Winter Fun

It's hard to find things to keep us busy during the winter!

It's getting to that point where it needs to start warming up because my kids need outside!

As always, though, we have been keeping busy!

 

My sweet tooth is OUT OF CONTROL with this pregnancy!

It's seriously a problem!!

 

I "like" Scratch Cupcakery on Facebook and I made a post on my own page that I need to block them because I can't handle the pictures!

A few days later my friend Jacky Jack brought me these cupcakes from our local bakery!

They were delicious and I appreciated them so much!!

 

I'm also obsessed with cuties.

I have to cut myself off at 6 most days!

 

And these damn things jumped in my cart at Target the other day!

 

Our day is not complete without at least 3 games of UNO!

Pierce wanted to sneak one last game in late one night so I crawled in his bunk bed with him!

 

Our Sunday evenings look a lot like this....

....AFV!!

Some days this is my house at 6:30am!

 

Oh Cash!!

 

This is why my kids need outside!!

 

Matchy matchy with Cashy:)

 

Travis has been awesome about taking the boys ice fishing.

They've gone almost every weekend since January!

{I like the peace and quiet at home!}

 

Travis brings some of the fish home to eat.

Here he is cleaning them and filleting them right in front of 3 kids who are supposed to be eating their lunch!

As you can imagine, not much lunch was eaten that day! 

 

I am now 21 weeks pregnant!!

Cash came with me to my appointment and he loves getting his picture taken with Herky outside the office!

My ultra sound is this Friday (2/12/16) and we ARE NOT finding out the sex!

It's taken everything in me to agree to this but I think the surprise will be amazing!

Plus, we are starting from scratch anyway!  We do not have any clothes so either way we'll be buying/borrowing!

Say a prayer I can hold out on not finding out!!

 

Found these gems and did a throwback Thursday to when my kids let me dress them the same!

 

This past weekend Pierce and Makenna were invited to a birthday party at The PlayStation.

We took Makenna with us so I let Cash bring his friend Maddie!

 The kids had a great time but Travis and I agreed we probably won't be going back anytime soon, if at all! It was an interesting afternoon!

 

After the PlayStation we ate at A&W then headed home!

Travis was so thrilled I made him come along!!

 

I decided we better get started on our Valentines for school because every year it takes Pierce at least a week to finish them!

Not this kid...

...he sat down and did all 18 in twenty minutes!

In Cash's own words...."I just LOVE writing SOOOO much!!"

Pierce made major progress this year and finished all of his Valentines in one night!!

We can officially check Valentines off the list!!

 

Hope you all have a HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

I have been hinting towards Travis that I don't want flowers (I can't eat those!) and I really enjoyed the chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting from the bakery here in town;)

He came back with "I like beef sticks!"

Awesome, consider it done!



Weekend Recap

FRIDAY!

 

We had a fun filled weekend!!

Friday was Travis' birthday and his brother invited him to the Iowa Wrestling meet.

I decided I did not want to sit at home all night so I made plans to take the boys bowling!

My SIL Melanie and her girls joined us!

I didn't take one picture...what's going on with me??!!

The kids had fun and I enjoyed a pizza burger and cheeseballs;)

 

Before we left I had Travis take this picture of me...

{18 weeks}

I'm not a fan of side shots of myself...

...but I regret not taking many pregnancy shots when I was pregnant with the boys.

Although I plan to take more pictures of my growing belly, I will NOT be blasting them all over social media!!

These pictures will be fun (I hope) to look back on years from now!

 

 

SATURDAY!

 

Travis wanted to take the boys ice fishing but he only got one to go willingly! 

Cash and I stayed at home and watched CMT:)

 

Pierce had a lot of fun and caught a few fish!

You can't see the little fishy because it's camouflaged in with his outfit...but it's there!

 

After ice fishing they came home to thaw out for a while then it was off to a birthday party for Pierce!

It was his friend Charlie's birthday.

