Wordless Wednesday ~ Christmas Card

Weekend Festivities

This weekend went by in a flash!

Our original plan was to stay home and work on the kids attitudes (they have been having a few issues lately) but miraculously they made a quick adjustment, which meant we got to go have some fun:)

I was SO glad they did because this was the first year we were able to go to our small town's Christmas celebration!

There were carriage rides, crafts, lunch, cupcakes and all the kids got 3 gifts each!!

It was amazing to see what the community club puts on for the town kids... I have said it before and I will say it again, I LOVE my small town!!  The people are amazing and I am happy to belong here:)

They also had over a dozen bikes that they raffled off.  Each kid was given a ticket and they could put it in for which ever bike they wanted.  We didn't expect to win anything, but we stuck around until the announcements and Baby C won!!!!  He was SO excited:)  Lucky Boy.

After that was over we headed to a local tree farm with some friends to get Christmas trees.

I was pretty spent from the day, so I let Daddy and the kids pick a tree while I took pictures and nursed the baby.  They did a really good job!

 

We spent the rest of the evening having dinner with our friends, so we didn't have time to set up or decorate the tree.  We got the tree up Sunday morning but had lots of chores to get done, so the kids waited until the sun was down to decorate!

They sat patiently while Daddy and I put the lights on and then got busy putting on the ornaments.  Luckily there was only one ornament that they broke and it wasn't a special one:)

 

Bubba Love Update...

Bubba Love has been BUSY!

She has been in all day kindergarten, 4H, horse riding lessons and gymnastics:)

She is doing AMAZING in school!

I didn't have doubts, but she has really blown me away...

After being in school for only a month she was given a Falcon Feather Award for kindness at her school!!

A Falcon Feather Award is an award given out monthly to a few students in each grade for showing positive character traits... apparently it is a very big deal!

So we received a letter in her folder informing us that she would be having lunch and a treat with the principle and then there was an assembly to follow where she would be presented with her award.

Her teacher told me that she has never met a kinder or more caring girl then Bubba Love:)

I am BEYOND proud of this little girl!!

 

I have been fortunate enough to have my mom close and retired, which means when any of the kids have a school function I can attend!  

In October Bubba Love had a trip to the local barn for a festival and a Halloween party that I co-organized.  She had lots of fun:)

 

And then in November I co-organized her Thanksgiving feast at school also.

It turned out cute and the kids had a blast:)

 

There is lots more coming for Bubba Love, I hope she can keep up:)

Our Last Month

I am a bit behind in blogging (I wonder why!)

So I thought I would catch up with one BIG post about our activities this last month!

4th Of July!

This was our first outing with all 4 kids:)  Squeak was 9 days old and oh so tiny!

My Facebook post that day was:

Things I have learned this morning: It takes forever to get 4 kids ready to leave, I need a bigger vehicle, Lake boys are accidents waiting to happen, and I love the craziness of having a big family;)

And looking back, it is still all true!

We went with friends to a small town parade, where the kids were showered with candy and attention

We BBQed at friends and then headed home for fireworks with Yammie & Baba

Day at the lake

My parents went camping at a lake about 30 min from our house, so the kids and I packed up and visited them for the day (Daddy came after work).  The kids LOVED so much that they convinced Yammie to take them camping this last weekend!

Corn Festival

We went to a local corn festival... there wasn't too much for the kids to do, except this giant slide!

Playing @ Home

We have been spending 90% of our time at home the last few weeks. 

Last week we got bored and I got the paint out for the kids!

Also, we have been doing lots of snuggling.



Mother's Day (Weekend)

I started the weekend out with nothing planned, which turned out great because everything seemed to just fall into place without much thought:

Thrift store shopping

Craft store shopping

Amazing gifts

Shower alone

Breakfast by Daddy w/ our moms

Pedicures & coffee with my Sissy

More awesome gifts from Daddy

Afternoon of sewing and bow making

Movie night

It really has been an awesome weekend, I will elaborate more later!

But for now...

The mothers celebrated this weekend:)

My mom, me & my mother-in-law.

Love you ladies!!



Easter

Hope you all had a great Easter!

This Easter was so much fun.  Bubba Love is to the age where she really understands what Easter is all about!  It was great to hear all her questions about Jesus, our sins, and heaven! 

This is Easter morning, we made resurrection rolls...

My little girl has such an imagination, but when it came to this she just couldn't wrap her head around the symbolism.

She told me "Mommy, the marshmallows just melted... Jesus went to heaven.  I don't get it"

Maybe next year:)

Easter Baskets!

Opening them before our guests arrived.  We don't do the Easter Bunny thing, so Daddy Bunny brought these!  Which really means Mama Bunny did all the shopping and prepping, and Daddy Bunny got to deliver and get the thanks.

We had lots of family and friends over for dinner and an egg hunt. 

Baby C knew just what to do!

Everyone had lots of fun hunting and opening their treasures.

Spoiled baby even got some chocolate.

Peep cupcakes that one of Daddy's cousins made.

After a long day with no nap.  Baby C came in and crashed on the couch at 6!

Amazing, since this kid will only fall asleep in my arms or in his crib... tired boy:)