Memorial Day Weekend 2016

I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day weekend. I hope it was filled with family and fun.
Thank you to all men/women (especially members of our family) who serve, who have served or solders we have lost. Thank you for all you have done and still do!

We had a fun filled and busy weekend!!!

 After soccer we ran to Dick's Sporting Goods and the kids enjoyed playing in the tent displays :-)

The kids enjoyed playing in the rain at their cousin's grad party! 

Grocery Shopping time...I have a million of these pics with this dog!!!

Soooooo happy to be going for a bike ride!!!

TJ had his first Shrimp Boil and it was FANTASTIC!!!!!!! 

 This is what Jaxon does now when someone passes gas...LOL!!!! 

We celebrated Ave's birthday this weekend. Her birthday is on Wednesday and TJ leaves for work trip this week. Avery decided to go to the zoo and pick out a stuffed animal. 

Family pic at the zoo! 

 We went to the Dinosaur exhibit and the girls liked it but Jaxon only liked it from a distance and suctioned to my arms. LOL! 

Avery wanted to be a dinosaur 

Her angry dinosaur face

Sisters in an egg! 

We tried to get the kids to get a pic with a dinosaur but Jax wanted NOTHING to do with it

HE LOVED the Billy Goats at the farm part of the zoo. 

Couldn't get enough

Jaxon and Avery are such animal kids and love them. Couldn't get them out of the farm part of the zoo. 

Trying to convince TJ to move to a piece of land and we can get a lot of animals. HA! 

I would LOVE it! Madison would help from the distance...haha! 

Madison enjoying the farm part of the zoo from a distance ;-)

Jaxon sitting on the tractor

After the zoo the girls wanted to jump on the trampoline with the hose going!!! They had a blast while their brother took a nap. 

  

After Jaxon's nap we went for a bike ride. The girls are getting so good with out their training wheels. I decided to run along and make sure they did okay (more so Avery) while they rode the 3 1/2 miles and lets just say I was a bit tired. 

Taking a quick break so I could catch up to everyone...haha! 

LOVING his bike rides! 

It's Been a While...

Yes, Yes, Yes...I have been slacking beyond words when it comes to the blog. We are just so busy I forget to just sit down and reflect and enjoy all the pictures and adventures we take. So I am going to attempt to make more of an effort. I know the last time I blogged was almost a year ago and I will not upload a year worth of pictures but will do a few!!!! Thanks whoever still follows!

Fourth of July Fun! Always a fantastic time!!!!

At my cousin Jake and Elizabeth's beautiful outdoor wedding! 

This cool dude turned one on Sept 2!!!

Start of School...Avery started Kindergarten and Madison started 1st Grade. Crazy to think they are done in a few weeks. 

Jaxon Baptism 

Christmas Beauties

Enjoying his Christmas Presents...dirty face and all :-)

Valentines Day Cuties

This March we went to Florida with family. It was such a fun time and we took soooooo many pictures and got to experience so many fun things...beach, swimming, shopping, sand, DISNEY, food, family fun and airplanes. Was a trip to remember and hope to take one again in the future! 

Stay Tuned for the upcoming fun spring/summer...

Weekend!

Well another weekend has come and gone! The summer will go by soooo fast! This weekend TJ was still in Indy for work and got back yesterday! 

Saturday the kids and I were busy!

Avery decided that she wanted her hair short like her sister! So off we went to get her hair cut! She loved it and it's a short do for the summer. 

Before pic!!! 

After pics! Such a pretty girl! 

Mommy was eating some ice cream and this one couldn't get closer to get a small bite!!! Hahaha! 

Saturday ended in a bath for everyone!!!!

Sunday morning! 

New Summer Hair Style

Madison has been asking me to get her hair cut for a while. I ask her if she wants just a trim. She has/had LONG, beautiful thick, straight hair. Many people would LOVE her hair. Madison always wanted long hair like all the princesses. So when she kept saying she wanted to go short I was hesitant. We talked about it and Madison had many reasons she was ready for short hair. She was adorable in saying that, "Mom, I just want short hair now because my hair is so heavy, gives me headaches and gets lots of tangles." It just made her seem so old and I let her find what she wanted and she picked her style. My girl is growing up :-( and :-) 

We went to her appointment yesterday as she needed it done before soccer so she could surprise Gramma on Friday...goofy girl! 

We got to her appointment, both girls in soccer uniforms as they both had a game yesterday! Why not jam in a haircut in our already busy night...why not?!?!? :) Madison sat down and showed the girl what she wanted and off she went. The lady brushed her hair and asked if she wanted to donate her hair. We didn't realize how LONG her hair was. So Madison did a great thing in by donating her beautiful hair. 

Madison was just all smiles while her hair was being cut. We loved it and so happy she got to donate her hair!

Next time we will NOT being cutting her hair before a soccer game. She was slightly distracted with her new style and playing soccer. Haha...goofy girl!

Proud of my girl!!!  

Very Impatient!!!

This boy is sooooo funny! He knows when you have a snack and will attack you for some. We got ice cream last night and he KNEW!!! He will climb up you like a jungle gym to get it and will yell at you and make a bunch of noises till he can get a bite(s)!!!!

Learning to Drive Already ;-)

This boy loves cars and trucks and boy was he excited to 'drive' the car!!!

Don't worry we were in a parking lot parked while these pictures were taken!!!!

Avery's Birthday Dinner (Monday Night)

We ask the girls on their birthday where they want to go out for dinner. Since having Jaxon we don't go out to dinner very often. So this was a special day. We gave Avery a bunch of choices and she thought about it. At first she said she wanted to go the place that had corn dogs and tall chairs. Now you all try to figure that one out. With some further questioning it was Culvers. Then she wanted to go to Applebees because they sing. Then it was the Peanut Place...mmmm??? Well that was Wild Bills. That was the place she stuck with and we went and she loved it. They gave her ice cream and boy was she thrilled! 

She had a great day and we can't wait for the upcoming year! 

Sisters!!!

Momma and the Bday girl

Daddy and the Bday Girl! 

He was GREAT!!!! 

Being goofy! 

Loving her ice cream sundae!!

Not sure if Madison wanted a picture with her sister or to be closer to the ice cream...haha!