 

I showed up to the Marengo bowling alley to pick him up and this is what he was wearing...

I had no idea he was hiding shorts under his pants!

It was freezing outside so I'm glad he at least wore a hat;)

Man oh man, what is with kids these days!

 

After the birthday party Travis headed out on the town (TJ's in Parnell) with his friends and all of us women took the kids to the Iowa gymnastics meet...aren't we amazing wives?!!

 

It was actually a really good time and the boys had so much fun!

The best part?  Kids got in for free!

This is not the best picture of Pierce but I had to share because the little girl behind them had a great photo-bomb!!!  LOL

All the kids did great and had fun!!

 

 

SUNDAY!

 

The roads must have been slick Sunday morning because Travis got called into work...BOO!

The boys and I went to church. 

Of course they got in a fight over who got to sit at the end of the pew...Pierce won and Cash pouted the whole time!  Geesh!!

 

After church I was going to take the boys to the little Raider wrestling meet.

Travis gave Pierce the option to go watch wrestling or go help him clean the fire station...

...Pierce picked the fire station with Travis!

 

So Cash and I headed to the high school to watch Carter and Rayce!

The first round they wrestled at the same time...

I have no idea how parents do this!

Friends of ours have 2 boys that wrestle and on B's first match he got beat and was crying and so upset.  Just seeing his tears, my eyes started filling up!  Pretty sure I'd be a mess if Pierce or Cash were out there!  Luckily, I don't think we have to worry about that!

 

Sunday evening I made this amazing peanut butter cheesecake!

It was to die for and a great way to end the weekend!

Wanted:

 A personal trainer after this baby!!!

 

Have a great week!!



January Catch Up

We are just hanging out living the dream over here!

January is kind of a blah month...the holidays are over, the snow is no longer pretty and according to Pierce "it's colder then a witches tail" out there!

 

Not much has changed...except my growing belly!

{No pics provided!}

The other morning I was putting on deodorant which included me lifting my shirt and Pierce was watching.

I saw him snickering behind his hands looking at me. This is how our convo went...

Me: "What?!!"

Pierce: "Oh my gosh...your belly!"

Me: "You know what that's from, right?!"

Pierce: "Yes, the baby is growing!"

Me: "Exactly!  As long as we're clear on that!  No get out of here!"

Never a dull moment!

 

We have been finding stuff to do to keep us busy out side of the house!!

Miss Delaney Jo turned 2 January 5th so we stopped over quick to give her a present!

Grandma and Grandpa were there too!

My dad loves his head rubbed...even if it is from a 6 month old!

 

Happy Birthday!!!

You know, sometimes I need a break! 

I am constantly needed ALL day and it's nice to catch a few minutes to myself!

So this particular night I turned on a show for the boys so they were quiet and Travis always seems to find the back of his eyelids while sitting in his chair!

Win-win for me...I got 30 minutes of total silence...until a commercial came on, that is!

It was good while it lasted!

Love this picture because it's all my boys looking at our wedding album!!

In my best redneck charm...

...I shit you not, my husband made squirrel gumbo one night for supper!

{Don't even ask!}

I REFUSED to even try it but he made the boys (sorry boys!).

As you can imagine this was the feeling around the table!

 

Sometimes, when you have a bad day and can't have an alcoholic beverage, you enjoy a cookie ice cream sandwich...when the boys go to bed of course;)

It didn't have the same effect but it sure was good!

 

My cousin's daughter got married on January 9th and as always we had a great time!

The kids were circling the dance floor watching the bride and groom!

Cheese!!

 



Delaney, Amy, my mom, and Kellie with the bride, Lily!

 

But first, let me take a selfie!

{I can't believe how old he looks in this picture!}

 

My father-in-law, Randy, turned 60 on January 18th!

All the grandkids had fun celebrating with him!

 

On a random week night we had an impromptu movie night!

We watched Max and it was very good!

And yes, we are all on the same couch;)

 

 Oh my, and then there's this....

