life is beautiful

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anna kate frances is f i v e

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we celebrated all of july with you 🙂 you put a spin on living in a house full of boys that’s for sure! this last year you are becoming a very independent little girl and are ready to hit the books for your kindergarten year! you have learned to ride your bike this summer, enjoyed your first experience with dance and have lost your two bottom teeth already!
slow down baby girl!

here’s to learning and exploring all the fun things that five brings your way.

xxoo

vbs 2020 cousin time

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so glad holly made her annual summer trip down here! we put together a bc vbs. “celebrate life” was the theme! they learned the important role they play in their family and to celebrate each person in the family as they are irreplaceable!! ❤️ this crew for sure is irreplaceable. love them so much!

xxoo

7.4.2020

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happy birthday america!

praying for her, our leaders and our voters as these crazy’s days in this year go on.
xxoo

family first…

celebrations, cousins, kids

we had been quarantined basically for three months, all husbands started working from home and bans were lifted a little. first communions began to be celebrated so we went up to oklahoma to celebrate jude and seth. it was truly what we all needed. it was so hard to come back to reality after that weekend…

xxoo

rodeo time

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we started our day off with a nail in our tire, but pushed through to make it to the rodeo!

we enjoyed a rather empty rodeo after after the news had reported cases of corona virus happening in houston. the rodeo looked a little different with lots of hand sanitizer but that was the only difference. it was fun to run into friends and enjoy yummy food and furry animals.

the next day we found out they were shutting down the rodeo because of coronavirus outbreaks. we were so glad we went that day but it was so weird how fast things were happening. we attending the kids classes that thursday but that was unfortunately the end of on campus classes for the year.

the rodeo was a blast as always and it was so fun to spoil the kids. we fixed our tire on the way back home and then life totally changed that weekend.

xxoo

quarantined

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after our fun rodeo trip on that tuesday, we attended thursdays classes, then had abbie and Joe over for dinner that weekend… it was after that weekend, that our and the rest of the worlds lives totally changed. the corona virus was a real situation but one we and anyone else really knew nothing about so we took every precaution and before we knew it had drastically changed our way of living … in the midst of uncertainty we got creative as a family, mama organized a lot. and then reorganized. we picked up the family rosary to pray for our families and our country. we celebrated any chance we got.

xxoo

opening day

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samuels opening day was fun for everyone! this was the first season that he was our only baseball player. the whole family was able to rally around him and even jack was super supportive!

we celebrated that afternoon at deacon baldys and he even got his own root beer!

go braves!

xxoo

fun night out!

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it’s not often that we get to go out, let alone get to go out with friends. daniel and nadia invited us out to an evening learning how to make cocktails. it was so, much, fun!

maximilian

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almost 13 months and just ready to be with the big kids. you “ohhhh” over everything and i can hardly get enough of it.

xxoo

samuel fulton is seven!!

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samuel fulton you are something else. looking back on the now 7 years we have been blessed by you, you have always kept us wondering what you are thinking about. at a young age you entered the marvel world and i will be so sad if you ever lose interest in it. you are so creative with your drawings and have become such a great reader this year. reading is not your favorite thing to do but you love listening to stories, drawing and creating. you love making something out of anything. you share endless nights of laughing with jack before falling asleep. there is the occasional yelling but we have offered if you would like to share a room with anna kate. you quickly reply no. you lose yourself in music without a care.
we can hardly believe you are 7. that just still seems so old for the kid who spends hours in the dirt as well as hours (if we let you) in the bathtub.
we can’t wait to see what you get your hands on and explore at 7.
happy birthday samuel fulton. thank you for being you. you are a fun kid. we love you like crazy.
xxoo