life is beautiful

anna kate frances

kids

what a sweet girl we have!   i miss doing updates for you month to month…

my little girlfriend thats for sure!   you love your blanket and paci and any cuddle time.  you start off sleeping in your bed but somehow always want to be in ours at night.   you love animals.  you love when its time to eat.  you run so fast and try to climb in your seat.   you love chicken nuggets and mainly ketchup.   you love dance parties and still can stop moving when you hear any piece of music.   i have loved watching your personality blossom.   you can be quite the drama queen but after two boys, this mama loves it.   i love you so much sweet girl!  you are the best!

xxoo

a little weekend get away…

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since we are so out west now and not much is close by…  we took an adventure as a family, a little get away.   a five hour get away but it was so much fun!

from a fancy restaurant for three little kids the first night to little and big hikes around town.  the kids loved their first taste of “camping” as they called it.   it was so not camping but if thats what  the kids want to call it,  we go with it 🙂  we hope to make it back out there again sometime!   you kids are up for any kind of adventure these days!

xxoo

samuel fulton is f o u r

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sweet little man,  this is a very late post so pay no attention to the date i blogged.   i had many obstacles in my way of staying on top of these posts.   i wont go without sharing what a fun day we had on your

F O U R T H  birthday.

it was so much fun daddy took the day off just for you. 🙂

our wild one, for sure.   you enjoyed every bit of this little zoo adventure.  your favorite new animal is a giraffe…

samuel,  it was a big day celebrating all things you.  i can’t believe what  big boy you have become.  you have gone through many moves at such a little age and you are a trooper!   you have the biggest heart along with the biggest smile.   you have the sweetest voice that some still struggle to understand what you are saying.  you love, love to get messy even when you don’t think you are getting messy.   you are very shy but never to shy to have a good laugh.   we love you so much big boy and look forward to what

f o u r  year old samuel will learn and do!

xxoo

all hallows eve 2016

kids

i could say eve, eve.   our new neighborhood got together  the night before halloween to do a hay ride and lots of other festivities!   it was nice because halloween night we turned off our lights and enjoyed pizza and a movie together 🙂

this year we did the mario!

two very late nights in a row but you guys were so much fun!

xxoo

 

happy campers

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another belated post…  but oh my goodness this was a fun party celebrating joshua, jack and samuel’s birthday.   these kids are awesome and are such a gift to the family!

{here comes picture overload…}

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oh my goodness we underestimated how quick it would get dark.  however, i think the kids were super excited how we celebrated outside in the dark like we were really campin’ 🙂  smores, movie and a bear oh my! wonderful memories were made that evening.   thank you to all who were able to join us!  i can’t wait  to watch the boys grow this year.  nine, six, and four  here we come!  happy birthday boys!

xxoo

 

 

friendship

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through thick and thin… and many, many miles apart.

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god is so good.   this friendship, truly through Him…  when we are together, its craziness, it’s full of laughter and tears, but mostly laughter 🙂  love this family and all the joy they can bring us when they visit!   thank you for travelin way out west nadia 🙂  you and your crew created great new memories in our new home!  come back soon!

xxoo

 

six years old

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six!

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 this seriously goes so fast.   your birthday morning was a sweet one as always.   we woke you up for your birthday breakfast before heading off to another flag football game.

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what a fun day we had together as a family.   just celebrating you and all the things that you love.  another game day down and an afternoon at gattiland.  you ate and played all you could.   we then went home and watched a little more football before having your texan themed birthday party at the house 🙂

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you are really an awesome kid.   so thankful for you and the  s i x  years of fun and love you have brought to our family.

happy birthday buddy!  we love you!

xxoo

 

wrapping up summer 2016

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 the month of july was the busiest month this year by far.   we ended our summer with saying goodbye to our favorite parish priest.  oh my goodness father justin,  if he only knew how much he was missed.   we headed out for vacation bible school with the cousins.  we had a surprise visit from mamas sister.   we bought our first suburban and had a birthday to remember for granny.  oh yes, and after all of it was over we made a move further out to west texas.

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it was so.  extremely.  exhausting.   but the memories were totally worth it.   so very thankful for all the blessings this summer, seen and unseen.   i look forward to a new fall season ahead.   we have a new house and our very first school year to start!

xxoo

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as the movers were invading the house, i thought yay! we still have my bed, we can do her last monthly picture.  so as busy as you were i snapped a few.  it doesnt show any of the chaos around us.  this is the first time i thought how much i’ll miss this.   mainly because we were leaving this photo spot behind us too.  when we moved in we found out we were expecting you.   now here you have your first birthday and we are packing up and moving out.  this went way too fast.  this was a very hard move for this mama but i’m slowly learning to detach myself and focus on whats most important.  🙂   sweet girl  at one year, you werent quite walking yet.   you waited until the next week to take a few steps and then you went non- stop.  there was nothing gradual about it.   you are a busy body now.  at one year you still slept in mama and daddys room.  in a pack in play of course :p  but yes guilty as charged, you were our roommate until about a month after the move.  i dont regret it at all.  you are a silly little girl who is more into playing with people instead of toys.  you love food.  you love m&ms.  we still arent sure what you are allergic to but you breakout occasionally having us all scratch our heads.  you still love music and will dance forever if it is on.   it is one of my favorite things about you.  you can say “jack jack” “dada” “mama” and “ya.”   you are our joy.  everyone wants to be around you.  you are the best.  we love you birthday girl.

xxoo