I haven't posted in 9 months! At least it's better than 3+ years:) But a LOT has gone on in these last 9 months so I have a lot to catch up on and document! Here we go!
There's been:
There's been:
*my brother Brandon's wedding
*a LOT of swimming
*Dusty finally GRADUATED from CRNA school!
*we moved to TEXAS for a job
*we had a fun Halloween
*we had 6 siblings here in TX for Thanksgiving
*Dusty's mom came for Christmas which was a fabulous Christmas
*the kids started taking piano
*Dusty, the kids and I ran in the Cowtown 5K with their school {Brayton rocked it}
*Brayton was in his school's spelling bee and he took 4th place
*Brayton and Raylee were both in their school plays
*Dusty and I celebrated our 12th anniversary! CRAZY:)
*we got our very first bedroom set
*Brittanie and I threw Kensi an awesome baby shower
*I went on my first girls getaway with my awesome friends Brittney Allen and Amelia Hansen to San Antonio right by Sea World:)
*Raylee got BAPTIZED {my BABY}
*my awesome friend Brittney and her kids came to visit and to be here for Raylee's baptism
*Kensi had her baby {3rd boy} and my mom came to visit for a week
*Brayton rolled his ankle and we thought he broke it so we bought him crutches to use and a week later he was back to normal! Yay for no broken bones:)
*we had a fun Easter dinner with friends and family at Brittanie's house
*Raylee is finally starting tumbling and she is SO excited!!
*We also went on Brayton's scout hike last weekend and we hiked 3.16 miles! It was fun hiking as a family:)
Wow writing it all down really shows me just how much has really gone on in such a short amount of time. I am sure there is more but I'm not remembering haha.
I'm posting MANY pictures to go along with everything I mentioned above so bear with me:)
*we swam every day while living in AZ for the last 6 months of Dusty's rotations
*Dusty graduated!!
{Stacia and Ryan and their kids were in the CRNA program with us and it was so fun to have someone else to hang out with while our husbands were in school all day. We even had 2 rotations together.}
*Of course we had to celebrate so we went to Claim Jumper. YUM!
*This is our HE PASSED THE BOARDS faces!!!
*I was able to go to my brother Brandon's wedding and it was so much fun! We love our new sister in law! They are so great together and I am so glad they found each other!
*My cute preggo sister and her hubby Levi.
{They had their adorable baby boy Isaiah "Zae" in November and we love him so much! Even though I haven't met him yet:( But that will change in July! YAY}
*Me and my super cute grandparents!! I love them SO much!
*My cute twin sisters Carlie and Baylie who turned 16 in February!
*Some of my amazing siblings and cousin Kelton in the back:)
*Some of the family and friends at Brandon's wedding
*My amazing sister Brittanie took Raylee's baptism pictures before she got baptized. I can't believe that my {baby} is baptized!
*Raylee's wonderful Baptism {10/10/2015}
*Raylee and her best friend Skylee
*Love living close to siblings. Kensi and her cute fam were able to come to Raylee's baptism since they only live an hour away:)
*My amazing friend Brittney and I at the Drive In with our families after Raylee's baptism
{yes we have the same name and same spelling}
*Dusty and I were invited to an adult Halloween party so this is how we dressed up:) I drew on my bat mask by myself. I definitely had to youtube a tutorial haha. We had so much at the party!
*The kids all ready to go trick or treating. Love these 2 so much! They had so much fun trick or treating with their cousins. They also got to go through a haunted house in my sister Brittanie's neighborhood and it was a pretty good one they said.
*We had a fabulous Thanksgiving with 6 of siblings here in TX!
{Joseph, me, Brittanie, Kelyn, Tessa and Kensi}
*Us sisters went on a girls night and had a fabulous time of course we had to take lots of selfies with the good ol' selfie stick haha
*We took all the kids to the Fort Worth zoo
*We went to a movie in Fort Worth after Thanksgiving and saw this awesome Christmas set up so of course we had to take a family pic:)
*My bro Joseph was living with Brittanie and her family for a few months and it was so fun having him here. He is so funny and so fun being around!
*We made gingerbread houses at Brittanie's house and the kids had so much fun and ate lots of candy
*This was such a cute Christmas set up so of course we had to stop and take pictures:)
*Christmas Sunday:)
*We finally got a piano!! We love it!
*It snowed 2 days after Christmas and the kids had to make snowballs. Too bad we had no snow clothes to go play in it!
*New Year's Eve party!
*Joe's going away dinner:(
*This beautiful view was right outside our house in the Fall. Every time I looked out my windows I got so happy!
*Our very first bedroom set and I LOVE it!!
*Brayton and Raylee after his spelling bee
*My awesome girls weekend getaway in San Antonio. It would have been even better if I wouldn't have gotten sick halfway through it:( But it was still fun seeing my friends from Mexas:)
{Brittney, me and Amelia}
*We celebrated 12 years of marriage this year! I can't believe it has been 12 years! We were babies in these pics! I love looking at our wedding pictures and posting them whenever I can:)
*Brittanie and I threw Kensi a baby shower at her house so we drove an hour there and set everything up before her guests arrived. We didn't take pics of the decorations or the food but by golly we sure did take a lot of selfies! hahaha We are dorks!
{Me, Kensi, Brittanie and Desiree}
*Before we ran the Cowtown 5K
*After we ran the 5K
*Fun selfies we took while waiting for it to get dark at the Drive in movie:)
*Raylee and Brayton holding Kensi's new baby Kimball. They love him and Raylee did not want to put him down. She will be a good mommy someday.
*All the girls at Easter dinner at Brittanie's. It was so much fun!
{Brittanie, Desiree, Kim, Brigham, Kensi, me and Audrey}
*My yummy Easter treat I made. I don't make treats like ever so this was fun to make with Raylee and Dusty:)
*This was on Brayton's scout hike last weekend. 3.16 miles baby:) It was so green and cloudy so it wasn't hot at all but it was humid. Yuck.
Well I think that is it! WOW! This took me a long time to post. Longer than it should have:) But I had a LOT to catch up on! I'm so glad I am blogging again. I will be making a blog book someday!