life is beautiful

kitty party

celebrations, sister, weekend in pictures

we had an early birthday for you miss anna kate! your cousins were at granny’s so we jumped on the opportunity to celebrate with them. i am so glad we did. it was so much fun to watch you enjoy every bit of this party time with them. you enjoyed pizza, cake, ice cream and presents! erika and bailey gave everyone a kitty face that was purrr-fect. we enjoyed watching watching aristocats afterwards and relaxing ….

this kitty cake could not have happened with out danas amazing cookie skills 🤗

we love you anna kate and we are so glad you were able to celebrate with your cousins! how are we celebrating t h r e e already ?!

xxoo

gulf shores {2018}

{photography}, cousins

another great family vacation at gulf shores! we missed chad and mendy and their crew, as well as gramps and granny who weren’t able to make it either. richard fought off a sting ray to keep things exciting and there’s nothing like our late night visits. we say it all the time but we are so very blessed to have each other and that we all make the time to get together. there’s nothing like family and i am so, so happy that our kids are getting to experience this with cousins as their best friends. ❤️

can’t wait till the next time!

xxoo

hello summer

cousins, sister, weekend in pictures

a quick trip back allowed us to let samuel go see dr. musgrove.   what a way to kick off summer,  he had a great report and won’t go back for a whole year! praise God!

we were so happy to be there for you bailey!  to celebrate the whole weekend and to kick off our summer with the family!  you did it!

xxoo

california dreaming…

{photography}, kids

we did it!  we drove it in two days 🙂 and made some stops along the way…

pictures were not great but you have to document that we took you to see the grand canyon,  even when the kids aren’t feeling it 🙂


you kids were definitely feeling the beach life though.  we enjoyed california for an entire week!   i have to say… we were not ready to leave.  it was a week that we got to visit with nana and her sister, aunt freddy.  we did a cook out with the family, met friends to have smores,  enjoyed the beautiful surroundings and even fit in our first trip to disney land.  we literally enjoyed every minute of it and we are already talking about the next time we get to go back…

oh goodness, i know, picture overload but daddy and i just loved every bit of this trip…  we created such great memories.   and as always, we love seeing you kids explore with such fun and excitement!  the road trip back got long but y’all were troopers through it all.

xxoo

spring came and went ….

celebrations, cousins, kids, sister, weekend in pictures

and boy was it intense.

 waiting for the weather to warm up, baseball season, two teams, taekwondo, a new pair of kittens, a trip back home for spring break and a beautiful easter season…  daddy and i quickly learned how to multi task and to appreciate the simple life.   🙂 it was a fun semester but a little too busy for this family.   we are so proud of all we accomplished this semester especially our boys,  way to go!  by the way, your sister deserves an award for best support 🙂

xxoo

celebrating { s e v e n t y }

celebrations

surprise!! gramps and granny thought their company left… but no we just had to come back for more and this time another family came home too! it was an early birthday celebration.

roger, daddy, gramps,

s e v en t y

looks good on you!

mendy and dana made a wonderful german spread. we had live music and good cheer all around the room. we were so relieved iwe could keep it all a surprise.

daddy, you are one of the greatest gifts to our family! we love you so much! we had so much fun celebrating you.  I think we all want to go back today (your actual birthday) and celebrate again! although, I think you and mama might really cry if we all showed up again tonight 😂…

we love you so much!!

happy 70th birthday !

{and anyyyyyy moreeee} – as samuel would say.

xxoo

merry christmas {2017}

celebrations, cousins

another christmas celebrated with all of the cousins.  sixteen to be exact 🙂  it was so much fun as always.  everyone managed to stay healthy! {yay}   we managed to fit in only three rows at christmas eve mass.  we also managed to have more food than we have ever had afterwards…

 

the kids did an another amazing job with their christmas pageant and of course created a new tradition when opening their presents.  this year they chanted each other’s name faster and faster as each present was opened.   these kids are the best big and small.  with just a little bit of sleep on christmas eve, we all enjoyed lots of coffee  and laughs christmas morning as the kids played all morning with what santa clause brought them.  we sang happy birthday to Jesus and then as we always do, each family packed up to head to see more family!

this year was extra special to go see nana!   it was her first christmas in the new house.   it was beautiful and great new memories were made.  it has been a year full of blessings for our family.

“faith is what gets you started.  hope is what keeps you going.  love is what brings you to the end.” ~ mother angelica

what a very merry christmas!

xxoo

nine years!

kids

safe to say we would pick each other all over again…

here’s to many many more! so very grateful for the example you are to our kids and the way you love me. it’s a beautiful life with you my best friend.

xxoo