Tooth Fairy Time!

Adam is so excited. He lost his first tooth today!

He is getting too big. My sweet boy!

Hopefully the tooth fairy will pay him a visit tonight. :)

On a random funny side note: We were talking about a Bible lesson and I said that in the book of Acts the apostles prayed for boldness. Adam said "Boldness? They prayed that they wouldn't have any hair? Like Daddy?" He cracks me up!

Sweet Saturday At Home

We had such a nice day today. We didn't have anywhere we had to be or anything we had to do. It was the first day like that we have had in a while and it was wonderful. We hung out in our pj's most of the day. I made white donuts for breakfast...

Jake and the kids played with their volcano.

We cleaned some, we fixed some things that were broken.

We took naps.

We played.

We read books.

I loved today!

Weekend Cuteness

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Better late than never, right? I don't think I've done anything on time since having baby Chase (just ask the library, I pay their salaries with my late fees) so why start now?

So we are old now and spent New Years Eve at home playing Wii. Then got up like responsible adults and went to church the next morning. We went to my parents house on New Years Day. My mom always makes a nice meal and has the family over. This year she even had a chocolate fountain! Fun!


So...did you make some New Years Resolutions? How's that going? I made a few like I always do. I call them goals, it sounds like less of a commitment. :) My goals for the new year are the usual eat healthy and exercise more, get better about daily Bible reading. And one that I'm adding this year is to be better about staying in touch with my friends and family. Since having Chase I've gotten terrible about calling my friends and getting together with people. I'm working on that this year! Happy 2012 to you!

What we've been up to

Adam...he is my sweet boy. He is getting really tall and just seems so much older now. Like a big kid. That's a little sad. But it's fun at the same time to see the little boy big boy he is becoming. He is super smart with his school work. He picks up on things really fast and retains them. He's making my teaching job easy. He understands the importance of spending quality time with people he loves and I just love that about him. He is always asking if we can have a mom/son date night or to have some "guy time" with Jake. His new thing is skyping with Grandma in the evenings.

And my sweetie Sarah is getting too big too! How cute are these matching pj's for her and her doll! She changes outfits about 5 times a day at least. She loves going to school and playing with her friends. She's working on writing her letters but she'd rather draw pictures and do art projects! Last week she opened the front door and tried to escort Chase out it by saying "Chase...this...is where all the chocolate's at." She cracks us up.

And this sweet guy! He is 14 months old now. I have to take his picture while he's in bed since he doesn't ever slow down during the day. :) He's still not walking on his own (none of our babies walked right when they turned one, they are on Garrett time apparently) but that does not slow him down. He's in to everything. He likes to climb on step-stools, open cabinets, get in cabinets, play in the bathroom (gross!). He doesn't slow down for long. He's like a little man, he has his declared a spot on the couch as his. He will climb up into his spot, get a remote and hold the pillow and then just smile at his victory. It's pretty cute!

Christmas 2011

I LOVE Christmas! I love carrying on traditions and starting new ones with our family.
Here are some of the highlights from our Christmas celebrating this year...

Going to the Gaylord With Becky, Kasey & Baylee

Going to see Santa at our neighborhood Christmas party.
(Sarah is still not a fan of this tradition!)

Our Christmas Tree Decorating Party!

Our Elf, Mickey

Baking cookies (and "puppy chow")

Spending time with family
Celebrating Christmas with my family at my mom & Dad's

Garrett family party at our house on Christmas Eve

Going to the Christmas Eve service at church with these beautiful little ones to celebrate the one who this day is truly all about...Jesus!

Getting new pj's on Christmas Eve
Reading the Night Before Christmas and the Christmas story from the Bible

Spending Christmas morning opening gifts, eating breakfast, playing with new toys, having a fire in the fireplace, staying in our cozy new pj's, just being together! It really is the most wonderful time of the year! I don't want it to be over yet!

Lake Murray

We had fun camping with my family last weekend. We went to Lake Murray in Oklahoma. We used to go there with a group of friends when I was a kid. We even stayed in the same cabin that we used to stay in back then! It's always so fun now to go back with my kids!

It got cold while we were there! I was glad that my Aunt Cathy had made this adorable sock monkey hat for Chase!

We spent lots of our time just hanging out by the campfire. I love it!

On the last morning we made homemade donuts.
This was a favorite tradition in our family too!
I love getting to share these fun times with my kids and my parents.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! We had a nice Thanksgiving. My sweet mom made an amazing meal like she always does. My family was all there along with some of our close friends. We missed Grams and the Estess group this year! It wasn't actually Chase's first Thanksgiving but this was the first time he got to eat Thanksgiving dinner and he loved it! That evening we went to visit Jake's side of the family. It was a really nice day. That night my mom and I started our Black Friday shopping by lining up at Target at 11 for their midnight sale! We came home for a little bit and were back out and at the mall at 6 the next morning! Crazy, but so fun shopping with my mom!