Today Elli turns 5 Years Old!!!

Our Princess turns 5 years old today…so…we are having a Princess Party!!

 Elli didn't know how we were going to decorate…she guessed it would be a Frozen party…but she was still very surprised when she woke up :) (The pic is fuzzy but she was all smiles)

She loved how the cupcakes turned out...

 

The Princess waiting for her donuts...

 …and her presents...

 Yummy Donuts...

 …on Elsa plates...

 Elli got spoiled with Sophia Puzzles from Aunt Hopi and Jade and Grace…Yay…Thank you!!!

 Joshie got his sissy Elsa and Anna cups...

 Brandon spoiled his sissy with a giant Minnie Mouse Pillow Pet...

 Grammi Faith got Elli a sweet Elsa and Anna shirt…she looooves it Grammi…Thank you!!

Daddy and Mommy got her a Caligirl gun and boots :)

And Grammi Pauline got Elli a sweet necklace…

 Thank you Gramma Pauline!!

Tonite is the Princess Party…I can't wait!!!!

11 Months old today...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Before I post Valentine pics, I have to post this one...

 Jason was Mommy's helper the other day and he rocked Weston to sleep…he is such an awesome BIG brother!!  Thank you Jason :)!

OK…Valentine's Day!!

Yesterday, we baked lots of LOVE treats :)

Cookies for humans...

Jason, Reagan, and Elli spent a lot of time rolling out the dough and cutting out the cookies...

The cookies turned out BEAUTIFUL!!

 ...and they tasted WONDERFUL!!!

Then the kids decided it wasn't fair that Leah didn't have any treats for Valentine's Day…so we made canine cookies…

 It took a LONG TIME to cut out all the little treats for Leah...

But it was worth the work…Leah loved them.  And…the house smelled so good after making them.  I was surprised at the yummy ingredients in the recipe…truly we could eat these cookies…but…no one has cause they are dog treats…and humans don't eat dog treats :)

 We ended up having so many cookies that we packaged up a bunch and visited some neighbors and friends and brought them treats...

 This morning when the kids woke up the table was beautifully set.

Gramma Pauline sent Valentine plates and chocolate so every place was picture perfect!!

Thank you Gramma Pauline!!  We love you and hope you feel better soon!!!

Trevor and Joshua have a Boy Scout Merit Badge Fair today, so we will open our homemade valentines tonite when they get home :).  I will post pics when we open them cause the kids are always SOOOO creative!!!

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!!

The kids and I have been reading the Little House On the Prairie books.  In one of the books Laura talked about how her mom would put her hair up in rags so that she would have curly hair.  Elli wanted to try it.  So last night we tied her hair up.  I don't have any picture of her with her hair tied up…didn't think to take a picture until this morning when we took her hair down…

 The boys all said she looked exactly like a princess…brothers are the best!!!

The Great and Terrible Snow Storm that made a SNOW DAY for Jason and Reagan's 8th birthday...

Today the twins are thanking all of the Drama Queen Governors and Mayors who created a SNOW DAY for everyone in the state (we barely got 2 inches but thanks to the drama and hype created by Chris Christie…DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS MAN FOR PRESIDENT… everyone is to stay home today…fine with me but I would rather it be by choice and not be by a Govt. directive…ok, getting off of my soapbox).  We are always so thankful for a SNOW DAY…but they are something extra special when they fall on a birthday!!!!

Today Jason and Reagan turn 8 years old...

I do not believe that there are twins out there as cute as ours...

 As soon as the donuts were eaten and the presents were opened we all put on our snow clothes and headed out…

Mom had this great idea to use all the snow on the deck to build an igloo…she is a pretty smart lady...

 Mom shoveled snow into the buckets and everyone else took turns stacking the snow and returning the buckets to get filled again…

 Of course there were breaks for princesses…

…and Birthday boys…

…but the big boys continued to work hard…

…as did the little boys…

..well…that is when they weren't posing for pictures :)

 …and no…Joshua doesn't wear glasses…just being goofy…

But look at this cutie patutie in his new winter jacket that I got for 2$ at a Consignment store…it is REI…and it will fit him for another year…woohoo!!

Happy SNOW DAY East coast…and Happy Birthday to the best twins on the planet!!

oh yeah…and the finished semi-igloo...

Gotta stop cause we are headed to McDonald's for lunch…WOOHOO!!

Guess who is 10 months old today?

Weston turns 10 months old today…and surprise…he is an official walker…

He was actually walking about a week ago.  

He is so good now that he is officially playing with the big kids….

My kids are so fun...

As most of you know, during the past couple of months, my Hubba has been living in a hotel an hour away from home during the week.  The case that he has been working on for the past few years is finally on trial.  It has been a challenge without the daddy home because it means that the little ones are lugged into the car for late night baseball, wrestling, and Boy Scout rides…and they are lugged into the car for early morning rides to school.  It has been very cold, and sometimes snowy, during these rides…and although they don't always enjoy these rides, they generally make these rides more fun for me…

Motivated to get into the car before heading to Boy Scouts to pick up boys...

 Heading out to the car this morning to take the boys to school...

Elli has learned to read and she is excited about all the books she is finding on the shelves at home.  This morning she clung to 3 books as she headed out to the car…

Life is just so much more fun with my kids :)