9 Wonderful Years!

Tonight we celebrated 9 years of marriage! It's amazing that time has past so quickly!

We went out to dinner where we go every year, Aznio Landing. We love the food and the atmosphere. It is so yummy and quiet there.

When we were done, we went home and watched a couple of episodes of 24. We are sooo addicted! We were planning on going and seeing a movie, but we decided to stay in the comfort of our own home and get a few more shows in so we didn't stay up till 2am like we have been doing lately.

I still feel so young with my 2 huge shiners on my forehead! Funny thing is, I had 2 huge zits on my forehead 9 years ago today. I was soooo mad! And I look pregnant, which I AM NOT! I really wish you could choose where your fat goes. I bet you can all guess where I'd put it!

My handsome husband!

I just saw this picture big and I've got food all over my tongue! Gross! Really I think it's funny more than gross.

This is our (but mostly mine) Anniversary gift. I have been wanting a cute and really sleek camera with a bigger screen. Thank you honey! I love it and most of all I love you!!!




When we got back to Chris' parents house, this is what we came back to.
Peyton was asleep on the couch hanging off! He just looks so stinkin' cute!





Everyone was so tired.
Grandma and Grandpa always take such good care of our kids!


Thank you for watching them so we could go out and celebrate!

Good Luck Leah!

Today my sister-in-law, Leah, is moving to Oklahoma for college! We are all so excited for her and know she is going to have a blast! So on Thursday night all the sisters and Chris' mom went out to dinner to Anzio Landing. I LOVE that place! Chris and I go there every year on our anniversary so I get to go there on Wednesday again! Leah, I just want to tell you that I love you, quirks and all! You are so beautiful! I am so happy for you and can't wait to hear about all the fun college things you get to do! So now that you have a blog you better keep us all posted!

Best Friends Forever!

This picture is just so CUTE!!! This is Ellie with her cousin Brooklyn. They are the best of friends and have a Love/Hate relationship. We went to Stapley pool the other day and when we were having a safety break they wrapped up in a towel together!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

I know I'm a day late, there was no time to blog yesterday, cuz I was too busy honoring my husband on his special and well deserved day! haha.

Anyway....

I just wanted to say to Chris, THANK YOU! You are such a wonderful father to our crazy kids! I love that you play with them and include them in home projects and can most of the time put up with whining and screaming longer than I can! You are such a great example to our kids and to me!

Besides being a great father, you are the most wonderful husband! I appreciate all your hard work you put forth each day to provide for our family. And how you come home and continue working hard by playing with the kids, doing home improvements and helping me with the chores of the house! You are so wonderful and amazing! I really am the luckiest girl! I want to thank your dad for his wise words that he told you long ago, "Instead of coming home and making your wife feel bad for having a messy house and ruining the evening, just jump right in and help!" Thank you for taking that to heart! It's a lot harder to be a mom than it looks! I know it's not always messy when you come home, but on the days that it is I really appriciate that you are still so kind and sweet to me! I love you so much! I'm so glad that we get to spend eternity together!

Cute Toes!

Last Friday night my friend, Melodie, called and said, "I'm going to get a fill, do you want to come and get a pedicure?" I said sure and she said, "K, hurry cuz I'm parked out front!" So I hurry and clear it through Chris and Taylor says she wants to come so she came. It was our first time going together! She loves being pampered! She just eats it up. One time she and Chris came down to my school to get a massage and it was really slow so they got asked to stay and get another one and Taylor was soooo excited! She got 2 back to back 50 minute massages! I asked her if she got bored and she said, "NO! It feels good!" She is always asking for massages! I'd be rich if she were a paying client!

Irrigation fun!

We don't have a pool so we make do with what we've got and play in the irrigation every 2 weeks. The kids have a blast playing in it. Don't worry, we go swimming in a real pool too. Here they are in our front yard cooling off. Everyone was having fun until Ellie announced, "Haha, I peed!" Then they just moved to the other side of the yard.

Liar, Liar

So on Saturday morning, Taylor calls her friend Bailey to see if she can play. Bailey says she has to do her chores first then she can and will call when she is done. Within 5 minutes, Chris' little sister who is 3 years older than Taylor calls to see if Taylor can play. I'm in the bathroom washing my face and Taylor comes in and says "mom I want to play with Lori instead and I'll play with Bailey another day." I said, "whatever it's your decision." ( I said this thinking, well Bailey doesn't always call back so that's fine. I wasn't in the mood to deal with tears if she didn't ever call back that day- I know, not the best choice on my part.) So Taylor walks away saying," yes Lori you can come over." A few minutes after that, Chris gets a phone call from Bailey's dad, who is our good friend, asking if everything is alright and if they need to watch our kids for the day. Chris says, "ummm yeah, everything is fine. Why would you need to watch our kids?" Nate says, "Taylor said, that she couldn't play because she had to go to her grandma and grandpas because someone DIED!"

Can you freakin' believe that?! We couldn't! Have we failed as parents?! I know I'm no where near perfect and I'm not always the nicest mom because I lose my patience sometimes, but I didn't think I was a horrible parent! I know our kids make their own choices and have to suffer the consequences, but sometimes I feel like it's my fault if they don't choose the right. Like I haven't done all that I could to teach them. It scares me for what is to come!

We had a good talk with her and asked her how she felt and she felt horrible. We had her call Lori back and tell her she can't play. And we told her that she would need to call Bailey and tell her that she lied. She didn't want to call Bailey cuz she felt so embarrassed and bad. So we let her wait till she saw her at church the next day. I'm sure this one will be one to remember and laugh about. In fact everyone we have told has totally cracked up. It's always funnier when it's not your kid. LOL

Taylor,
I love you so very much! You are a wonderful daughter and I am so grateful that you are in our family and I get to be your mom! You are so smart and funny and an awesome helper! You are a very talented artist and a great writer and story teller! Keep up the great work and remember to only use your talents for good! I love you!

Love,
Mom