Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Pets????

The day we got back from our camping trip, we noticed 3 teeny tiny kittens in our back yard...actually living under our house.  No sign of the mother! I let the boys give them milk because they were scrawny and crying....stupid move on my part.  They wouldn't leave after that!



After much begging, pleading, and gnashing of teeth, I decided to let the boys keep one of the kittens (the one William is holding in the first picture).  They were allowed to keep it on a few conditions:
1) They will take care of it, not me
2) The cat will never enter the house.  When we move back to FW, we will likely have to find a home for him, as most neighborhoods do not allow outside cats.  I am NEVER having an indoor cat again.

So far, so good. The boys named him Nelson, as we are currently working our way through the Cosby Show series, and these cats happened upon us just as the twins Winnie and Nelson were born...

We "surrendered" the other 2 to the vet, and there you go.  We have a pet.

Camping Trip 2015

When life deals lemons (RAIN), you make lemonade (buy rainboots, and play in the rain!).
We had our first rainy camping trip, but we didn't let that get us down! Everyone brought rainboots, and we made the most of it.  It wasn't ideal, but considering there was 100% chance of rain for the entire weekend, we felt very blessed.  It really only poured on Saturday night (and the campers ended up in the garage). People were able to camp in tents Friday and Sunday night.  There were a few bouts of heavy-ish rain during the day, but not much.  A little drizzle here and there was it.  The kids had SO much fun trampling around in their rainboots, catching crawdads, digging mud holes, getting absolutely disgusting, and loving every minute of hanging out with friends.











Yay! Summer!

I live all year long awaiting summer.  I like all things summer: warm temps, swimming, flip flops, ice cream, green grass, etc, etc.  

Check out this cute little summer outfit that both of my nieces, Keira and Emery wore.  I mean, SO cute!

cuddles with William:



never too young to start learning interesting facts:

or all about Iron Man:


Welcome summer!!!

6 Months Old

Not a whole lot new at her 6 month mile-marker, but I'm not complaining! She sleeping like a champ, still a very happy baby, she's sitting up really well, and her brothers still adore her.
She's still not all that interested in eating table food, but she got a clean bill of health at her well-check, and the doctor said that if she's not interested in food, don't push it.
Her stats:
15b 9oz (40%)
26.5" (75%).  Tall- go figure
16.5" head (40%)




All 4 kids at exactly 6 months:

Mother's Day

What a fun mother's day-- my first one with all 4 of my kids.  Dave and the kids made breakfast for me (a Pioneer Woman recipe, of course!), we went to church, and then we went to Wonderland Amusement Park...because why else wouldn't I want to do that on Mother's Day? Mom's got in free that day, and the kids have been DYING to go ever since we moved here.


We had a blast, and it was a beautiful day. I feel so blessed to get to be the mom to these 4 crazy, adorable, fun, spirited kids!