happy Monday! here we are in Christmas week, and I cannot believe it! were in the single digit countdown to Christmas and I am probably more excited than my kids. we had a really fun whirlwind of a weekend and I documented with about 4700 pictures and I’m happy to say we checked off about […]

I can’t believe how quickly this party came and went! I had an entirely different plan for Parker and Jolie’s fifth birthday party- a (girl power) superhero theme to which I was planning out obstacle courses for all the ‘heros’ to climb through in the backyard.. a Pinterest board full of decor ideas and cake […]

the day is finally here! you’re five. FIVE! we’re not welcoming your teens with 13. or celebrating your sweet 16.. or even a milestone like 21. but five.. just seems so BIG!  your 5th birthday means the official end of our full days spent together. running free at the park or riding your bike (almost) around […]

last week we took our big girls, Parker and Jolie, on a mini staycation to Great Wolf Lodge. we didn’t really tell the girls what we were doing until we dropped Baker and Brady with the grandparents and made the 30 minute drive to grapevine for a special treat to celebrate turning 5! we arrived […]

 I can’t believe its December 1st!!  we are spinning our holiday wheels over here and attempting to cram in as many Christmas-y things into the next 25 days as possible!  as I was coming up with our December bucket list I was texting Jordan every five minutes to see about adding something else to the calendar.. […]

happy (day after) Thanksgiving!! we are slowly getting up this morning.. Brady slept 14 hours STRAIGHT and cinnamon rolls are in the oven as we speak! pouring my second cup of coffee to sit down and share our amazing Thanksgiving Day festivities with my favorite peeps.  I know I just did a ‘photo every hour’.. […]