Monday, December 12, 2016

Winter Tidbits

I had some time over the weekend... Travis took ALL 3 boys out of the house {I'm pretty sure it was so I could regain my sanity!}

So I thought it would be a perfect time to update my blog...
...then I realized I haven't posted since November 4th!

Oh my...
...As you can imagine a lot has happened since then!

So here's your warning...PICTURE OVERLOAD!!

One Saturday morning I took some time with my SIL's at the Barn in Wellman!

We've been to a few Packer parties!!
Instead of watching the game Pierce chose to rake Westfall's whole front yard!
He did a great job!

Best.Baby.Ever.

Sometimes my favorite nights are the ones with no plans and showing up at Jake and Amy's!
{Sorry about my cheeser smile... I was trying to get Leo to smile!}

Kroy, Andie and Slate {Slate is not happy!}

I'm not sure if you can read this but it's a journal entry from Pierce about his dad coming to school to be a guest reader.  And then Travis commented how fun it was to be there!
{I really don't give Travis enough credit... he's a great dad and we're all lucky!}

And then there's this journal entry from Cash... this one pulled at my heart strings:(
Cash was punched by a 3rd grader on the bus one Friday morning.  I didn't catch word until Friday evening.  He seemed okay so I didn't take any action.
Then I read his journal entry (picture).  It's of himself and me and he had something over his heart.
I asked what it was and he said it was his broken heart from getting punched!
So to make a long story short I contacted the school on Monday and things were taken care of.
I still get a lump in my throat when I picture my Cashy getting punched by a kid 3 years older...

Moving on....

 A tradition Travis has carried over from his childhood is popcorn and milk shakes on Sunday evenings.
We all love it!
 Popcorn, milk shakes and AFV!

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Kroy has started all sorts of new tricks since I last posted!
Here he is rolling over for the first time!

He started sleeping in his crib!
{It was a rough transition but we are good to go now!}

He turned 5 months old!

He started to sit on his own!

And he started eating cereal!
A HUGE month for Kroy!

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 The middle-man, Cash, turned 6!!
 He chose to have his party at Iowa Gym-nest!
It was a good time had by all!
 The day of his actual birthday (Dec. 1st) we had Pierce's holiday concert.
So after the concert we went to the Landmark for ice cream!

Holiday Concerts!
Pierce out of slicky pants and a t-shirt!
All dressed up for his concert!

You can dress them up, but you can't take the wild boy out of them!
Cash all dressed up for his concert!


 All my mom wanted was a decent picture of the grandkids for a Christmas card...
Here's how it went!
BAHAHAHAHAHA

Ugh... the elf (Jody) is back...
It's only mid December and I'm having a hard time coming up with ideas!
So this only seemed appropriate since I'm doing this all solo!
"Your mom is the Queen... Don't forget! -Jody"


When Kroy was a little baby my family gave me a hard time because I held him all the time!
Well, they'll be happy to know I'm not holding him while he sleeps anymore {that's impossible} but we're still touching!

The boys are still a huge help and Kroy loves them!!
New rule, though.... you cannot get Kroy out of his bed unless mom and dad say it's okay!

We've gotten a few inches of snow and Pierce loves to scoop snow.
He did our drive a few times so he and his shovel headed down the street to do neighbors driveways!
He received $5 from one neighbor and he was SO happy!!

And we were hit with a little tiny bug... which I hope is it for a while!
Cash came down with a fever and the runs on Saturday.
I, of course, got anxiety thinking about how he would start puking through the night and it would travel to every family member!  Luckily my Hail Mary's were answered and he went to bed, slept all night and woke up feeling 100% better the next day!
Phew!

With all the craziness and chaos of the holidays I plan to wear this a lot this month:)

Thanks for sticking with me til the end!
Stay tuned as I have a few other posts to come... one being Thanksgiving!


Friday, November 4, 2016

HALLOWEEN 2016

Halloween this year was a weekend event!
The weather was beautiful for the whole weekend!

~Friday~
We went trick or treating on the town square!
We met some friends and cousins there!
{You will not see Pierce...he chose farming over candy!}

Kroy & Andie!

Oh my goodness... I can't even!!!
How cute is this little puppy?!

