HaPPY MoTHER's DAY!!!

Best. Gift. Ever. Being a mother to my three blessings! and having so many great moms in our lives...especially my own! :)
First we went to the traditional Mothers Day party down at my Uncle Troys on Sat. OF COURSE he pulled out his fun 4 wheelers and it was non stop fun from there out! :) The boys both got to drive and didn't want to the fun to end.
My mom and her cute sisters, sister in laws and her own mom :) Love these ladies!
Tys told me to just sleep in...I really did try, but I am not good at sleeping past 8 at the LATEST! Anyway, I laid there for awhile and had Kinlee laying by me, so I watched her sleep and couldn't help but feel so lucky to be her mom and then in walked my cute boys, all 3 of them! then I realized I just got luckier! :) With their cute breakfast, cutest cards, a movie that Peyt grabbed from downstairs (haha) and getting to eat breakfast in bed together, cause they love eating whatever I'm having :) LOVED it! Thanks Tys and boys!
Then to my moms for yummy Hawaiin Haystacks...our sibling pic with our mom minus Erin, cause she's too far away! Miss you sista! :)
Grandma Debbie with the grandkids
Love you mom!
Oh and the BEST yet, I knew it would be SUPER CHEESY, super funny...but also bound to fill my moms eye with a little water and somewhat touching? Well, I got my siblings to sing "Mother, I Love you" from the Childrens Primary songs...It was probably anything but touching, it was down right hilarious! Pretty sure we should have practiced at least once, but then it might not have been as entertaining! Thanks for pullin' off some fun sibs! :) haha
AND my mom made me this cute flower boquet...she had traced my kids hands while she was watching them the other day and baked them into cookies! how cute and creative!
CUTE! Love it!
Then we headed home for Tysons mom, brothers and sista to come have some dessert!
This was hilarious...while I read it we were all laughing so hard! Good Ol' Drew! gotta love it!

SO thanks to my family for such a special Mothers Day! I couldn't get enough of Drew's cute little voice telling me Happy Mothers Day every couple minutes, Peyt running up and giving me a hug and kiss and telling me he loved me BECAUSE that's what he PROMISED the Bishop he would do! and for a hubby who takes such good care of me! and for this sweet little Kinlee who is so precious and I can't believe I am the mom of a girl...or of our two boys! Nothing more rewarding than this.
AND a Happy Mothers Day to all you moms out there. So many great examples and so many we're grateful for! LOVE YOU ALL!!!

TaGgEd

**Been awhile since I have done one of these! So thanks Sadie for putting me back in the game! It may be 11 pm and a couple weeks late, but hey I am finally getting around to it :) **

4 shows I watch:
1. The Office
2. Modern Family
3. American Idol
4. Late night with Jimmy Fallon (Fridays in particular to hear his "thank you's" HILARIOUS!

4 things I am passionate about:
1. My little family- Tys, Peyt, Drew and Kinlee
2. Food (those self serve yogurt places are my latest craze!)
3. Working out...TRYING to lose this baby weight :(
4. Honesty

4 phrases I say alot:
1. Love ya
2. Shut it! (Like, no way, I can't believe it!) haha
3. Seriously!
4. Stop it! (pertaining to my two little angel boys...haha...love when they fight and tease eachother)

4 things I did yesterday:
1. Changed diapers
2. Went to the park
3. Tried getting a full run in
4. kissed and hug my 4 little *Loves*

4 things I've learned from the past
1. There is always regret
2. I really didn't need or don't need "this or that"
3. Just smile...
4. Friends and family are so important to me!

4 places I would love to visit
1. Hawaii (again)
2. My comfy bed for a full 8 hour sleep :)
3. The skinny clothes aisle
4. Anywhere that I can get a nice tan :)

4 things I am looking forward to:
1. A date night with the hubby where we can or will hopefully actually have a conversation :)
2. Watching my kids learn and grow
3. Late Summer nights including just about everything that goes with it!
4. Kinlee's blessing this month

4 things I love about Spring
1. People seem to be more happy
2. the sun starts shining more!
3. going for walks with the kids
4. that much closer to summer!

