Getting out of the house!

So since having surgery I haven't been out of the house, except to pick my kids up. On top of my bruised face and healing mouth, I *think* I've also had some sort of stomach virus. It's been a lot of fun around here, let me tell you. So what better way to make my tummy feel better than dinner at CiCi's :) I know, probably not the best idea but we all needed to get out of the house and with all my eating restrictions and the kids, it just seemed like the best option.

Dinner out with the kids usually consists of us threatening Prestley the whole time to eat her food, to stop pouring out the salt and pepper, to leave the pink packets alone, repeating please don't scream, put the knive down, trying to keep Hudsyn from licking the table and chairs, throwing food in the floor or on the people next to us....you get the idea, it can be a beating! Last night was no exception, but I love my family and love being able to spend time together.

Prestley maybe had two bites of her food. Hudsyn, however, made up for both of them. Poor girl must have been starving...lol. She ate a plate of pasta, several pieces of pizza and bread, was pulling food off of our plates, and then daddy came to the table with dessert. Hudsyn started trying to grab it off his plate and repeated, I want cake, I want cake, I want cake, over and over and over, even after I stopped filming. She eventually got "cake." It was actually a brownie. You can't tell how funny it was in the video but Chris was nearly choking on his food from laughing so hard. What's also funny is that in the beginning of the video, Prestley asks me if I'm still on a diet :)



Megan also got a few sweet pictures of the girls today. I seriously don't know how she does it. No one but her can get them to take a decent picture. She's the baby/camera whisperer.






Sooo sweet!

Hudsyn and Chula

So, here I am two days in a row! Diana, your videos always make me feel like I'm there with you. I love being able to take part in little pieces of your days. So I'm going to TRY and post more videos of the girls. You have inspired me :) XOXO

So, since my face is still bruised up and I don't feel comfortable going out in public yet (I can only imagine what people probably think) Chris took my turn at gymnastics with Prestley. Have I mentioned how awesome my husband is. Seriously, it's kind of ridiculous. I'm a lucky girl. Anyway, I let Hudsyn stay up a little later than normal (her bedtime is 6:30pm) so she could torture our dog Chula. Basically, she screams and kicks at her and laughs hysterically. By the time I got my phone to start recording, the really good stuff was over because that's always what happens. My life would be so dull and boring without the high pitched screams of little girls. You can imagine what it's like when Prestley and Hudsyn are both going at it. Oh...and ignore General Hospital on in the background. Yes, I watch General Hospital every.single.day. and have since I was a kid. I usually try not to watch it in front of the kids but Hudsyn was too busy to notice it was on. ENJOY!!!

Playing catch up...

So I'm a horrible blogger, I'm ok with that. I post the important stuff on FB or at least I try. I thought I'd do a little catching up and let everyone know what we've been up to lately. These are all iPhone pics so they aren't the best quality but it's better than nothing. These events are not in order either...but are all recent events.






I had lunch with some high school buddies and their kiddos. So fun to see all of us grown up with families of our own now. These were my attempts to get all the kids together for a photo.


I had my gums grafted. This is what is left after almost a week. I am so grateful for my awesome husband, friends and family who took care of me and the kids while I recovered. We hit a few bumps in the road that we weren't prepared for with the surgery that took me completely out of commission for a while. My hubby totally rocked!








When mom isn't feeling good, we get away with doing crazy stuff like paint...lol. I'm a total clean freak and the sight of playdoh or paint makes my skin crawl but I was not in my right mind so we painted and ate ice cream in the garage one night.


We threw a complete tantrum when mom tried to put me in the carseat and drive home. We screamed the whole way home. Then insisted we be buckled into this said carseat once we got home and mom brought it in from the car to make some adjustments. Apparently, she only hates it if it's in the car...lol.


We played with our daddy. I have a lot of cool pictures and videos of the kids playing with their daddy but because they are mostly first thing in the morning or late in the evening, daddy is often shirtless and vetoed the pictures from being published :)


Someone's little sister who shall remain nameless gave her a black eye :(


Megan took BFF pics for us. Check out those apples. She comes up with the cutest ideas.


Our "baby" got really fast and started climbing up the playset and sliding down on her own before mom or dad could catch her. She is really fast, let me tell you. And if she sees you running after her, she gets this super human speed and is GONE! This kid climbs and jumps off everything which usually results in daily heart attacks. Just ask Allison, you turn your head for one second and she'll be standing on your dining room table.


We had sleepovers with our beastie.



And we got flu shots.

I think that pretty much catches us up for a while :)

Prestley's 4th Birthday

So this year I decided NOT to have her party at our house. It's so much work and cost just as much. We had her party at a place called Bounce U. They handle everything so I just got to sit back and relax and enjoy the party. We didn't really have a theme but did the cake in Alice in Wonderland since that is Prestley's favorite movie. I thought everything turned out really well. Here are a few pics from the party. I can't believe my baby is 4 and will be starting school next year :(

A few pics from July

Since it's been a while....

Here are some recent pics of the girls that Megan took.