We were so excited to be able to go with Nana and Papa to Elgin, Tx for a big event, Brek's Baptism and 8th Birthday!!! My kids had way too much fun playing with their cousins. Jax finally got to wrestle and Brek took such good care of Jordyn and Ashlyn, girl time!
Jax's inventions
Happy Birthday Brek!
Congratulations Brek we are so proud of you and grateful we could be there to share your special occasion!
Today we spent doing as many things as we could that Jax wanted to do. He had told me that he wanted donuts so that's how we started our day. I got Jax a chocolate sprinkled donut and even found Jordyn a pink sprinkled donut. Good Morning!
First things first was fun at the pool. Then we headed back to Papa and Nana's house for cake and ice cream. I was pretty happy with how his cake turned out. I was really afraid the red icing would be pink.
Later was dance party and then Nana took Jax on a date with just her. They spent the afternoon going to the museum, airport to see the planes, the park, to see the construction on Uncle Kevin's new house, Uncle Conner's gravesite, walmart and getting an ice-cream cone and even a balloon. Too much fun!
Then later he even found a snake!
Finish with a nice bath and haircut done by none other than Jax himself!
Happy 5 Years Jax!
He loves all things outdoors from toads, frogs, snakes, dirt, forts, worms. He loves swimming and wrestling. He's his sisters' best friend and Mommy's little helper. He's a mini Aaron and loves being and doing things with his Dad. He surprises me all the time with new creations from combinations of blocks, legos, tape, paper, sticks, rocks, etc... He's always got a new story to tell and loves hearing them.
Well, the day finally came...Aaron left for his deployment on a Naval Submarine.
So I thought it was a good idea to drive 1,615 miles just me, 3 little kids ages 4 and under while pregnant across the USA so that I could be with family. Our first stop was in Louisville, KY to see Savanna and Kevin. A huge thank you for letting us crash at your new place and climb/wrestle you for a whole day. I hope my fixing your couch was in a small way saying how grateful I was!
31 July 2016
After watching my crazy kids all Sunday I'm just dreading the drive to Childress. The original plan was to drive 7 hrs and stop at a hotel. Well, I thought it would be a brilliant plan to just drive the rest of the 14 hrs in one day. So that's what I did. And although it was long I'm glad I did it. We got to Childress before Nana and Papa even got home from their trip and to be there when Diana had their newest baby Emma!
I was so emotionally and physically exhausted but so glad to be in Childress with family! Deployment is hard. Everything else is just my kiddos being Tosseys.
3 Aug 2016
Ashlyn started this and apparently it was hilarious cause Carter started doing it too.
5 Aug 2016
6 Aug 2016
Jax probably went through whole role of tape before we had to hide them all. Ashlyn has new found enjoyment of dressing herself and Nana's books, not the kid books, just the adult book shelf.
Woke up to this, Ashlyn in Papa's dirty work hat and iPad.
9 Aug 2016
It looks like we brought the rain with us from Virginia, enjoying the "flowers"
11 Aug 2016
Jordyn played dress up just about every single day. Jax spent most of his time outside exploring and seems to be getting tougher. I didn't even know about this bruise till later that day, he had fallen out of the fort.
Cassidy Harvey has been so nice to share all her memberships with us this summer. We go swimming at their pool about once a week and now we got to join them at the zoo.
It was sooooo hot and I was already tired(pregnancy!) but it was worth it they had a good time.
Ashlyn didn't want to be on that Rino!
w/ our friend Addy Harvey
22 July 2016
Just wanted to send Daddy some silly pictures.
24 July 2016
I sent Jordyn up stairs because she was throwing a fit...again. I then noticed she was being really quiet. First time to bed before bedtime! 7:50!!!!
25 July 2016
I've been baking my own bread, and Jax loves to punch it down for me. Can you tell which one he rolled?
27 July 2016
Jordyn's New Hair Cut
27 July 2016
I'm not going to lie. This one of those days I was just physically and emotionally spent and then I find Jordyn like this...I just wanted to cry. She came out while I was talking to our neighbor and that's the first I saw it. There was no saving this one, we had to cut off the curls. And I was just thinking today that her other chops where getting long enough to braid...haha yeah right Mom!
This is my quick job to even it out, it has since been touched up.
We try to go on walks because the kids love to ride their bikes and Ashlyn loves the wagon. We where so surprised to find about 10 of this on the road in our neighborhood.
2 July 2016
Pool party! so fun!
4 July 2016
We had some friends invite us for a BBQ then a show us where the firework show was. This Aaron in the back with the kids watching a movie while we are stuck in traffic to get back home.
9 July 2016
We had some friends the Bishops come visit us one weekend and it was a blast! It ended too soon.
11 July 2016
This is Ashlyn helping me clean out the van one day. So cute!
I guess we have been playing too hard to stay awake!