I tag... Anyone that even reads my blog! :) If you read it, you are tagged!

SO BeHiND!

Well, for me anyways, and now we don't want that, do we Erin?!?! haha :) This is so not like me to go a whole week PLUS a day without a post. I guess the life of 3 kiddos is taking away that extra time I ever had. But I wouldn't trade it for the world!

I love this baby sleeping position...although Drew still does it sometimes too! AND I have to explain myself with her ALWAYS in this outfit in pics. Because it is a newborn size, and I ABSOLUTLEY love it, she wears it once a week for sure and it happens she always gets pics in it. I actually saw it at the store, and wanted to buy it in every size...should have I guess :)
She is smiling ALL the time! It is so stinkin' cute. Just trying to capture at least one on camera is quite the task though!
See...her outfit again! haha
The boys got Gift Cards to Chuck-E-Cheese for Easter, so I've been bribing them to be good and go to bed with the reward of going today. AND I feel bad we have been stuck home cause someone has been sick and I'm paranoid about taking a new baby out. Anyway, today we went, and had the whole place to ourselves for almost an hour and then only a few people came after that. It was perfect! We had Dash and Em come too AND Grandma Debbie surprised the boys!


and...this is what their 45 tokens bought them! haha Nice...I'm not sure how many tickets it was total.
THEN we had Dash come over to play...Peyt kept asking if they could go outside. After about the 3rd time, I realized, what the heck, it is finally so nice today so I stopped cleaning and we went out. Our time was much better spent outside! I realized I could clean later so that we did and enjoyed the warmth!
Then Drew keeps talking about this cute little Hadlee across the street and calling her his "girlfriend" He noticed her at church last week and hasn't stopped talking about her. He'll say "Mom, Hadlee my girlfriend...I love her." It's really cute, but also WAY too early! haha Anyway, so today since we were already outside, we had her mom send her out too! She is so cute and Drew was SUCH a gentleman to her, it was hilarious watching them! He is NOT one to share, but shared everything with her, no problem!
Enjoying some snow cones! As always, appropriate with sunny weather! :)
I keep forgetting to take the pic I've wanted of this cause it's fun to remember. Peyt got drawn out for getting into the Chinese program. I will admit I am scared, but know he will do great...I hope!
and I have to give Drew huge credit for the amazing Brother he is to Kinlee. He is always telling her it will be okay and calms her down all the time with cute words and helping her with a binkee. I absolutely love it, and it's times like these you couldn't ask for a better job than being a mom :)
Today Peyt told me something about Dash and then said "because mom, he's my best cousin!" So cute. and SOOO lucky because he will have him right down the street in no time! They have so much fun together...Dash was definately meant to be! (because he was an accident child...haha)
and like the 5th attempt at a good pic of the boys! hilarious if you were there! :)
Cute boys for tub time! they love the big tub!

AND can I get a drum roll, please....!!!!!!!
For those of you who don't know, I don't eat red meat. Chicken and white turkey it is for me...this has been since like jr. High. SO since we have been married, I have made meals with hamburger, or tys will cook his own steak...BUT yesterday, after almost 8 years of marriage...I made our FIRST ROAST! haha because I was feeling bad for my family that they didn't get to enjoy it just cause of me. I LOVE the veggies cooked with it, I just don't eat the roast. So I threw it in, with a recipe from my mother in law, and we walked in from church smelling the scent that took us both back to the Sundays of living at home with our parents. It was funny, we both said it at the same time! AND Tys said it was really good and Peyt LOvED it and said I was good at making "steak" Well, I thought it was quite the accomplishment! The veggies tasted great, so I too benefited from my first Roast Meal! :)

**Ps..the pic of the roast is not my own, I didn't actually have a pic of it...so I borrowed it from the lovely internet if you are wondering...haha**

}HaPPy EaSteR{

and a little more before... :)

