Christmas 2010

Yes, Christmas 2010. I have just a *tad* bit of catching up to do. Here we go...

Let's start with the boys' Christmas parties.

I love this one. The kids are reciting a Bible verse and doing the motions for God being mighty.

Me and my little Mighty Moose.

C at his kinder party.

And the rest of this past joyful Christmas season in pictures...

L insisted on carrying this platter home in his lap.

The End

Thanksgiving 2010

Shortly after meeting our new niece, we celebrated Thanksgiving.

The celebration started with L's Thanksgiving Feast at preschool. His class was dressed as Pilgrims. Cute, cute, cute!

On Thanksgiving Day, we headed over to my parents' house to celebrate.








Good times!! Can't believe that was over 3 months ago!

4th of July

So I'm a bit behind with my blogging. Nonetheless, I'm determined to catch up with summer blogging...even though it's November. I'd love to turn this blog into a book and want to have our summer fun be a part of it!

For 4th of July my brother and his lovely wife were kind enough to invite family over to their house...even though they had just had their baby girl days before...like 5 days before. Anyhoo, they cooked and everything for us. I brought over dessert.

Aaack! We need a new table or to sand and stain this one.
(It's been so long since I started this post that we actually did get a new table. Yay!)

We were at my brother's for a little while, then pretty suddenly our C man starting feeling sick and had a fever. Sadly, we left the festivities. C slept it off and was feeling okay within a few hours.

We missed out on doing fireworks, but did bring home some sparklers for L and P to enjoy.

L does this thing where he puts his hands in front of his face when he's unsure about something or embarrassed. It's so cute!



P wasn't too sure about things and stood back to watch.



In August we went back and finished our 4th of July celebration, specifically fireworks! C loved it! We had to really watch him. He tried to light a firework all by himself at one point! L enjoyed it somewhat, but was not a fan of the noise and eventually went inside to watch a movie. And P enjoyed watching and even held a sparkler.







Here are some other pictures of the boys loving on their cousin. They are so sweet with her!!!



And one of pretty Baby E...



She already looks so different and is just as cute as ever! (More pictures of her coming soon.)

Before the fireworks, the boys enjoyed running off their crazy boy energy outside.  





Love good times with family!!!

Mother's Day

My Mother's Day weekend started out with a tea party at C's preschool on Friday. When I walked into the room, C came over and took my hand and led me to my place at the table they had set up. So sweet!



In addition to the tea and cookies, we had corsages to wear and gifts prepared for us. Each of the mommies got a dish towel with their child's hand print and a cookbook of "recipes" by the kids. The cookbook is hilarious! Here is one of C's recipes:

Tomato Soup

1. 
   
   Cook the soup in a pan.
2. 
   
   Cook it for 60 hours.
3. 
   
   The soup is hot so let it cool off.
4. 
   
   Then make a grilled cheese to dip in the tomato soup.

Mrs. Campbell and the kids really went all out. It was great!

Later that day, my husband surprised my and came home early from work. Woo Hoo! For dinner, we went to Fralo's. That place makes the best pizza ever! It was nice to enjoy a dinner out with my sweet guys!!!












On Sunday, I got to sleep in and had a lovely breakfast prepared by my husband. Complete with homemade waffles, sausage, eggs, and fruit. Oh, and coffee of course! The boys gave gave me a sweet card and a bookmark they had picked out. I also got a gift card to Barnes & Noble, which was completely C's idea!

Later that day, we went over to my parent's house for a crawfish boil. Thanks to my parents, brother and sis in law for getting that together!

Here's my husband showing the boys a crawfish.


Baby P checking out the crawfish.


Boys and dirt...inseparable.


Ipo and Baby P.


My Mom and I.


All the mamas.


Three of five...


And here's one of Baby P and me. Look, he's smiling for a picture! (I tickled him.)


I usually get this grumpy face. Ha, ha! Cracks me up.


Our meal. Yum!



It was a nice weekend filled with lots of fun and relaxation!

Being a mom is truly the most challenging thing there is. No doubt about that! But I adore it, cherish it, and would not trade it for anything! I love, love, love my husband and our 3 beyond precious boys God has given us.

Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day!