Tuesday, June 05, 2012

How Long Is This Post, You Ask?

Well, it's going to be long.  I haven't posted in a few weeks, yet life has continued to go on and pictures have continued to be taken.  So, get ready friends.  If you love photos of my fam and reading my silly captions, you're in the right place.  Here we go...

Anniversary #11

Yes, it's true.  My amazing hubs and I celebrated our 11th anniversary on May 19th.  We're still in the process of celebrating.  (We're leaving Friday morning for a trip to Santa Fe...more to come on that!)  P and I went to stay at the Hilton for a night, ate at a delish restaurant (that carrot cake was REE-DIC-U-LOUS!  I dream about it!), slept in, had a delish breakfast, and went shopping at Southlake Town Square.  HOLLAH!  So fun!  
 I will dream of you often for the rest of my life you yummy cake you...
 I am so completely blessed by such an awesome husband.  I've said it a billion times, but I couldn't have asked or wished for anyone better.  He's my perfect fit.  God knew what He was doing when He planned our life together.  P is an amazing husband, daddy, son, brother, and friend.  I have loved the 11+ years we've had together and am excited about the years to come!  Love you so much bebeh!
 A couple of weekends before our anniversary, we went to The Modern and had a date at The Modern Cafe.  So fun!  The food was yum!
 Love, love, love him!
 Mouth.  Is.  Watering.
This is one of the best Mommy's Day presents I've ever gotten.  I have a Mommy's ring from James Avery and now I have the necklace to match...courtesy of my amazing hubs. 

My Silly Mollinator

My Mollinator is in such a fun (and challenging) stage.  She's at the stage where she pushes her limits a bit, but snuggles with you in the next second.  She loves having her picture taken, so I have an abundance of her right now.  Love every one.
 This girl makes us laugh every single day.
 A rare still moment.  My little angel. 
 Our counselor at school does a lesson every year about becoming a "bucket filler."  When you fill someones bucket, you are helping to build them up.  She gave Gracie Claire a bunch of "bucket filler" stickers, so Gracie Claire shared with her sisters.  Molly shared with her baby (isn't she a sweet Mommy?)  She gave being a "bucket filler" a whole new meaning, don't ya think? :)

My Sweet Sydster

Sydney Hope is in such a sweet stage.  She is so independent and is insanely excited about Kindergarten.  *tear*  My little rock star is going to rock the kinder halls.  I'm so excited for her!
 Tryin' on Mama's glasses...
 Our first day of summer break, my sweet girl woke up with a tummy bug.  I HATE when my babies are sick.  She was such a little trooper and is finally feeling better, but seriously, I can't stand that she felt as bad as she did.  My poor girl.

The Toothless Girl

Gracie Claire's two front teeth have been slightly loose for months.  Because of the bad uncomfortable experience of the last tooth coming out, she hasn't been in a rush to get these two out at all.  We noticed over Memorial Day weekend that one of them had become a lot more loose.  Daddy told GC to keep working on it and we set a deadline for that thing to come out.
 Love this girl...
 The next day, the tooth was hanging.  Yuck.  Hanging teeth (which I see lots of being a teacher of small children) gross me out.  I told her it would come out before she went to bed.  She was not thrilled with me.  Through lots of dramatic flair, a few tears, and pinning her under my leg, I got that tooth out.  I didn't even have to pull it.  I just pushed on it a little and it popped right out.  Sadly, it popped right down her throat.  Yes, friends...she swallowed it.  She was so upset (I was too).  She really wanted to see that tooth once it was out of her mouth.  I was a little sad because she'd lost something that she had when she was a little baby and now it was gone.  I know that sounds ridiculous.  Oh well, I guess I'll be ridiculous.  Anyway, after everyone calmed down, my sweet little toothless girl looked adorbs!

Field Day

We had such a fun field day this year!  Even though I couldn't be with her the entire day, I was able to spend some time with Gracie Claire.  I'm thankful for that.  
 We had an Olympics theme this year and so the whole day started with a parade...Let The Games Begin!
 I just love this picture.  It shows how blessed we've been with such amazing teachers.  Mrs. Morgan saw GC sitting by herself drawing with sidewalk chalk and went over to join her.  I love that.  So thankful for another teacher who has loved our girl. 

Memorial Day Weekend

We headed up to Lake Texoma to spend the weekend with Paul's mom and Carl.  We had a blast on the boats and loved just having some time to relax.  The girls loved their lake time and playing in the dirt all weekend.  We loved spending time with MaryLee and Carl.  We had a campfire and had smores.  It was just an all around fun weekend.

Sailing

We had the coolest opportunity to take sailing lessons this past weekend.  I don't have many pictures.  After all, I put my phone safely in the car to avoid my clumsy ways on a boat.  The highlights of the weekend were winning the bowline knot tying speed competition (I beat 35 other people...including my sweet hubs) and being told that I was a natural at the helm (steering the boat.)  I just may become the captain of my own ship.  ;)
 My SIL Sharon and I were master knot makers.  :)
My prize for winning the awesome competition.  I love beating my hubs winning! ;)

Stay tuned for a post about the end of a great school year!  


