Happy birthday April!

April invited us girls and our husbands over for a birthday get together. It was a blast of coarse! I brought queso dip, Jessica brought something fancy that I cant spell or pronounce but it was delish. April made meatballs, Tara made some kind of a chicken wing dip that was yummy, Mary brought brownies and naturally Mrs. Adkins brought cupcakes that were unbelievable and pretty too!! They cupcakes said "Happy Birthday April" but as the night when on and some were eaten we changed the words a bit. Happy birthday girl!

Daddy

Kendal and her daddy..twins!

The missing piece...

Saturday March 20th we welcomed home our missing piece, Uncle Kolin!! I guess you could say Uncle Kolin or Daddy, brother or son. Kolin was in Korea for more than a year. We had a welcome home party for him where he met his daughter for the first time. It was an extremely emotional moment for a few people. (wink) She is a beautiful little girl. It's been precious and hilarious at times watching him learn the ins and outs of being a daddy. I am so happy for my husband to finally have his brother home! He only has one sibling and there's totally a void in his heart when he doesn't have him around. We love you Kolin and we are so glad you're home!!!

Like a hole in the head!

Kenny and I are sitting in the living room watching American Pickers (good show) trying to hear it over Kendal and Ben running around like a bunch of crazy people. I hear crash and a blood curdling scream from the kitchen and run out there to see Ben on the floor and Kendal looking as if she had just seen a ghost. Turns out he was either pushed or tripped and his head landed on the corner of an open drawer in the kitchen. I picked him up and looked at his head and the blood just started pouring out! I covered it with a washcloth trying to get it to slow down and eventually it did. We debated taking him to the hospital for bit and ultimately decided not to, neither of us wanted to see him being tortured just for 2 or 3 stitches. I had to shave his head because the hole is right at his hairline and I was ripping his hair out trying to change bandages. So in the end we have a hole on a bald head and a bandage the size of Texas. Scared the crap out of mommy!!!

CAtch up!

Just a few to catch up..

We have Kendal and Ben playing in the back yard. So cold and snowy. Ben had a love/hate relationship with the snow. Benjamin watching Buz and Woody while holding his Buz and Woowy (how he says it). Landon and I trying to get a good picture together. He looks just like his daddy. :)

Babe I love you (STYX)

Cause You know it's you Babe... Whenever I get weary and I've had enough ..Feel like giving up. You know it's you Babe.... Giving me the courage and the strength I need...Please believe that it's true...Babe, I love you. ( Love this song...Love this man!)

Ring around the Rosie..

Kendal, Ben and cousin Landon playing.

"Do you remember this?"

I love pictures like this but I also know that someday (probably really soon) pictures like this will be next to impossible! I am all geared up and ready for the day that I get to whip them out and say "do you remember this?". I know that soon enough I'll be hearing doors slam, screaming, and the dreaded words "I hate you!". I couldn't even tell you how many times those words came out of my mouth and were thrown at one of my siblings. I don't know what I would do without them now and I am grateful everyday that they are in my life. You guys are so cute!!

WInteR IS sOO BoRIng!

Winter time is boring! We love the first snow and we love Christmas but after that is just a bunch of waiting for spring to get here!!! I cant get these kids to come inside in the summer (CANT WAIT!) But I know that when I get a look like this one...I need to get these kids out of the house. We love going to the "bouncy house" in Granger. It is a few blow up jungle gyms and they are HUGE! We could spend 3 hours in there. C'mon summer, we miss you!!!

I think it's CAR-MEL..LOL

This year Jody held the annual Girls Christmas party at her house in Indy. Jody is such an awesome host! We had great food, great drinks, great company and there was plenty of sleeping room. We started the night playing games (I kept score because I'm terrible!) and went out later in the evening. I started going to these party's last year and I'm so glad I did! I love how even if we haven't talked in a year its like we just saw each other yesterday. We talked and laughed hysterically about funny stories from our high school days. I forget how loud we all get when we are together...geesh!! I love this tradition and I hope we keep doing it for a long time to come! I think that I will eventually recover from the 4:00 am bedtime!!! Love you girls!