Happy 6th anniversary!

For our anniversary (which was actually the same night as Brielles slumber party) we went to Busch Gardens! ALL BY OURSELVES! We got to ride the big roller coasters, we didn't have to push any strollers, or make a potty stop every time we saw the bathroom.

It was more than FANTASTIC!

We went on all the rides in 5 hours. It is amazing how much faster you can go without kids.
We had a great night and a great anniversary. We felt like kids again.

Happy 6th anniversary babe!

Thanks Jill and Victoria for watching the kiddos!

The long awaited Birthday!

Brielle has been talking about her birthday for a year now. Last year must have been a disappointment, because as soon as it was over she was talking about this year. She has never had a friend party, it was the big #5, and she talked non-stop about it, so we went BIG!

We invited 7 girls

The food and craft table

Brielle went to the store with me and picked out all the treats and junk food they were going to eat. It is all her favorite things!

The cake! I can't believe there is a 5 on top of that cake!

And I made this tent for them to sleep in! It was so much fun!

The girls started coming and immediately started having pillow fights. I didn't even know they knew you were suppose to have pillow fights at sleepovers...it must be natural. They were all so excited they could hardly stand it. For a lot of them, it was their first sleepover.

We painted wooden paper dolls.

and josh painted nails. The girls thought it was pretty funny when he painted his own too.

We had pillow case races.

We ate cake and ice cream.

We played duck, duck, goose.

And then (like a crazy person) I thought we could turn on a movie and they would magically all fall asleep. They just wanted to go play, so play they did.

About 10:30 we pulled them out of Brie's room and told them it was time to settle down and Brielle picked out another movie. By now, Destiny was asleep on the couch. She was the first one. We laid all the girls down in their sleeping bags.
Brielle came in and sat on Joshs' lap and said she needed a little break.
She was asleep in seconds.

Eventually one by one they all started dropping off. The last 2 were just before midnight. I wanted a picture of them all sleeping soundly so I tip toed out and left the lights off and snapped a picture. When I looked at it Destiny (who was sleeping on the couch) was gone. I panicked! I started counting bodies. Checked the locked door, and went to get Josh. We flipped on the lights and finally found her....

Laying right on top of Brielles head. (this is zoomed in from the picture above) She had fallen off the couch. We were laughing so hard that not one of them woke up.

So, they are finally sleeping soundly right? We can go in and go to bed. I was so surprised to wake up to GIGGLING GIRLS at 4:00 AM! Yes 4:00! I quickly went out and told them to go back to sleep, I then laid on the couch so they would be quite. Brielle is the only one who slept through the 4:00 am giggle fest.


In the morning we had breakfast! Just cereal and yogurt, nothing fancy, but by that time I was exhausted. I had bought the straw cereal bowls though so they were excited.

Brielle thought the party was fantastic! She kept telling me "MOM your the best. Your the coolest. You are the best mom ever!" Every time I put a new decoration up she would exclaim "it is so beautiful..."
Needless to say I think it was a success.

Happy Birthday my BIG 5 year old!

busch gardens

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To be 4 years old again

This is a conversation overheard between Brie and 2 of her friends. They were playing and Destiny accidentally stepped on Sadie. She kind of started playing away from Destiny & Brielle because of it and then they went over to her. This is how the conversation went:

Sadie: "Well, you shouldn't have stepped on me."

Brielle: "It was just an accident Sadie."

Destiny: "Yeah, I didn't mean to."

Sadie: "You still shouldn't step on me, Jesus wouldn't like that."

Destiny: "It was an accident."

Brielle: "That's why it's a miracle."

Destiny: "Yeah."

Sadie: "Ok, let's play mommy & baby now."

Brielle: "You're not the boss you know."

Sadie: "I know, but you aren't either. Jesus is."

Brielle: "Yeah, but you know our mom and dads are too."

Destiny: "Yeah, they are the boss too. Because you know, God is our dad. He's everyone's dad. That's what my mom & dad said."

Sadie: "Nooo, he's not our dad...(with a chuckle)."

Destiny: "Yeah, my mom & dad say that God is everybody's dad, he is."

Sadie: "Oh, yeah he is."

Brielle: "Yeah he is."

Can I tell you how much I love this boy?

Rigdon Ash
3 Month pics!

Rigdon is ALMOST rolling over!

Rigdon is making lots of noises and loves to be heard.

