Bring On The Pink!

On November 26, we welcomed Tessa Brooklyn into our family. She has been such a blessing and we are so thankful for a healthy, strong little girl. She has been more than spoiled already with pink clothes, pink toys, pink everything and a whole lot of love. She weighed in at 7lb 14oz and was 18 inches long. So far she has been the most content out of all three. Hopefully she stays this way. It is an adjustment to having Three children. Surely takes more time for everything. The boys have been doing amazing with her. A little bit of jealousy here and there but nothing too extreme. We have been able to have some one on one time with all of them, which I think has helped. Thank You Lord for our newest little blessing!

Worth A Try

While looking through some of my friends blogs, I noticed that one of them had a little something about shutterfly. They talked about how if you do a little advertising for them and their Holiday or Christmas cards, you have a chance to earn 50 free ones. So, i thought it was worth a try.

I have used shutterfly for my Holiday cards for many years now. Every year I continue to be happy with the outcome and this year I plan to do the same. I have looked through them trying to figure out the perfect one for this year, but it is so hard b/c of the great selection. My plan is to do combination of Holiday card and Baby announcement, so I have to wait for the little one to arrive before I can do anything. In the past I have gone with the 5 x 7 flat card however they have folded cards as well and sizes ranging from 4 x 6, 5 x 7 and even a square collection in glossy or matte. The options are endless! Look here http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards or here http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards

So if you haven't tried shutterfly for your Holiday cards yet, I would highly recommend them!

They even have gift tags that you can customize http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-gift-tags

The Tooth Fairy is on her way!

Parker has literally had a loose tooth for about 2 months now. Everyday he comes to us and says, my tooth is going to fall out today. He walks around with a tissue wiggling, pulling and pushing on it with no success up to this point. Mommy and Daddy are not much help because we are not the teeth pulling type. I couldn't even look at the tooth without my stomach rolling over. Well today PaPa came to the rescue. Without thinking twice, Parker walked right up to him with the tissue, opened wide and out it came. Thanks so much PaPa we love you! Now he is just hoping that the tooth fairy doesn't blow past our house tonight with all this wind!

Pumpkin Carving and Fun

Last weekend we had some friends of our over for the annual pumpkin carving. The kids had a great time picking out the face that they wanted but were not too excited about actually gutting the it. In the end the parents did most of the work which I think is pretty usual. In the end it was a fun night with some great friends.

Wordless Wednesday!

Happy Anniversary!

8 years ago tomorrow I was blessed to marry my best friend. I am so thankful for who he is and what he brings to my life. He is an amazing Husband and Father. He is dedicated, honest, fun loving, confident and my very own handy man. Babe, I just want to say Thank You! You have given me two beautiful boys with another baby on the way. Seeing you as a Daddy and how happy you make them just melts my heart. I love you more than you know and can't wait to see what the rest of our future holds. Thank You for choosing me!

Apple Picking and Soccer Kicking

Last night we took our second annual trip to Crane's so we could pick some apples and have an amazing dinner. The boys had sooo much fun and may have grabbed a couple too many apples to eat. Griffin literally ate one entire apple, core and everything. We now have bags and bags of apples that we need to figure out what to do with. Applesauce is our main thing, but if anyone has some good recipes including apples, we would love to hear about them.

Parker is in his first year of playing soccer through Holland Rec. He is loving every minute of it and is doing much better than I thought he was going to do. They have had practic twice a week and last Saturday was his first game. In this first pic you can see he is in the goal. He was there for the first quarter and kept telling me he was bored b/c the ball seriously never came by him. I told him that was a good thing, but he didn't really agree with me.

Here he is in his second position and yes that is his Daddy who is the assistant coach for his team. It is soo stinkin cute to see both of my boys out on the field. Can't wait to see how the rest of the season goes.

Stretching, getting ready for the game! That is one little body in front of one big goal!

Back To School!

So we had our first day back at school today! Parker is now in a Young 5's class at HC. He was super excited all Summer long and the day has finally come. Too fun! Loved bringing him today and seeing his locker and room all over again! He has the same wonderful teacher as last year and a lot of the same kids in his class as well. Which of course makes me feel better. Can't wait to be a part of this next school year and see how much he learns.

Parker and Ava have lockers right next to eachother, just like last year.

Weekend Away!

A couple weekends ago we had the privilege of staying at a cottage with my extended family. This is the second year that we have done this and it is more fun every year. The boys swam all weekend long, even in the rain. Tubing, knee boarding, boating, sea dooing and a whole lot of eating.

Waiting for the fireworks

Parker standing on the tube

A Whole Hand!

That is what our oldest will be tomorrow! Can you believe it? We are celebrating Parker's 5th Birthday already. I know everyone says this, but it really has gone by so fast. I never thought that when he was born we would be having so much fun with him! He has a personality like no other.

Parker, you are one special boy and your Daddy and I want you to know that we love you more than you can ever imagine. You are busy, spunky and task oriented. If we give you a task, you will not disappoint or quit until it is complete. You are an amazing helper and love to be involoved. You have been teaching your brother everything that you know and help out with him all the time. I can't wait to see how you are with this next baby. You have completed your first year of school and made us so very proud. You love to run, bike, dirt bike and you swim like a fish. This Summer you no longer need our help or even swimmies. You love to collect bugs, frogs and help us in the garden. We pray that you continue growing into a healthy, strong child of God. We Love You Parker and Happy Birthday!

Photo Shoot!

So we went out the other day to take Griffins 2 Year and Parkers 5 Year pics. Here are a couple of them. Enjoy!