My boys still wake up too damn early and on this particular day they were up at 5am.

At 6am I could hear Cash crying and Pierce ran in our room yelling "CASH IS BURNING!!!"

Nothing makes you jump out of bed so fast quite like that statement!

Turns out Cash was not burning (thank God!) but his rubiks cube sure was!

Cash wanted to see what would happen if he put it on the lamp in their room!

Luckily Pierce was smart enough to unplug the lamp first, then run and get us!

Cash was very upset!

Needless to say we are very happy nothing worse happened....and you bet your ass they got a good talking to from their dad (Asst. Fire Chief!) about fire safety!

We are all safe, and that's all that matters!!

I'm just going to chalk this up to #MyLifeWithBoys!

 

 

Ugh...and it's that time again...political crap!

I am neither Republican or Democrat but I feel I am totally a Rational Human Being!

I don't flaunt my views anywhere...and I cannot stand when people do!

My vote will go to the candidate I feel will be best for the American People!

{This is NOT an invitation to persuade me to believe what you do!  Mkay? Mkay!}

To all those people who are posting numerous times a day supporting your favorite candidate I give you this....

 

 

Back to what's really important...humor and having a good time!!!

I'm always a sucker for funny ecards!

This made me laugh!

 If you missed my last post about Friday Funnies you can find that here!

{But please take note this was posted on January 8th}

 

And here's a big shout out to my husband who comes home everyday to something very similar!

Bahahahahaha!!!

 

Speaking of Travis, today is his 36th birthday!

He is a great husband and even better dad!!

The boys think he walks on water!!

 Just this week he proved a perfect point of him being a great guy!

It snowed a little on Tuesday night and with having a daycare our driveway needs to be clear for everyone to walk on it!

He was at a meeting late Tuesday night and got called to work at 4am Wednesday.

I got up early knowing I would have to scoop the driveway and was beyond happy when I realized he already did it!

So sometime between the last hours of Tuesday night and early hours of Wednesday morning he made time to scoop the driveway for us!!

{Pierce was pissed he didn't GET to do it...and I was thrilled I didn't HAVE to do it!}

Little things like that go a long way in my book!

Love ya Trav!!

 

Also, please take note of the updates on my blog:)



Friday Funnies

Happy Friday to all!!!

When I see a funny ecard or meme I save them and later go through them and just laugh!

A few of my friends and family members are lucky enough to get them in texts too!

 

I declared today Funny Friday! 

Here are some of my favorites I've seen recently.

I will warn you this week was a rough week...(I'll leave it at that)...so if I offend you, I'm sorry...(not sorry)!

 

This is totally me this week!

 

No caption needed... you all know the feeling!

 

Bye Felicia!

Some days, maybe!  Just kidding...just kidding!!

Bahahahaha...Love you Travis, really!!

Every f*cking day!!!!

Yep!

#winning

Guilty!

Sent this to Stacy yesterday because it made me LOL thinking about our recent road trip to California!

For sure!

 

 

Please tell me this happens to other people and not just me!

 

I haven't had a drink in a long time but for some reason this cat makes me laugh every time I see it!

 

I've said it before and I'll say it until I die....I do NOT want to see OR hear the food in your mouth!!

Manners people, manners!!!

 

 

Pierce and I had a conversation at 8:45 last night when he couldn't fall asleep and I ever so kindly warned him "don't make me get out of the chair!"

#MomOfTheYear

I love Campbell's response to this ignorant (in my opinion) comment!

Just so happens her name is Kim....it's a different Kim...this most certainly would never come out of my mouth!!  #LoveIsLove

A to the Men!!!!

 

 I first started seeing these "Mexican Word Of The Day" quotes on social media.

They are hilarious and my sister and I share them back and forth.

Here are a few of my favorites from this week!

I felt like this on the ride home from CA last week!!

I laugh every single time!!!!!!

 

And last, but certainly not least......

Bahahahahahaha!!

I couldn't resist!

 

Happy Friday everyone!