Family Birthday Party Madness:) LOVE IT!

This past Friday night we had the boys' birthday party with my side of the family. So, SO blessed to have such an AMAZING, SUPPORTING, LOVING, and FUN family.

Let the pics speak for themselves!!

Mamaw Jean started the party off right by bringing my boys' FAVORITE..

Chocolate covered strawberries! YUM! They disappeared VERY quickly!

Here's my mom and my niece Morgan! So much fun!
Papaw Bob and my sweet Lolee Joy!
Dustin, Jason, Brian, Brooklyn, and Brennan
These guys can rock it out on rock band!

Morgan, Jason, and Brooklyn
LOVE THIS PIC! TOO FUN!

Lola Joy and Uncle Brian havin' some lovins!

My niece, Madison and Me

You 'n your sis are so beautiful!

(tears:( these girls are growing up WAY TO FAST!)

Love the Kiss rocker face Morgan!!!

I was being attacked by Brooklyn and Spencer! Ha!

Family pics.

The boys with my Mom and Dad

The boys with Brian, Kim, Madison and Morgan

The boys with Dustin and Brooklyn

(We missed Beth and Baby Jaelyn)

Jason and Spencer gettin' rowdy!

The boys with my Uncle Mark, Aunt J, cousin Jason, and Spencer

The boys with Popaw Bob and Mamaw Jean

This shot is hilarious! (Side note: Lola Joy was extremely fussy at the party and she really never fusses. That night she didn't sleep.

Took her to the dr. Sat. a.m. and she had a double ear infection!!:( Poor Baby!

Yay! Hollie and Chad were able to make it and hang out!

Hollie and Lola Joy right before my Mom put her to bed:)

Bren acting like his uncle Bobbo and Jason! (We missed you Bob, Jona and crew!)

Here's Jason trying to talk Brennan into sticking his face in the cake!!

Brennan thought about it, but didn't...this time!

You're lucky Jas!

Thanks to our BEAUTIFUL family for making this birthday an awesome one! It wouldn't be the same without you guys!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

ps. Looking forward to our next party with Doug's side of the fam!!!

Snow Day Fun!

Today was the 1st snow day I've gotten to go out with all 3 kiddos. Normally I get the 4-wheeler and pull the kids behind the tube, but with L.J., this year I've adapted what I can do. I bundled her up and decided I couldn't stand it any longer. I wanted to play outside in the snow with them. (or at least snap some shots of them!) So, here we are!

I love this pic of my sweet, sweet boys!!!! Momma and Bryson havin' a blast!
Bryson

Brennan

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!

My SMILEY girl!

She cracked me up, I sat her down in the snow and she just laid back!:)

All bundled up together! (Poor Lolee can barely move, let alone see, but she kept smilin') ha!

I love how she's peeking over her big honkin' coat!:)

Snow Princess

God is good!!!!

'This is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!" Psalm 118:24

(School is called off tomorrow already...yippee!!!)

Baby boy...7 years old!!!!!!!

You will always be my baby boy!!!

Bryson Quinn,

What a treasure you are. You are such an amazing little boy. You are the BEST LITTLE AND BIG BROTHER EVER! You would fight to the death for your brother, even if he's done something to you...you still don't want him to get into trouble! You will do ANYTHING for your sister, carrying her all over the house. Making silly faces at her. Making her laugh when no one else could. You are just plain funny!! The clown of the family!You are so athletic; so good at basketball and baseball. You are so kind and compassionate. You are extremely creative and talented. You are my artist. You are so determined. You're so smart. We ARE SO BLESSED and honored to have you in our family, sweet boy!

Love you,

Mommy and Daddy

So.... we braved our 1st friend party for Bryson.

He invited 10 of his best buds to play laser tag. #1 on his list???? HIS BIG BROTHER!!!!!

How sweet is that??

Check out this crew!!!

They were pumped and ready to rock n roll!
Here are their best silly faces!

Right before they headed into the arena I snapped this shot!

BTW, the Dad's are WAY more into this than the kids~ lol!!!

MMM! Pizza, Cupcakes, and ice-cream!!
Sophie Belle joined us later for a cupcake! Sweetie!

We made it home safe and sound. (We weren't sure if we would even be able to have the party since we had a couple of inches of snow!) Bryson had 2 friends spend the night. Here's Bren jumping in front of the camera last second before I snapped a shot of the boys in their sleeping bags! What a ham!!!

A little after 11:00 the boys finally came to camp out in the great room.

They turned on Pirates of the Carribean and were asleep by midnight.

It was a ton of fun watching Bryson enjoy his friends!

Good times!

Today Bryson requested tacos for his birthday lunch. (He's easy!):)

Here he is opening his UK outfit. He loves him some UK WILDCATS!!!!!

In the afternoon he played with his best bud, Cole and Brennan.

Bryson, hope all your wishes come true!

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future!"

Jeremiah 29:11

December in Review (I am SOO behind!)

In the beginning of December, we made our annual trip to downtown Cincy. We enjoy our special traditions of seeing the trains at the Duke Energy Center, going to the Conservatory, ice-skating at Fountain Square, and much, much more. This is what memories are made of. I will always treasure these precious times.
Our 1st Family of 5 pic at Fountain Square!:)

Daddy and Bryson still standing..for now.
Daddy and His Boys

Momma and her boys

(Sweet little Lolee was snoozing, so we took turns taking these pics.

I sat in a warm tent with her while Daddy and the boys skated!:)

Here the boys watched the ice being resurfaced.

The night couldn't have ended any better. We saw Santa, Reindeer, and elves repel from the top of a sky scraper...and went out with the bang of Fireworks. PERFECT!
Lola was pointed to her favorite thing....a HUGE Christmas tree in a hotel in downtown.

PRECIOUS!
My three blessings!

The boys got these new shirts on Christmas morning.

It was one of their favorite gifts.

They are easy to please!

Do you think Lola Joy liked her new horsie???

Here are two sweet friends in matching pj's!!!

One night our friends, Heather and Corey came over to see L.J. crawl.

We all got silly by the end of the night. Here's everyone's best silly face!

Bryson

Brennan

Sophie's "monster Grinch" face

Cole

This pic makes me laugh so hard! Heather and Sophie look just alike!

Love you girls!

We got to eat dinner at our favorite restaurant with Doug's sister and the crew.

It was a blast! Here are the kiddos goofing around at dinner!


I never realized how much alike Darci and Deana look. Beautiful girls!

I LOVE this candid shot of Deana and Darryl. So in love!
After dinner we went to see Alvin and The Chipmunks...even Lolee!!!! (It was late...changed her into her jammies!! I took her out and put her to sleep a little ways into the movie.

Thanks for a great night of fun guys!

One night I went into Lola Joy's room to check on her and found her sleeping like this!!! I ran and got Doug and we just laughed. She is so funny! Love this little girl!!!!

Love that little booty in the air!

The kids so enjoyed the few days we had off from school.

Here's Brennan, Cole and Bryson

The 3 Musketeers!

Sophie was too busy making a princess castle to pose with the boys! Sweet!

The boys enjoyed playing army in the woods!

Sorry it's taken me so long. It's busy taking care of 2 active boys and a baby girl on the move! Lola Joy started crawling RIGHT after Christmas. Now she is everywhere and into everything.

Blessings!

Julie

Prayers for Haiti!!!!