My mom happily came to watch the kiddos on Friday for a minute while I finished up some Easter shopping and this is what little Kinlee discovered for the 2nd time so far...her thumb!
Cute Drew!
Peyt has been wanting to take Kinlee for a "ride"...every time he would stop she would cry and then as soon as he peddled his feet, she was happy again :)
She fit perfect! haha

NOW on for our Easter fun...we always have a crazy couple days with the Holidays. We started yesterday with...
An Easter Egg hunt/activities at the church put on by the Young Women. The kids had fun!
and a random kid that heard "say cheese" and ran right over! too funny!
THEN Tys took the boys to his dads for ANOTHER egg hunt and since we didn't take Kinlee, with her being sick and all those other little kiddos there, Jaxson, Kinsey and their girls stop by to see her! Claire was loving every second of Kinlee, it was so cute!
Then we had a performance from the boys and Madi. AWESOME :)
I think Tys and Jax had been waiting all day to play duck duck goose, so finally the kids gave in and let them have their way :)
and a Happy Easter morning! The boys are LOViN' their Happy Nappers and I couldn't believe how much Kinlee LOVED her diapers, necklaces, and "grooming" kit! haha
She will have a cute basket next year! :)
ANOTHER hunt for some eggs!

Taylor slept over and the boys were happy to go wake him up this morning and enjoy a little Easter with him too!
Finally, she wasn't crying :)
and just precious, right?!
our FIRST family photo since Kinlee was born! a LITTLE late, but this will do for now!
Then Grandma and Grandpa Smith invited us for dinner, and since they haven't met Kinlee yet AND it was only a few of us, we headed over to spend a little time with them, for yummy food and the BEST Egg hunt ever! A basket full of eggs in the middle of the table, we each took turns opening them and were on the hunt to find the most money! haha It was a lot of fun!
then ANOTHER HUNT at Grandma Debbies after another yummy dinner! We hurried and dropped Kinlee and Tys off at home and I headed over with the boys so I could do one cousin Easter egg hunt with them too!
I love getting pics with the girls to see how much we do or don't look alike :) and just to have for memories!

Well, hope you all had a WONDERFUL Easter! We did! and made away with WAY too much candy! We also had our front doorstep EGGED! haha At least it was with Chocolate eggs! THANKS HADLOWS...perfect ending to our day! :)

Just a Few!

I feel like I have been so out of it! I have barely been on the computer at all this week, kinda nice actually! Since getting back into the swing of trying to fit a workout in the schedule, on top of showering, getting ready, taking care of a two boys(which means, feeding them, entertaining them, getting them ready for the day...) AND a little babe(that list goes on and on...haha) I just don't have time to sit at the computer. At the end of the day, I'm not sure where the time has gone. But I try and take advantage of the few minutes tys and I get together, so I avoid the computer, because before you know it, an hour passes TOO quickly :)
We decided to clean out the blankets and such under the stairs, throw down some extra carpet pieces and make it the boys "house" AND they seriously LOVE it! We hung up a couple art projects too and Peyt keeps asking me to come hang out in his house. It's so cute of him! :)
Then Peyt decided to build a house inside his house! creative little guy! and I told him it's the most awesome house he has built! He did amazing, right? :)
And Peyt made this at school, I thought it was a cute idea!
then Great Grandma and Grandpa Love stopped by with some Easter Treats!
Drew looks really happy huh? He was though! Just a little tired.
This is Peyt trying the Super Sour candy spray! He thought it was hilarious!
And little Kinlee with her Easter Bunny! I promise she isn't ALWAYS crying :) I was just too impatient to wait for a second when she wouldn't be.
One of our lazy days, because we have been passing around colds and coughs in our home, the boys wanted ice cream cones and enjoyed them right here :)
and my dad and his fam stopped for a quick sec and it just took Patrick to calm Kinlee right down. It was cute she kept staring at him as he walked away too!
Well, there is for a few pics until our Easter weekend comes, then we'll have plenty more to post! Love to all of you and here's to hoping you are all much more healthy than we are! :) I hate seeing our boys sick let alone our little tiny baby with a cough and cold. So another hoping that we all get over it soon!