"Cars"

So my wonderful sister in law told me the the Energy Solutions Arena was having Lightning McQueen and Mater there for two days and that it was free!!  So we decided to head down with Steph and Benjamin and check it out.  Brantley was a little disappointed with the fact that Lightning McQueen didn't talk or move but he thought that it was still cool.  They had a bounce house to play in and a couple of games to play to win prizes.  It was a fun time.  Thanks Shana for letting us know about it and thanks Steph for driving us down in your cool new van! 

They only let Lilley go through the bounce house once since they did have a height minimum.  She was sooo sad but I'm glad they let her go once. 

She's got hair!!

I am so happy that Lilley is FINALLY starting to get hair!!  I can actually do things with it now and it is so fun.  She loves it too.  She told me "it's soooo pretty! I love it mom!!"  when I finished doing it.  Such a cute funny girl! 

Rainy Day Picnic

So last week we got a lot of rain and it was cold out.  We had our friends Benjamin and Noah over for the day and the kids wanted to do something fun.  Since we couldn't go outside I decided for lunch that it would be fun to do a picnic inside!  The kids loved it!  Eating peanut butter and jam sandwiches, chips and peaches on a blanket in the living room while watching a Halloween show...doesn't get any better then that! 

A Little Blue

Poor little Lilley has had a few rough days (along with mom and dad).  She hasn't been sleeping very well and we found out that she was getting all 4 of her 2nd year molars.  She then started throwing up and waking up every hour all night long needing to go potty.  We took her in and we thought for sure she had a UTI but she didn't.  The doc seems to think that it was just some virus.  I felt so bad.  She was miserable!  With getting all four teeth and some weird strange virus she had a hard weekend.  Every morning she came in with me around 6:30 and we would snuggle and get a few extra zzzz's.  She is on amends now just need to fix the routine of waking up several times a night.  She looks so sweet sleeping!!

Randomness

This post is going to kind of be a little of everything.  This is our every day life.

I just LOVE moments like this.  They really do love each other! 

Justin and the kids wrestling

That then lead to Lilley giving Daddy and Brantley a horsey ride.  She thought that she was so strong!! 

Brantley asked me if we could put these pics of him doing some of his tricks on his bike.  This one he's doing a wheelie

Standing on his seat...he is such a dare devil!



The Dirty Dash

This race was the funnest race that I have done by far!!  It really was so much fun running, jumping and playing in the mud!  I'm really not one to get dirty.  In fact I really hate being dirty and I had to mentally prepare myself that I was in deed going to get dirty.  But I don't know why I hate it so much because this was seriously a blast!  It also was so nice having Justin there with me.  It was the first time that I had ran with Justin and it was nice!  We did it with my friend Aundrea and her boyfriend and a bunch of neighbors.  I'm glad that Mjika invited us to do it.  It will for sure be a yearly thing for us!!

This was before the race when we were all still clean.  The hill behind us was the start and it was so muddy! 

The first obstacle.  There were so many people that you can't even see the hill we had to climb.

At the top of the first obstacle and Nicole falling

Just after the first set of balance beams...we were already pretty dirty at this point and we weren't even in it a mile!!

The half way mark.  They had a 5k shortcut but we opted to do the full 10k.  Glad we did cause it was by far easier and a lot funner obstacle's!

At the top of the slip n slide.  We got so dirty at the bottom of this!!!

We got into a big mud fight and got covered!!!  What a blast!

10 Years Ago....

10 years ago on Sept 13 we started our little family.  It's hard to believe that Justin and I have been married for 10 years!  It has flown by.  I just thought that it would be fun to show our little time line of our life together. 

Our wedding announcement.  Wow we look so young!!  And we were so skinny!!  I would love to be that thin again.  But having babies made it so that it will never happen...o well.  It was well worth it!  Justin and I met on Super Bowl Sunday in 2000 and started dating exclusively on March 12th 2000.  Justin proposed to me exactly one year later on March 12th 2001 by video.  (I still have it). 

6 months later we were married.  I married my best friend.  That was the best decision I ever made. 

We bought our first house 1 week before we got married instead of going on a honeymoon.  We went up to Island Park instead which was still a lot of fun.  This is us in our first house just after we got all moved in. 

We weren't ready to have kids yet but 1 1/2 years after we got married we got our first "kid".  Belle was welcomed into our family.  When we went to the breeders house I knew right off that Belle was the right dog for us.  She came right up to me and would not leave my side.  She was soooo cute and tiny!  She was and is such a big part of our family. 

In 2005 we decided that we were ready to move out of our first house and build a house.  We had just found out that Home Depot was going to be going in close to our house and we just did not want to live that close to a busy street that was going to get even busier.  So we put the house up for sell.  We didn't have much time to really think cause 4 days after putting it up it sold.  We moved into Justin's parents house and found a house and neighborhood that we thought would be perfect for us.  It really is the perfect place.  We love it here!!!

After being in this house for a year we decided that we were ready to add on to our little family.  Brantley was born Sept 12th 2006.  It was an adjustment for sure but the best thing that had ever happened to us.  He has been such a joy to have in our family.  (Man he was a cute little baby!!)

On March 12th 2009 we welcomed our last little member to our family.  Lilley Camille.  Man we love this little girl!   (did you notice a similarity in dates?  Got engaged on March 12th, married Sept 13 but it was supposed to be the 12th, Brantley was born on Sept 12th and Lilley was born on March 12th!  I think we like the months Sept and March and the 12th day). 

 Brantley is such a great big brother.  He loves Lilley so much and is always looking after her and protecting her.  Know one messes with Lilley (except for Brantley of coarse).  They are sooo cute together!!

                             

Best Friends for Life!!

                                     

Our family right now.  It amazes me how much my life has changed in the last 10 years but it just seems like yesterday that we got married.  I love my family and love my husband.  It has been an amazing 10 years and I am looking forward to the next 10!  Love you babe!!  Thanks for marrying me.  None of this would have been possible without you!  We are so blessed to have such a great husband and father.  Your the best!!