life is beautiful

{freeze frame time}

December 12, 2013kids

sometimes, i really want to do just that.

last weekend, we pulled all the boxes down from the attic and spent a very cold day decorating our house for christmas. daddy braved the cold and hung all the lights outside. it was so much fun to watch you jack, you got excited about every decoration we got out. at the end of the day, you told me your favorite part of the day was decorating for christmas.

samuel, you are a hoot. too busy to stay still for any pictures these days… you want to be wherever jack is and you expect to do everything he does too. you were so excited to see the lights on the house!

{you were playing with my hair tie until this happened}

oh how we can’t wait to celebrate this christmas with you two. you are both at such fun ages! this year we have all the shopping behind us already. we have nothing to do except get the house ready, bake and p l a y oh and enjoy a lot of christmas music throughout it all.

good thing you two love music!

xxoo

mornings with jack…

December 12, 2013kids

“the garbage truck comes today?” is the question i hear almost every morning he crawls in my bed. it’s almost as exciting as christmas for him! on “garbage truck day” he will wait at the window for forever…

i love it. the simple joy seeing a garbage truck drive by can bring him. i never thought trash day would be so exciting!

xxoo

thanksgiving 2013

December 11, 2013celebrations, kids, vacation

missouri style. it was a first for us. traveling on a holiday and traveling with t w o kids on an airplane. luckily we have great travelers… we spent thanksgiving at aunt kindles. it was so wonderful! she picked us up at the airport, brought us to her house and continued to make her whole spread of thanksgiving day goodies. yum! we stayed till the following Monday, which gave us plenty of time to visit, enjoy our babies, a very cold fightin’ texas aggie football game and even some shopping 🙂 we obviously were enjoying our time. i barely pulled my camera out.

yes we traveled “double leash” style. it worked for us. they loved it. jack, you even held your own “tail” as you called it.

oh such yummy food! samuel this was your first thanksgiving to really partake in all the goodness. you couldn’t believe all that was before your eyes. you really just liked throwing it around. but you were a big fan of the sweet potato crunch. good taste buds my man.

first time black Friday shopping with the sister. i must say, i did an excellent job holding a spot for her in line. oh such good times!

oh how we all enjoyed our time with jude! he entertains us all.

a little more shopping never hurt anyone…

gingerbread train making, bath time and late night movies with cousins…

kansas city bbq before the game, so yummy!

oh daddy, he cracks me up. 🙂 i love him.

emma loves her babies!

not the best pictures we have ever taken but we have some great memories and that’s really all that matters. thank you so much to kindle for hosting us!

it was so perfect! see you in a few weeks for Christmas!

xxoo

i heart …

November 18, 2013kids

you boys.

xxoo

happy birthday to you …

November 18, 2013celebrations

happy birthday to you!

happy birthday dear samuel!

happy birthday to you!

your birthday was simple and oh so special. we made it to mass in the morning and you received a birthday blessing. we then came home and face timed daddy while we had birthday donuts which he surprised us with that morning!

i think you like donuts.

we played at home, took a nap and just enjoyed our day. your uncle albie surprised you and came by to tell you happy birthday!

that night we got pizza and a cupcake for dinner to celebrate. we also let you open your birthday gift which both of you boys love! you loved it so much you laid on it all evening!

happy birthday sam sam!

we love you!

xxoo

TOUCHDOWN!

November 18, 2013celebrations

samuel fulton just scored his first touchdown!

what a fun tailgate party we had for his first birthday!

the most exciting part, gramps came dressed in his referee uniform!

and bailey made samuel his own first football jersey. jack was lucky to get a number 3 jersey too!

thank you to our family and friends who made this party so special. we loved celebrating your first year samuel fulton!

happy birthday little buddy!

xxoo

one year

November 18, 2013celebrations

well we are here!

we have celebrated a lot these last few weeks. our baby is still our baby 🙂 but also considered a toddler now! this year has gone by so fast sweet samuel. at the age of one you are walking full time! you stumble a bit but get right back up. we think you may have been practicing up to your party day. it has been so much fun watching you work on it. you are saying “ma” “da da” and “a ya ya” you are always “hmm” ing things when you are interested or wanting something.

you love to eat. all the time. ( i think i may have said that in the last update.) you may outgrow this “little” title i have always given you very fast. your newest thing this month is giving high fives. it puts a huge smile on your face when we ask for a high five. you are quite the dancer when your favorite songs come on. your hair is up in the morning and down by night. we love you so much sam sam. we loved celebrating you this last week and we are so happy god chose us be your family! there couldn’t be more perfect fit. here’s to another beautiful year with you!

love you sweet boy!

xxoo

all hallow’s eve 2013

November 6, 2013celebrations, kids

oops a little late… but last week seemed like the busiest week of the whole year. i think we just over booked ourselves. throw in costumes, lots of candy and people knocking on our doors.. i’m so thankful its over.

here are the cutest two boys we have.

oh how i love them, costumes and all 🙂

jack, this was the first year for you to grasp what your job was on this night. you were so excited for “halloween day” as you called it. you and your pup were ready to go out and get some candy!

your costume came together very easily. after your fire truck birthday you had, you were happy to dress up as a fireman. it wasn’t much of a costume but you felt like a fire fighter and that was all that mattered. samuel, aunt holly sent you the most adorable dalmatian costume. you might not have picked it out but color a puppy nose on you and i was head over heals in love all over again, so were the neighbors. it didn’t help that when you crawled, you almost panted like a dog too! what a hoot you were. daddy decided last minute he was going to go as the guy that jack rescued. the neighborhood seemed to think he was really hurt. oh how i love him! we had some good laughs.

that night we kept a tradition i had when i was little. we enjoyed a movie {monsters university} with popcorn and of course some of our halloween treats. yum!

happy all hallow’s eve 2013

xxoo

{jack decided next year he wants to be a garbage man for halloween…}

one year.. {almost}

October 24, 2013celebrations

today we had a little fun taking some pictures in this beautiful weather. jack and joshua enjoyed some much needed playing time at the park. i really just ran around like crazy trying to make you laugh, while aunt dana captured the best of you! oh how fast this first birthday is coming!

oh my samuel fulton… here’s to one beautiful year!

xxoo

sienna is 3!

October 20, 2013celebrations

and cute as can be!

what a joy she is to us all! today we celebrated her birthday cowgirl style!

there were lots of tiny outlaws and some really cute ponies that the kids got to take home!

then there were the pony races with babies in tow….

we asked jack what his favorite part of the party was… he said he liked watching sienna open all her presents. you two are something else. i find it funny when i ask to take your picture, jack, you run away. but when i ask you to put your arm around sienna for a picture oh no worries!