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February 9, 2014kids

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jack, this weekend you experienced your first scraped knee.  i think you will survive.  you had a hard time understanding that it will hurt even the next day and that the scar is still there.

“it will go away at mine and sams birthday party?” – while motioning that it will just float up in the air

you have really been loving the time we have together while samuel is napping.  we are working on our letters. just one each week.  you have noticed that when we learn a letter we “forget” to do a lot of other words that start with that letter. you do not like to get dirty, i don’t expect that to change at all.   we found a way to have artistic fun without getting messy.. dot paint.  it’s so much fun to see you excited about creations you make.  you discovered how to make a smiley face,  a tall person and a chocolate chip cookie!  you love sending all your work to daddy’s office.  daddy has quite a stack growing.

“daddy they can say who made that and you say jack made it!”

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today you made an “x” with the swing chains and realized if you crawled in you could spin.  oh the simplicities in life!  thank you for teaching me to slow down and enjoy the simple things in life.  to be overly excited about little accomplishments we can make together and things that make us happy in general.  i love you buddy.  you are such a big helper for us these days!

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xxoo

 

the ballpark with boys…

January 26, 2014kids

after all that rain and freezing cold temps, saturday was a gorgeous day.

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  daddy treated us out to the ballpark.  you enjoyed every bit of it jack!  you even started to cry when we left!  they had a great day planned for the kids.  the boys played a few games, won prizes and even got a few autographs… the best part was running the bases.  even daddy had a big smile on his face and said he always wanted to do that!

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what a way to do it but with his boys!  i think it will be something we try to do next year, if the weather is as nice as it was!  simply gorgeous and you boys simply adorable to watch!

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xxoo

these days…

January 24, 2014friends, kids

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are fun!

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and they can be long when daddy is back at school.  i am not a fan of the dog in the house.  but lately she makes me feel a little more relaxed with the boys on those long days.  it’s also cheap entertainment too!

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we’ve been catching up with friends. big and little 🙂

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god has such a sense of humor.  i never thought i would have a blonde hair blue eyed child.  i’m kind of still in disbelief that i do.   these two pictures i got had me giggling at how much they kind of look a like.   oh that hair!

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samuel you are not at the best age for pictures with friends…

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we had a fun visit with miss felicity.  samuel you are so much like your brother in the sense that you are  just not ready for these girls!

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i think you just like being the  c e n t e r  of attention.

oh my! we may be in trouble…

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xxoo

happy birthday

January 19, 2014celebrations

dear gramps!  happy birthday to you!

it was such a great afternoon out in bc yesterday celebrating gramp’s birthday!

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he had lots of cards to open this year 🙂

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here’s to another beautiful year!  we love you!

xxoo

 

play day

January 14, 2014kids

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the weather has been so awesome the last few days.  today was daddy’s first day back at school, which means a long day for us!  we decided to use the new “super fast” way {as jack says} and meet up for a play date.  that really just turned into a play day.

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samuel.  you are so not like your older brother.  you climb  e v e r y t h i n g  and  eat  e v e r y t h i n g.  including dirt.   you think the play ground is yours.  yours to climb and eat.  oh boy you are a mess, a fun mess though.

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if i can find my way back there again, we will go back.  thank you nadia for sharing your park with us!   it was so much fun.  i realized we stayed there for over three hours!

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thank you to evy, joey and bailey…  us mama’s were able to visit and cuddle with the littlest one!

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oh so much cuteness in these rolls!

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until next time…

xxoo

 

new years eve count down…

January 1, 2014celebrations, kids

{of a few highlights of the year..}

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10. jack is potty trained.

9. jack has become a full time talker and quite the questioner.

8. sam learned to roll over.

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7. sam learned to sit up.

6. sam learned to crawl.

5. we took our first family vacation.

4. sam learned to walk.

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3. jack started his first catechism class.

2. we celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary.

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1. we had an amazing year as a family overall…. happy new years!

here’s to  2 0 1 4 …

xxoo

merry christmas {round three}

January 1, 2014celebrations

oh yes we are still celebrating 🙂  christmas evening we headed back to our house to host christmas with nana and papaw and uncle albie!

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 daddy made a whole spread with enchiladas, chili and tamales.  we are still full.

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the boys enjoyed helping each other unwrap the gifts.

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we enjoyed a relaxing evening visiting and watching jack’s newest editions to his movie collection…

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merry christmas to all and to all a goodnight!

xxoo

merry christmas {round two}

January 1, 2014celebrations

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our christmas company was a day late due to icy weather along their way.  we tried to make up the time as best we could.  kindle helped me surprise richard with his christmas gift, a smoker, and the kids were able to help us in the kitchen with christmas cookies!

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isaac had us laughing so hard.  his thoughts on these cookies… “i had a bad idea!”   he did not think they tasted very good.

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christmas eve afternoon we packed up presents and headed out for lunch at gramps and grannys.  we were all able to attend christmas eve mass together which is always so special.

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most of the babies are the boys so we tried getting a shot of all of them…

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we tried.

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the kids waited patiently though …

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this year was the first year we had caroling from the kids.  they had a practice and all!

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the college kids… enjoying their christmas break.

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oh the minions are so loved by these kids 🙂

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 christmas morning was oh so fun!

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these kids must have been really good.

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before we all parted ways the kids were able to sing happy birthday to jesus.  it is so much fun to see jack experience this.  he gets so excited!

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it was a very merry christmas for everyone!

xxoo

a very merry christmas {round one}

December 31, 2013celebrations

the sunday before christmas, we made it to richard’s uncle’s house for a good ol’ back yard bbq…

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this year we have so much to be thankful for, especially a new little cousin to play with!

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lucas was all smiles for the camera.

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 {pardon samuel’s socks, his shoes refuse to stay on his feet these days….that’s what they look like after a good play outside.. yuck!}

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an opportunity to get a group shot!  they almost all looked at the camera!

xxoo

a little get away never hurt anyone…

December 31, 2013celebrations, vacation

well don’t ask sam that.  he had issues with me when we returned.  our trip to fredericksburg for our fifth anniversary was such a treat!  we joked about how  we might have to write notes down to keep the conversation going.  we didn’t realize how much we could talk with out getting interrupted!

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it was great to stop for many different types of bbq along the way.  we got to walk downtown in the afternoon before it got too busy.  daddy let me do a little shopping, mainly window. 🙂  we enjoyed a quiet dinner and christmas lights in town.   before we left the next day we stopped by  to visit colleen and jacob.  such a nice treat!  thank you to gramps and granny for keeping the boys and to my aunt colleen for finding this cute little place.

xxoo

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