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a little weekend get away…

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since we are so out west now and not much is close by…  we took an adventure as a family, a little get away.   a five hour get away but it was so much fun!

from a fancy restaurant for three little kids the first night to little and big hikes around town.  the kids loved their first taste of “camping” as they called it.   it was so not camping but if thats what  the kids want to call it,  we go with it 🙂  we hope to make it back out there again sometime!   you kids are up for any kind of adventure these days!

xxoo

lavender festival {2016}

{photography}, field trip, sister, sisters, summer

i made known this was the lavender festival of 2016 as oppose to….. well you know maybe next year 😉

it was a first for us.  we made it a girls day and it was so much fun!   thank you erika for remembering your camera so we could have some fun with pictures.

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see you next year girls 🙂

xxoo

 

til gabriel blows his horn…

dada, field trip, kids, sister, weekend in pictures

  sometimes love can make you do crazy things…

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about a month ago daddy called me up and asked if he could take jack to a ut basketball game.   its jack’s new hobby,  all. things. basketball.    seeing as how we have a crazy semester going on, i asked if  we { me, samuel and ak}  were invited too.   i told daddy it could be a fun family trip, despite who was playing basketball :p  ….   it really was a great day.   the kids were awesome and we all had a great time!    anna kate,  you were a trooper.

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and  jack, you were in heaven.  samuel  you were probably the best little brother to hang out all day, in a burnt orange shirt, just for jack.

until next time austin…

xxoo

“you ain’t met my texas yet”

field trip, firsts, kids, weekend in pictures

almost a year later and we finally made a night out as a family to one of mamas favorite places.

to top it off the boys received compliments from the people next to us at the restaurant, that can always give mama and daddy a boost!

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a little date night with our own tiny photographers 🙂

xxoo

a day out with thomas { 3 }

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third year and third kids a charm 🙂

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samuel asked the balloon maker for a train.   next best option was a motorcycle …

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we made it on the train!  jack was a pro at answering all the “thomas the train” facts.   jack, you had mama and daddy laughing so hard because you knew all the answers and were very proud to shout them out.  it has been so long since we have watched thomas.  you did an awesome job!

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another great day out with thomas in the books.   we will see if anna kate loves it next year.  i saw quite a few little girls who loved thomas just as much 😉

xxoo

let’s go back…

celebrations, cousins, field trip, friends, kids, well checks

oh you know, a whole month!   i could break it down post by post… but i don’t know if i have the patience.   it was hard enough to be away this long.   so i came up with the top 10 events that can happen in just a month.  it may be picture over load but that’s what i love most anyways 🙂

10.   before halloween weekend we met our sweet friends out at blessington farms!  i want to go back already.  we could have spent all day on those slides!

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9.  jack attended his last cgs class.  oh such great formation he received.  we are sure missing these great people!

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8.  we went trick or treating one last time in our neighborhood.  we sure missed daddy this time. we even had our pumpkin pizza.  mama found out it is very hard to trick or treat and hand out candy at the house at the same time.  our little referee was blowing the whistle and taking all the candy he could get.

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7.  sweet samuel turned the official  t w o ..  we celebrated with getting a birthday blessing at gramps and granny’s church and then meeting nana and papaw at the park.  he was so excited they brought maudie along to play 🙂  we headed to san antonio to spend the weekend celebrating with daddy!  so proud of our big boy!

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6.  we had our 4  year and 2 year old check up and a sad goodbye to the only doctor the boys ever knew…  he was a great one 🙂

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5.  we said goodbye to the best first house we ever had.   such wonderful memories!  we moved in as a family of 2 and moved out as a family of 4 🙂  it couldn’t have been more perfect!

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4.  we lived in bc during our transition time  thanks to gramps and granny and dana and mike for putting up with us so long.   it just made pulling the band-aid off that much harder..

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i also was blessed to spend a weekend retreat with the best friends a girl could ask for… it was not so silent but we had a number of excuses  🙂

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3.  on november 17 we closed our our new home!  we feel very blessed for this smooth transition and beautiful house we can now call home!

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2.  luckily once we moved, it was only a week before we went back to bc to celebrate the baptism of sweet emily grace!

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1.   we celebrated a wonderful thanksgiving with the new sweet addition to the family!

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*bonus news*

  our new house is looking a little cozier with christmas decorations instead of boxes galore 🙂  i don’t have many pictures of it because around this crazy month my camera lens has taken a turn for the worse. however,  i have a wonderful sister who let me borrow hers after thanksgiving… so a new post will follow soon!

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until next time… promise it won’t be as long as last 🙂

xxoo

pumpkin picking

dada, field trip, kids

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.

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to my two lil pumpkins…  thanks to you two, this is a new favorite time of the year…

xxoo

“hi how are you?”

field trip, friends

these little ones had the museum all to themselves today…

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the vet clinic was a hit!   we couldn’t get enough of them loving on these little animals. they couldn’t get enough of shoving the little animals into their kennels.  who knew closing kennel doors could be so fun! 🙂

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jack, you made me so happy today.   you were such a good example for the little ones.  we had so much fun finding new things there today.   on the way home i asked you what your favorite part of the museum was.  you said “going on the elevators.”  i said “are you serious?! out of all we did at the museum?”  you sweetly said “well we did do that at the museum!”   🙂

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a little dance off to end a fun morning morning with friends.

xxoo

 

enjoy the little things …

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like family

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friends

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and ice cream!

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it really is the best!

our attempt at blue bonnet pictures afterwards gave us many laughs.  i am determined to go back but for now i had to share these.   this is during their normal nap hour,  so i would say we did pretty well boys!  oh and girls…

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{ we made sure jack and sienna got another photo session as well }

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oh my too much for this mama!

xxoo