throw back-halloween

There's quite a bit of catch up to do

on this little blog of mine. 

I'm sitting at my computer for the first time in

what feels like months. 

(I think fall family photos wore me out)

So...here's a little halloween fun to 

look back on!

Round one of Halloween trick-or-treating!

...with our favorite boys of course!

Look at this crew!!!

The orca!

The shark!

The shark attack!

They do a family theme every halloween...so fun!

Tate is still talking about Drake's angler fish. 

No joke.

My mini Minnie!

class reading

Oh, Paige.

This girl is so funny. 

I read to her class today and before

she headed to school this morning, 

she asked me what I was going to wear. 

Me: “I don’t know yet, but something cute.”

Paige: “Ok, good. Just don’t wear anything homeless.”

Ummm, ok. I'll try not to wear anything “homeless.”

So here I am, post-blow drying/pre-straightening.

...just trying to get myself fancy enough

to pass Paige’s standards. 

Verdict-

I passed.

legos

My kids haven’t really gravitated towards

LEGO’s yet, but I think it’s coming. 

I’m a big fan of crafts and things the 

kids can work on, so this fits the mold...

but shoot dang, they’re expensive! 

Paige got a lego set for her birthday from

a friend and first of all? It’s amazing! 

Not because it’s legos or because the 

set is exceptional, but because the “friends” on

the box look like our “Fab Five!”

Like all 5 girls are perfectly represented! 

I love it so much for our little group

of girls! 

Ok ok, back to why y’all are here...pictures!

The directions are laid out so nicely, 

Paige can really follow along and has

had a lot of fun with it. 

And because it’s Paige, she invited her 

brother and sister to join in. 

She really is the nicest kid on earth.

I’ve been pretty hesitant to dive into the

LEGO world, but I think I’ll follow

suit with how my friend, Courtney, stores these. 

She lets her kids build the set, but then stores

everything altogether (keeping the

instructions if they want to repeat a project)

but allowing room for imaginative play.

I’m not super thrilled at how legos come with 

pre-thought out structures for the kids to copy. 

I feel like there needs to be some imagination

to build (and see) creations. 

Off my high horse now...

back to pictures...

Look at that tongue! 

So hard at work!

Cotton candy stand in the making! 

swing set

Our swing set has been such a 

favorite lately. 

I love have 3 swings full of kiddos! 

Brooke and Tate could swing for hours. 

I don’t have that kind of stamina, 

so it doesn’t happen...but they would 

be up for it on any given day. 

I love this picture of her. 

“Mama, I need hold on tight?!”

Her tiny voice is so cute whenever 

we lift her up to do a crazy push.

Gotta love a good crinkle nose!!

The bigs moved on to a grand

adventure of some kind. 

I love the messy chalk art happening

on their fort.

Our backyard isn’t big, and sometimes 

that bothers me, but we’ve created quite the

haven for these kids to pan out any daydream

the come up with. 

Tiny lil nugget flying through the air.

s i x

“I need two hands!” 

Paige is so proud to hold up 6 fingers. 

S I X ! ! ! 

This girl is a real gem. 

She loving kindergarten.

Still talks allllll the time. 

Still LOVES babies (and dolls) with her whole self.

Still lives to be social with her friends. 

We have a newfound love

(or really it’s finally easy)

to cook together. We don’t have to worry about

Brooke falling off the bench, but 

Paige still offers to stand next to her to prevent

a fall if it did start to happen. 

I love this girl. 

She’s so kind! She’s happy 95% of the time.

She’s hilarious. She loves games.

She’s the best! 

She typically likes to pretend we’re friends. 

It’s so funny (and slightly exhausting.)

Happy to see where age 6 takes you, Paigey Girl! 

You’re my favorite six year old! 

top nine

It’s always fun to look back at 

the “Top Nine” pictures 

on Instagram. 

They aren’t always my favorite pictures 

from that year, but it’s a fun 

little recap. 

2016

So much fun making memories as

a family of 4.

2017

Brookie Boo completing our family

2018

Making memories as a family of 5!

2019

What a fun year for us!

It had its ups and downs, but

looking at all these happy moments, I

can’t help but smile! 

farmers market

We went to the Christmas farmer’s market

again and it was so cute! 

I’m loving this annual tradition with 

our friends. 

Little explorer. 

Such sweetness. 

I love this age. 

I love this family and this town!

Somehow I don’t have a picture of the littlest man.

I only downloaded a few...so maybe

this post will have 2 parts. 

Always watching other people...we’re working on it. 

Making marshmallow snowmen. 

“Hey gooooats!”

Making butter. 

My favorite feet. 

The happiest girl! 

And the legit happiest boy. 

A Texas snowball fight. 

Duck and cover! 

We left with happy hearts and 

tired kids. 

This didn’t take long. 

She seriously fell asleep eating

her food pouch.

And my trooper. 

Always ready for more adventures.