Bridal Shower & Ball Game

I'm not sure where the weekend went! I feel like we were barely at home, but it was a fun one! Friday night we rented movies (our family movie was War Horse and I would recommend it- B loved it and so did Ryan and I- and even Corbin (b/c of the horse!)). Anyway, first I had to prepare my overnight breakfast casseroles for the next morning for Jordan's bridal shower (we did a brunch).

Saturday morning was pretty rushed b/c Ryan was working so I was taking both boys with me to the shower so getting them ready plus myself plus getting my stuff cooked and getting there early to help set up was a little tricky! We made it though and the shower was a success!

Erin, Jordan, and I- Liv wasn't able to come b/c she had to do prom hair all day!

I love these girls- they are truly my sisters at heart!

I went home after the shower and attempted to do some laundry and things around the house before we got ready to go eat at Bobe's and go the McDonald's All-Star game at Washington. We had fun, but watching Brycen soak it all in was the best part!

B and I at the game

Corbin playing with (the other) Brycen's ball that he had signed :)

Corbin also loved the game and was so good (until the very end when he was begging to go night night! He was clapping every time they made a basket- it was so cute!

Tyler Zeller- we aren't huge Tarheels fans, BUT we are huge Zeller fans so B thought that it was "almost as good as Cody playing" :) lol!

My boy is basketball crazy right now- and we're loving it!

Yesterday we went to Evansville- we had a lot of errands, but the main thing on our list was to get Brycen a new bat for baseball- gee whiz, what a process! He and Ryan tried out every bat in the store (twice I think!) before they finally decided on one. I'm still trying to figure out what was wrong with his one from last year, but apparently I don't know much when it comes to this! lol. After the sporting goods store I got to hit up TJ Maxx, Target, and the mall though so I shouldn't complain :) Corbin did great until the very end and he was just done and overly tired. He did get to ride the "horsey's" at mall before we left. (B and I opted for Dip N Dots while they rode the horses) :).

We still got home in time to play outside for awhile- well Ryan mowed and weed-eated while the boys played and I chased them around and tried to sweep in the garage.

When we came in I got the boys showered/bathed and started a cleaning frenzy because my house has really been suffering. Thank goodness I got my laundry caught up and my house cleaned really good before bed time. I felt so much better going to bed knowing it was all done to start my week out with. I'm looking forward to two days off this week, besides my normal Wednesday off I'm also off on Friday because B is out of school for a snow day! Yay!! I'm judging some cheer try outs Wednesday night so I'm looking forward to that!

Easter (Part 2)

Easter morning I had to wake up my snuggling boys so they could get into their Easter baskets :)

Corbin LOVES Buzz & Woody right now so he was showing me his bubble bath!

Brycen laughing b/c he got some deodarant (he begs for it all the time at walmart, lol!)

Warning- this post is very picture heavy :)

My sweet boys in their Easter best :)

Family pic :)

Momma and her boys :)

Ohhh Corbin- why must you make those silly faces?!

After we opened Easter baskets, ate a big breakfast, and took pictures we went to church. It was an amazing service celebrating the real reason for Easter- our Risen Savior! It was a beautiful, redeeming musical drama that brought tears to my eyes.

After church we got some lunch & headed home to relax and play for the afternoon. We watched a movie and hung out- it was so nice to just be with the boys and enjoy the beautiful day.

We played outside for awhile and then headed off to my parents to celebrate Easter and visit w/ my bubby :)

My mom does the best Easter treats (and all other treats too!) :)

Plus she still treats us big kids so that is fun too! lol

The boys with their baskets and treats from my parents!

Playing in the bounce house

They begged Uncle Joe to play with them too!

He's such a good Uncle and the boys love him SO much.

B ALWAYS cries after we leave and Joe is going back to school.

It's so sad!

The brother and I

Corbin and our little cousin-to-be, Ellie

(isn't she a doll?!)

We did an egg hunt but Corbin was more interested in sitting down and eating "chalk o wet" :)

Hunting some eggs.

We stayed until the boys were on verge of meltdown and then went home to get showers. I was so thankful that I was off and B had no school on Monday. It made the after Holiday crash a little easier :)

We are so blessed and I'm so thankful for the friends and family in my life and most of all for my Savior, Jesus Christ!

