Weekend recap.

Snapshot memories from our weekend.

Asher is in his element working on the farm with Grandpa!

Uncle Judah asking Levi and Asher to be ring bearers in his wedding this fall. They are thrilled and are telling everyone that they get to be "ring bears" HAHA! Lily and Ava are super excited to be flower girls too! 

Lily and Ava spent rest time playing princesses and mamas. I love that they play so well together even with their age difference. 

Lily made us pancakes for Saturday morning breakfast!

These two boys are in great need of haircuts. 

His and Hers stay at home date night :)

A little reading while waiting to eat Sunday dinner. 

xoxo,

Resurrection Sunday 2016

We had a wonderful Easter weekend! It was busy because we had a moving sale on Friday and Saturday, but we enjoyed beautiful weather and a great turnout! Saturday night the kids had the best time having a glow-in-the dark egg hunt with some neighbor friends! On Sunday we had church and then a family dinner at my sister's house. 

Our little family.

Our oldest and youngest. 

Lily and Ava chatting with out of town family.

These boys love books!

Papaw and his miniature self. haha

Love these ladies but wish we had thought to get a picture with my sister in law before she left. 

This is exactly what Monday looks like after a busy fun-filled weekend! ha!

xoxo,

Weekend recap.

We had a great weekend! It was a little hectic because Jacob was working a lot, but we made it through with some fun memories! 

On Friday, we had some errands to do in a town about 45 minutes away. I ran out of time to fix us lunch to take with on the road, so I took the kids to Chick Fil A. It was the first time I've taken all 5 out to eat by myself! It was a bit crazy, but we had no meltdowns, so I felt like it was successful! :)

I have a van full of blessings!

Jacob got all the tubs of kids clothes out of the attic for me to sort through to sell some at a local consignment sale and to get rid of some. Side note: we are moving soon to a smaller place and need to declutter and purge what we don't love. I am loving going through stuff! 11 garbage bags left our house yesterday which makes me so happy! Ha! Anyway, Miss Ava was thrilled to find little panties in her size! She spent an hour "folding" them and refolding them. :) She isn't potty trained yet, but I think she will be soon.

Saturday morning reading.

My mom made these dresses for me and my sister to wear at our Aunt Jan's wedding years ago. I found them while going through all the clothes and I love that Lily and Ava are just the right size to wear them! So special!

Jacob had a rehearsal and two concerts on Sunday, but I managed to get everyone dressed and to church on time...which is no small feat! :) None of the kids took a nap on Sunday afternoon like they normally do, which was a bummer because I had hoped to have a little quiet time to plan and read - but that's how it goes sometimes. We weren't even 30 minutes into the Sunday night service before Ava was sound asleep. I loved getting to snuggle with her, but it sure was hard for me not to fall asleep too. 

xoxo,

Our weekend.

Last week was a difficult week - everyone was just off it seemed like. Praise the Lord this week is going better so far!

Friday I got pulled over for the first time in 14 years of driving. It was like the cherry on top of a very rough week, and I was a hot crying mess by the time the officer got to my window. He said I did not signal when I changed lanes (from the middle lane to the right lane) even though I had used my blinker - just not turned it all the way on, I just pushed it up to make it blink a couple of times. The officer was kind when I explained that I had five small children, we'd had a rough morning, and I'd never been pulled over before. He just gave me a warning and told me to take a deep breath. HA! 

Miss Ava has worn my sunglasses the last few times we've eaten at 5 Guys. She gets lots of smiles and laughs :) I didn't notice until we were sitting down to eat, that she had picked out her own shoes! Haha

On Saturday we got to visit with two of Jacob's aunts that we hadn't seen since Christmas. We had a great time catching up and laughing at the kids antics! 

xoxo,

Cold weekend fun.

Last weekend was soooo cold, but we got out and did a lot of activities! Jacob an to a consignment store on Thursday to get the 3 big kids heavy coats because all they had were hoodies. 

Thursday evening the chamber group of the youth orchestra Jacob conducts was playing at our city's downtown open house and Christmas tree lighting ceremony. It was fun just super cold!

On Friday night, we went to a Christmas tree lighting at an outdoor mall in a nearby town. We missed the actual lighting because the traffic was INSANE and we had to park on the top floor of the parking garage. Oh well. The kids didn't know the difference. Jacob's mom went with us, and it was so nice to have her help us keep up with children in the huge crowds. :)

Levi and a giant christmas ball.

Lily standing by a giant reindeer's leg. It was SO cold and windy!

