My Epiphany Weekend

When Ashley and I were visiting Eric and Andrea last month, I had an epiphany. It occur to me right after I took this snapshot of my baby girl....... she is all grown up! I mean, just look at her sitting there with her cousins having a tea party like she knows what she is doing.
She started walking a couple months after her birthday and now she does her little bow-legged walk all over the place. I love chasing her around the house. She runs as fast as her little legs will carry her so as to not get caught, laughing all the way. It still looks a bit awkward and it just cracks me up to see her little waddle.

Here are a few of Ashley's "looks"!

Here is her "Flower Power" look
(Andrea and I had so much fun staying up late making some hair clips for our girls.)

Here is her "Farmer Girl" look

Here is her "There's no place like Home" look

Here is her "Ghouly Monster Teeth" look
(John calls any kid this when their teeth are in an awkward stage.)


Here is her "Damsel in distress" look

Here is her "sweet sleeping angel" look

I love my baby girl, even if she is not much of a baby any more!

Passionate about Purple

You have to check out the cuteness of Stacey's new nursery. It turned out so gorgeous. We spent last week designing, shopping, and of course annoying our husbands.

She gives me entirely too much credit. She is the one who really pulled the whole room together. We really had a lot of fun turning this room into a perfect baby girl retreat!

For your viewing pleasure!!!

Introducing-girly-purple-room

Dr. Seuss Week

"Crazy" Cat in the Hat Day

Horton Hears a Who day!

There was also a Green Eggs and Ham day where they got to wear the color green and they actually made green eggs and ham to eat. Although Luke informed me that he didn't try any! What a surprise :( "He does not like them, He does not like green eggs and ham, He does not like them sam I am."

Seuss-abration Parade

Grandma was able to come and enjoy the festivities!

Chillaxin' in the wagon!

I love how Luke's hat is hanging just above his eyes. He's kool like that! And he insisted on wearing his hoodie even though it was perfect weather outside. I guess it was all a part of his hoodlum look. haha

Here is one of Luke's teachers dressed up as the Grinch Who Stole Christmas! His other teacher was dressed up as Thing 1, but i failed to get a picture of her cute costume.

It was a fun week and a fun way to get kids excited to read! Luke is really starting to understand rhyming words now! What can I say, he's a genius.

Fire Truck Fun

We went to the park to enjoy some of our nice El Paso weather, but what makes this park outing unusual, exciting, and blogable is what we saw while we were there. A fire truck was hosing down a nearby field with its ladder fully extended. So naturally Luke and Noah and best buds Brody and Aiden had to head over to investigate. It didn’t take long for them to be covered from head to toe in mud! They actually had more fun once the water was shut off because that was when they began jumping in all the puddles and having a really exciting time just being boys.

Luke and his enormous shoes sunk down into the puddle and he made ME wade out there to rescue him.

“Mom, wash my hands”

Noah was the last kid out there and on his way back to the playground he encountered a little problem.
Soggy pants weigh a lot!

Ashley being the dainty lady that she is, stayed at the playground and didn’t have an once of dirt on her, which is not something I could say for her brothers!

Recreation Room Alteration

What happens when you get three women, and empty van and an IKEA just 6 hours away...

Well one heck of a fun filled road trip and a brand new comfy family room!

OK so I wanted to wait until there was paint on the wall to post this, but I just can't seem to contain myself. (Plus, it will probably be awhile until we get some extra cash flow to pay for the paint) So without further ado...

Our new Family Room

I couldn’t find the perfect end table so I plan on painting this one until I find something I like better and someday I hope to never have to tuck and retuck. I hate slipcovers but I guess it is better than the alternative, country plaid couches!

My Favorite piece is this coat rack. It doesn’t take up a lot of space and makes a home for my purse and jackets. I was thinking about putting up a big letter “C” on the top shelf but have yet to find one I like.

I also got this huge mirror that I have been drooling over since it came out and I finally found the perfect place for it. Now the entry way doesn’t seem so closed in.

PS and aren’t the grommet curtains so amazing!!! Kudos to my mother once again. After much deliberation in the IKEA fabric dept. We finally found the perfect material to make the room truly awesome. Thanks again for all of your hard work mom, Love ya. Oh yes and thanks to John for taking care of our boys for an entire weekend all by himself. Although there was a lot of pizza box remnants around the house when I got home, I would have to say he would make a good "stay at home dad" if he had to.

Making a house a home has got to be one of the greatest hobbies ever!

Idaho Snow Birds

From Snowy Idaho drifts to sunny El Paso settings.

John’s parents made the long El Paso trek again a couple weeks ago. The kids had such a fun time being spoiled by their Grandma and Grandpa Chaffin. And Us big kids had a few good laughs through out the week too!

Here are a few words that describe our entertaining time together!

Airport pickup, Highway Patrol, Angies Restaurant, Running into Highway Patrol at Angies, BP Fort Hancock, Surprise Rock Band (Two G), Mystery missing drum stick, Charro, JC Pennys, Lego Indiana Jones, Blue Bell Ice Cream, Play-Doh, missing pieces of Lego Indiana Jones, Pizza joint, Scouting conference, Elvis lip-sync, Fajita meat, Steelers Victory-One happy Grandpa Chaffin, Ice Cream, Arbys/Wendys/Burger King, Large Robotic Dinos, Science, Chicken Enchiladas, Murphy’s Romance, More Ice Cream, Early Airport Dropoff! Did I mention Ice Cream? The end!