Easter Weekend (Part 1)

Last Friday B was out of school and I was off for Good Friday. Our cousins that live in TN were up visiting and we got to hang out with them for the day! It was so fun and we got to meet their newest addition (the third little girl in their family!). B & C had a blast playing with their cousins Siri & Fiona while us adults had a good time catching up and chatting :) It was a relaxing day (as relaxing as possible with four kids 7 and under running around plus a nursing baby, lol!

This is the best picture I got lol eating brownies!

Saturday afternoon we headed to Montgomery to a birthday party, but first we went and put spring flowers on Andon's stone. I thought they turned out so pretty and bright!

We went into Kenzlie's birthday party then- we were a little early so I helped Britt finish setting up and chatted until people showed up. It was nice getting a little quiet time to chat beforehand!
Kenzlie and Corbin 2 months and 1 day apart :)
Neither one really wanted their picture taken!

All the kids at the party (Corbin was more interested in the ballons) lol!

Trying to get a picture of Corbin and baby Blake (this is outtake 1 of about 10!) lol

We finally got this one of them both looking, but it's blurry and Corbin has that "duhhh" look on his face that he usually gives for pictures lol! Of course as soon as I put the camera away he always laughs and smiles- go figure!

After we left the birthday party we went to Ryan's parents to celebrate Easter with his family. It was nice doing it the night before so we didn't feel rushed and could visit.

Corbin hunting eggs!

Brycen hunting eggs!

Corbin with his basket

Tried to get a picture of me and my boys, but as you can see neither one really liked my idea lol!

Brycen with his basket

We colored eggs too :)
What a mess (for Corbin at least)... he broke like three eggs and literally THREW them into the cups! He left with a green hand! lol

My big boy :)

And Corbin... need I say more?! lol

Little Besties :)

I don't know that I make it clear on my blog how thankful I am for my best friend. She is truely the best friend I could ask for. You know you've struck gold when your best friend prays for you as if she is praying for herself.

Our littlest men are only three weeks apart (it was so fun being pregnant together). We've joked that they don't have much of a choice but to be best friends like their momma's :) They are sooo cute playing together- especially now that they are talking. I love listening to them! Corbin asks for Zane all the time and I.love.it. He also loves Zane's daddy which I think is hilarious that he calls him "Zane's Daddy" instead of Clint. He also says "Nessa" and "Tywer".

These pictures were a few weeks ago when we were visiting one Friday evening, but they are too cute not to share!

Ninja's :)

Makig smoothies- Corbin is being silly!
Corbin is eating ice- he is just like me... :)

Their sweet little two year old hands.... they won't stay this little long.

Spring Break

I'm going to start off by saying this post might be long and tedious and it will have NO pictures! GASP! I know! I thought several times that I needed to get my camera out and even took it out, but I never once snapped one picture in all the days I was home with the boys. We were too busy soaking up the days I guess :) I do want to write this all down so we have a memory of it though- even though we did nothing exciting we enjoyed being together :)

Friday (the 23rd) we went to Clint & Vanesssa's for supper. The big boys played outside while the little boys played toys and ran around being crazy. Now that they say each other's names I think that is sooo cute to hear them call out for each other! We didn't stay too late because Ryan had to get home in time to watch the IU game of course :)

Saturday morning my cousin Brooke and I went to Edinburgh to the outlets to shop :) My mom was in Martinsville visiting my grandma so she met us there. We shopped and ate and shopped some more. Brooke and I had a good time visiting on the way up and trying not to fall asleep on the way back. We actually got back pretty early (around six). Brooke and I are both "go in get it get out" kind of girls...We laughed and said we're ALWAYS waiting on my mom (which is so true!). My grandma watched the boys while Ryan was at work that morning and then he came home and took over- they went to the woods to look for mushrooms but didn't find much of anything except a bunch of ticks all over--eeek! When I got home Ryan wanted to go into town to eat BBQ & rent movies. We got our BBQ to go and went home to eat and watch our movies. Pretty sure I fell asleep before our movie was half way through!