We didn't last long outside, but we went to Barnes and Noble and the kids had the best time! 

Grammie got the kids (and Jacob) rides on the carousel. 

There was a santa the kids could see after they rode the carousel. Lily told him she wants a doll and Levi said he wants an umbrella. HA! 

On Saturday morning, there was a 5K race that Jacob and some other family members ran in. Lily and my nephew, Ridley, ran the 1 mile fun run. They did so well!

Here they are just starting out.

Right before crossing the finish line. :) We were so proud of her!

Fun weekend.

Last week was the busiest week ever for Jacob. He was gone so, so much. :( Several times he didn't see the kids for a couple days at a time because he left in the morning before they got up and got home way past bedtime. It was a hard week for me. Just with having all the home responsibilities on me as well as being the only parent "present" for most of the week was tough. I'm thankful that this week is going to be better! Although Jacob's busy, he won't be gone 15-16 hours each day!

I took the kids to a festival on Saturday morning. They loved the parade! 

Levi was the only one who actually rode the ponies. Lily didn't want to because she's not a fan of "strange men" (LOL) and Asher sat on the pony but got scared when it started moving.

They had fun at the petting zoo!

Levi's all-time favorite was "driving" the fire truck. He was thrilled!

I'm so glad I took the kids. They had the best time, but man, it wore me out! Ha. It was hot and I pulled them in the wagon and then I was so afraid I was going to lose one of them in the crowds at the petting zoo. Thankfully they all stayed together really well. 

Saturday evening a friend of ours got married. Jacob played for the prelude and processional, but then he got to sit with me and Lily (the boys stayed with our sitter) for the ceremony! After the crazy busy week, it was so nice to be able to sit side by side for 20 minutes! :)

Busy.

I felt last week that we were on the go the entire week! While it is fun to do things and see friends, constantly going wears this mama flat out! Today is the first day we've been at home (for the whole day) in 10 days, I think. It's been nice to get back into our routine.

Here are some pictures of a few things we did. I hardly took any pictures the entire week. :(

We made a trip to Target to pick up a few clothing items for the kids because Jacob's brother, Joseph and his wife, were coming for the weekend and kindly agreed to do a photo shoot for us. I found some cute summer things on clearance, that helped us coordinate.

We went out for supper on Saturday night with Jacob's family and then they came over to our house for ice cream. Levi was so happy to have Uncle Joseph "home" for a few days!

Lily had the best time with Aunt Audrey.

Asher preferred to spend the evening scaring Grammie by climbing on the bookshelves. ha!

Of course some reading was a necessary part of the visit. :)

Week and Weekend.

Last week we enjoyed lots of time at home. We started "pre-school" and Lily and Levi love, love, love it! They ask all. the. time. if we can "do school." So funny! We are very laid back and really, just having fun while learning. I'll do a post soon on what exactly we're doing. 

I'm constantly adding to and marking off my big to-do-before-baby list. I'm attempting to just do a little each day to organize/declutter the house. I've finally gotten into a house cleaning groove that I like. Growing up, we always cleaned the house on Saturdays, and for the longest time I was doing all my house cleaning on one day. With three littles running around now though, it's hard for me to do that. So for awhile now I've been doing one chore each day (along with the everyday chores like cleaning the kitchen, doing laundry, cleaning up the living room, etc) and it's been working out so well! Yes, my house is not all clean at the same time, but that's ok. :)

My sweet little Asher-boy. He is growing like a weed!

Levi loves to cut, and he's working on strengthening those little fingers.

Crafting.

I did some rearranging in the living room this week. The bookshelf with the baskets was in Lily's room, but there won't be room for it once we move the crib in, so I moved it to the living room to help with toy organization. I also bought the storage bench (between the two short bookshelves) with some birthday money and I love how it gives the kids a place to sit and read and also helps with organization.

Asher's love for reading has really bloomed in the last few weeks. He will sit for the longest time and look at books!

They were looking at photo books of when Lily and Levi were babies. So fun!

My little man got his first haircut on Friday. He looks so grown up now!

Jacob was busy all day Saturday with auditions for the youth orchestra, so the kids and I did the grocery shopping and had a good day playing at home after that. It had been awhile since I'd taken all the kids shopping with me, so it was an adventure! Thankfully they did really well and we managed to only get 5 or 6 "WOW, you have your hands full" comments! LOL

Sunday night playing at Yaya's.

Levi and Papaw reading.

Lily and Levi seem to always end up in Papaw's lap reading books. :)