Happy Valentine's Day!

So at our house Valentine's Day isn't quite what it used to be.  My sister in law sent me an ecard that said " If you really love me, let me sleep in and tell me how pretty I look in my new Yoga pants." That about sums it up! We love spending the day/night together but don't usually do any hot date nights on Valentine's Day! We did have a family night, including a fun heart shaped pizza. I mean, what more can you ask for....4 cute kids and a heart shaped pizza:-)

Our Fab 4!

Ayden's Valentine Box.  I got to spend the afternoon with Ayden at his school party!

 5 years ago! Ayden and Mya

I had my finger over the flash, so this isn't great, but Crew and Hadley this Valentine's Day!

 Crew and Hadley

Ayden and Mya

Hope you all had a great Valentine's Day!

I can't believe my girl is 5!

I can remember the day Mya was born like it was yesterday.  It doesn't seem possible that it could be 5 years ago.  Having a daughter has brought so much joy to my life.  There are so many girly things that I look forward to doing with Mya and Hadley!

Mya invited her friend Bella over to spend the day with us.  We took them to lunch at Mya's favorite place, McAlister's and then home for cake, presents, and play time!

Since Mya's birthday is near Valentine's Day I found this cute cookie cake which I thought the girls would enjoy!

 I love this pic because Mya is looking at Bella:-) Oh and Ayden lost his front tooth that morning!

Mya with her other party guest!!

Just added this one in.....Hadley's 1 month!!

Our little girl!

Well, I haven't completely forgotten about this blog, just a little preoccupied! I can't believe how long it's been since I posted anything:-) Well we enjoyed Christmas!! It was very quiet. It was nice. We are normally traveling and because I couldn't travel, we hung out here! We actually went to see a movie after all our festivities were over.

I was supposed to work the day after Christmas but I had to call in. I was up having contractions for about 3 hours and thought for sure I would be having a baby during the snowstorm but she managed to wait it out. She did however make her appearance the next day! Calvin was at work and I took the kids to a friends house so I could go to my appt. I just knew I would be back in an hour or two so they just wore the pjs. Well, as you can guess, they kept me. Like an unprepared Mom I went right over to the hospital, no bag, no camera, nothing. I started making the calls. Calvin had to go home and take care of everything I didn't.....since I just knew I would be right back.

Things went well and our precious little girl made her arrival at 7:38pm. Our doctor, stayed late and delivered her. Things got a little hectic at the end but all ended well with a healthy screaming girl. She weighed 8 lbs 6 oz and was 20 1/4 in. As with all of our children, it always takes us some time to name them.  She was no different. We had a small list of names but nothing set. I would have named her the minute we found out we were having a girl but Calvin wasn't so sure. The next day when the kids came to visit we were pretty much decided on her name but Calvin told Ayden he could pick and he said Hadley Mae so that was it.....she was named. Hadley was a name we liked for a long time. Mae is my great grandmothers name.

Hadley Mae is so greatly loved. She has 3 siblings that adore her and parents that do as well! There are things that I always forget about when you have a new baby....one is how quickly you fall head over heels in love with them. I look forward to the many joys Hadley will bring to our lives!!

Halloween Fun!

Here are a few highlights from our fun filled halloween activities!

 This was Halloween night! The kids had a blast!

 Some friends from church had a trunk or treat at their house since Halloween was on a Wednesday this year!  There was a great turn out as you can see!

 We did our trunk in a pirate theme and dressed appropriately!  Mya decided she wanted to be a pirate this night too! It's crazy to think in less than 2 months, there will be another little girl in this family!

Calvin also took his mower and trailer to the trunk or treat so the kids could go on hay rides!

We had a great Halloween!  Lots of fun and lots of candy....and one year older for me!! Hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween as well!

Disney highlights

My parents just took our whole family on a trip to Disney! We had aot of fun.  It went really well especially considering we had 6 kids from the ages of 5 months to 6 years. I have many morepics to add but still have a little editing to do!

 One of my childhood memories of Disney was that the hotel left us a stuffed animal on the bed.  Since they no longer do that, we packed some animals for the kids and left them as a surprise. They were all excited!

 Riding It's a Small World

 The girls had glow wands and they kept saying "Magic and Pixie Dust" over and over again!  It was so cute!

 The boys had glow swords, which they loved as well!

 Watching the Electric Parade!

 Waiting to see Jake the pirate....

 Crew, was the only one brave enough to go dance in the Disney Channel show.  He is the little guy in red!!

 Watching a parade! The kids made a friend to sit with!

 Our family in our Mickey Tye dye shirts!

All dressed up to see the princesses!

If you ever have the chance to go to Disney with your family, you should definitely do it!  You will make some great memories....a few stressful ones too;-)

Baby #4

We decided to have a little fun with the kids and tell them in a fun way since this is the last baby we are planning to have.  We decided to send them on a scavenger hunt. The kids loved doing it and I know my Mom was especially anxious to find out what we were having!!

 All the clues

 Finding the clues

 At the final clue there were three presents for the kids to open.....all pink....IT'S A GIRL!!!!

This was the best we got amongst all the excitement!
We are very excited to have another girl!  

1st Grade

Well it absolutely doesn't seem possible that our summer is coming to an end but it is.  I put my 6 year old on the bus this morning to head off to the first grade....all day. It has been a little more difficult than I expected this year because he is gone all day and last year he was just gone for a few hours.  He is also at a different elementary this year so that has made him a little more nervous, which of course makes Mommy worry for him:) We were able to make a visit the other day and ran into some kids that he knew which helped and he got to meet his teacher which also helped.  I am sure he will be fine but I cant wait for him to get home so I can hear all about it.  Hear are some pics I snapped this morning of my fun, loving boy!

I couldnt help but add these in.  She woke up just in time to walk out to the bus with us.  Can you believe that hair.  I did comb it while we were waiting:) I didn't want to embarass Ayden too much!