Easter 2014

We stayed super busy this Easter. Several easter egg hunts and lots of time with family :)

Our subdivison had an Easter party for the kids one Friday night, so we decided to swing by. They had crafts, pictures with the easter bunny and Orange Leaf yougurt. Kipton wasn't too fond of that big ol bunny but loved the ice cream..lol.

The Thursday before Easter we headed over to Tanner and Jodi's for pizza and an egg hunt with Parker and Liam. The kids had fun devouring all the candy and spending time with their cousins :)

Saturday before Easter all my family was in town, so we went to a church's egg hunt. Hot dogs, face painting, jumpers, egg hunts and more.

Easter Sunday.. Church time with the family!!!

Love this pic of the kiddos! Cousins! Wish lil Jhett lived closer.

My beautiful sisters!! So blessed to have them both!

And my handsome hubby!! SO blessed by him too and all that he means to our family!

We enjoyed our Easter!! And blessed to say that HE HAS RISEN!!

~Spring break 2014~

We didn't have much of a spring break planned. Landon and I both had work, Kipton was in daycare but Laney was out of school. Landon and I took turns staying at home with her while the other worked.. so we decided we would take a quick trip to Abilene and take the kids to the zoo for a little fun. My mom joined us and we we also met up with my grandparents who are from Baird, 20 minutes away.

We planned on grabbing a quick bite to eat, then head to the zoo. We arrived for lunch and it started pouring... oh no! The last trip we took to the Abilene zoo it rained and stormed. So instead of a quick lunch we took our time, ran to a couple of stores while we waited for it to clear up. Luckily an hour later it stopped raining and we headed to see the animals.

Overall a great trip, but defintley not the most eventful spring break :)

Spring Time Fun!

Well I am just running a few months behind on our life. So here is a quick run through of the craziness we have been up to :)

We have taken advantage of all the nice weather we have had by just being outside. Our kids are constantly begging us to play outside, so we spend majority of our spring and summer outdoors :)

We started off by a weekend trip to Canton trade days with the family. The weather was perfect and of course so was the shopping! The guys played golf while we shopped and they had just as much fun!

Lots of trips to the park :)

Laney had rodeo day at school one Friday. They learned all kinds of cute songs that she had been practicing at home for a while. Luckily she already had a pair of boots and even a pair of cute miss me jeans but we had to go find a "cowgirl" shirt. She was super cute and we had a fun time watching!

Landon had the privilege to baptize a student in the Stonegate youth group. We have been volunteering in there for about 4 months and he was thrilled that he was asked to be a part of this big day. *Proud wifey moment*

We took the kids to the carnival. They neither one are scared of anything (well bugs) but they rode just about everything they were tall enough for and begged to go back the next day.. haha.

And that about wraps up the beginning of our Spring days!!

Project Quest

We are so proud of our Laney Bug. The school sent out a letter in Kindergarden asking if you want to test your child for the gifted and talented program. Landon and I talked about it and didn't really see a reason why we wouldn't, so we signed the paper and sent it back to school. We didn't make a big deal at all about the program or the testing. They tested Laney over several months. Most of the time we didn't even know she had a test that day unless her teacher mentioned it. We know she is a smart little girl and has an insane memory but really wasn't quite sure what the results would be. We went out of town and came back to a letter stating that she was accepted in to Project Think and Project Quest. They take the top percentage for all MISD for these programs. We were stoked!!!! She loves school, takes every oppurtunity to learn and soak up all that she can. She is now pulled from class every Tuesday and Thursday to meet with her Project Think and Project Quest teacher to dig in deeper. There is 5 kindergarten students at her school that are in Project Think and she is the only kindergardener in Quest. She will automatically be accepted into Carver in the second grade and we couldn't be more pleased! It's a wonderful school with awesome teachers.

We do not give all of this credit to ourselves by the way. She had an amazing preschool teacher, Mrs. Mary, who helped her tremendously. We are so blessed that Laney got the time she did at Training Wheels.

And most of all we thank God for Laney and the brains he blessed her with.

We obviously would love her all the same if she wouldn't have gotten into the gifted and talented and we stressed that to her over and over!

Vegas 2014!!

Landon and I headed to Vegas a few weekends ago to celebrate our sister in law, Jodi's 30th birthday. This was a first time trip to Vegas for Landon and I think he is ready for the next trip already..lol. We had a blast needless to say! Time away without the kids, good company, great food, shopping, winning {and losing} money.

