“and i love you more now than i did on that very first day….”
this is what our 7th wedding anniversary night looked like… i just couldn’t resist taking a picture.
i wouldn’t trade it for the world.
“to me you are perfect”
xxoo
dada
weekend in pictures…
xxoo
{thirty something}
oh to top a hobbit birthday, i don’t think it was possible this year. however, the birthday boy requested an avenger birthday party and his boys were oh so excited to help out with that theme..
happy birthday {belated post} to my love! you are our everything and we are so blessed to celebrate another year with you!
you are our real super hero!
and you’re the most handsome 31 year old i ever did meet…
xxoo
crazy busy, crazy fun
a quick trip back to bc was made last weekend. we had so much to do there! we got to go and wish nana a happy birthday…
more cousins were in town so it was so great to spend some time with them!
thank you so much to the winland crew and granny and gramps so this mama could also complete another training session for catechesis of the good shepherd. they also let me take daddy out on a date to see ol’ garth brooks!
more blurry phone pics to prove we can still have fun 🙂 at even 35 weeks pregnant.
we had a fun and exhausting weekend. we are going to rest up as much as we can before another fun fourth of july weekend! so much to do before little anna kate makes her debut at the end of this month. let’s see if we get to do it all before she comes!
xxoo
happy fathers day {2015}
to our favorite…
you are the perfect daddy for these two boys and i am quite certain for this little girl on the way too!
all the changes in this past year prove the provider you are for this family. from home repairs to great cooking, to coaching t-ball and playing football in the backyard. you are the boys real super h e r o and i need to be honest and say mine as well 🙂 we love you more than words can say. so thankful to have you as the head of our home!
happy fathers day!
xxoo
pumpkin picking
so the days are going too fast! daddy took off a week between jobs. we were so busy! i don’t even know what with… but we sure enjoyed our time together 🙂 we took the boys to a small pumpkin patch at a near by church. they had a blast! the pumpkins there were just for them! all of their favorite characters 🙂 samuel chose his pumpkin there and jack held out to pick one out at heb. he sure knows how to shop 🙂 and well he sure does love HEB.
to my two lil pumpkins… thanks to you two, this is a new favorite time of the year…
xxoo
a birthday a d v e n t u r e {30}
happy birthday {belated post i know} to the best husband a girl could ask for! richard, you finally joined me on the bright side of t h i r t y . for your 30th birthday, i wanted to surprise you and i think i was able to do it! creating a weekend of your favorite things made for such a fun weekend! friday night you came home to a new front door…
and a little hobbit to greet you!
our other little hobbit was fast asleep but he woke up just in time to celebrate.
“this was a hobbit-hole and that means good food, a warm hearth, and all the comforts of h o m e.” -bilbo baggins
oops.. your candles might have almost set our hobbit hole on fire… luckily we made it through. {cough..cough} the next morning was a whole other kind of adventure…
saturday morning, we set out to spend a full day at the children’s museum… along with the rest of the city. 😉 two things daddy loves, his boys and science. this mama was just a little excited to meet super why! someone had to be …
our smart shoppers had no problem clearing the whole cookie aisle. thanks samuel…
it was a great day together! we ended it with dinner at the hobbit cafe. It was a neat little place, however, i think they could have borrowed some of our party decor… just sayin 😉
happiest of birthdays to my love.
xxoo
bonjour
it has been a while. what a crazy week we had. the week before father’s day weekend daddy left for training in france. jack, you couldn’t believe it. the night we found out, daddy broke the news to you that he was going to be gone for a week in france. you asked where it was and then quietly said …”i didn’t know you worked with pope francis…” so the whole week we missed daddy, you would ask.. when daddy was coming home from being at pope francis. 🙂
oh boy was it a long week. we had no problem staying busy. it was also the week that we had doctors appointments and i had training at the end of the week as well! we improvised alot! thank goodness for family! thank you to nana and papaw for staying a night and day. thank you also to gramps for keeping the boys through the unexpected crazy weekend.
samuel, we saw your eye doctor at the beginning of the week. she was as thrilled as we were! you aren’t quite where she wants you but she decided she needs to give you a little more time! she couldn’t say enough how great of an improvement you have made in just these 3 short months. she also let us know you are “calendar perfect” for their eye associate calendar. 🙂 we will see her in september for another follow up. st. lucy pray for us!
jack, you have been a hoot these last few weeks. we had a lot of time to chit chat, just me and you. i realized i need to start writing down all the funny things you are saying. just like daddy working for pope francis, this week you found a little figurine of the statue of liberty, a past student of mine had given me. you asked if you could have it, i said sure! it has now moved to samuel’s dresser. you let me know ” i asked her to pray that sam be a good listener the next day.” oh my.
i don’t know if those prayers are working because well, brother samuel has a mind and temper of his own lately…
he finally mastered the “joey’s” a little bit this weekend with gramps. he may need longer legs and a few more lessons though…
so happy daddy is home now and we are spoiling him all week! he was greatly missed!
xxoo
all done!!
another exciting milestone to document… daddy is finished with his classes! samuel it is all you’ve ever known! he started taking night classes the fall you arrived in our arms. a new job, a new baby and school!? why not? i always told daddy if he was going to do it, do it while you boys are babies. richard you amaze me at all you can handle! though some days were long you pushed through and made some very impressive grades 🙂 we are so excited for this summer to have more time with you. we couldn’t be more proud of all you have accomplished and provided for us!
so so proud of you! we love you!
xxoo