Weekly Happenings...

A few pics from our week...

Riding horses at Granny and Pawpaw's

She'd rather ride in rain boots than cowboy boots! ha!

Lake time with friends

Best Friends :)

Cutie Patootie :)

More Cuteness!

Mostly we enjoyed beautiful days and nights...here's to this week and our shenanigans!



Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day To All The Mama's!

Growing Up...

I just finished registering my baby boy for kindergarten...

When did he start growing up on me? 

Everything

My Everything...

Laney Lou

Just a quick pic of Laney showing off her new shades...seriously can she be any cuter?!?!

Somedays...

I love the days that they don't fight, and actually enjoy each other. The other 364 days of the year, well we won't talk about those!

Hard To Believe

Yesterday this little man turned 5!

I can't believe it!!  I swear it was just yesterday that I was going to the hospital.  It's crazy how fast the time has gone.  Right now he's sitting by me in his duck jammies playing cars, and in the blink of an eye he will be sitting here on HIS laptop.  Breaks a mama's heart :(  I tell him all the time he will always be my baby boy.  He's says he's a "big boy, NOT a baby".  In my eyes he will always be that fluffy haired baby!  As I wipe my tears just one more HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAX....you're the best son a mama could ask for!

 

Mother's Guilt

Why is it as a mother I allow myself to feel guilty?  I feel guilty if I leave my children somewhere, so I can have a night out.  I feel guilty if I leave my children with their OWN father, so I can run some errands.  I always rush at whatever it is I've left them to do.  I always say "this time I will relax, take my sweet time and enjoy it."  But it never fails the whole time I'm thinking "got to hurry so I can get the kids, or better hurry supper is in a hour."  I know my kids are in great hands {like I would leave them with a crazy person}, but I still rush around like a fool.  It's not like I don't see my kids through the week.  I'm a stay at home mom {working nights} plus I babysit 4 others.  It was a decision I chose.  I didn't want to send my kids to daycare.  I wanted to spend my days making their lunches and wiping their hiney's.  And don't get me wrong I love every minute of it...most days.  But sometimes I need a BREAK!!  I break up fights ALL day, sweep up crumbs, and someone is constantly hungry.  Some days I think "oh just 1 hour of peace would be awesome."  But then when I am offered that "peace" I rush through it.  I need to learn to not beat myself up.  I'm a good mom, and my kids love me, so I deserve some 'me' time.  My mom offers all the time to take them for the day, so I can go do something, or just stay home ALONE, but I always turn her down.  I figure if I'm home doing stuff then there is no reason my kids can't be with me.  Why do we do this as mothers?  Everyone deserves a break once in a while.  I should take one more often.  I know it would make me a far less crabby and stressed out mama!  I'm going to start trying, I mean REALLY trying to get some of this 'me' time I hear so much about.  Today I'm going to the grocery....alone.  I WILL take my time, maybe even go down every aisle.  Wild, I know!  Yeah it's not exactly pampering, but at least I don't have 2 kids fighting over who gets to hold the list.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!!!

Happy Birthday Laney

HaPpY 3rd BiRtHdAy

Mellencamp...

Last night I got my early birthday present.  Denny and I went to see John Mellencamp at Clowes Memorial Hall at Butler University.  It was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.!!  It was my first time seeing him, and in my opinion, it was the only way to see him.  It was a small auditorium where I feel like he is at his finest.  I can picture him at his very first shows like that.  Just him and his band singing his legendary songs.  I'm so glad I got to see him in concert before he decides to quit touring, if he ever decides that!  Here are a few pictures of the night, along with a couple of my favorite songs. 

Denny and me before leaving...

the man himself...

 us at the concert...

Save Some Time To Dream...

Longest Days...

and of course the BEST SONG EVER!!!!

This is how our weekend was spent....

Hanging with family from the "South".  Denny's sister, Deana, was here from South Carolina.  It was tons of fun seeing her and the kids.  It was also a little freaky!  Her kids and mine are spitting images of each other.  Especially the girls, Carlee and Laney.  Even they confuse themselves when looking at pictures! HA!  The boys look alike too, but as Cameron gets older I notice more of the differences.  Maybe one day the same will happen to Carlee and Laney, but for now they are twins that were born three years apart!

Unfortunately, they headed back home this morning...and we already MISS THEM LIKE CRAZY!!  Hopefully we will venture down there sometime soon :)

So Long Justin

Jax has been growing his hair out for a few months now.  He wants it to be like Justin Bieber's.  Just for those of you who live under a rock and have no clue who he is, here's a picture.

He's this teeny bop singer, who Usher found on youtube, and he is now filthy rich!  So anyway Jax's hair was pretty much like his.  Yes it was some work to fix.  There was straightening involved, but it was worth it because it was so stinkin' cute!  Here he is this weekend out on the lake.  (obviously its not fixed, but you get the point)

Cute, right?!?!  Well Denny has been trying to get him to cut it forever!  He says it looks like he has a helment head.  Jax kept refusing, saying "I want it like Justin Bieber's."  Even Laney had started calling him Jaxson Bieber! HA!  Denny finally convinced Jax to cut it by lying telling him Justin got his cut off.  Last night while I was at work, my Justin Bieber was taken away!

Yes, he is still adorable, BUT he looked SO CUTE with longer hair.  He also looked younger, now he looks like a little man.  That's hard on a mama :(  I'm still a little mad a Denny for buzzing it, but oh well.  I mean it's only hair, so it will grow back.  However when Jax sees Justin Bieber on TV Denny is going to have some serious explaining to do!

Land of Make Believe

$10.00....that's what Santa, a.k.a me, paid for this doll house. She has spent countless hours sitting in her floor playing with it. It's amazing to me that we can spend hundreds of dollars on the fanciest of toys, and the $10 one is the one that entertains them the longest.

She Shops on Rodeo Drive

I posted here about Jax dressing himself, well Laney has interesting choices also.

Doesn't she kind of remind you of Julia Roberts in Pretty Women...before she goes to Rodeo Drive?!?  I mean the tall black boots and everything! HA!  And just so you know, later in the day she had an "accident" in her pants and changed to a striped skirt.  It looked even sweeter!

My Cowboy

When we are just hanging around the house I let the kids dress themselves.  Somedays they actually pick something that matches.  Others they come out of their room looking like this............

How cute is that?  It makes me laugh again just seeing it!  Later in the day we were going to a friends house for a minute, and he asks if he can wear his boots.  I told him that was fine.  So he gets them on then says "wait, my hat!"  Ha!  Denny said "why don't you wear your Kimball's hat?"  Like that is any better!! Oh well he looked cute, and that's all that matters!  I will love him no matter what he wears, even if it's boots that are a size to big!

Family Pictures

So I just saw the photographers blog that did our pictures, and, well.....they are SO good. They are so good that it made me cry. It made me realize how fast my kids are growing up before my eyes, how they won't be my babies much longer. I'm glad Erica captured these moments for us. You can check out the photos here.