Dinner with Friends

Last night, Tab and Erika went to dinner and we watched Ebby Lee and Nixon.  Dinner on our patio, side walk chalk coloring, playing soccer, and a bath with 4 kids 3 and under...it was a fun evening!!

Happiness

3-2-1

On Saturday night, we celebrated my dad's birthday.  Our family is so blessed to have these three kiddos.  Kensington and Smith love their cousin Paisley!!  They're 3, 2, and 1 year old :).



I forgot my camera, so Casey snapped some pics with her i-Phone.

Huggin' on P.

And kissin' Paisley too.

Three precious kids!

Freckleface Strawberry

We've had a super adventurous day today!  We were at the gym early (at 8:15) and afterwards, we headed to the local library.  

Kensington checked out two Freckleface Strawberry books. 

She was lovin' the library and the book reading!

And sweet Smith liked the library too :).  We've had a fun Wednesday, hope you have too!

PS: Today is my Dad's birthday!  We love you so much Papa Jay!!  Happy Birthday!

Shull Family North

Over the weekend, the Shull Family North (a.k.a. Andrew's brother's family from Missouri) came down to spend the weekend with us.  We always get super excited to see our cousins!!

On Friday night, we went and had Mexican food at one of our favorite spots.  This is Smith shoving chips and salsa in his mouth at rapid speed.  Andrew (with a very serious and concerned look on his face) asked me if I had remembered to feed Smith that day.  YES!  The boy just likes chips and salsa!  He wasn't starving.

A true Texan, Kensington also enjoys her chips and salsa and she looooooooves sitting next to her big cousin Brode!

This is sweet Sylvia :).

After dinner, while we were waiting on the check, Andrew started showing the kids pictures on his phone.  Look at all three of them...it's like he's Santa or something!

Friday night, they came back to our house to hang out and eat dessert.  Have I mentioned yet how much K loves her cousin B?!

Saturday was my favorite day.  We started with brunch at Spoons in downtown McKinney.  Here are these cuties on the courthouse steps.  After this, the dads took all 4 kids to the park and Sonic while Gretchen and I had girl time. 

Girl time totally consisted of pedicures!  We also shopped and shopped and stopped at Starbucks.  Love this girl!

Thank you so much Shull Family North for coming to see us!  We can't wait to see you again soon!  Love!

Welcome Wagon

When playing in the back yard, my kids rarely pay attention to the golfers a mere 15 feet away.  Honestly, I don't even think they realize they're out there most days.  Today, however, was different.  They were the Welcome Wagon.  Every single golfer that passed by, got a wave, a hello and two huge grins.  It was your typical Friday morning Welcome Wagon.

My apologies to the men playing golf on the 12th hole this morning.  I know it's hard to focus on your swing with two toddlers screaming hello.  :)

Hey there!

It's been GORGEOUS out today and we've been playing outside.  I totally forgot to take pics of my kids being absolutely adorable/precious/cute/wonderful while we were out...so here are two pics of them right before their naps...

 Sweet Smith celebrating his pottying for the morning with a special treat...little Nutter Butter cookies.

Kensington was very enthusiastic for me to take her picture :).

Sweet kiddos!  Great morning with my loves!

Like mother, like daughter

My favorite little past time is reading magazines.  I have 15 subscriptions.  Please don't make me list them all...it's embarrassing :).  Nothing makes me happier then spending a minute or two reading one of my magazines.  Last night, I walked by Kensington in the family room and found this...

 ...just sitting in the chair browsing her American Girl Doll magazine. 

Like mother, like daughter.  (Oh and by the way...I'm pretty sure my mom has more than 15 subscriptions...like mother, like daughter, like Lovie...)

They're so glad they live with...

...the Mix and Match Mama.  There are always bowls of cake batter to be licked!

A Summery Winter Day

Please lower your expectations...these are not great pictures.  I snapped these last night while the kids played in the back yard before dinner.  It was so warm!  It was like June in February (ok...maybe a slight exaggeration...it was like April in February.).

Kensington took her two babies outside and played with them in the swing.  She wanted to stay out there all night.

Smith ran around the entire time with Rapunzel...who was naked.  I'm sure Dr. Phil could explain that one to me but oh well...a naked Barbie entertained him for quite a long time...

He likes to shake my tiki torches.  Again...with his naked Rapunzel. 

I'm not quite ready for warm weather.  We'll have P-L-E-N-T-Y of that in our future.  I'm hoping for a little bit more cold before the season is all said and done.

Valentine's Dinner

The McAnally's hosted the cutest Valentine's Day party for us and some friends last week.  Click here to see the fabulous pictures.  The food was so yummy, the company charming and the decor delightful!  Thank you McAnally family!