Mason 18 months

My baby is 18 months old today.

He gets to go to the nursery now in church.

HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a happy mamma!




I love this little guy!

February Formal

The dress!



The shoes!

Finding a dress is usually pretty easy. Finding the perfect shoes for that dress...a nightmare! So we find this super cute dress at Forever 21. I told her to find shoes in her closet to wear. She wasn't too happy but she did have one pair that looked OK with it. She asked if I would take her to Payless and said she would use her own money. So I told her I would take her to ONE store and that was it. I was so not in the mood to hit every shoe store in town (which is what we usually do). And look at these adorable shoes we found! They look like they were made for the dress! LOVE THEM!!



Her good friend Jamie who did her hair for her.


Her date was Rigin Arnett. She loved it that she could wear her 3" heals and still be shorter than him!



They were so cute together and they had a great time!

More Stitches

Nate crashed on his bike yesterday riding home from school. Banged up his head, hip and elbow. Luckily there were no broken bones just a gnarly road rash on his elbow and a huge chunk of flesh missing! It took three stitches to close it up. That brings the count up to 33 stitches. Yes, he's keeping track of how many stitches he's had in his 12 short years. At least these weren't on his face like the first 30!





And, of course, football starts again in a week and this is his throwing arm! Can't be the QB if you can't throw the ball! Again, he's lucky he didn't break anything!

Jake's 11th Birthday

Jake turned 11 on Sunday. We let him open his birthday present from us on Thursday before Larry left for work.

A really cool Airsoft gun!




Then on Saturday we had a party at the park. We played kickball and had yummy treats! Jake walked away with a wad of cash from the family!





Instead of a party with friends this year, the birthday child gets to go to dinner with mom and dad at a place of his choosing. Jake chose (with some persuasion from us) to go to Olive Garden.


Then it was off to the Mall to spend some of that birthday money that is burning a huge hole in his pocket. New Vans!


Happy Birthday Jake, we love you!

Jill's Birthday

I had a great night out with Jill celebrating her birthday! Dinner and a movie...always a great time! I made her pick me up so we could ride in her new Yukon. This was her Christmas present from her sweet husband. Who gets a car for Christmas!? I guess Jill does...lucky girl!



It's hard to believe that we've been friends for 20+ years. We might not see a whole lot of each other but she's always just a phone call away. I love it that I can call her anytime day or night and she's there for me. Besides Larry, she's probably the one person that knows me better than anyone else. Thank you Jill for being the best friend anyone could ever have! I love you!!


Happy Birthday!

Airsoft Gun War

We got together with a bunch of friends and went out to the desert to shoot guns. The dads brought real guns and the kids had airsoft guns. The weather was unseasonably warm and perfect! The smaller kids took off their shoes and played in the creek and the bigger kids had a blast shooting their airsoft guns. It was a great day hanging out with good friends and a perfect start to the new year!







The Ellsworth's were all decked out in their camo. I love that family! They are always so much fun!






Sniper Cody




I love watching these little girls play. I think Maura is being a little bossy here...they all look a little scared...haha!

New Years Eve

Larry worked on New Year's Eve so I didn't really make any plans. But I was feeling kind of sad that we were going to be alone so at the last minute I decided to go to the Woolf's. They have a big party every year with lots of people and lots of food and fun. They did a white elephant gift exchange, there were lots of fireworks in the cul-de-sac and the kids ran crazy all night! My kind of fun!!

The kids gift exchange


Jake got this giant gummy bear (gross) but he later traded it to Sophia


Mason spent the night learning how to go up and down the stairs. Something he really needs to learn how to do so I can get rid of my big gate!




Happy New Year!