aunt Charity!  We stuck the tub under his so he wouldn't fall off.)

While the boys have been doing this...

(So glad they made good use of our fence boards, since obviously, the fence will never be finished!)

I've taken several of these.....

And I even snuck in a little family time for Papa Dale's birthday.

And this little girl....

Is now 14 months old, and has FINALLY decided to do a little of this on her own!!!



And lastly, we had Thanksgiving and it was wonderful family time as always.  Yes, I am a HORRIBLE person, I did not take one picture!  What is wrong with me!?!?!  (I can answer that too, but don't really care to share at the moment.  Maybe in a couple of weeks I'll be ready.  And just fyi, NOOOOO I am NOT pregnant again!!!  :)  But if you get a chance, and it's not too much to ask, please say a little prayer for me because we all know how strong the power of prayer is.  Thanks!)  Hope everyone has a blessed week!

Birthday Parties and Awesome Pictures

Last weekend we went to my nephew Mason's birthday party.  He had a campout in the back yard and the kids had a blast, and so did the adults!  :)

The boys getting ready to run

Tara NOT walking!

Her and her new boyfriend having a pre-bedtime drink ;)

Already trying to hold hands

Making smores

When you try to get a good picture of 3 kids, this is what you get.  Koy had to dress like a scarecrow yesterday for school so this was the best I could wanted to do.  Yes I'll admit it, I was a little lazy and didn't do my best, but he still looks pretty cute, I think!

Well as you can see, one was in a "mood".....

One just wouldn't look.....

And one was acting the part.

So that cute picture of all three that I wanted....

Well this was the best that I could do!  Ha!

1 Year Stats

*I just realized I typed all this up and never posted it.  So here it is, just a little late.* 

Yesterday I took Tara to her 1 year appointment.  Her doctor said everything is great and she is a "big girl".  She even put her on a diet.  Ha!  Not actually a diet, but she did say it was probably a good idea to give her 2% milk instead of whole. 

Weight: 24 lbs 2 oz. (90%)
Height: 30 in. (80%)
Head: 18 in. (75%)

She has 11 teeth, still isn't even TRYING to walk, loves taking baths and eating.  She will eat just about anything you put in front of her.  Her favorite word to say it "Byyy" (bite).  Ha!

She went to see her Aunt S for her first taste of Smarties.  She is famous for giving those out to the kids that come to the office.

Waiting patiently

Hmmm, pretty good stuff

The Party...Where do I even begin!?!

The Birthday Girls 

Wow, I have 3 words, WHAT A DAY!!!  Saturday, o rainy, muddy Saturday, the one day my kids wanted to sleep late, and I was up by 6.  At 9:30 I finally woke Tara up.  Me + Mandi + two 1 year olds + a "quick" trip to Abilene for the cake and groceries + pouring down rain = torture great fun!  :)  The only thing that would have made it better was if we had taken all 5 boys too!

  Fast forward about 3 hours - party starts in an hour and a half, 40 minutes to get home, load stuff up, stop at the dollar store and grocery store for everything we forgot, 15 minutes to the party place, now it's 1:45.  Party starts at 2.....WE ARE ON TOP OF THINGS!!!  Now to get "decorating".  Or as much decorating as you can do in a really old barn.  236 pictures to hang from clothespins, yeah, we'll pretend those all got hung up.

 

People started showing up, so enough with the pictures.  The rest of them can go on the table to be looked through if anyone is interested. 

Now for the cakes.  Aren't they lovely?  Yeah, they didn't quite turn out the way they were supposed to, but o well, everyone still ate some!

"What is going on?"

"Sure, we'll take some of that!" 

"Really Mom???"

"Mmmmm"

Look at all those boys, these girls don't have a chance!

She would have eaten the whole thing if I would have let her!



Now for presents.

Now the fun begins.  Remember all those little boys?  Remember all that rain?  Now we have mud!  Fun!!  Yes, we gave up on the cute dresses and trying to keep them clean.

I guess it tastes pretty good too.  Tara wouldn't stop trying to eat it.

Ty and Sam trying out the hula hoops

Nasty, nasty kids!  And we had to let them in our cars to get them home.....Let's just say there were lots of trash bags involved in getting my 4 (including their dad) home!

    Now for a little break to repair Ira's pants...

Guess he called in for reinforcements

And a quick trip up the pole to catch a football.....

And now we have 2 very sleep little girls! 

Kamryn sure does love her Tara!

I'm not sure Tara feels the same way.

This is only a few of them.

Overall it was a great day, but I am so glad it's over!!!  I guess it's not a bad thing to get a little muddy every now and then, but next year, I'd prefer it without the mud and nasty children!