Rigdon rarely smiles when he first wakes up. After he is fed, he wont stop smiling. He likes his food. His smile make all of us so happy we giggle.

Rigdon poops 3-5 times a day. (So much more than the girls)

Rigdon sleeps through the night. We put him down between 9-10 and he wakes up between 6-8.

Rigdon will only fall asleep with a blanket up by his face and his binky.

Rigdon is already a ladies man!
Rigdon and Justice

They were holding hands all by themselves. We did not stage this. What did I tell ya? He is already putting the moves on her. Luckily she is cute...not to mention we love her mom and dad!

Rigdon makes the whole family so happy. He fits so well.

"It's just a joke silly!"

This morning we were eating popsicles in bed. I read my joke to brie:

"Why do quarters flip higher than any other coin"

Josh said "WHY?"

"Because there is an eagle on it!"

Brielle says ok I have one:

"Why do dollar bills fly higher than any other dollar bill?"

I said "WHY?"

"because there is 100 birds on it. haha!" then she laughed.

I said "but there's not really"

without missing a beat sh said

"it's just a joke silly!"

That was funnier than her actual joke, josh and I cracked up.

Girls (and rigs) just wanna have fun!

WOW! We started off our nonstop fun last Friday. We had the downing and Wilborns over for dinner and a little Easter family night. The kids were singing and dancing along with a video it was really cute.


We decorated our little brother! Oh the things he puts up with....poor little guy is very loved!

(I have to document this so he can get them back when he is bigger than them!)

Saturday Morning we had a Law wife Easter breakfast and Easter egg hunt. We had yummy food and the kids got lots of yummy candy. Here are the ladies that put it together... Most of the Law wives board.
Sunday was so great. We got to have church in our jammies, and eat lots of candy. We then had a little picnic lunch with some friends. It was fantastic.


Monday we had to throw in a little responsibility and go to the dentist to get a cavity filled and a tooth pulled. Both girls did GREAT! Brielles tooth was touching her permanent tooth, but she didn't mind. She was happy for the tooth fairy to come again. She got $5 and when we went to the store she wanted to buy Hope something too. They ended up finding barbies on sale for $5 so she bought two of them for her and Hope! (I know that it doesn't really add up 2 five dollar babies = $10, but it was sweet that she wanted to buy one for Hope!)


We then came home and found an invitation to a tea party. So of course we put on our pretty dresses and went to the tea party.



And since my kids associate the dentist with the castle park we had to go there because they did so good getting their teeth drilled!

We had some friends meet us there. The playground part of the park was actually closed, but that didn't ruin our day...we played in the trees and ate lunch at the picnic tables.
Tuesday we headed to the beach and it was BEAUTIFUL! It was perfect weather not to hot but still hot enough. The water was COLD but the kids didn't care! I LOVE beach pics so there are alot!

Brielle, Jocelynne, Hailey, Sadie, Hope, Brody

When we were trying to get this picture the water came in and touched rigdons feet. He was so sad. He screamed, and cried, and me being a good Mommy, laughed.





It was Rigdons first time at the beach. He did pretty good and slept most of the time.


All the ladies hangin out while our husband are stuck in the library! There are perks to being stay at home moms!

Jill, April, Me, Katrina, Victoria

We spent plenty of time hangin out outside with friends

Destiny and Brie
Tim and Justice ( 7 wks) , Josh and Rigdon (11 wks)

Wednesday we went to a birthday party at Chuck-e-cheese! The girls were so happy and they had so much fun. After that we went to the mall and bought flip-flops.


Thursday we hit the beach again! It wasn't quite as warm and it was REALLY windy! The kids still had fun. How can you not have fun at the beach?

All the kids buried Brielle!

Brielle and Sadie

My cute men in their matching hats!

With everything going on we have been quite exhausted and I think we have worn our poor little rigdon (who just gets dragged everywhere) right out! He reach a new record last night and slept a straight 12 hours! You know we LOVE that! It gives us more energy to play!


With all that has been going on my house has suffered. So I think tomorrow we will take a cleaning break! AWWW SHUCKS!

Seriously?

Today Brielle said:

"The Easter Bunny gets me everything you never let me get! I LOVE the Easter Bunny!"

This is one of those moments I want to pop her on the head and scream "HELLO TELL ME THANK YOU! TELL ME YOU LOVE ME!"