The Most Laid Back 4th of July Ever!

I'm a few days late, but I honestly do not have much to say about this years 4th of July. We had big plans to head to the lake and let the kids play on a giant water slide while eating some amazing food with family and friends... but none of that happened. Instead, it rained ALL. DAY. It has rained for a week straight here and the 4th was no exception. I made a trip to Hobby Lobby with my mom and then went to the grocery store alone to get the ingredients for frito pies since there was no way to cook out. I did make a double chocolate Coca Cola cake for the first time and it was by far the best cake I have ever made. True Story. :) The rain let up just enough right after dark for us to go play in the drive way (the ground is a sopping mess) and watch some of the neighbors fireworks. We broke out the sparklers and took some pictures. 

The kids did not even wear their 4th of July attire because it was just a lazy, do nothing day... but they did put it on to head to my grandparents for another 4th of July cookout on Saturday. It rained SO hard the entire time so we just all sat under the awning and ate. I did not get any pictures of all the cute kiddos due to the rain and trying keep all of them contained. Maybe next year we will have some beautiful weather...

Easter 2013

This post is going to seem so long. I took a ton of pictures of the kids yesterday and I am probably going to share almost all of them! Ha! They woke up to see what the Easter Bunny had brought:

Then we headed out for a wonderful church service:

Don't they look precious? Okay, I am partial...

We headed home after church to whip up some food to take to our first Easter celebration of the day. We went to my grandparents and had some delicious food and watched the kids play and hunt some eggs.

Then we hurried off to visit the hubs side of the family. We also had some wonderful food there and of course another egg hunt.

We came home after a long day of having a blast and worshiping God and we were beat! But we all managed to settle down together to catch the conclusion of The Bible on the history channel. Have you been watching? It was amazing. I have the entire series recorded so that the kids can watch it all.

I am so thankful for the real meaning of Easter. I am so glad that my babies know that it is not just about a bunny. I am so thankful that I have a saviour who paid it all for me!

I just love the lyrics to this song:

Jesus paid it all

All to Him I owe

Sin had left a crimson stain

He washed it white as snow

O praise the one who paid my debt

And raised this life up from the dead!

I hope that all of you were as blessed this Easter as I was. 

Happy Valentines Day!

It's Valentines Day! Woohoo! Lucas has been looking forward to this day because he gets to have an awesome class party at school today. Other than that Wait, those are our only plans for today? Well, that's what you get when you have three kids! I'll keep them though! :)

Lucas worked so hard on his Valentine box. He chose to make a monster. I think it turned out just adorable and he was very excited to bring it to school with him. He also sat very quietly and calmly last Thursday night and filled out every singles little Valentine to his classmates. He chose Phineas and Ferb valentines. He has a recent obsession with Perry the Platypus.

Lucas also melted my heart yesterday. They traced their hands at school and made them into "Love" in sign language. He wrote "to paisley" on his. These boys sure do love their sister. I cannot wait to show this to them when they are bigger.

I was on pinterest one day and Lucas was sitting beside me. He noticed the pink chocolate chip cookies and had a fit to make them. We made them as soon as he got home from school yesterday afternoon and he took some to his teachers today.

Edit: This post was mean't to be published on Valentines Day and that didn't happen... obviously...

Here Comes Santa Claus!

 On Christmas Eve we got all cozy in our pajamas...

Let mom snap just one picture...

 Laid out some milk and cookies...

Then the kids took FOREVER to fall asleep, but Santa finally made it!

We woke up to this...

... and the excitement began!

This girl wasn't sure what to think of all the neat toys that appeared over night.

This guy was ecstatic to see he finally got a deer rifle!

...and this one wanted to go fishing in the thirty degree weather...

So excited to have a baby Rapunzel...

Around noon we finally forced ourselves to stop playing and get dressed so we could head to lunch with family.

Father and son.

Now Christmas is over and done. We have put away all of our decorations and organized all of our toys. Now I am focused on organizing everything else. AH!