Fall Pictures

I had to share my sweet little men's fall pictures....

 

They said Brooks would not smile until he got to hold two apples, so...two apples he got!! 

 

Cade did have a swollen eye here because he got poked in the eye and then it got infected so, puffy eye it was!! Stuff like that usually happens right before picture day....he still looked precious though!!

 

 

Until next year......

Zachary Christmas Parade

Last weekend we had fun at the annual Zachary Christmas parade!!

 

 

Brooks watched from Daddy's shoulders and Cade and Mommy stayed from and center attempting to catch some candy!!

 

Brooks enjoyed Cade's catch of a sucker after the parade was over!

 

And here is Cade gathering his "loot" from the parade...my favorite part was when the Georgia Pacific float came by and shot out paper towels out of their cannons!! We scored two rolls...however we missed the Krispy Kreme float that threw donuts....maybe next year!!

 There were 90ish floats total and some really great themes!! It is always a fun time in our awesome little town of Zachary and it's hopefully something we can enjoy for many years to come!!

 

Until next year.....

Mommy Date Days

Over the last few weeks mommy has had some little buddies tag along on my days off for one reason or another!! I thought I would share a few pictures from our "date days"....

 

This day Brooks had pink eye so he got to stay home with mommy and we took a lunch date to McDonalds and then he was my big helper at the grocery store....

 

Thank goodness for those muscles :) 

Cade was sick this day too with a low fever so he got to go help me finish my Christmas shopping at the mall and we slipped in a carousel ride!!

 

I have decided that this will become a more frequent occurance, I enjoy my days spent with my little men together but it's something about the one on one time that just makes it feel so much more special!! I can't wait to have my "date day" with Dani soon!!!

 

Until next time.....

Ear Tubes-Round 2

Cade had his first set of ear tubes last year on my birthday and a couple of months ago they fell out. Since then he has had two really bad ear infections so we decided that set #2 was inevitable.

 

So last Friday we set the appointment....and were told to arrive bright and early at 5 AM.

 

This is Cade checking out potential boats with Daddy before his surgery, he said we needed the 24 ft boat!!

 

 

And here he is with "his penny"...more on that to come later. He also has become extremely attached to "his hat" too. Great Gramme knits these hats for us and we LOVE them, especially during the winter time. It has become quite the staple item to have on Cade's head on any cold days!

And here is our sweet nurse checking his vital signs before his surgery...he was such a big boy!! Mainly because he had no clue what was about to happen. 

 

And here he is with his stickers for being such a big boy, he was so sweet and gave me the Minnie Mouse one!!

 

He's all set to go back....crazy hair and all!!

 

He screamed when they took him out of my arms and back to the operating room, that moment is always tough!!  

 

Cade did great!! He had lots of fluid in his ears that they had to suction out. When he woke up he was pretty mad about feeling a little crazy from the anesthesia. But he recovered quickly!! Those few minutes of him being uncomfortable are definitely worth it in the end when the ear infections are no longer!!!!

 

Hopefully there is not a next time for this post :) 

HAPPY BLOG-A-VERSARY

HAPPY 1 YEAR BLOG-A-VERSARY!

 

So I missed my official 1 year blogging anniversary on December 1st...BUT better late than never!!

 

I have really enjoyed keeping up my blog over the last year and updating it with special moments and events. I hope that in years to come we can look back and reminisce over these memories, funny stories and special moments and appreciate the documentation of our lives as a family...oh how blessed I am to have such a beautiful, healthy, supportive, loving family!!!

 

Here's to many more blog-a-versaries!!!

First Annual Christmas Party

On December 1st we had our "First Annual" family Christmas party with all of our good friends from college and high school. We usually all try to get together but this year we decided to make dinner and draw names for all of the kids and just have a fun night to get together. Luckily everyone was able to come (except we missed Anna Claire b/c she was sick).

 

On the menu we had lasagna, salad, bread, and some yummy cupcakes, cookies and strawberry Santas for dessert.

 

We even got a group picture and everyone was participating, looking and not crying...which with this many people, was a miracle!! Thank goodness for camera timers.

 

 

All the girls...I have such beautiful friends!! Love them all...

 

All the guys...

 

All of the kids played SO well together!! We didn't have many fights at all and it was so much fun just sitting back and thinking about how all of our lives have changed since we all first met....we are all so truly blessed to have each other and all of our healthy, adorable kids!!!

 

 

 

 Gage, Noah and Grady gave us a little puppet show behind Dani's puppet stage....

 

At one point all of the kids were in the living room playing while the dads were watching football and the moms were finishing up dinner and talking....and it was amazing they were all just happily playing together!!

 

Spider man buddies!! Gage had a little accident so he had to put on his extra clothes...which influenced Cade to change from superman to spider man...those boys are just too cute!!

 Then they got to open their presents....Now that was CRAZY!!!! of course they all wanted to help each other and then they all wanted what the other one had.....but it was so much fun watching them tear into everything...

 

Cade got a dump truck from Noah & Anna Claire, Brooks got a sleeping back and some fun little toy camping tools from Grady & Andi and Dani got a cute monogrammed blanket and a feather hair kit from Anna Clair & Noah!

Group picture

 

All the boys wanted to sit on the 4-wheeler....I wonder what this will look like 5 years down the road...by then they will probably all be sitting on their own 4-wheelers and let's face it, no pictures will be posed for!! 

We had so much fun getting together. However we decided next year we will have the present exchange and then hire some babysitters for the kids and the parents will go out to eat so we can actually have adult conversation!! It was a great kick off to our annual Christmas celebrations that hopefully will continue for many years to come!!

 

Until next year....

Toby Mac Concert

Last weekend Dani and I had a girls night and went to the Toby Mac Concert with her Sunday School Class from church. We had SO MUCH FUN!!!! It was by far the best concert I have ever been to and it was Dani's FIRST concert every so we had a blast!!!!!

 

 

I was one of the lucky chaperones chosen to ride the church bus!! We got stuck in traffic for 1 hour because there were three different big events going on downtown. We got to see an awesome fireworks show and they all entertained themselves by making silly faces and playing games. We finally got close enough to the River Center that we decided to all get out and walk the rest of the way because we were already 30 minutes late for the concert. So we gathers all 25 of the kids and off we went....

 

We finally got inside just in time to hear the end of the third act..Britt Nicole, which I LOVE her!!!

 

During intermission we headed out to get some autographs!!!

And then Toby Mac came on stage and just tore up the show!!! He was awesome and we were both dancing, singing, and jumping. It was a BLAST!!! I cherish moments like this with Dani and hopefully this is our first of many concerts together!! 

BEST-GIRLS-NIGHT-EVER!!

 

Until Next Time....