Holiday Season

We had a blessed Thanksgiving and are getting ready to celebrate Christmas with our loved ones! We spent an amazing small Thanksgiving with my Papa and my aunt and uncle and their families. It was so much fun. Then I went w/a friend and started black Friday shopping at midnight!! We stayed out until about 9:40 that morning. Came home took a short nap and went back out about 3:00 with Bobbi Jo. So glad I went back out because I think I found the last Jessie doll on the planet Earth!! That was one hot item this year and the only "toy" Bailee asked for. So glad I found her. Of course JP will have his Woody doll to play along with. Cant wait for Christmas morning!!
We have been busy getting ready for the holidays by decorating and practicing for the church Christmas program. Bailee is excited to be a lamb this year. Cant wait to see the kiddos all dressed up. We have also gotten our annual family pictures for the year. At the same time we had Bailee's 6yr old pics taken and JP's 2yr pics taken. I love them!! If you have face book you need to check out Kassies Kaptures she is amazing.
She captured our family so well. I told her when I see Bailee's pictures I want to cry each time. Bailees pictures were a slap in my face that I no longer have a baby girl on my hands. She is turning into such a beautiful girl inside and out and that makes me so sad and happy at the same time. Bitter sweet!!!
Hope you all are enjoying the Christmas season and that you all remember the reason for the season. "And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth." Luke 1:14

Halloween!

We made it through another Halloween. Had a blast w/friends! Bailee dressed as the queen of hearts and JP was a cowboy riding a horse. On Saturday we went w/the White family and went to a traveling zoo in Amarillo, went trick or treating at the Mall and then to trick or treating in Canyon at the fire trucks and cops and got to go in a haunted ambulance. The kids had a blast! Then yesterday we took a trailer and rode around w/the White and Bressler families. Bailee loved being w/friends and trick or treating. The parents have decided this needs to be a tradition because it was so much easier than loading and unloading out of the car. We now 2 bowls of candy and we did not even buy any this year. Now to start getting ready for Thanksgiving and Christams. I love this time of year. Having kids just adds to the joy and fun!

My first blog!

Well, I finally made a blog for our little family! Now that our family is spreading out all over the state of Texas I figured why not. It is a great way for everyone to keep up w/our crazy life. So I hope you all enjoy!

     Well, Bailee is loving 1st grade and is doing great. She loves going to school and seeing all of her friends. She is in dance and gymnastics and loves doing both. She is still in love w/all animals and says she is going to be a vet at a zoo oneday. Her new puppy Ryder is the love of her life right now. Bailee is an awesome big sister. She has grown up so much in the last year. Which makes me very sad but proud at the same time.

      Mr. JP is as crazy as ever!! He is non stop always on the go and making us laugh. He loves to make people laugh. Which might cause a problem when he gets in school so I am saying sorry now to all of his future teachers!!! He is a mess. He loves his big sister and wants to spend every minute w/her(which she does not always like.) He has no fear which scares me to death but what can I do he is just all boy!

        Kurt is liking his new job as a farmer. This was def a God thing. This is something we prayed about and know that we no matter what God is leading us to something great for our family. The kids enjoyed going and riding the tractor w/Daddy this summer. He is learning all kinds of new things and having a blast being out in the open and not stuck inside all day!!

        I am still keeping kids at the house and loving it. I love the kids I keep and love their families are amazing. I am also going back to school and liking it this semester. This summer I took a math class and it was hard but I made it through it and proud of the work I did. I am working on a new adventure and praying to have that up and running by January so be on the look out!!! I am so excited about it. Other than that just running the kids around and loving every minute of being a mom. I truly believe that was my calling in life. No matter what job I have ever wanted I always knew I wanted to be a mommy and I love that job more than anything.

       We have had lots of October adventures so far and am enjoying the start of a busy holiday season! Thanks for reading our blog and I hope you enjoy! God Bless!!