The Wedding Weekend!

We had such a great time this weekend with family.  D's brother was married and we just LOVE his bride, Kim.  Sometimes it's just nice to leave all the 'real life' stuff behind and go hang out with the people we love.  It was such a special day and I felt so happy for them throughout the whole day.

Congratulations Chris and Kim.  :)  We love you!

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I LOVE these people!

My awesome sister and her family came yesterday for dinner and pictures.  My parents and the rest of our siblings live far far away. . .  sigh. . . .  so it is sooo AWESOME that we both ended up so close to each other.  I LOVE being with my sister and her family.  It feels like HOME when we go to her house and it feels like HOME when they come to ours.  

They are such amazing examples for my family.  Her children are people that I know and hope my kids will watch and use as examples.  I really really love this family!  :)

We were missing Skj yesterday since she is far far away at college.  :)  We love her too.  Yesterday the kids and i were talking about the 'cousins' coming and Lo asked if everyone was coming.  We talked about how Skj is at college, but everyone else would be there.  He sighed and said, "I wish Skj were done with college." We ALL love you too Skj.

Playin' at the Park

It's a beautiful morning for the park.  J and Lo were out of school for a 'teacher prep' day and we took advantage of the morning!!!! :)

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Sharing a great cooking blog!!

My sister sent me the link to this blog a while back and it is AWESOME!!!  I've tried out a few of her recipe's and they are sooo good!!!!  . . . . Like, restaurant--I just cooked that--I will feed it to company GOOD!!!!

Anyway, I thought I'd share it with all of you.  :)  SO GOOD!  :)  Enjoy!



http://jamiecooksitup.blogspot.com/

Who needs em' ?

Shoes that is.  Meg has taken after her mama in the shoe department.  The less the shoe, the better.  I'm a barefoot kind of gal and have the feet to prove it (don't worry, I won't show any of you my feet!)  Meg HATES shoes and takes them off the second she gets anywhere--the van, nursery, the gym, a friends house, outside if she just really gets sick of them.   The other day, ALL of us were shopping at Kroger.  I had the boys in my kart (the car kind that everyone fights over to be in) and D had the girls in his kart (the same car kind that everyone fights over to be in).  I am use to watching out for flying or dropped shoes while shopping.  D on the other hand is not.  After shopping, he realized her shoes were not on her feet.  He went back inside, hunted down the exact kart and only to find her boots gone.   A nice old gentleman brought them to him and said he found them in the kart.  OK  fast forward a few days and here I am back at Krogers (have I ever mentioned I feel like I grocery shop ALL THE TIME)  This time Z-man had tossed his shoes in the kart.   A nice gentleman asked me if I knew there were shoes in the kart.  I politely explained my children are shoeless people.  He started to chuckle and explained he found some boots in the bottom of a kart just the other day....  I smiled and said, "yes, those were my daughter's shoes!!"  He sort of looked at me in aw and I'm sure he wondered 'just what kind of mother are you?'   So we are now known as the shoeless family at the local grocery chain!!!

Watch out for flying shoes!  :)

FHE treats!

Tonight we had Family Home Evening.  .  . ..   Lo gave us a lesson on Obedience, J organized a family game. .  and THEN we had fudge bars. . .  YUMMMMM!!  It was a good night with Family. :)

The kids all TRIED to get dribbles on their mouths and then would run to the bathroom mirror to see what they looked like!!  silly kids!  :)

Date night with my man!!!

Darin came home from China today and we hit the city!!  This is us at a fancy shmancy restaurant.  :) It overlooks the city and it was fun to be together.  I LOVE this man!

Summer, summer come our way!!!

Dear Summer,  We are ready for you!!  

Please come soon.  

love, us!

I got Meg a new swim suite today.  The one she had last year was sooo small on her it was comical.  I think she looks so cute in green with her red hair and blue eyes.  She also found Z's and J's helmets and put them on and off all day.  :)  She is READY to rock and roll this summer.  

 Isn't her suite sooo cute!!!  :)  :)

 She likes to buckle the helmets!

chillin' with my buddy!

I think Z-man and Meg were really good buddies in Heaven, because they were sort of born buddies.  Meg thinks Z-man is the best and tries to copy everything he does.  Today they were buddies watching word world!! :)  So cute to see them cuddles up chillin' together!

Student of the Month!!

Yeah, woot, woot!  GO LO!!!!  Lo was student of the month in his Kindergarten class for trustworthiness!!!  Good job, buddy!  We love you!

(A friend of mine and I decided the next time one of our students get this award, we are going to come with a foam finger and painted faces and go crazy when their name gets called!!!  Talk about the embarrassing mom!!! :)