Sunday, May 13, 2012

Mommyhood Rocks!

I've had the best weekend being spoiled by my fam! But before I go into all of that, I have to say how completely thankful I am to have been given an amazing, wonderful mom! My Momina has been my example and has taught me how to be a Mommy! I couldn't have asked for a better teacher! I love you Momina! Thank you for being such a great mom and Gigi!

I have had the best weekend! I've gotten to spend the whole entire weekend with my babies and hubs. They've taken me out to eat, gave me a beautiful present, and showered me with love. They spoiled me, but I have to say that I'm the truly blessed one. I don't deserve the amazing blessings that are my three amazing, hilarious, and beautiful daughters. They made me a Mommy and I only pray that I'm the Mommy to them that they deserve! Happy Mother's Day!



Saturday, May 12, 2012

She's A Triathlete!

Gracie Claire participated in the "Hooty's Kids Tri" this morning.  The hospital that Paul works at holds this race for kids each year.  I was nervous!  She was ecstatic!  She has been so excited to do a triathlon like her Daddy and today she got her chance.  She was not born to be an Olympic triathlete (or even a high school triathlete for that matter) but that girl has heart!  She worked so hard and never gave up!  When she jumped in the pool there was a bit of a panic, so Paul jumped in and swam it with her.  That was when I was the most anxious.  I even got teary at one point just because I wanted her to feel good about the whole thing.  She could've easily given up at that point, but she was all smiles and ready to keep going!  I was so proud of her (and so were her sisters...the best cheering section ever!)  She took her time on the bike ride and ran the entire run.  She had a complete blast and I'm so glad she got to do it!  Love my big girl and am so, so proud of her!
 So ready to go!  She got to pick her own race number!  :)  150!
 Jumping in!  Paul jumped in about 5 seconds later! :)
 Ready to head out to transition!  Proud that she finished her swim!
 Heading out on the bike...
 The cutest and best cheering section! :)  Love them!
 Finishing up the bike ride...
 Heading out on their run...
 Running in to the FINISH!! 
 Way to go big girl!  We are so, so proud of you for not giving up, trying your best, and loving every minute!
 Racing buddies...LOVE!
 Giving Hooty the Owl hugs and telling her about the race. :)
 Paul and Hooty :)
 The sisters had to get their picture with Hooty too of course! :)
 So proud of my little triathlete!  I've never even done one before!  :)  She rocked it!
Showing off her medal, shirt, and number!
Way to go sweet girl!  Daddy and Mommy are so proud of the heart that you put into your first big race!  You're amazing!

Rainbows

We had a big storm pass through last night and afterwards Paul noticed the huge, amazing, beautiful double rainbows!  We all rushed outside to see.  The girls loved seeing them!  Molly was ecstatic and kept yelling, "The rainbow is so bootiful Mommy!"  Love that they know that when we see a rainbow we are reminded of God's amazing promises to us!


Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Better Than Bieber

She definitely is... :)

Sunday, May 06, 2012

Chef Hats & Sharp Objects

After Kinder round-up we let Syd choose a restaurant to go eat at. She picked a hibachi restaurant close to our house. The chef we had was so great! He got the girls involved and let them take turns being the chef. He thought Molly was a baby (HA!) so she didn't get to chef it up. She didn't seem to care, so we didn't make a big deal out of it. Aren't these the cutest hibachi chefs you've ever seen?!

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Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Our Newest Kindergirl!

I can't believe that our Sydster is going to be a Kindergartner!  Yes friends...it's true!  My precious, sweet, sassy, second daughter is going to be a Longhorn!  Tuesday night we headed to Kindergarten Round-Up.  It felt a little bittersweet (more sweet), but it helped that Sydney was so excited!  She is more than ready to go to Kindergarten!  She will be such a pro!  :)  We had lots of fun "meeting" the principal and the Kindergarten teachers and seeing a Kinder classroom!  Of course she has been to my school quite a bit and she knows many of the people I work with, but the experience was so great for her!  She CAN. NOT. WAIT!  It's also so comforting to know the people that she will be spending her days with.  Not to mention that fact that I will be a few steps down the hallway! :)  God has blessed our family in that way, fo sho!
Welcome To Kindergarten! :)
The Kindergarten teachers (they rock!) did an Eric Carle theme for round-up...it was very cute!
The big and little sisters came along to show their support for the Sydster's big night!
 Come on mommy!  (She was heading to see the Kindergarten hallway!)  :)
 One of our 4th grade leadership kids led us around on a scavenger hunt tour.
 Sydney and Mrs. Bufe...:)  Mrs. Bufe was Gracie Claire's Kinder teacher, so she's a definite fave at our house! :)
 The girls love them some Mrs. McNeese!  :)  Mrs. McNeese is our awesome principal!
 We are so excited that Lucas will be a co-kinder Longhorn with Syd.  These two are double trouble!  Watch out SRE!  Here they come! :)

Daddy and Mommy are so excited for you Sydney Hope!  You are going to rock at Kindergarten!  Love, love, love you!!!