like family
friends
and ice cream!
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…
{ we made sure jack and sienna got another photo session as well }
oh my too much for this mama!
xxoo
alleluia what a beautiful weekend!
i don’t know if it was a good idea to get that new memory card for the camera… another picture overload post. but these boys just look so darn cute hanging on to their baskets 🙂 we headed out to bc on saturday evening and got so busy playing we almost forgot to dye easter eggs! it was okay though because jack, after two eggs you were done and samuel it was bed time for you as you tried to color everything in site.
rise and shine! sunday morning you boys woke up only twenty minutes before go time ( getting in the car to get to mass on time!). you checked out your baskets, ate breakfast and put on your sunday best.
this was the beginning of taylor’s spring break. we were so happy to have her here for easter! it’s been almost four years since she has spent an easter with us!
{jack i just realized you look like you are about to take off in this picture. silly boy}
we missed our neighborhood egg hunt so this was the only one jack was able to do this year. he absolutely loved it! especially because it was just him and joshua and all the eggs they wanted. samuel once you found one you wanted to open it! i have never seen you eat so much candy before. sweet tart jelly beans must be the way to your heart.
we spent almost all day outside. jack i don’t know how you kept going all day. samuel you crashed before we left the neighborhood. we just love days like this, so thankful for the family we have near by! we sure miss those that can’t always be there with us!
happy easter 2014!
xxoo
the surprises just keep coming!
saturday afternoon we picked up taylor from the airport! we haven’t seen her since last summer in gulf shores! boy is she missed, as is the rest of her family! we are so lucky she decided to spend her senior spring break in the great state of TEXAS. we asked michaela to meet us on our way out of town for the easter weekend. i told her i had some things i wanted to give her mom but it was top secret. needless to say, there was lots of squealing and hugging 🙂 they went on their way to surprise the rest of family and friends. we have lots of things on our to do list with her this week.
we are all so excited!
xxoo
i was a little bit picture posting crazy on this last good friday. we carried on the tradition of praying for the unborn with our babies. we were so blessed to be able to go to confession that day too. i wish we could have taken pictures from the beginning of this tradition. these babies have grown up so beautiful and handsome 🙂
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these babies are such a gift. that afternoon i think i enjoyed them more than ever. it was a beautiful day and we just enjoyed every bit of each other outside!
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xxoo
so brace yourself for a post with picture overload. we laughed, we cried, we pulled off a great surprise weekend!
it was a weekend full of surprises! dinner on thursday, a birthday party on friday and a girls night out on saturday! we only wished our other sisters could have joined in on the fun! thank you holly for making the long haul! you really made the weekend special for our seester!
dana your girls were such a huge help and i’m sure everyone is relieved to not keep these secrets from you anymore. thank you to michaela for taking over baseball practice so your dad could be there for dinner and to erika and bailey for watching our little ones. dinner was all about the birthday girl and not the kids running around the table 😉
these two were were inseparable and oh so adorable!
we were able to squeeze in a t-ball game saturday afternoon. talk about cuteness overload, as jack would say ” joshua ran super fast!”
saturday evening us girls went to palm sunday mass together. it was so special as always and such a treat to not be distracted by little ones… thank you gramps!! thank you also to granny, gramps and bailey for watching the little ones while we went out for the evening to dinner and find our hidden talents at painting with a twist 😉
so many memories made this weekend! what would we do without our dana?! she is such a blessing to the entire family!
cheers to 4o years beautiful sister!!
xxoo
not that thirty is old or anything 😉
this month has been a big birthday month! my best friend since i was only a year old turned thirty on april 3!
her sister gave her tickets to the astros vs. yankees game. they played the day of her birthday and we just happened to obsess over a certain player since we were both in our early teen years. obsess may be an understatement. this is his last year to play and it was my first time to see him play! what a fun night it was!
so many laughs that night, we felt like teenagers all over again 🙂
happy birthday stinks! yay for being the same age for just a month :/
xxoo
what a fun weekend you boys had! first weekend of really gorgeous spring weather and two great birthday parties!
saturday we celebrated cousin bailey’s 1 4 th birthday! i don’t know how that baby girl has grown up so fast! we sure do love her! she has always been such a big help to us and hands down, always has been the best go to for sweets galore 🙂 jack you weren’t ready to try out the skates just yet but you and samuel sure loved watching joshua and daddy go super fast. great music and a colorful room, samuel you were in awe!
sunday afternoon, we were invited to a zoo birthday party for our friends charlie and henry! what a great day for a birthday party! the weather couldn’t have been more perfect! both of you boys were so excited you didn’t even take a nap!