Cash, Karli, Jace and Demi.

Slate and Kroy... chilling in their strollers!


~Sunday~
My mom's birthday is on Halloween so we had a family lunch at my sisters on the 30th.
She always gets them matching shirts so of course we had a photo shoot!

We brought the kids costumes and they all had fun!

My three pumpkin!

Sunday afternoon/evening was a rush to get pumpkins painted.
It was not a family affair... Travis was farming and we dropped Pierce off with him after lunch.
So... Cash and I started the painting process!

We picked Pierce up around 7pm from Travis and he painted his pumpkin...with gloves on!

My handy-dandy work!

Masterpieces:)


~Monday~
HALLOWEEN

I got to attend the boys Halloween parade at school!
I love seeing all the kids and their costumes!

Here's SpongeBob.... I mean Cash!

There's our soldier, Pierce!

Pierce and his buddies- Jackson, Sawyer & Kyler 

Halloween evening was beautiful so the kids and I walked up and down North Street with LynDee and her kids while Travis handed out candy!
Then we loaded in the vehicle and made about 10 stops!

Here's SpongBob, the soldier and a grumpy puppy!



Pierce and Levi dressed alike!

We got to see Great Grandma Vera at one of our stops!


The boys had a great Halloween and I hope you all did as well!

And let me just say.... TGIF!

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Fall Catchup 2016

 Fall has gotten away from me and before you know it the holidays will be here...eeeekkkk!!!!

Not much new here... still live'n the dream!


We added another full time baby to the daycare!
Meet Andie... Kroy's cousin and new best friend!
Both of these babies are awesome babies and so chill... however...
I could NEVER have twins!

Washing bottles has been added to the chore list!
However, they don't realize it's a chore because it's SO MUCH FUN!!!

We got all of our professional pictures back and I absolutely LOVE this one!

And this handsome chunk turned 4 months old on October 22nd!
He's 19 pounds, 15 ounces!
He still sucks at naps but sleeps for 12 hours thru the night!
He still only has eyes for his mommy:)
{and yes, I kiss and munch those cheeks ALL day!}

You can often hear him sucking those fingers!

In September I was honored to pull double Godmother duty to Slayton Thomas and Andie Jo!
Travis and I are Slayton's Godparents and Jacob and I are Andie's Godparents.
Back in May Slayton's mommy, Andie's mommy and I took a pregnancy picture!
Here's the "before" picture....
And here's the "after"!
Kroy and Andie are 6 weeks apart and Andie and Slayton are 6 weeks apart!
All cousins and best friends!

Back story to their baptism day...
The night before Travis and I had a wives supper party.  It's always a good time and the beverages are always flowing...
I knew I had double Godmother duty the next morning so I behaved myself!
I woke up Sunday morning and did not feel good!
I honestly thought I was hungover so I gave myself a pep talk...
"you're 35 years old.. pull yourself together and do this!"
It worked... I made it through church...
...but on the way to the lunch I had the worst body aches ever and my throat was killing me.
I put on a good front and made it until 2pm.
{I hurt so bad I could hardly hold Kroy in the "after" picture!}
I got home and crawled in bed and took my temp... 101.4!
Pretty sure you don't get a fever from being hungover!
I didn't leave my bed until 5am Monday morning.
Long story short I tested positive for strep throat, had a fever for 2 days and a sore throat for 7 days!
I actually lost 6 pounds because I couldn't eat or drink a lot!
So glad that's over... and none of my boys got it!

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Travis' cousin David got married and we had a great day in Waverly celebrating.

LOVE!

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 I am the crazy lady that has started Christmas shopping already!
In fact, I've already changed my mind a few times and sent three gifts back to Amazon!
The perks of early shopping, I guess!

Amazon Prime all the way!


We jumped on the Chicago Cubs bandwagon and cheered them all the way to winning the WORLD SERIES!!!
My friend Haley is a huge Cubs fan and she got them these shirts.
The first game she invited us over for supper and to watch the game.
Well...we became the good luck charms because we went over there for supper and the game almost every game!
Sure... I'll bring my rowdy boys over to your house and you feed them;)
Win-win for this mom!!

WAY TO GO CUBS!!