Time Out

We decided to drop everything and take a little time away from stress to have fun! 

So we headed off to Trafalga with some friends to have a crazy, good time :) 

The Frog Hopper was definitely a hit. 

I was surprised Minnie gave it a try! 

She cringed and laughed at the same time :)  

Brave girl!

Princess out-climbed the boys on the rock wall!

They pretended not to notice. HaHa! 

She's our monkey.

These two buddies played a mean game of bowling...

 

After a round of golf, we were all feeling much happier! 

Like my dad says, "There's always time for an ice cream cone!"

...or, in our case, a little fun  :)

The Things They Do

Princess hung a hammock from her bunk bed using her sheets! 

It's her favorite thing to do when she's suppose to be falling asleep...

Sport giving me his famous string cheese smile!

 

Minnie learned how to wink!

Princess loves her girl time with her friend C. while watching a movie...

These girls are two peas in a pod!

I find baby T. with his soft fuzzy blanket wrapped around his neck and legs dangling over the side of his crib most nights :)

 

I miss our babies! 

I haven't had much cuddle time with them lately.

Superstar

Our Princess is the Scholar of the Week in her kindergarten class.

She's been so excited to decorate her poster, have mom read her favorite book, show off her favorite toy, share her favorite treat, and be the class superstar!

{She spent days coloring her poster just right!}

Minnie wanted in on the pictures!

They are such giggle boxes together :)

 

Sisterly love! 

What would I do without my girls? 

You two will always be your mom's superstars XOXO

Phone Gems

The children are back in school, and I'm already missing our lazy days! 

It's still snowing, but now I have to actually drive, shop, and carry children around in it.

Not to mention, get everyone out of bed bright and early in a cold, dark house!

But, I'm doing my best to keep a smile on my face.

Children have a way of seeing the happiness in everything. 

They don't mind the snow one bit.  

In fact, they love it!

And school is something they look forward to...aside from the homework.

I need to be more like them!

While going through my phone this morning, I came across several pictures that put a smile on my face :)

The children love to take pictures with my phone, and sometimes they turn out pretty darn cute...and hilarious!

Here are a few of my faves:

Profile shot!  Our handsome boy when he still had all his teeth...

Princess showing us her muscles...

Dress up and hair!

They do it all on their own...

 

Eyeball!

Hawaii style!

She's a ninja!

 

I needed these today...and every day,

Cold & Cozy

There's been a blizzard raging outside for the past couple of days now! 

Well, maybe not a blizzard...BUT, there's been wind and lots of snow.

I'm pretty much over the whole snow thing.

But, the children are on Christmas break still,  so I haven't had to attempt car pool or errands in it...yet. 

I prefer to stay snuggled up on my heater, watching movies with my babies.

It's been nice!  If only it wasn't coming to an end soon.

{The girls decided they needed to venture out into the snow.  It lasted about ten minutes, but they had fun in the powder!}

Sport takes after his mom in so many ways.

We prefer to stay out of the cold and watch movies while eating left over Christmas :)

Baby Timmy is such a snuggler.

He likes to take a time out from playing just to snuggle up to me and bounce his leg.

It only lasts about two minutes, but I eat it up!

Sledding after dark is SUCH a favorite.

The children beg dad the moment he gets home from work for a ride!

They have a pretty awesome daddy, let me tell you.

He'll pull them around in a snow storm...just because.

And I say a prayer every time that he won't end up in a ditch on that little "meep meep" of his-as we like to call the scooter!

Even the neighborhood kids come running out to join in the fun! 

 

A little hot chocolate afterwords just tops off their night.

It's going to hurt going back to school schedules in a few day!

Christmas With The Fam

To sit back, relax, eat good food and visit with family while the children play with their cousins, is definitely on the top of my favorites list!

Especially on Christmas day :)

{Sport and Princess found dad's hat and glasses...}

Two of the most amazing kids I know watching the crazy cousins run around...

{K. you're hilarious!}

Sport chillaxing with his cuz...

Just taking pictures and opening gifts...

C. showing me his angry face!

And beautiful E. looking like a princess in her new jewelry...

 K. helping her mom pull off the wrapping...

A present from Grandpa John!  What could it be??

A Lego Hero!!!  Sport was definitely excited!

Minnie waiting patiently to open her gift from Grandma Edie...

And she got her very own Dr. puppy in a purse!!

Princess gave me her sneaky look of excitement... 

And she got a Dr. puppy too!! 

Our Minnie is such a goofball. She's learned to "wink" and wanted to wink for every picture!

Little Timmy got a jeep from Grandpa John and Grandma Edie!  He loooooves it...

Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma for all the goodies!!!

You know how to make Christmas so much fun!

Uncle J. with his two boys...

And Sport talking about his Lego Hero with Grandpa John...

Listening to Grandma Edie tell stories is definitely something Minnie loves.

She thinks Grandma is hilarious!

Today Grandma read a Christmas story :)

These two little drama queens make me laugh.

Their imaginations and stories are just too cute and funny!

They were getting ready to work on their patients with their Dr. puppies...

 

We love our family time!