Fruit Loops

2 boxed of expired Fruit Loops were put to good use thanks to an idea from Aunt Karen.

We had our first food fight. :)

FUN!!!

 

We had fruit loops EVERYWHERE...dog food...sink...under the fridge...but this sweet girl wanted to sweep them all up by herself! She.did.SOOOO.good! I was so impressed!

 

 

Cosmic Jump

We went to Cosmic Jump in Allen for the first time this weekend. The lighting was weird and 99% of my pictures are blurry. :( Here is a few I managed to get to capture the fun at Emma's birthday party. Happy Biirthday to Miss Emma! Can't believe she is 6!!!

 These are from yesterday. Kids were snuggling together and playing on their Nabis.

Melt my heart to see them so sweet.

Precious Moments

There are no words to truly and fully describe this man as a father. He is THE BEST! Our babies are so blessed to have such a sweet and wonderful Daddy. He is tough when he needs to be but he goes above and beyond every day to show them how special each of them really is. I have a few videos from today that are the perfect example of who he is as a Dad but while I work on uploading those these pictures paint a great picture as well.

 

 

After a busy day we attended church service and then served the second hour in our kiddos' room. We had a total of 7 kids and this guy jumped in like he it was not a big deal at all ( while the teacher in me was freaking out that I did not have time to prep for the lesson)! He did the Bible lesson while I smiled away. He was so sweet and so precious with the class. The kids loved him!

 

 Here are my three loves after a VEEEERY long and busy day. The kids are so excited that Mommy and Daddy will serve in their class once a month. They made sure to explain to us what all we will have to do ( as in they weren't sure we were goin to be able to handle it). Wow, we have come a long way at church since three years ago when scremaing, tears and vomit were involved at drop off.

 

This morning everyone spent some time loving on our Kinsler. He came home a changed dog for sure and we are so excited to be able to enjoy him as a family without stress and frustration.

 

 

Then we headed out to our little park down the street to ride bikes, scooters and practice tball. Mia did so good and here Daddy is telling her just how proud he is of her. She loves to be praised and always wants to make us happy.

When she started fussing about having to head home adn eat lunch, he stepped right in and had a little talk with Miss Priss.

This was from last weekend and our Saturday morning trip to the donut shop.

And here is a picture of the playroom after Mommy left for a few hours last weekend and came home to Daddy putting a 1000 piece lego set and a 50 piece castle. The room was spotless when I headed out the door but he wasn't going to dissapoint these little guys and wait for me to help him put the ridicouls amount of stuff together.

 

Some more precious moments coming on video soon.

Mia The Photographer

Tonight as I got ready to post their cute "ready for Disney" picture I found a little surprise on our memory card. Apparently Mia played the photographer and took some pictures...I find them hilarious and just had to share a few of my favorites. Apparently her subject was not feeling the session at first...lol!

 Then he was either throwing an "Axe 'em Jacks" or was threatening to hurt her...hmmmmm

 Finally he gave up and learned that dealing with paparazzi can be exhausting and you might as well just smile and pose.

 What, you don't take pictures of your toes?

 

 

The Great Outdoors

Today the weater was perfect for an afternoon outdoors. We have been indoors for a while now and it is not fun. The kids tagged along with me to my surgery follow up and afterwards we spent two hours at the park. Kids Kingdom is one of their favorites. We ran into one of their church classmates and they had a blast playing together.

 

Ready for Disney

The kids are super excited about Disney. Tonight they were all decked out for the trip and once again I had to tell them that it is a little while longer ( why did I tell them 3.5 months before our trip I will never understand).

Love our cuties - Pluto and Belle :)

 

 

January

After weeks of trying to upoad the pictures to the blogger, today apparently was THE DAY. This month has flown by! Here is our January so far.

 

We have really been enjoying Saturday nights at church.

 

The kids have been doing SO good trying new foods. We have battled this for years and this week all of a sudden we were able to convince them to try something other then the five things they eat all the time. Probably the most exciting thing this entire month!!!

 

Mia learned to ride her big girl bike with no training wheels on her first try. We still have work to do as she gets more comfortable but we are SO proud of her.

 

Big brother is working hard on his riding without trianing wheels as well. His bike is a little bigger and a lot heavier but we know he will get it in no time.

 

Our Disney trip in May is booked and we are SOOOO excited.

 

We are getting our house ready for the market and have been cleaning, fixing and preparing for this new journey.

 

Luka will continue playing tball with the Bandits this Spring but he also decided he wanted to try soccer.

 

We are hoping to get Miss Mia on a soccer team as well for the Spring season.

 

The weather has been all over the place and we are looking to more outside time as the temperatures have been in the 60s this week.

 

Daddy is loving his new job! :) YAY! Mommy started a new schedule at work (still only part time but only mornings :) )

 

Kinsler has been in "Doggy Training School" for the past two weeks and we are anxious to see him this weekend for the first time. Hopefully he learned a lot! :)

 

The Bachelor is back on! As well as Grey's, Modern Family, Scandal and White Collar - Mommy and Daddy are excited!

 

 

Not many pictures on my big camera at this point but I am determined to stop using my phone camera a lot this year as the quality of pictures isn't very good. These are from our family walk one Saturday afternoon before heading to church. Kids enjoyed their new scooters while Kinsler and Abbey enjoyed the nice weather.

 

 

So Kinsler has plenty of sweet moments! He loves laying on our bed and LOOOVES to lay on his back on the couch.

 Kiddos praying one night before eating their yummy and spectacular dinner!

 We have worked on some writing skills...a little bit of reading...as well as cutting and using the glue sticks.

 We celebrated Claire's 4th birthday at Bounce Town with friends.

 Worked some more....

 

All in all it has been a low key months!

Phone Pics

Kiddos looking through their books before bed time. Yes, we still have to put them down. One of us lays down with them in our bed and then we transfer them to their rooms. There are definitley nights that I envy people who are able to tuck their kids in, turn off the light and shut the door but I also know this time will come to an end and they will not need us anymore. For now, I will treasure these moments. Love reading our books and doing our devotional time together.

Late night Nabi playing.

 

 

Kinsler, Kinsler, Kinsler! Well, he has his calm and sweet moments for sure but at this point our good ol' Kins is looking at a two week boarding/training school in our very near future. The dog is nuts!

Back in December, Mommy and Daddy went to watch Dea's Winter Concert at Naaman Forrest. Afterwards we enjoyed a nice date night. :)

 

The kiddos have really enjoyed the mini train table they got from my side of the family. It is perfect size for Luka's room.

Walks with Kinsler can have their calm moments. This was certainly one of them ( followed by a crazy 10 minute period when I debated removing his collar and just letting him go). Lol!

Trip to the donut shop. Silly kids!

Waiting nicely for Daddy to swing by and get them while waiting for Mommy's pre-surgery appoitment.

Awwwww. Kins and Abbs!!!!

They CAN be in the same room without sending each other in a frenzy.

Lunch date and Breaking Dawn Part 2

We took our Christmas decor on New Year's day. Sweet Daddy didn't have a choice but to have his face burried in the tree for Mia to reach the tree topper. Hahahaha!

Saturday of errands and family lunch at CFA.

New Year's Eve with Alix. :) 

Heading down to East Texas. Thankful for those new Nabis! :)