Friday, January 31, 2014

January

1-2-14

Kaitlyn got this beautiful necklace from Aunt Katrina.  Thank you!






1-4-14

We went to Grammy Wilson's today!  She had a whole box full of shredded paper, so she did this with it.  They LOVED it and ask for it to snow again every time they come over, haha.  She was finding random confetti everywhere for weeks!  And this is why Grandma's are so cool, cause I wouldn't have done it!  They all had a BLAST!


1-5-14

First day in Sunbeams!! He was sooo excited to be in primary with the big kids :) So proud of my big boy baby (that's what he calls himself)


1-7-14

My sisters heater broke so she's spending the day at my house! Wahoo! I mean...sorry your heater broke Julz 

1-15-14

Happy birthday my wonderful Ryan!!  I love you!!

Had my 20 wk ultrasound today...

The girls are sad and the boys are ecstatic... we're having another boy!!!!

And of coarse we sang Happy Birthday to Daddy!


1-16-14

My Evan :)




1-18-14

Aunt Tiara babysat our kids for us (as she often does, because she ROCKS!!) and got quite the scare.  Poor girl!  She put the kids in bed for the night and Evan decided he wanted in our bedroom, so she put him in there.  Well he got up and locked the door, then tried to get out and couldn't.  Tiara got the little lock pick that comes with the doors and picked it after a bit, then hugged him and calmed him down and put him back in bed.  She checked the door to make sure it wasn't locked and ended up locking it again.  After that she just couldn't get the door open again and started to panic.  The kids were freaking out and so was Evan.  Poor girl!  She got a screwdriver and took the handle off the door, but still it was locked shut and Evan wouldn't/couldn't open it.  So she took this picture on my phone (we leave it with her since we don't have a home phone) and sent it to Mom and Dad for help.


We got home shortly after and it took Ryan all of 30 seconds to open it and maybe 5 minutes to put the knob back on.  Poor Tiara thought we would be furious and that she had broken the door and we would have to buy a new one.  I remember a few scares I had when I first started babysitting, and it's pretty scarry! I made sure she knew we weren't the least upset and that she did a great job.  Luckily by the time I got her home she'd calmed down and felt much better.  Poor sweet Tiara!

1-20-14

Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day!  It was beautiful outside so we decided to drive to the lake!

Ahh, this is the life!



Kids had fun making sand castles 


We played on the beach in the sand and went on a walk, where we found a fun playground.  We just really enjoyed hanging out together as a family.

When we got home we moved all the bedrooms around to get ready for baby boy.  That meant little Brayden moved from his crib into a toddler bed!!  He did great!  He was so happy to be in with the big boys!



1-22-14

So at my last OB apt the Doc was listening to baby's heartbeat and asked Evan "Do you hear that? That's the babies heartbeat. Where's your heart?" Evan very seriously says "I don't have a heart." Haha. I said Evan I think you do and he says "no, I don't have a heart!" Silly boy. When I told Ryan about it that night Evan still insisted he doesn't have a heart. Our little Grinch. Love that boy of mine!

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1-28-14

Brayden was busy this morning...


1-31-14

We were supposed to meet some friends for a playgroup after school, but I got the wrong address or my gps took me somewhere totally different.  After driving around for a while I found this really cool playground!  The kids had a blast and Dad met us there after work, it was so fun!


The 3 oldest and I went to see Frozen sing a long!! It was sooo much fun!!  The girls and I loved belting it out and just enjoying it!  Logan told me afterwards that it was fun and he liked it, but I didn't sing mom!  Hahah, yes Logs I noticed, haha.

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

December 18 2013 - December 31 2013

12-18-13

Logan and Evan snuck into my bed at bedtime. They thought they were pretty sneaky, but I knew the whole time. I loved listening to their little giggles as they tried to be quiet. Sooo cute. Love when they do brother things together!!



And Brayden sleeping with his bum in the air, I love it!



12-19-13

Emily had reader's theater this morning











12-20-13

These boys are having a blast pretending to drive mommy's car. I don't think we'll be going inside for a good 15 minutes...


I got to go to the kids Christmas parties, here's the pictures from Kaitlyn's





We went to Downtown Frisco for a Christmas light show.  It was so beautiful and helped get this grinch in the Christmas mood!





12-23-13

Evan threw diapers off the upstairs landing. A while later we smelled fire. He got two in the light fixture, one was on fire...Dad was NOT amused.




We are so blessed we were home to smell the smoke!  This light is not one we usually turn on unless we are leaving!  So glad no one was hurt and we found it quickly!

I got Kaitlyn's invites made!


12-24-13

Merry Christmas Eve!  This year we get to go to the Dalton's!!

I went to a supper fun girls night and made this for Grandma D.  She loved it!


We had a beautiful program with all the Dalton cousins.  Part of it we watched the new bible stories online about the Christmas story.  It was very well done.  Here are some of the cousins watching it on Grandma's bed :)



As part of the program everyone presented something.  Ryan played his guitar while Collin played the clarinet and Cameron played the drums.  They did such a great job!


Kaitlyn and Emily did a dance with Aunt Katrina.  They had maybe 10 minutes to put this together because Aunt Trina lives in Austin.  She will kill me for posting this, but I thought it was adorable!


Mindy and I sang a song with the kids, but I didn't get a video of it.  It was a beautiful program and a great night!!

Then we went home (to our own house!!) & put the kids to bed.   After 9 years of marriage, tonight was our first night getting ready for Christmas in our own home. We've always been at our parents homes. It was soo much fun!! I can't wait to see how it goes in the morning!!! So excited to see the kids faces!!!

12-25-13

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

The kids get to open their stockings and then we have a big breakfast together!  Love this tradition!!

Christmas Breakfast



Then the obligatory pictures on the stairs :)





After that the kids get to go in the Christmas room and see what Santa brought!!


And then after all the presents were open they got to see what Mom and Dad got them :)


Then in the afternoon we went to the Wilson's for Christmas with them!  Here's what I made for my mom :)



Such a wonderful wonderful Christmas!!

12-26-13

Jess and Tiara came over and we took the kids to the church parking lot to try out their new car!!  


Ryan's Mom and Dad got him a HUGE surprise!  For Christmas and his birthday they got him a drum set.  He is in heaven!  He hasn't had one since before we met.  I'm not sure what happened to the video of him opening his present, but here's one of him playing.


12-27-13

I took the kids to the dollar theatre by myself! It went pretty well.  The oldest 4 were great!  Brayden and I spent a lot of time in the halls.  Haha.  The kids enjoyed it and I am pretty proud of myself.

Cuddles 



So I got this milk jug water bottle thing at an after Christmas sale, and it just makes me really happy.  Haha.  It's the small things :)


12-28-13

The big day is here!!!  Kaitlyn is getting baptized!  As per usual I was running around getting things ready and didn't get many photos, but luckily Kaitlyn took some selfies while we were getting ready to leave :)



Grandma and Grandpa D at the baptism


Dad and Kaitlyn



Kaitlyn and I



It was beautiful and I'm so proud of my Kaitlyn!!



Afterwards we took a few pictures with the family. Thank you to all who came to see Kaitlyn on her special day!

Wilson's


Dalton's