Wednesday, August 10, 2011

No excuses

I have no excuse. Updating has been non-existent and it ends today. Peyton turned 5 and started kindergarten on the 10th. Shelby is now 18 months and I'm wondering....where did all the time go for both of my kiddos. This year has been an incredibly busy year, but we have enjoyed every second we've spent with these two joys. I honestly cannot even imagine a day without them...how boring would life be. So Peyton has grown up overnight....turning 5 and starting kindergarten all in one day. He announced over the weekend that when he turns 5 he will get a job....the search is still on for that as he told me tonight he has to get taller. Guess I'll let him slide for awhile longer. Shelby is learning something new every single day and blows my mind with her intelligence. She just "gets" it...all. Watching her and Peyton play is probably the highlight of my day. She definitely misses brother when he's not around, but she completely takes advantage of having Mommy's full attention....as do I. So the main reason anyone ever gets on here is to look at pictures. I'm going to attempt to catch you all up...all the way from January. HA!!! wish me luck.

On the trolley with Piper in New Orleans a few weekends ago. We had a blast!

Piper's first beignet at Cafe Du Monde
Spiderman would not eat as it might mess up his "make up"

4th of July in Rosemary Beach with Abby. These kiddos had a fantastic time.

Sweet cousins
Shelby figured out very quickly how to relax by the pool this summer.

Peyton's last t-ball game...he was extremely proud of his trophy

Shelby cheering for Bubba.
Peyton turned out to be a GREAT ball player.

The last day of preschool (insert tears) Pictures of his first day of Kindergarten will come soon...promise!
Had to throw in a little NYC. I was able to get away for a few days with my cousin...AWESOME.TRIP.
Me and Peyt at preschool for their Mother's Day presentation. I love this kid.

Singing "you are my sunshine" Best gift ever.

Bubble fun!!!


We spent Easter in Houston this year. We had lots of egg hunts and enjoyed some family time.






Easter party at school.
Peyton's very first t-ball game.


This kid...to say she's into everything is the understatement of the year. She keeps us on our toes.

Found her on top of Peyt's train table this day....she frequents it often now. :-)
Daddy found a turtle at work...he brought it home for Peyton to see. Thank God Peyton wanted to walk it down to one of the lakes in our neighborhood to set it free. I just knew we had inherited another pet.
One of these days Shelby will figure out to make this thing go on her own...she seems pretty content having us all push her though. She has the princess thing down pat!
We do exist!! We celebrated 11 years in Vegas....kid free. Definitely missed the babies, but we had a great time.
My hunk-a-hunk of burnin' love.
No words.

Valentines day at school!
Great story for this, but unfortunately you can't see the damage. We took Peyton and Piper to the Great Wolf Lodge in Dallas right after Shelby's birthday. He slipped and busted his chin open. It would've required several stitches, but thankfully they just glued it back together. He got a free wolf out of it...I guess thats the silver lining?
100th day of school!

Now I have LOTS of pictures from Shelby's first birthday....we had a professional at her party. But unfortunately the files are too big to put on here. Hopefully I'll be able to get one on here...eventually!

Friday, February 11, 2011

Part Two

Reading the kids The Night Before Christmas
Peyton setting out his milk and cookies for Santa....he was extremely concerned that Santa would make a mess when he came down the chimney.
Getting our milk and cookies ready!

Santa Baby!
As you can see Shelby enjoyed eating the wrapping paper..could've cared less what Santa brought her.

Love Peyton's excitement.

Shame Shame Shame

There are no words for why I'm SO SO SO SO behind on blogging. It could be that having two busy kids is the problem...one of which is into EVERYTHING these days. It's a full time job just picking up things she could possibly choke on. I don't even know where to begin so I'll just starting posting pictures and maybe I can get "organized". Blogger is TOTALLY ticking me off today. So it's not letting me upload anymore pictures nor did it save any of my work from earlier. So 3 hours later here's what I got:


Peyton and Shelby with their Great Grandma on Christmas Eve
The family Christmas Eve

Christmas with the "Hoeflers"...cousins from left to right....Josie, Abby, Peyton and Shelby. I had these shirts made for them...we unintentionally spelled JAPS with them. ha!
Peyton cracking up because Shelby would not sit still for pictures.

Abby and Josie
Please notice Abby's face in the next 2 pictures...she cracks me up!


The Lewis Lights...if you're in Hattiesburg at Christmas, you must do this.
Me and my cousin Ashley at the Lewis Lights.

Ashley and her family.
The kids before the Lewis Lights...see our sad little tree in the back? It was the best tree EVER.
The kids' version of helping Mom wrap.
PJ day at school!
Peyton coincidentally had PJ day the same day.

The Great Wolf Lodge in Dallas...short trip to catch up on some Peyton time..Shelby stayed with Maw and Paw. Long story short..we had a great time and it ended with a split chin that required dermabond.
Piper and Peyton ready to swim!
The dreaded Jet Ski's that Peyton busted his chin on.





Busted chin = free stuffed wolf...complete with bandage and bandaid...for the wolf.

This is where the kiddos slept...so cool!
King Cake cupcakes to celebrate a snow day and the 100th day of school.
One for Mommy and one for Daddy.
Peyton and his cupcake and 100 day hat...ironic that they only got to go half a day since it "snowed."

Brad took Peyton to the Monster Truck race last weekend...I found this pic on my camera. HAHAHAHAHA!! I'm guessing Brad and Peyton were kinda out of place.