Laugh and smile...

"Mom will you grab me some shoes that fit me? Not my purple boots, they have toe jam in them!" This is what Addi told me as I was running in the house to grab her shoes for her so she could go to her friends house today. It made me smile and laugh. 

Last time she wore her purple boots I think she peed her pants in them, it may be more then toe jam she's afraid of. I'm so thankful for these babies of mine and how easily they can make me laugh and smile everyday. 

Reptile show

I took the kids to the reptile show at the library yesterday. The older two loved it. Maloree wanted to play and Collier was actually quite good during it. Maloree was needing me and wanting just me, without Collier, a nice lady next to us took Collier, he happily went, thankfully. 

This snake was the last animal they showed...it was huge, and disgusting. It was fun to take the kids. 

The picture below I love the little boys face in it. 

Addi's latest

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I absolutely love all the arts and crafts that my kids love to make. Here are a few of Addi's. The gun she made today. The picture she drew this past Tuesday. (She had me write most of the names on the picture for her). I love this little angel that that Heavenly Father has blessed me with so much, her personality, her sweetness, her tenderness, her thoughtfulness, and yes even her sass and determination! They all make my Addi Angel my Addi Angel and I can't imagine life without her! I'm grateful for all she teaches me each day. 

The most disgusting thing...

My girls love spaghetti. Spencer loves Alfredo sauce, or white sauce as he calls it; he also love cream cheese. Becca, one of my best friends, and the one I do dinner nights with has a spaghetti recipe with cream cheese in the sauce. It's AMAZING! 

I had peppers that needed used, all the kids LOVE sausage so I sautéed peppers, smoked sausages, and some leftover grilled chicken that I had together to make spaghetti with. I knew the girls would love it. To make Spencer happy I added cream cheese to the sauce. 

The kids were playing outside with Gabe, our cute little neighbor boy. The girls got hungry, came in and ate. Addi 2 bowls of it. Maloree half of 1 bowl, she's not eating much lately so that was about right. 

I was going to let Spencer stay out until Carl got home and then he could eat with his dad. Gabe had to go home before Carl got home so Spencer came in. Very excitedly I told him what dinner was, making sure to add in how yummy cream cheese was in the pasta sauce and how much he loves cream cheese. He looked at it for a good bit, turned to me, and in a very calm matter of fact voice said, " mom, that's the most disgusting thing I've ever seen".  

I couldn't help it, I laughed so hard. Amazingly he was very kind about trying his one bite of it. However he didn't want more then one bite. I live my kiddos! 

Nap time...

Juanita, my awesome sister told me about the blogger app.  I'm trying it. This is mostly just a journal for me. I took the kids to the park today, we just got home and they are beyond tired. I'm making them all lay down, even though Spencer and Addi are quite upset about it. 

7 months ago we added Collier Keith Foley to our family. He is so much funand  such a sweet happy baby now. He had colic and silent acid reflux, making the first months hard. He's outgrown his colic, thankfully! We all love him and his smile can make me happy anytime, which he uses to his advantage when he should be sleeping...

Maloree shows him her love and affection best by laying on top of him (she's not exactly small, or even average, she's huge).  Spencer loved to help feedhim and   show him all the fun things they can do together when Collier gets bigger. Addi just loves to hold him and get pictures with him.  Carl and I just love them all, even when they drive us crazy.  

I'm hoping to blog more now that I can do it on my phone. 

Picture from the park today.

Me and Mals yesterday. She wanted to play with the camera on my phone. 

One of our favorite cousins Ammon. He needed a bandaid at the park and we didn't have any. We improvised with a panty liner. I love love love this boy! 

 

Maloree Elizabeth...I can't get enough of her. I love her little chubbs.  

For family night on Monday we finished installing this. The kids are do excited they're beside themselves. 

Happy Happy Birthday Spencer dear....

I can't believe our little man is 3! When I think about how fast it has gone by my eyes get a little wet, he'll be grown before we know it. I swear it wasn't 3 years ago that this sweet little angel boy came into out lives making us parents, changing our perspective on everything, and turing our lives upside down in the best way possible. I am so thankful for my children and the amazing blessing they are in my life. I never imagine that being a mom could be so amazing. It truly is the best and hardest thing I have ever done and I am so thankful I was given the opportunity to do so in this life. I love you Spencer Hap, Happy Birthday!

Spencer said he wanted a cheesecake for his birthday. He loves cheesecake. We let him pick the colors of it all and put his fire engines on top of it. he was thrilled and couldn't wait to try it. He is sampling the edge. I told him he couldn't eat it until everyone got here. He assured me he wasn't eating it, he was just trying the edge. He helped put the stuff on the top and was very proud of how it turned out. He loved showing it off and telling his Nana's and Papa's about it.

Happy Birthday our little man. We love you and are so thankful we get to call you ours!!!

Fireman's Breakfast...

Saturday was the fireman's breakfast. Spencer is obsessed with firetrucks and Addilyn thinks they are pretty cool so we took the kids. They had a blast and never wanted to leave. We had to get Daddy to work though so we forced them to leave, promising to do a few drive-by's to see the big ladder they had on the truck.

This is Addi driving the pink tractor. They had a fun little corner with police cars, fire engines and tractors the kids could drive. Addilyn waited very patiently and Spencer didn't want to drive on, he wanted to eat; both of these were shocking to me. The first car that opened was a police car so she drove it. Things in the corner slowed down and she got to drive a fire engine next. She had her eye on the pink tractor the whole time though. As soon as it opened she exclamined "Tractor" and ran to it. She loved taking it for a spin and I literally had to pry her off.
Spencer wanted to spend all of his time with the fire engines. They had them all open, older ones and knew ones, he drove almost all of them. Addilyn was happy to accompany him on his drives, at times she wanted to drive, but she also loved running to the other side of the truck. Spencer was driving the truck with Addi playing his lookout.

As we were leaving we promised the kids we'd go next year. I think it will be every year until they decide they don't want to go. It was a ton of fun though and we're so happy we we're all able to go as a family.