Where has the time gone???

Time....it is such a precious thing and there never seems to be enough of it. I find that when I'm in a hurry time flies and when I have nothing to do (and  no I don't mean literally nothing) time seems to stretch on forever...this by the way doesn't happen too often. The kiddos keep us plenty busy. There's never a dull moment! One minute Lydia's coloring at the island, Raleigh's playing with a toy, and Cooper can be so quiet playing downstairs. The next thing I know Raleigh's eating a crayon and Lydia's colored on the counter and Coopers thrown all the clothes out of Braylyn's closet! Aren't kids fun?!

We have been quite busy over the past, oh I don't know, 4 to 5 months. We finished the basement trim and bathroom at our house on Truman and then we listed it! Lydia turned 2!!! Raleigh turned 1!! And things like Spring Break and Easter came and went in the blink of an eye. And today was Braylyn's last full day of first grade. FIRST GRADE!!! She will be 8 in September and it's still unthinkable to me that she can be that old!

We moved into our new house Mothers Day weekend! Yes, we're insane!!! But it was so worth it, this house serves our family and is 100% functional for us! (Pictures to come in another post). So here's a little bit of everything!!! (A little out of order)

 

And this is the first of many I'm sure...staples were needed! Cooper fell on the stairs.

 And yes she is a climber!! 

This was actually from today (5-30-14) and the reason they are not looking at me is because a Goose was trying to attack me from behind! It chased us all over the place..not funny!

Growing Up Too Fast

This little girl is now 8 months old (insert sobbing)! She's not going to be baby much longer. She's walking along the couch, almost has her 6th tooth though, and starting to eat table food! Who likes baby food anyways?!

These two will be trouble soon.....they will plot against me! Well I should say that Lydia will tell Raleigh what to do and Raleigh will listen.

And this one will be 2 in just a couple months:( I really can't believe how much she has grown in the past year. I keep thinking that this will be Raleigh next year at this time:( :(

Getting in the Christmas Spirit

As our tradition goes, we take the kids to see Santa every year, its usually closer to Christmas but this year we decided to take advantage of a free Saturday after Thanksgiving and headed over to Bass Pro. The older two fell in love with the Arctic Cat....and therefore it ended up on their Christmas lists.  

Riding the carousel was a fan favorite in this family!

With the recent snow, it made the kids go a little crazy to play in it. So surprise! Grandma Cindy and Aunt Andy had to give them an early present....snow boots!

They had so much fun despite their little hands being frozen and their noses being red!

And here is our snowman, (it's a good thing that I took a picture as proof because Cooper destroyed it minutes later). Boys will be boys!

Random, but one of the few times we get a good picture together.

This year was Coopers turn to put the star on!

This day will go down in history....I got a picture of all 4 of them LOOKING at the camera!

And of course Cooper in his snowman glasses!

Family Pictures 2013

In early November we had family pictures taken. Needless to say it could've gone better but in the end we got some great shots. Raleigh pretty much cried the whole time.....it was a bit windy and chilly. She didn't care for that one bit. Her poor eyes make my heart melt. 

Speaking of eyes.........those baby blues will get you!

She is such a......I don't even know the right word to describe her. She's sweet and sassy!

One of my favorite shots!

This might've been one of the ten second spans that Raleigh wasn't screaming!

That Look!

Definitely a model!

She looks so cute...but wait a minute and scroll down.....

Enough said.