Dress-up Armoire

Jason made Kylee a little armoire for her dress up clothes; I found the plans on pinterest; it's painted pink the same color as her room now, but in the new room it'll go better with her wall colors! She loves it! I found some cute polka dot hangers in town! I am also wanting to add a mirror to the other end. Little girls are fun!

8

Addisyn turned 8 on Thursday! What a birthday she will always remember!! 

We celebrated in Arlington; we ate supper at Papadeaux's; we opened presents there, and she got a dessert too! 

She loves to dress up and do makeup, likes to be a mama to any little kid out there; she likes to fix her dolls hair, and her cousins hair, and it actually looks good. She likes watching cartoons, and playing with her pink volleyball, until her brother popped it! Most of all she loves being the oldest and in charge! 

Love her as my own!

Go Green

We loaded up and ventured to Arlington to cheer on the Hawks at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium on Thursday. 

If you travel with mom, you will definitely find a few stores to shop at, and we found a really big REAL Christmas tree!

The stadium is HUGE; that is an understatement! It's so big!

The kids did really good; we managed to only buy a popcorn and water! It was pricey!! :) 

We spent the night and blazed it back home the next morning!

Christmas Tree Farm 2013

I guess it's a tradition now; we've gone to the Christmas Tree farm for 3 years in a row, and always turns out to be lots of fun. 

I love the little farm around here. They start with the pledge of allegiance at the flag pole and all the kids have their little hands on their hearts. So sweet!

Then we go on the hay ride around the place to see all the trees! There are a lot there; big ones and little bitty ones!

Then we get to decorate a tree! And then "un" decorate it!! :)

At the end, they each got to roast a marshmallow and eat a smore!! Yummy! And they have a gift shop there, that has really cute Christmas decorations, and I would love to have one of their fresh wreaths one year! 

Good memories made with my little munchkins!!

Out and About

We've just been going here and there, lately!

We saw these cows on the side of the road the other night. I thought it was a bear! :) All I knew it was big and brown and hairy!! 

We've been sporting new hair dos! 

I've been collecting some things for Kylee's new room!

This past weekend we went to Midland to see Kelli, and do a little Christmas shopping! We went to this really cute little store for women's clothing. I thought this banner was really cute, so I too a picture of it, and now I think I can make it! :) The clothes were really cute, and I got a cute scarf for the Christmas exchange! And then I found out we have one here. It's called Pink Tumbleweed downtown somewhere. Going to have to check it out! 

Blessed

Jason and the kids, took over for dishes duty, since our dishwasher has not been working. Thankful. 

5 Reasons Why I Let my Kids Believe in Santa Claus

I came across this article on facebook, and thought it was worth sharing. 

If you know me, I am opinionated about most everything out there, but sometimes I don't know how to put it in words that make sense. It always makes sense in my head though. :) Anyways, I don't know anything about this woman, and I don't know if I agree with her on other things, but I thought this was a good perspective. 

http://thepaleomama.com/2013/12/5-reasons-let-kids-believe-santa-claus/

Nursing Home Visit

We joined our children's department to the Nursing Home on Sunday afternoon to hand our 150 Christmas cards to each resident. 

What a blessing it was. Maybe it's because we all had cabin fever, and it was so nice to be out and about, or maybe it was the great friends God has blessed us with, but it was such a sweet afternoon. 

The little old people are so happy to see the kids, and many of them squeeze them, poor Kylee got kissed, and one of them got a ride on their electric cart!! It was a good time.

Afterwards, we stopped at Starbucks for a hot chocolate!! 

Grateful for small opportunities like these. 

Life

Life is good. 

Thanksgiving was great. 

Except for my car breaking down on the way to Sweetwater. We ended up leaving it on the side of the road, and then going back to get it later. Thankful for a great brother-in-law with an awesome trailer, and getting it fixed really quick the next day! 

We really enjoyed our time with family, and are so thankful for each of them! And, had a safe, and fun time shopping a little bit on Thursday evening with mom, Brianne, and cousin Chelsea. So glad she comes for this! Good times!

I've been doing a little crafting lately. Jason used some pallets and made me some little wood signs for Jaxon's room. I painted on them, and then antiqued them with some wax. I think I like how they turned out.

And, we've been sanding, staining, painting, distressing, waxing, some chairs for Brianne's dining room. I LOVE how they are turning out! And, she got a gray dresser for Addi's room today from a local lady that does furniture! It's super cute too!! Love doing little crafting things!! 

And, the not so fun part, but it will be beneficial in the end. Organizing, ridding, and boxing up one closet and cabinet at a time!! My party closet was first! Ahh!! But, it's cleaned out and I only ended up with 3 boxes of party stuff. Is that bad? I didn't think it was that bad. :) 

 

And, tonight I finally finished the Christmas tree, and the kids did ornaments on their little tree, and they've been making homemade ornaments of every kind with Jason, so we have some strung everywhere. It'll be here before we know it!