One of The Best Kind of Day's

Yesterday we did nothing really productive. I cleaned house a little bit, but then I promised the kids that we would go to the park. We actually went to 2 parks and then out to Dairy Queen afterwards. We wasted the whole day, but it's one of those day's that you will always love and always remember. Nothing makes me happier than to see my kids smiling and having a good time.

Pendulum swing. The boys had so much fun on this!

Tyson spinning around and around. He was hysterical to watch afterwards. He kept falling down.

Just stinkin' cute.

Brotherly love. Melts my heart.

Piper is laughing at her brothers. I love this picture.

Turtle sundae. You tested my willpower and kicked my butt! Your supposed to indulge when you take your kids out for ice cream, right?

The kids had so much fun playing in this ravine filled with leafs. I had a ton of pictures of them throwing them in the air and their little bums were so dirty from sliding down the hill. Nobody else was at the park and we had a blast!

Last night we had planned on decorating gingerbread men. We never got to do it, although I made them last night. So today we came home from church and decorated.

Our masterpieces.

Decorating Gingerbread Men.

Who really eats the cookie?

Happy Sunday to all!

Photo Shoot

I'm know it's Halloween and everyone is expecting Halloween pictures, but I don't have them uploaded yet, so you get my photo shoot that I did with my kids today. The weather was perfect for taking pictures, nice and overcast, so I took advantage of J.D.'s half day of school to go and take a few pictures. I wanted to do more, but Tyson and Piper both fell asleep on our way to our second location. So I will be trying to do more tomorrow or Sunday evening. I will post Halloween pictures tomorrow.

I like taking my own photo's because I'm not much on posed photography and I prefer outdoor pictures as oppossed to studio. I love doing it, even thoug it's frustrating. Piper was not cooperating with me for our group photo's. I'll have to retry those one's next time. I didn't get one good shot of all of them looking at me. I am going to do them in the Peach Orchard just up the street and possibly the Opera House or at the Tabernacle. It's been a very long day. Good night everyone, sleep tight!

Pictures

Sweet Sister
Pretty Tyler
Tyson the Power Ranger
Piper eating frozen blueberries & strawberries
My kiddo's

Spring Pictures

Tyson was most uncooperative. I threated to cut off his nose!!! It's hard to be 3 and have so much going on around you. I just wished I could of got some more of him looking at the camera.

J.D. is cute as always. He was such a good help and was trying so hard becuase he could tell I was getting very frustrated.

This is my favorite picture of the day!!! It's beautiful. Kids at this age are the perfect subject matter because it's all natural. They aren't posing, they are just being candid. Gorgeous!

Welcome to our Blog

We are so excited to have a blog. I must admit, I have been feeling a little behind the times. I just didn't think I had time to blog, but it is a great way to keep all of our family up to date on our wild bunch!!!It will be so much fun to share our lives with you. I just wanted to post a few pictures for everyone to see my pride and joys!!!! There was once a quote I read that said "Lord grant me the patience to endure my blessings." My other favorite one goes something like this, "Raising children is much the same as being pecked to death by chickens." How true!!! All you moms know what I am talking about.

Raising kids is hard work and it does require a lot of patience, but I love my kids so much. I would never trade them for anything in this world. So take a minute to check out my cute babies!!!

J.D is almost 6, I can hardly believe that he could be that old. He is in Kindergarten this year and is such a little stud. He just started soccer and he loves it. He so is athletic. He loves all sports. He told me he loves horses, rodeo, the guitar and girls!! What a little ladies man already. He is a joy to have around. He is so bright and happy most of the time! He is also my big helper. He loves to help me with Piper and he is such a little mother to Tyson. It's kind of cute.

Tyson or Tootie-Bootie as he is affectionately known, turned 3 in December. Now this kid may look all innocent, but don't let his good looks decieve you. DENNIS the MENACE!!!!!! He even has the blonde hair to prove it. Tyson is so much fun. He's our little dare devil who is all crazy and wild. He loves Spiderman. He has a little obsessive compulsive behavior when it comes to Spiderman, the boy is still wearing his Halloween costume about 3 days a week.

And this is our little baby girl!! Isn't she pretty? Piper Hermione or P. Herme (Josh hates that nickname) is so much fun!! Girls are so much fun to buy clothes for and she has a lot. She is so spoiled and loves to play with her brothers. She wants so badly to walk, but doesn't dare to quite yet. I bet she will be walking in the next few weeks, but she is pretty stubborn so don't quote me on that.

Well this should be a fun little adventure!  Let's see how we do!