a zoo party isn’t complete without temporary tattoos of your favorite zoo animal 🙂 those were such a hit!
happy birthday to all these spring babies 🙂
xxoo
gramps came by the house today 🙂
today he checked out of his old office building for the last time. his company has been awaiting their move for a while. granny is so excited because it’s closer to home. i’m sure he is so relieved he doesn’t have to make the commute he has made for so long. i’m a little sad because i always took comfort in knowing he was around the corner if we needed him! we didn’t get to see him all the time but the visits and stops to check in on us sure were comforting! he says we can still come visit him at his new office 😉 see you next week maybe?
ohh i just love him so much!
this afternoon, i thought we had samuel’s well check, we did and we made it on time. to my surprise i forgot i had scheduled jack’s 3 year check up too!
jack, you did super! you only had one shot and you cried a little. it was so sad you were so trusting on what was happening and then you looked at your nurse like “i can’t believe you did that!” oh sweet boy, you try to be so tough. you currently weight 37 pounds. your doctor, considered you a little hefty 😉 and he thinks you may have a growth spurt soon. your vision is great and you loved showing your muscles!
mr. samuel you were a little nervous today but i could tell you felt better when you saw brother was getting checked out too. you added a new word to your list today… “abble” = apple. you also are having us laugh so much when you yell “ewooo!” = hello. you came in at only 24 pounds. you ended up getting 2 shots and a blood test. 🙁 you were not happy. you grabbed the bag and you were ready to go. you felt alot better when you saw an umizoomi sticker in the sticker basket. we are still in your first week of glasses and you l o v e them. we love watching you discover everything with them! you now love books which makes us even happier! it’s been a great week!
xxoo
ps. today is taylor (18!!) and bailey’s (14!)birthday!! wow time flies so fast. so thankful for you two. a very happy birthday to you!
here’s to another beautiful year ahead for the both of you!
no, no, not the crazy morning hair. that has always been there…
yesterday, we were in for something that would change your world mr. samuel. or well the world as you use to see it. yesterday was the day samuel got his new spring look…
yes a big yay for your new glasses! a few weeks ago we went to your long awaited eye appointment. your doctor was amazing to say the least! they dilated your eyes and somehow with all the screaming, she was able to tell that you were extremely far sighted for your age. you had been struggling to focus so much that one of your eyes would tend to drift. she referred to this as strasbismus. she advised us that glasses were the answer for now and she will check back with us in the summer. we had a few weeks to anticipate what your new adventures would be like. i have had activities planned to keep your little mind off of wanting to pull them off and all! to my surprise and just pure excitement you l o v e your new glasses. i was able to catch your first sites on video which are priceless and will forever be etched in my memory. i have said it to so many people but seeing you react so positive to this has been one of the top five moments of my life right now. we take them off for bath time and bed time. today is only the first full day with them and you got so upset and cried when we took them off. tonight, (with your glasses on) you let me read you your first full bedtime story “the little blue truck.” you actually let me read it! you loved looking at the pages! we can’t thank our family enough for the prayers and of course st. lucy and bishop fulton j. sheen. you have so many adventures ahead little man! it has been so exciting to watch you discover your toys all over again!
you look pretty darn cute in them too!
we love you sweet boy!
xxoo
we did it! granny and i had been preparing for this busy weekend for a while. with the help of daddy we did it! jack you were in heaven for f o u r whole days. you had joshua, the outdoors and the wii all to yourself. we created great memories this weekend amongst the hustle and bustle of it all.
jack, you and joshua were so much fun to watch. you did pretty well taking turns with things. you try so hard to be just as big as him. you also let sam know he is to little for a lot of things.
samuel, i think you found your hero this weekend. i had been wondering when you would take notice of the cooler older cousin. you would run up and just stare at joey. it was so funny to watch you with him. you were really watching everything thing he did!
you also couldn’t wait to get your hands on the four wheeler also known as the “joe.” if no one was on it, you ran as fast as you could over to crawl up on it.
i know, i know, samuel i just can’t keep the camera off of you! you are my guinea pig since your big brother is always running off to play. i’m soaking up all this time of your sweet baby face!
flair affair was a hit! we were so thrilled with how it turned out. there were so many other beautiful and creative tables i had to get pictures of! erika had an amazing performance as well! so much fun to end our crazy weekend!
thank you so much for letting us be a part of your night erika! we are so proud of you! also, thank you to granny for letting the kids have such a fun weekend!!
xxoo