family pictures

We finally got some more family pictures taken and I was super happy with how they turned out....my expectations have been lower with each added child, but these all turned out good!  That in itself is a miracle since Easton melted about 10 min into photos!

Charlie requested silly pictures about 10 times..we finally obliged him:)

Getting the three of them together..that was a bit tougher!

She's waving here..my baby can do more and more tricks and each one makes me a little sadder:( 

I put these on FB a week or so ago and wanted to put them on the blog too....they just make me smile;)

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Phone catch up!

Here's some favorites from my phone this month;)

Harper Jane and I voted;)....that's all ill say about that;(


My current favorite pictures of my babies! Now if I can only make it stay cold enough for hat weather...I'm over 70's weather..


Charlie took this picture before school a few weeks ago...yes, ready early enough for school to take pictures! Score for me;)


Then we took a self portrait! Love that he still will do this with a smile...most of the time!


My mom watched the kids last week and sent this to me...um, is my baby's hair turning blond....nooooo;(.


Family picture from thanksgiving...missing my other 6 in Alaska....missed doing my Black Friday shopping with my sister in laws;(


And I'll leave you with this...yeah, he's going to kill me someday!!!

Don't the black socks complete this look!!!


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Harper Jane turns one!!!

I say it every time my kids have a birthday..holy cow time flies!!  But really, Harper's first year has flown by faster then any other of the kids.  The more kids there are...the faster time goes..insert some mommy tears here:(  BTW, the word "kindergarten" can elicit tears in 2.5 seconds...

Anyway, it was a great party and I am always happy when the party is done!!

Happy Birthday Harper Jane!!!

Home girl got her first donut and she was having a bipolar moment...she was thrilled and elated to be eating it, but MAN was she mad when it was gone.  I may have caved and gave her another one:)

Eastons "cheese" face is killing me!!  The boys loved their donuts too.  They always complain that one isn't enough so I gave them 1 1/2 since it was a special day..and neither touched the half part..silly boys!!

Party time..paper straws make my day!!!!!

Hard to tell here, but the bottles on the windowsill were one of my favorite things!  I have been saving all kinds of glass bottles for a few months and painted the inside the colors of her party.  On party day I went and bought some $1.00 clearance flowers and some roses and I thought it was the perfect girly touch!

Okay, I think this looked way better in person, but maybe not!!  I wanted the longer table cloths to hang more elaborately, but this was what the dollar store had to offer:)

I really wanted to keep the tutu on the table for a while, but I think the three boys in the house may have had a problem with it!

These next pictures need no words..other then..OH MY GOODNESS MY DAUGHTER IS CUTE!!  It's my blog, I can say that:)

Cake and Harper Jane= Best Friends:)

last of branson

Thanks to Tutti and Papa we had a great week with family!

Fun times with cousins!

Fun times eating oreos..and making quite a mess:)

More fun cousin time!

Fun rides

Fun dates with the kids!

and fun pirate kiddos!

But enough is enough..no more pictures!!

powder keg..

A highlight of this day and a highlight of my stellar parenting was this ride, The Powder Keg.  I knew nothing about the ride, just that Charlie was tall enough to ride.  Next time, I think maybe I should look into it a little more...good news, Charlie and Libby are not scared for life..I don't think..

This is the moment the ride starts and shoots you out..shoots.you.out.

I think the pictures speak for themselves..

I was SUPER surprised that Charlie asked to ride again when it was over..I volunteered Uncle Jay this time while I recovered from the ride that shoots you 0-60 in 2 seconds...and then has more falls and twist then I can remember!  What made this ride so great...we had no clue what was going to happen.  When our cart pulled out and Bradley was waiting to get our picture before we took off there was a HUGE smile on his face...that should have clued me in!  We had no clue it was going to shoot us out like that!  And it didn't really slow down after that!

By far my favorite memory with Charlie that day!!

want to see the powder keg...click here