Sunday we went to church and enjoyed our day around the house not doing much of anything except playing outside!

Monday Brycen went on a "date" with my mom to Evansville. They met up with my brother and went to the movies and out to eat and did a little shopping. They saw The Lorax and ate at Red Robin (both B picked out). He also just HAD to get a new Under Armor shirt (bc Uncle Joe thinks it is cool, lol). He is so rotten. Corbin and I spent the day at home trying to get stuff done around the house. Outside was calling our name though and so we did play outside a couple hours before nap time.

Tuesday we played outside ALL day long and most of the evening too :) We ran into town and picked up lunch and took Ryan some lunch because he forgot his in the fridge (I think he did on purpose so he could see us;) lol!

Wednesday we once again played outside all day long. B had baseball that evening for a couple hours so we went to that- I love watching him and Corbin loves playing in the dirt so even though Ryan's at every practice coaching and I really wouldn't HAVE to go- I still want to because we (Corbin and I) enjoy it!

Thursday Ryan once again "forgot" his lunch. I got some more house work done in the morning and then got myself and the boys ready and took Ryan his lunch and ran a few other errands like going to the bank and then we went and got WalMart out of the way. The boys were so good it went quickly so that was nice. We went home and spent the rest of our afternoon/evening outside!

Friday morning we got up and met Vanessa & her boys at a yard sale in town that we were both wanting to hit up. I got Brycen some really nice stuff for next winter :) I love a good yard sale! We then went to the park for a couple hours that morning and let the boys played while we chatted. I went home to do some laundry and of course we played outside more. I will say that it is SO much easier to let Corbin play this year and I don't have to hover over him. For one he is a year older and can do much more but for two we have grass in the front yard which makes things so much nicer. All week the boys played basketball (B played while Corbin tried), baseball (same thing again), dug in the rocks and the dirt, swung from tree vines (yes like Tarzan!), rode bikes/trikes etc. I got some time to sit & relax in the swing and read while they played so nicely. I also got myself a nice farmers tan haha! Anyway when Ryan got home we headed to Evansville to get an quote on the deck for the back of the house (can't wait until that is done!). We ate at Red Lobster & looked around at a few vehicles. Corbin hadn't had a nap so he fell asleep early... I was wanting to go to the mall to run a few errands, but we decided to skip it that night since we were all pretty tired.

Saturday morning B had baseball again from 10-12. We got up and relaxed awhile and then went to baseball (it was pretty chilly!). Ryan had rented some digging machine to work on dirt work behind and beside the house so he worked on that most of the day while the boys and I played outside. They loved watching him work with the digger :) That night we went to Princeton to Rural King to get some more grass seed, we ate at Sonic and looked at a few more vehicles (we weren't really ready to buy a new vehicle, but my van has been doing some crazy things soooo we figured we better start looking). We have put a ton of miles on it the past few years. We didn't find anything so we just headed home.

Sunday Ryan worked on dirt work a lot more while he had the machine rented. We were outside all day until I drug Corbin in at six to take a bath and so I could get everything ready for our day back to work/school. I gave C a bath and he went and sat on the couch and fell right asleep as soon as I had put his pj's on him. He hadn't had a nap in two days and had played so hard outside- he slept right through the night :) Ryan and B got home from the taking the machine back a little later and we just had sandwiches for supper and then it was back to a normal 8pm bedtime for Brycen. He said he wasn't ready to go back to school, but yesterday morning he kept talking about his friends so I think he was :)

Back to work I went yesterday morning. I will say it was tough pulling myself out of bed at 5am and it was even tougher to drop Corbin off at the sitter, but we made it. Ryan and I both left work early to go look at another vehicle in Jasper (which we actually purchased yesterday).

This morning it was even harder to get out of bed. My body is still getting used to getting up that early again. It's amazing that a week off will get you out of the habit of it so quickly!


We had a good spring break just staying home and playing, but we are all looking forward to our vacation coming up in about a month (Brycen has a count down going on!). It is nice to ease back into this since it's a three day week for me with a four day weekend. Our kids get Mon. off too for a snow day they didn't use. Yippee for more days off :)

Well, I've rambled long enough hopefully next time I'll have pictures to share :)