Vacation Aftermath-Car Ride Home

As soon as we left Grapevine and headed on the highway the kids crashed! We had to laugh a little at Caden's position then I turned to see Carter! Oh my!!! They took great naps in the car. These were some really worn out boys! Thank you Grammie and Papa for a howlin' good time!!!!

Don't worry, Cory took a curve and he straightened up quickly!

Great Wolf Lodge

We have had a great time here with the family! Even though Cole, Cory, and I sat at the hospital all day yesterday! I didn't get many pics so these from my phone will have to do!

The first night at dinner they gave all the kids wolf ears, so fun!! Here is Caden modeling his while eating a s'mores :) YUMMO!

Carter had to be a little different while modeling his, of course!

Cole was cracking us all up and howling when he put his ears on!

The two little boys tried to ride the hot dog cart in the arcade.

This was one of our pit stops on the way there. A cute little calf at Chick-fil-A

Snow

Here are a few pics of the snow we received this week! We got a lot, even Cory closed the store Tuesday! It was about 8 inches I think, and we loved it all! The kids were out of school Tuesday and Wednesday and spent a good deal of time sledding (pics to come!). For now just enjoy some of God's creation covered in white!

Tummy Time

Crosby is such a big boy now! He is growing so much I can't believe it! It seems to be flying faster now since I am pretty sure he is our last baby. Just this week he officially outgrew his clothes and is now in 6-12 month stuff. We did the car seat shuffle and he is out of his infant carrier and into a convertible car seat now. Cole was not really thrilled that Crosby took his seat, but he is learning to deal with it :) He also sat in a high chair at Mazzio's this week at lunch and at his baby food. Too cute! I took these picture a week or so ago and thought they were too sweet not to share! Enjoy our little man, because he is growing fast!

Another One Bites the Dust

That Queen song seems so fitting around here these days!

Another one down

Another one down

And another one bites the dust

But at least among all the fever, coughing, sneezing, and crying, there are a few smiles!

Prayerfully we will all be on the mend soon!

Lots of Time On Our Hands

As most of you know, we are all passing the crud around. Lots of Dr visits, lots of pink antibiotics! So to pass the time away while we can't go to school....

We make ourselves look like tribal folk, monsters, animals, you name it!

Carter got this crayola face paint kit for Christmas and it is great! All sorts of creatures inside and it goes on easy and comes of easy too!

Notice the horns :)

God's Best Gift

"Don't you see that children are God's best gift?

The fruit of the womb his generouse legacy?
Like a warrior's fistful of arrows are the children of a vigorous youth.

Oh, how blessed are you parents with your quivers full of children!" Psalm 127:3-4 MSG

We are so blessed by this little boy and all our boys! When God showed me this verse for Carter's birth announcement, I really focused on the first part, but now after being blessed with 4 amazing little men, God reminded me of this verse and I LOVE the Message version...quiver full of children! Indeed our quiver is full and I LOVE every bit of it!

Couldn't you just eat this little guy up! Crosby will be 5 months next week and it has gone by almost too quickly! He is loving every bit of his cereal and baby food and continuing to be a wonderful, happy boy! Such a blessing from God! Thank you LORD for all our boys!

Snow Day

Here are a few pics of my lovelies during our little snow last week. We didn't get much and it was pretty stinking cold but they were begging to go out in it. So we bundled up, put Crosby in bed and went out for a bit. Cole only lasted about 10 minutes and he was DONE!

They were so irritated I made them pose for a pic, but you know I had to have it!

Caden was so excited to eat the snow...not really sure why!
This is the best shot I got of Carter, he was RUNNING around EVERYWHERE!

Cole got cold fast, probably because he kept eating the snow and laying down in it on the trampoline! Silly boy!

We got the sled out for a bit. We have a pretty good slope in the back so the big kids had fun doing this for most of their time out there. Cole wanted to try it out so Caden was a good big brother and helped him out!

Cole came in shortly after and took a hot bath and put on some footie jammies and snuggled up on the couch! The other kids threw a FIT when I asked them to come in! It melted a couple of days later but was so fun while it lasted!