4 Boys & a Girl

Some scrappin' and such

I'm not sure how long it's been since I posted.  We've had afew really busy few weeks.  Cole's playing soccer again this spring.  He's only got one week of that left, a few weeks of preschool left, and then Summer's here.  We've got lots planned this summer but I'm looking forward to it.  I also can't wait to get past all these season of sickness.  Caleb's been sick so much this year and today I've stayed home with Connor who's been coughing horribly.  This panhandle weather though is crazy.  It was in the 90s last week and then yesterday the high was in the 50s and it's been rainy.

Here are few of the last digital scrapbooking pages I've done.

I'll back on later and post a few recent pics of the boys and a couple of new recipes I've been wanting to share.  :)

Snow Day

We got lots of snow today.  It was supposed to be a blizzard and I guess it was, but it never got too bad.  We've had electricity and water and the wind has been high, but not horrible.  We've stayed put though.  I'm sure for anyone who had to get out, it was not good.  This afternoon when the wind had died down some, Jason, Cole, and Connor went out to play.  Here are some fun pics from their fun,

Before heading out


Cole loved it!


Connor had lots of fun too!


Poor Caleb - mommy wouldn't let him out in the snow since last time he cried the whole time


Jason got in on the fun

And, Molly doesn't like the snow too much.  She had her first accident indoors.  We're hoping it's just due to the weather.  She's already part of the family.  Connor wanted her to nap with him today, Caleb's been giving her kisses, and Cole loves playing fetch with her.  She's been so great!

Our New Baby Girl

Isn't she adorable?  We adopted Molly from the local animal shelter today.  I fell in love right away.  She is 4-6 months old, a Shar Pei mix, and a perfect size for our family.  She has been so great with the boys already, playful, but calm, and very sweet.  I took a bunch of pictures of her playing with the boys outside, but apparently I wasn't moving fast enough, because most of them are of her backside, which I figured you all didn't really want to see ;). I'll have to try to get some more of her with them later this week.  Caleb's been following her everywhere saying "dog, dog."  Connor has been making sure she has her new toys constantly, and Cole is just beside himself. He's been calling her Miss Molly and telling everyone about her.

Spring Break has Sprung

Most of my neices and nephews are here with my sister, my brother, mom and dad.  We've been having lots of fun already.  Here's some of pics of some of the things we've done so far from Bible time last night to craft time & our walk to the park this morning and then ice cream and swimming at the hotel this afternoon.

   

   

   

   

   

    

Trying Digital Scrapbooking

I've fought getting into digi scrapping thinking I wouldn't really like it, but since my scrap space has gotten smaller, I thought I'd give it a try and I'm loving it.  I created the 2 pages below this week and had fun doing so.  I'm still learning and just signed up for a class over at GetItScrapped!.  I already learned some new things tonight.  The best part of going digital is there is no clean up ;)

Products: Paper from FeiStuff at Oscraps, Bubblewrap Brush from Erica Hernandez at 2peas, Polaroid & Filmstrip from Pamela Donnis & Juno Designs at Funky Playgound Designs, Flower brush from Corina Nielson at Funky Playground Designs, Journaling Strips from Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals 

 

Products: Photo Template from Ali Edwards at Designer Digitals, Background Paper from Amy Teets at A Cherry on Top, Green Paper from Insprink, Blue Paper from Corina Nielsen at Funky Product Playground, Journaling Stamp is from Mary Ann Wise at Designer Digitals, Stamped Block Brush from Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals

Cole's First Family Portrait

Cole just brought this picture he drew while his brothers are sleeping. He loves doing art when they are not around to bother him, especially Caleb who likes to get in the middle of it.

I love the picture! It's our family.  He said Daddy is the brown one, Mommy is the red one (oh, and he put a hat on me, he said ;) ), Caleb is the green one, Connor is the pink one, and he is the blue one. He also made a frame for the picture, which cracks me up.  He is so proud of this and it's already displayed on the wall of fame (our fridge door, of course). 

My sadly neglected blog... an update on us

Does it help to know that I've thought about blogging many times in the last 2 months?  It seems that once I get out of the habit of it, I go months without updating.  Hopefully this post will kick me in the pants and get me in the habit again. 

We are all doing well.  All of us got the flu last week and were down, but today other than a little coughing left, we are feeling back to normal.   As requested, below is an update on everyone individually,

Cole is 4 1/2 now and can't wait to be 5.  He's been talking about being 5 for 2 years and is probably going to be disappointed when he actually turns 5 because he's got it in his head and that he can do anything once he's 5 ;).  I've started homeschooling with him this year just doing some preschool stuff and he's also still going to our church's Weeschool program 2 days a week.  Next year, we will homeschool full-time as he starts pre-k at home.

Connor just turned 3 and I can't believe it.  He had a great birthday party even though that's the day we realized everyone was starting to get sick.  He had a great time with his friends though at his Mickey Mouse party.  Connor's favorite thing right now is to watch movies and would stay in front of the tv all day if we let him.  He spends most of his time trying to keep up with Cole.  Here are a few pics from his party,

 

Caleb is 20 months old now and is the busiest child I've ever known.  He is into everything and rarely sits still unless he is eating or sleeping.  He cracks us up all the time and is obsessed with hats right now as you can see.  I don't believe he realizes he's younger than his brothers because he gets really mad when he can't do something they are doing.  My house is messier than it's ever been with him around, but we're having fun and it will be clean again one day, right? 

Merry Christmas Everyone!

  Merry Christmas to all & to all a good night!

Our Christmas Tree

We started decorating our tree on Monday like we planned and have made our ornaments.  Today, Cole and Connor made beaded snowflake ornaments.  Caleb wanted to do one as well, but that didn't work out so well as he was more interested in taking the beads off the pipe cleaners than putting them on.  Here is our treee and Cole's ornament from today.

   

Some Thanksgiving trip pictures

Here are a few pictures from our Thanksgiving trip to Tulsa.  We had a great time staying with Grandma and Grandpa. 

 

Connor loved playing with all of Babu's (aka Grandpa John) hats and had a different one on every few minutes each morning.

 

Caleb was spoiled rotten by Bibi (aka Grandma Marie) and they both loved every minute of it.  Here he is mooching some of Bibi's breakfast after he'd already eaten all of his.

Thursday afternoon, we took the boys to Woodward Park to walk around and get some pictures.  It was a gorgeous Autumn day!