Old photos revisited

I can take pictures on my video camera, and I just put them all on the computer today.  Here are some of my favorites.

Check out the size of this apple!!!  It was nearly the size of her head. 

Jaxon giving Sage a makeover.  I was happy I caught this moment without them noticing.  Jaxon has got to be the best big brother ever!

Jaxon was posing for his first day of school.  I can’t believe he’s almost done with Kindergarten.  Seriously, where did this year go?

This is Sticker.  Isn’t he cute?  He’s our poor little gecko that died.  This was him in his better days.  We sure loved this little guy.  RIP Sticker

I love this picture of the kids shucking corn with Nana and Papa.  Makes me excited for those sunny, hot, corn filled days to come.

Cousins Hazel and Ava.  That second one of Hazel just cracks me up.  I can’t wait for these two little girls to become best friends.

 

We put curlers in Rapunzel's hair one morning.  Sage wanted her princesses to have pretty curled hair like she did.  It didn’t work, by the way.  I was tempted to use a little product and try again.  Let’ s be honest, this game was probably more fun for me then it was for her.

 

And last but not least, for dinner on Tuesday we had quesadillas.  The kids made cheese men while they ate.  Jaxon’s is holding a light saber.  I’m okay with my kids playing with their food if they are this creative!

Tricks!!

Hazel turned 11 months old yesterday, and she is learning new things every day.  Here are some of her cutest tricks.

Any time she finds a phone she knows just what to do.  She say’s hi, hi, hi, over and over again with a big smile.  It’s adorable.  She’ll also say hi to anyone who says it first.  So next time you see Hazel, make sure to say hello!

This trick is fairly new.  It’s one that I’ve made sure all my kids mastered though.  A  favorite for sure. 

She is also awesome on her walker, and just started standing on her own.  She refuses to eat baby food anymore, and has four little teeth.  She is still the best little baby, except for the fact that she keeps getting bigger despite my telling her to stop 10x a day.  Disobedient little cutie.

Love

Cousins with cat shirts

Sunday night fort building, baby liked it best of all

Rainbows after rainy days

Preece Chocolates, especially the kissums (YUM)

These girls

this boy

This man, and this picture of this man.  Hot stuff

Love….my life

Baby Envy

I’m a bit envious of my baby right now.

 

What I wouldn’t give for someone to put me in a nice soft bed that I couldn’t get out of, wrap a blanket around me and softly tell me to just go to sleep. 

So far today I’ve had spit up all over my bed and myself, a bowel movement that occurred right after taking a diaper off, but right before making it to the bath, NON-STOP chatter about Star Wars, Pokemon, and other such little boy things,  4 or 5 tantrums from my sweet, but often angry, Sage, and it’s only 9:00am. 

So as I laid my baby down and rubbed her back as her eyes grew drowsy, I found myself wishing it were me instead.

 

Lucky girl

Fast-forward a month

Okay, starting today.  Not much to say really, pretty average day.  But yesterday was special for this reason alone.

This girl brings me crazy amounts of happiness.  I love her to teeny tiny pieces. 

Before that we had some birthday’s to celebrate.  I made a cake for one, (my sweet neighbor turning 16)

and green eggs for the other, (Dr. Seuss of course)

Before that, Sage got glitterized and we celebrated Jake’s 33rd birthday!

Unlike myself, Jake likes to keep his birthdays simple, so the kids and I made up a list of games to play for the birthday party after he got home from work, and then we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner.  Yum!  He took the next day off so we kept the celebration going throughout the weekend.  Ending with another trip to Tucanos….I’m sick of the place now.  Too much meat!

 

And before that, we went to Portland to check out Heidi’s new digs.  And boy are they nice! :)

This kid is crazY!  Just look at that face.  Poor Hazel didn’t stand a chance against his loving rage. 

These pictures make me a teeny bit sad.  Can I come back please?  The time was spent eating, and playing games mostly.  Because that’s what we do best!  I also spent a lot of time running up and down stairs.  Heidi has her own gym now.  Oh, and we got to skype our most awesome sister Heather.  That’s her.  She’s in Africa changing the world

Before that, we celebrated Valentines day.  I was going to do an cute tutorial post on how to make my fun Valentines, but then I realized that I’m not really a tutorial kind of girl, so I didn’t.  But I got some cute pictures out of the deal.  So here it is, a month late. 
First, you have to get the perfect picture.  That took twice with Sage.

Jaxon, on the other hand, wasn’t quite so cooperative.

Then doll the picture up using Photoshop

Next you cut slits in the picture by the hands so it can hold the sucker

Then have the kiddos place the sucker through the picture, and tape the back and tada!

     

Cute little 3D valentine.  We made these last year too, and they are always a big hit.  

We also had a fantastic little party with some friends to end our Valentines night.  It was wonderful.

And now I’m caught up!  I wish I could catch the blogging bug again, because I sure miss it.