March Madness

I will warn you that this is going to be a long post. Since I am so behind on my blogging (big shocker, I know) I am just going to do a mass blog including all of the March happenings since my last post. Since there are so many pictures I am going to try and keep my commentary to a minimum. Enjoy!!!!

Collin's Birthday Party

Collin decided to have a "Thomas the Train" party. Here are a couple of pictures of the cake my wonderful sister-in-law made for him. Isn't it AWESOME? Thank you Aunt Jennifer for making such a special cake for a special little boy!!

Trip to the Botanical Gardens

During Spring Break we went with some friends to the Ft. Worth Botanical Gardens to see the wonderful Butterfly exhibit. The weather was beautiful and we had a great time!

Brady and Rowan (I love this picture!)This picture is one of the few pictures taken from inside the butterfly exhibit. It was hotter than Hades with 1000% humidity inside the exhibit and you could not take strollers inside so I was having to hold Logan, the camera, my diaper bag AND try to keep Collin from stomping on any butterflies that decided to land on the ground in front of him! Needless to say, I was a big sweaty mess by the time we left the exhibit! Good times!!
You may notice that there are not many pictures of Collin from this trip. Homeboy will not look at the camera to save his life! Seriously, if I did not know any better I would think that he was part of the witness protection program trying to keep his real identity from being revealed! It is crazy and extremely frustrating!

Easter

After church on Easter we headed to Papa & Mimi's house for lunch and an Easter egg hunt! I did not get a picture of the boy's all dressed up but I assure you they looked mighty handsome! Here are some pictures from the Easter egg hunt.

Brady showing off his haul!

This is what Collin thought of the Easter egg hunt! He was so tired!!

Our Anniversary

Jay and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary on the 24th. I can not believe we have been married for 7 years already! Seven years and 3 kids later I would truly do it all over again. I love you Jay!

This picture was taken at our wedding. Look how young and skinny Jay is! I, however, have not changed a bit! Hee Hee!

A Day Out with Thomas

We took the boys to "A Day Out with Thomas" again this year and had a great time! It was so cold the day we went but we still had a lot of fun! Here our pictures from or trip!

I love these last few pictures of Collin! At least there is ONE of him actually looking at the camera. The others I think help to prove my earlier statement about the Witness Protection Program.

"Hear No Evil"

"See No Evil"

"Speak No Evil"

I know I say this every time, but I am going to seriously try and do a better job about taking more pictures of the boys and keeping my blog updated. So until next time....Love to you all!!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Collin!!

Collin three years ago........

8 pounds 12 ounces

20 1/4 inches

What a difference three years can make......

Happy Birthday Collin! You are such a sweet little angel face! We love you so much!!!!!

We Love Snow!!!

I have been telling Jay for a while now that I wanted one "good snow" before it started getting warmer. I had about given up hope until yesterday when my wish was fulfilled by more snow than I ever thought we would get this time of year! I absolutely love snow! I love the feel of it, the smell of it, I love watching it fall! It truly makes me happy! The boys of course were very excited and could not wait to get out in it and "make snow angels". Here are some pictures from our snow adventure!

I had to get a picture of the house before I would let the boy's mess up the snow. I love it when the snow is uninterrupted by footprints. I love it when there is no grass poking through and it just looks clean and white and perfect. That is my definition of "a good snow". I just hope that the snow didn't kill my tulips that have already started coming up! Notice the boys waiting patiently on the front porch for my cue that they can go and play.

Logan did not know what to think of the snow. Yesterday, when it was coming down pretty good he kept looking out the window and saying"uh-oh" like something was wrong. It was pretty funny. He did not like walking in it at all but he did pretty well if he was being held. He did NOT like having snowballs thrown at him at all either!




My Snow Angels!!

So we are going to enjoy the snow while it lasts because I know it will be gone all too soon. I guess now I will be ready to move on to warmer weather and lazy days spent playing outside. It was the perfect end to winter! I can't wait to see what the spring has in store for us!

About Time, I Know!

I am sorry that I have not been very good about keeping my blog updated lately. I seriously think about sitting down to do it, and sometimes I even do, but it never fails I somehow always manage to get side-tracked! I just keep telling myself better late than never, right????

Day to day life in a household with three little boys is crazy to say the least! It seems like I am able to "tune out" the almost constant state of chaos most of the time,but I can only imagine how life inside my home appears to those who are not use to having three young children running around. Jay and I often joke after friends come to visit that we are probably a great source of birth control for many couples. We can almost hear them as they get into their cars to leave saying "Maybe 2 kids is all we need" or "So-and-so will be just fine as an only child, right?" We however, would not have it any other way. I took all 3 of the boys with me to Walmart one day last week and I kid you not 2 different people came up to me and said, "Oh, you have 3 boys!" and then they said "BLESS YOU!" At first I wasn't sure how to take the comments wondering if their was something about our appearance that just screamed "MASS CHAOS!" I mean sure, the boys hair probably was not combed and it very likely that I was not wearing a stitch of make-up and probably had a stain on whatever shirt I was wearing, but I don't think that we were that out of our element! Then I decided to take the comments for what they were, BLESSINGS! I am blessed!! I have 3 happy, healthy, beautiful little boys who God has allowed to call ME Mommy! So yeah, things may be crazy and I may only get to update my blog once every 2 months but like I said before, I would not have it any other way because it is the way things are meant to be!

Okay, enough of the sappy mumbo jumbo. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the last couple of months. I am really going to try and be better about keeping my blog updated. By that I mean you might get to see Christmas pictures before Valentine's Day! Just kidding of course! (Maybe!!!) HA!

Brady and Collin trick-or-treating in the neighborhood.

Note how they are pretty much in this poor woman's house! Brady has never met a stranger!

This is what Logan thought of Halloween! What a cute little bat baby!!!!

The boys with Paige, my college roommate's daughter. Is she not the cutest?????

Mimi and the boys "just a swingin' "! (Okay seriously, I am a dork!)
Mommy's birthday!! The boy's decorated for my "surprise" party while Jay and I went to dinner. All day long Brady kept telling me about my "surprise" party. It was pretty funny! SURPRISE!
This is a random picture of Collin that we took one day in the car. I looked back at him and this is what I saw! Luckily we had the camera with us! I love it!

This is your brain.....This is your brain on Micky D's......

Collin playing on the computer in just a diaper. Enough said.

Brady and Logan hanging out watching morning 'toons. So sweet!

I hope you enjoyed the new pictures! I really do hope to have more posted soon! Until then love to you all!!!