Thursday, January 02, 2014

Better Job in 2014?

Yup I still stink at updates.  For now I will just throw up a bunch of pics from Oct-Dec and give descriptions to let you all know how the end of 2013 went for us.

Steven and I went to Vegas for the first time. Was our first real vacation together/honeymoon and we watched our friends get married as well.  It was an amazing time and I hope to do vacations together more in the future!

Mandolin, Me, Lindsay and Julie

Steven, Jim and Matt

The closest thing to a family picture we have had in a few years ;) Thanks Lindsay for snapping it for us! Crazy hair and unmatched outfits and all it's better then nothing.

Making Memories with the kids.  Pumpkin Painting Party


Kinleigh turns 4.  Wow wow wow...


Happy Halloween 2013 to my zombie, football player and Princess Rapunzel!



Love this group~!!!!!

Lady K 4th birthday pics!




My brother and his family came up for the first time since Peightin was a baby and Kinleigh was in my belly!!!! It was so awesome to have them here. The cousins loved playing together and I loved having them!

Tatum, Kama, Miranda, Kinleigh, Peightin, Paxtin, Kaeden, Kailer and Quintin.  Triniti was home sick :(


These two got along awesome!  Kinleigh now calls Peightin "My best friend cousin" LOL

Annual Veterans Day parade.  Us girls watching the boys walk in the parade.

My scout Kaeden walking.  I think this will be his last year of scouts.  He seems to have lost interest in it and I don't want to force him into something he doesn't love.  He does however LOVE football so we still have plenty of stuff to keep us busy!

Kai didn't go back to scouts this year, but was SUPER excited to get to ride in a big rig in the parade !!!

Peightin, Wyatt and Paxtin on the Donkey.  We have pics of my brother and I when we were just little ones on this same donkey so this pic is kinda priceless ;)

The only snow we've gotten so far this year.  I don't mind at all ;)

Momma is always a comfy place to hang out.......(All couches were EMPTY too!)

My first accident that was my fault. Guess 33 years isn't too bad to go without an accident I caused ;)  But Steven rocks and we ordered up a fender and headlight and the van is back in action!!!!!  I love my hubby.

Kinleigh and Buddy are seriously best buds.

We decided it was time to re-do the boys stinky gross bedroom.  I got a steal of a deal on flooring and that kicked off a weekend of remaking this room!


I just love the way it turned out :D  Go Hawks!!!!

Mandolin, Lindsay and I hit Walmart Thanksgiving evening for some Black Friday sales.  Thank god Mandolin came along cause we got what we wanted to get, even though she wasn't pleased with spending Thanksgiving at a crazy store.  I'm gonna guess she won't be coming out to stores with us next year ;) 

Finally got Kailer's 8th birthday pictures taken in November ;) Better late then never.  This is my sons personality shining through acting like he's gonna fall into the hole that was beside him. 

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All on his own he decided to get down in the weeds and model for me :)  Sure excited me!!!  He really goes above an beyond to help me get great shots and learn photography.

His own pose choice.  Happy Veterans Day.


Tree is up :)




The kids were so excited that our elf returned~! Scout was very missed through the year.

Daddy getting some love after a long day of work. Kids and Dog were happy to have him home.

Can you say melt my  heart???? Kinleigh was reading Jinxi a story and she was enjoying it!


Kaeden was at a birthday party this year and missed out on Santa pics.

Just feels so warm and snuggly and festive. 

Watching Movies with the family!

We got some cool frost the end of Dec.



Even though it was 5 degrees and breezy Kinleigh and I went out for some location scouting for photography.  She held up great for all of 5min ;)  But I love these pics.

Making more memories.....Homemade ornaments.


Scout helped decorate for Christmas.  We enjoyed having his lights up

I got a new lens.  Not sure if I'm gonna love or hate it yet, but it was fun to play around with.

Kai is our personal Elf On a Shelf!

We also did Gingerbread Houses this year.

Just my boys being goofy and dancing the robot and acting like Mime's.

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Christmas Eve making cookies for Santa.


The kids were very excited to get to hug Scout our elf before he left to head back to the North Pole for the year with Santa.  We had a full on photoshoot with Kinleigh Kailer and Scout!



Photobomb!

Scout is ready to fly.