On the airplane headed out :)

We headed down on a Wednesday morning. We arrived super early in the morning, so that gave us all day to shop, eat and look around. That evening us girls went and saw Brittney in concert. That was so much fun! I was worried about the time change because her concert was at 9 Las Vegas time, so that means 11 our time. But she was so entertaining that I never once felt tired. (I am usually in bed by 9 or 10, so I did good. ha)

The Aria, where we stayed. It's gorgeous!

Thursday was more shopping, winning and losing money, dinner at the Olives at the Belagio to celebrate the birthday girl.



Happy 30th Jodi!



My love!

Landon and I, Tanner and Jodi, Rhonda (Jodi's mom), and Ben and Jenna!

Friday, it was time to wind down with some amaaaaaaaaaaaaazing massages! I wanna go back to spend all day at the Aria spa. It was so nice and what a perfect way to end the trip.

Saturday, we headed home to see our babies. I was informed when we picked them up that is both of thier dreams to fly on an airplane.. lol. Looks like we will have to make that happen some time :)

Kipton's 3rd Birthday!!

Our sweet little Kipton turned three a few weeks ago. We celebrated our little guy with friends and family at church here in town. He had a blast with all his friends.

A few things Kipton is up too these days:

-He loves super heros.. spider man to the rescue is his favorite saying right now and he likes to put his sister and even his mommy in a web when he gets mad.. ha

-He is all boy.. spitting (which he gets in trouble for doing), grunts, growls, jumping on furniture (which he also gets in trouble for), wrestling with dad and even sissy sometimes

-He loves every sport right now but especially loves golf and baseball. I think he is definitely gonna be an athlete of some sort. Balls are all over my house.. all the time ;)

-He is definitely all boy but is for sure a mommy's boy and loves to give me hugs, kisses and cuddles all the time.

-He is a little comedian. If he sees you laugh at something he did, he will do it a million times.. haha. We find our selves constantly laughing at him or something he said or did.

-He loves playing with his sissy but it is getting harder now because he isn't into barbies and dressing up so Laney's feelings get hurt that he doesn't want to play. If she is willing to play with this boy toys he is all for it.


Here are are few pics of Kipton's golf birthday party fun:

We love you Kipton Wayne! So grateful to God that he allowed us to be your mommy and daddy!

~Crazy 2014~

I am going to wrap up our beginning of 2014 with some pictures!

So here we go!

We ended 2013 by cuddling with the kids at the drive in movies. After the movies we headed home and neither Landon or I could stay awake until midnight. I woke up at 11:40 and was back out.. haha. So needless to say we had a non eventful night but I wouldn't have wanted to have it any other way.

Laney was out of school for a few weeks during Chrismas and New Years, so she got to spend time with my sisters, mom and grandparents. She kept texting me while I was at work. I can't believe how well she was texting. Blew my mind!

Tried making another wreath for my mom and I. Still need practice but I find it kinda fun to be crafty every now and then.

Had a few nights with friends to start the new year off.

Had fun at Miss Charley's birthday party!

We kept cousin Parker a few nights while her mommy and daddy took a vacation and they came back with the kids a present. Kipton loves his dinosaur mask and likes to scare me in the dark when he is supposed to be in bed..haha. He says.. roar!!!!

And... the real fun begins..... Landon had a pain in his right side for a few days. He made a Dr appt to see what was going on. The Dr sent him to get a cat scan and they found on the test that he had appendicitis. They wheeled him straight to the ER for surgery. It all happened so quickly with no time to prepare. Luckily his appendix hadn't ruptured and the surgery went fast and recovery wasn't too horrible. He is feeling alot better but still having to take it easy. We are headed to Vegas in a few weeks so we are very thankful this happened now and not then. But no skydiving or golf in Vegas like he was hoping ;(

Everything is better with a Chick fil a milkshake :)

Flowers my work sent to Landon. (I really think they were for me..lol).

We were out of the hospital Friday and just in time to celebrate our little boy turning 3. That post is following as soon as I have time to sit and download pictures :)

2014 hasn't started the exact way we would have chose but we are defintley thankful for the way things turned out. It could have been alot worse! So, here is too a smooth sailing rest of the year!