Little Chef's

My mom had aprons made for my kids!!! How cute is that?? So now they can help mommy bake cookies and not get all messy. Here's a look at my chef's showing off their aprons, and helping mommy cook.



Come on, how cute??

Stir.....
Stir.....

Ready to go in the oven.
Finished product. YUMMY!!

First Dentist Appt....

First of all let me say, how disappointed I am in myself for forgetting my camera!!!!!!! I've been keeping it in my purse, but last night took it out to download some pics, BOO.

Anyways, today was the day I have not been looking forward to. I had visions of screaming children and dentists telling me "your a horrible mother look at these hideous teeth"

I was pleasantly surprised. They took Pierce first. Before the cleaning began they took him back to have x-rays (without me I might add). When he came out I said "Hey what went on in there? " "Took pictures of my teeth"(like no big deal mom!!) Then they cleaned, flossed, counted, etc.... he must have asked the hygienist 95 questions, but she patiently answered them all....

Hope's turn....Since she's still quite little, they just had me keep her in my lap, with her head in the hygienist lap. For a second there, she was gonna lose it, but she prevailed and opened that mouth right up. So proud :)

Best part?? Dentist comes to check the teeth and says "No cavities, mom your doing a great job"

Worst part? "Does Hope take a pacifier" "Yes" "You need to stop that by the time she's three, it's causing bite problems and will create future problems that can be very hard to correct" Of course I knew this was coming (Yes I'm one of those moms who hasn't taken away the paci yet, quit rolling your eyes TRACEY, tee hee) So, I've got 6 months to get her off the paci. I am waiting until we get back from Florida!!!!

Overall, went great. I'm very thankful, and I think the kids actually enjoyed it :)

My tired cubbie...

Oh yes, he's growing up....but somedays I see just how little he still is.....on our way to Cubbies he couldnt keep his eyes open.

Labor Day Fun

Camping with children can be, well, difficult. Melanie has experienced the difficulty herself firsthand, and when the Labor Day weekend was coming and everyone talking about camping she came up with a great idea.....camping at their house!!! I jumped on that idea, fast!!! We'd be able to experience camping, but also have indoor plumbing and access to beds if need be!! It was very kind of Matt and Melanie to open their yard and home to 7 adults and 6 kids (not including the Murphy's)

Melanie had the whole weekend planned out....we had tons of yummy food, swimming at O'Bannon park, games, movies, and then a fish fry on Monday with lots of other friends. Overall, the weekend went great. The kids had a BLAST and played hard all weekend long, we did get rain on Sunday night and that was a bummer, but it stopped by the time the fish fry on Monday.

Thanks Matt and Melanie for being so gracious to allow a bunch of crazy kids and adults to take over your place for 3 days. We had a great time and made lots of great memories :)



Here's a look at our massive tent. This sucker is huge.

Inside...Paul had it set up really nice for us. A fan for when/if we got hot and also a heater for when I got cold.

Cutie pie, Addie.

Corbin, not so happy I was taking his pic.

Little one stopping for a water break....

Swimming at O'Bannon Park.....

Of course, the best....campfire time and SMORE time!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah...this is the "three amigos" smoking their peace pipes.

Tracey waiting on the fish fry to begin.











Couple pics of the spread at the Murphy's.

Have to stop for a "self-portrait"

Melanie taking a quick break!!

Manning the fish fry.

Ashlyn.....aka, Pierce's "house playmate"

Janna and Ian :)

And not even 5 minutes down the road.........

Thanks again Matt and Melanie....it was tons of fun!!!!!!!!!!

My obnoxious post...

SO, since it's been a while since I had a camera that would take any decent pics, I've been going a little crazy ;) So, please amuse me while I bore/nauseate everyone with all these random pictures of THE TWO MOST BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD (I'll fight all you other moms about that one later)




My little cutie playing in her car seat, first thing in the morning.

Ahhhh, good morning buddy ;)
Ahhhh, come on now...he looks "special"

Oh yeah, this is a real moment...they didn't know I was creeping up on them...prayer time before bed.

My two men.

My two men and a little lady.

What a good mommy!!!! Her baby elephant has a real diaper on, and she's giving her a bottle.

OMG.

Silly girl.






Pretty girl.

In serious thought....









Oh, the eyes....

OMG again.

Momma and her baby girl.

So there you go. A mom's obnoxious post. More to follow ;)

My Camera.....

Doesn't suck anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tracey said she wanted to get me an early birthday present.....and it's a new camera!!!!!!!! I cannot begin to tell you how surprised I was to get it!!! It flored me. I am so excited!! It's been a long, long time since I could take pictures of my babies while they are asleep, so here goes, just a couple simple pics of my kids asleep.

Awwhhhh......

Thanks Tracey!!! Love you bunches :)

Just so I don't forget...

Tonight at dinner, Pierce tells me:

"When I grow up I want to be a firefighter and a rock star"