Every year my mom buys all of the grand kids matching Easter outfits and we take their picture together wearing them when we get together during the Summer. Without fail, every year some child acts up and doesn't want to cooperate! THIS YEAR THE BRAT WAS MINE!!

See all of the love coming from Stets in this pic?

Some people's children!

More Staycation Pics!

The second day of our mini family getaway we played our now famous annual BINGO game! I laughed from the sidelines as my two sisters fought over the Scentsy block UNTIL Annilee showed me it was my ALL TIME favorite Scentsy smell....Coconut Lemongrass....ooooh I HAD to have that! The rules of the game are that you can steal any one's prize when you win until the game is over when the final person has won their prize. Luckily for me my BINGO card was HORRIBLE and everyone else had one multiple times before I won ANYTHING but that meant I was able to snatch up any prize I wanted.....Yes, I went home a proud owner of this lovely masterpiece!

Sorry Annilee but I must say how delicious my house smell right now =)

ANOTHER Birthday Party Post!

I quit making slide shows for my blog quite a while ago because they don't work well when you print off your blogs or order "blog books" and those are the main reasons I keep a blog because this is how I journal!! SOOO you will see a few posts come from our big family get together last weekend.
We always have a birthday party (courtesy of Aunt Dixie and Uncle Bill) for all of the kiddos PLUS we draw names in our family for the kids for their birthdays just like we do for Christmas so we exchange those presents every year when we have our summer get together. You can imagine what it's like to sing Happy Birthday with ELEVEN names to be said during the song! This party was a blast like always!!

(click the collage to enlarge!)

Stets scored some more Land Before Time loot and LOVES it all! He also got an awesome Yankees hat with his name embroidered on it too...but that's another post all together! THANKS everyone for making this get together so much fun this year!

Grandma Chelle's Salon!

Skylar's mom Michelle is always up for giving haircuts to any of the boys that need or want them. When Annilee's family was up a few weeks ago we lined up all the boys who were overdue for a good haircut and Michelle took care of them all! Here are all the handsome finished products...Bryce in the back, Timber up front, and Stetson on top of Teigen. You look good boys!

My Stetsie Man Turned 3!

Every parent will tell you how fast time flies when you have a child, but you never know how true that is until you have one of your own! I can't believe my baby just turned THREE. He has accomplished many mile stones in his life already but I think his biggest one has been being POTTY TRAINED! It is too soon for me to jump up and down and do a little dance about it but I think we are pretty much there. He has only peed in his pull-up once in the past week and has only done the other once in almost two months so we are THRILLED. I thought this day would NEVER come!

If you asked Stets what he wanted for his birthday he would just say a, "red present" or a "blue present" so it was nice just shopping around and getting him what we wanted. I am sure this will be the last year for that! He did request a dinosaur cake with "hot candles to blow on" so we made sure not to forget about that part. I have lots of pics but I am not going to apologize because I can brag about him as much as I want when it's his birthday!
Here is Stets right before the party...wearing outfit number ONE...Here are the guests....


One of the cakes!
...and the other cake....this is the one that caused all of the stress!
The first present Stets opened was this Land Before Time shirt from me and Skylar and he had to change into it before he could open anything else.
I guess we don't have any pics of the other things we gave him so I will get some and post them. We don't spend very much money on him for his birthdays though. He gets spoiled by all the grandparents enough that we feel putting a little money into his savings account is better for now. Boring...I know...but it will be better in the long run.
Singing Happy Birthday and blowing out the candles! Well one big candle actually.

The proud parents...and a shirtless Stets after changing out of one shirt and completely covering another one in chocolate cake!
Brinkley enjoyed the cake and ice cream!


Stets LOVED filling these treat bags with candy for the kids that came. I was trying to do it without him seeing because I didn't have extra candy for him to eat but he found my hide-out and sat down to help me finish. He didn't once ask for any of the candy and even though we filled him a bad he still hasn't touched it! I forget he LOVES chocolate but not much else in the candy category.


Thanks so much to EVERYONE who came and helped us celebrate. We had a great time and appreciate everyone's constant love and support in everything we do in our lives.

Good times with family!

Here's some more pics of the things we did with Annilee and Cole's family while they were up visiting last week...

We got some killer ice cream at Casper's which was sooo good!!

We went miniature golfing too...which Stets LOVED. Next time I will know to bring his "real putter" from his set at home so he doesn't have to use this lame plastic thing. He was so frustrated with it!! He cried when he lost his red ball in the water and was even madder when he had to play with a yellow ball after that (life's tough, I know).
During one of our late night parites Tylie tried to pass on her love for apples with peanut butter and sprinkles on to Stetson. Thanks Ty!
I wish I had more pics to share but thanks to my camera being out of commission I only have what other ppl have sent me. So sad...but as soon as I make it to wal mart and develop my film and clear out my memory card we will be back in business. Every time I take 10,000 pics with my camera I have to clear out the card and reset the camera. Apparently I take too many pics because this is the SECOND time I have had to do this in the 16 months I have had this camera. Anyways, we had a good time with everyone and will hopefully see them again next month.

Four Years and Still Going Strong!!

I can't believe four years has already gone by since I married the love of my life Skylar. It seems like only yesterday that we got married until I look at our almost three year old that is now happily running our lives!! Skylar took me (or was dragged against his will if truth be told) to the Opera the weekend before our Anniversary. We (well just me actually) had a WONDERFUL time. It was good to get away just the two of us. With Annilee and Cole up from Vegas Annilee was happy to watch Stets for us! She even decided to brave taking him on a shopping trip with her...yeah, she took him to Pet Smart where he decided to reach into the fish tanks and try grabbing fish with his hands...LOL That's my kid!!

She also offered to take him to the zoo two days later while I worked and I said..."If you take him to Pet Smart and he ends up in the fish tank--do you think in my right mind I would let you take him to the zoo??" Yes, that is what I said but I was ONLY KIDDING. I would trust her with Stetson's life but I also knew he would drive her crazy so he stayed home. We spent many other days and nights with them while they were here. Stets got a taste of the night life and "girls only parties". We had a FABULOUS time and were sad to see them go.

The picture is me and my HOT hubby before leaving for the Opera. He is such a blessing in my life and I thank God every day for sending me such a wonderful, loving husband. I love him so much and I look forward to many more happy years together. Happy Anniversary Sky.