thanksgiving 2021 was one to remember! we were blessed to have almost the whole family together. we also celebrated the news of the future addition to our family. the family needed a new excuse to party in the shed together.
congratulations to sweet bailey and her new fiancé!! we are so excited to have bryan join our family. cheers to a beautiful couple inside and out. excited for all the planning ahead!
xxoo
our fall birthday bash for the boys turned into a weekend surprise for them instead.
we took a road trip to take the boys to see dude perfect with their cousins in oklahoma. i’m not sure who had more fun, the boys or us mamas. it was so much fun. we would do it all over again if we could. the smile on these sweet boys faces just made me melt. the little girls were in heaven just playing together at the house. icing on the cake for maximilian was hanging out with the college kids in dallas not only on the way up to oklahoma but also on the way back home. this pregnant mama couldnt make the long drive home 😬
i love watching your relationships with your cousins get stronger and stronger. you kids are so blessed to have them.
this christmas was so what we all wanted and needed. we were ready for the end of 2020 and we just wanted so badly to be safe and all together. again God provided. we soaked up every bit of our time together and mama and daddy even were able to get away for our twelfth anniversary!! the christmas season is one of my absolute favorites and as you kids get older it is even more exciting to watch you get excited to decorate and remember traditions from years before. i pray most of all that as you enjoy preparing all the things you also make sure to prepare your heart most of all.
He’s on His way!!
xxoo
we had been quarantined basically for three months, all husbands started working from home and bans were lifted a little. first communions began to be celebrated so we went up to oklahoma to celebrate jude and seth. it was truly what we all needed. it was so hard to come back to reality after that weekend…
xxoo
another great family vacation at gulf shores! we missed chad and mendy and their crew, as well as gramps and granny who weren’t able to make it either. richard fought off a sting ray to keep things exciting and there’s nothing like our late night visits. we say it all the time but we are so very blessed to have each other and that we all make the time to get together. there’s nothing like family and i am so, so happy that our kids are getting to experience this with cousins as their best friends. ❤️
can’t wait till the next time!
xxoo
a quick trip back allowed us to let samuel go see dr. musgrove. what a way to kick off summer, he had a great report and won’t go back for a whole year! praise God!
we were so happy to be there for you bailey! to celebrate the whole weekend and to kick off our summer with the family! you did it!
xxoo
and boy was it intense.
waiting for the weather to warm up, baseball season, two teams, taekwondo, a new pair of kittens, a trip back home for spring break and a beautiful easter season… daddy and i quickly learned how to multi task and to appreciate the simple life. 🙂 it was a fun semester but a little too busy for this family. we are so proud of all we accomplished this semester especially our boys, way to go! by the way, your sister deserves an award for best support 🙂
xxoo
another christmas celebrated with all of the cousins. sixteen to be exact 🙂 it was so much fun as always. everyone managed to stay healthy! {yay} we managed to fit in only three rows at christmas eve mass. we also managed to have more food than we have ever had afterwards…
the kids did an another amazing job with their christmas pageant and of course created a new tradition when opening their presents. this year they chanted each other’s name faster and faster as each present was opened. these kids are the best big and small. with just a little bit of sleep on christmas eve, we all enjoyed lots of coffee and laughs christmas morning as the kids played all morning with what santa clause brought them. we sang happy birthday to Jesus and then as we always do, each family packed up to head to see more family!
this year was extra special to go see nana! it was her first christmas in the new house. it was beautiful and great new memories were made. it has been a year full of blessings for our family.
“faith is what gets you started. hope is what keeps you going. love is what brings you to the end.” ~ mother angelica
what a very merry christmas!
xxoo
well another triple birthday party was a blast. everything was awesome turning five, seven and ten!
time just flies by with these sweet boys!
we love celebrating you boys and especially when we get to do it with family!
happy birthday boys!
xxoo
well, we made our yearly summer trip to bc joining in with our cousins for a week and a half. we packed in as much fun as we could! from vbs, to late night evenings, a birthday party or two and our annual frozen yogurt date with the whole crew. we had a blast and ended up leaving on grannys birthday…
nothing like sweet summer time with the sweetest of friends and family!
xxoo
