Garvan Gardens 2012

I know I am so behind on my blogging and I need to catch up, with Christmas and the past few months, but I don’t feel like blogging about that now, so I’m going to share what we have done this week for spring break and maybe I will get back in my blogging groove!

On Tuesday I took my kids and Adabelle and Oscar to Garvan Gardens with Grandma DeVaux. We go to GG every spring break with my mom. The kids always look forward to it. They were all excited to do the scavenger hunt.

 

We headed to the Koi pond first. They didn’t have any fish food for us so the kids just threw grass at the fish.

Three pretty girls

The tulips were in full bloom. They were gorgeous this year!

Me and my cute kids

The kids all love Grandma! Next we headed to the Kids area.

 

We had to check out the peacocks. This one was showing off for us.

Averi loves being with Grandma DeVaux

Adabelle & Oscar

Averi loved smelling the tulips

Everyone was worn out! We went back to Grandma’s for burgers and hot dogs. Then Thomas, Kaylee and Matthew got to spend the night there. Grandpa DeVaux took them to Mid America Museum the next morning. It was a nice break for me and the kids had a blast!

Santa Visit!

We went to our local library to see Santa. I love this Santa. He looks real, and and he really listens to the kids when they talk to him. The kids get a fun bag of goodies and they have crafts and treats for the kids.

Kaylee

Last year, Averi wouldn’t even go in the room that Santa was in. This year, she was excited to sit on his lap and talk to him.

Thomas

Matthew

All the kids with Santa.

Christmas Program

Kaylee and Matthew’s preschool had a cute Christmas Program. They were so excited for it. They had been practicing their songs for weeks. They did a great job!

Afterward they had parties in their classrooms. I bounced between the two classes.

They had a special birthday cake for Jesus.

It was a great day.

 

Thomas is Eight!

Oh my! My blogging has been abysmal lately! I have lots to catch up on, hopefully it won’t take me forever to get caught up! Thomas turned eight on Dec. 16! I can’t believe how old he is. He had a little party with a couple of friends. Jim took them to Playtime Pizza and they got to do all kinds of fun games and laser tag. They came back to the house for cake and ice cream after.

He got lots of fun presents including this cool magic set. We have enjoyed him showing us different magic tricks.

He also got baptized. It was a special day. I made this invitation for family and friends.

I’m so proud of Thomas!

My cute kids!

We were so glad that Grandma and Grandpa Anderson could come from their mission in Virginia and be here for his special day.

My dad took some more pictures of all of us, but I haven’t gotten them from him yet!

Here’s a video that Cathy made of Thomas, it is just some pictures of the first week of his life. He was such a sweet baby. It is hard to believe it has been 8 years! We love you Thomas!

Happy 3rd Birthday Averi

I can’t believe that my baby is 3! {Her birthday was Dec. 4, I’m just behind}. Here is a sweet picture of her when she was so little and new. Time really does fly!

I love this picture of my 4 kids, It makes me realize how little Kaylee & Matthew still were when Averi was born! I really don’t know how I survived.

We let Averi open her presents from us in the morning before Jim and Thomas left for the day.

I love how happy she was with everything she got. She had fun all day playing with her new toys.

Averi is such a fun, spunky girl. She knows exactly what she wants and gets upset when she doesn’t get it. Even though she is difficult at times, I can’t imagine our life with out her.

I can’t believe how long her hair has gotten, last year she still didn’t have much!

She requested Wendy’s for dinner so Jim brought it home and we ate it before going  to the parade.

We had her party on Saturday, here’s the invitation I made for it.

She said she wanted a purple banner, so I threw one together with my stash of supplies.

She picked out princess cupcakes this year. She was so excited for them and couldn’t wait to go and pick them up.

We invited some of her church buddies, they were all busy, so it was family. She loves having all of her cousins around.

She was very serious while we were singing to her.

 

She had fun opening her presents from her cousins and grandparents.

It was a fun birthday party for our spunky girl!

We love you so much Averi Elizabeth! Happy 3rd birthday!!