Sharing & Gangsta Kyky

I love these cute moments! They both wanted to
sit in the pink chair so they decided well then why don't we both sit in it. If only they resolved all their conflicts this way. :)

Meet Gangsta Kyky! That binkie makes her look especially tough don't you think?She as so proud she put all these on all by herself. So cute!!!

It's Christmas Time!

So it is officially time to decorate the tree. Mattie was so excited to decorate the tree. She wouldn't stop talking about it until we got it out. This year I decided to let the girls be in charge
of decorating the tree. Billy put the decorations up on the high branches. I have to say they did a pretty good job. One of the best things about it is how proud the girls are of "their" tree.

As soon as Mattie wakes up she runs to the tree to turn the lights on. Then she says "Mommy isn't the tree beautiful?". It is so cute!
Honestly this is what Kylee was doing for a big part of the time.....digging through the boxes!
But here she is telling me about the ornament she put on the tree ALL BY HERSELF! She was so happy.
When Mattie got the angel out of its box she said to me "Mommy, the angel looks like me! She has blonde hair too!". I couldn't stop smiling because she was so excited.

Here is Billy doing his favorite part of the whole decorating experience...putting the angel on top of the tree. Looking good babe!This is what Brayden did while his sisters decorated the tree...chilled and hmmm what do you think those flared nostrils means? :) Good thing daddy is holding him. hee, hee
Now the real important thing here is to see how long the tree STAYS decorated with a very active 2 year old around the house. Merry Christmas everyone!

Hotel Fun!

So while we were in Oregon we stayed in a hotel. This was my kids first time staying in a hotel. Let me just say the girls LOVED it! They thought it was great there was a pool INSIDE the hotel and that we had hot breakfast every morning with lots of different choices of food.

I know this picture is sideways but it is just so cute! Also luckily the girls didn't discover a new game until the last day...jumping from one bed to the next.
They laughed so hard they could hardly breathe. In fact I think Kylee ended up getting the hiccups.

This is Brayden after his shower for the night. Isn't he the cutest baby wrapped up in a towel?!

We had a lot of fun staying at a hotel together (even if we are all stuck in 1 room for a long time). It was all so new and exciting that it wasn't a problem. Thanks for all the fun memories La Quinta Inn! :)

Oregon Trip

This is what happens after 18 hours of driving. :)



So this last week we traveled to Medford, Oregon for Daniel's (Billy's baby brother) wedding to an amazing girl named Brittiny. We drove for 18 hours to get there with a 2 month old, 2 year old and 5 year old. Just to clarify YES we are crazy! The sacrafices we make for family. :) The wedding was beautiful! We are so happy for Daniel and Brittiny! We were able to be with the entire Chase family, it has been a few years since that has happened.


The cousins had a great time playing together.






We were also able to get together with some GREAT friends who live in Klammath Falls, OR. Billy grew up with Craig. He has an amazing wife Molly who I had got to know through blogging.

I can now say we have met and I am so blessed to have her as a friend. I'm trying to find an AMAZING job for Craig so they will move here. :)

They have 3 handsome boys (Kole, Chase, and Krew) and 1 adorable daughter (Christa). Molly and I are trying to set up a arranged marriage for Mattison and Chase. He is the one she is sitting next to on the couch.

We had a great time driving through the snow to get to their house. Molly made us a great dinner before we started our journey home. This day was also mine and Billy's 6 year wedding anniversary! Love you babe!




This is the tempurature outside while we were driving to Klammath Falls!

I guess we see where Mattie get's her silly faces from! Like father like daughter!



It took us 23 hours to get home! Ugh!


We let the kids play in the car while we got gas. Then we stopped and had breakfast to stretch our legs.

As you can tell it was tiring and on some levels made us delirious. hee, hee


We made it home safe and loved the trip. I do believe it is safe to say though that we won't be traveling there for a while (especially not by car with small children).

P.S.
Today Brayden is 2 months! How does it happen so fast? We love you little man and are so glad you have joined our family!

Happy Birthday Girls!!

So my baby girls have both had a birthday. Kylee turned 2 on Sunday and Mattison turned 5 yesterday. On Sunday we had a fun evening with all of my family. We had a yummy spaghetti birthday dinner! Then yesterday Mattie went to school and I went and volunteered in her classroom for a few hours. She loved it! Then we came home and Mattie and Kylee opened their presents then we made cupcakes.






Let me just say YUMMY!


Once again Mattie wanted spaghetti for her birthday dinner. We were lucky to have some dinner guests- Papa, Nana and Grandma Weathersby.





Then we had Kylee and Mattie blow out birthday candles on their cupcakes(since Kylee didn't get to on Sunday).



We have had a few couple of days. Mattie then was able to open her birthday presents from Aunt Krista and Grandma. She was lucky enough to open her present from Nana and Papa on Sunday with Kylee. Thanks everyone for the great presents! Happy birthday girls! Mommy and Daddy love you both SO very much and are so happy to have you in our family!

New Do!!!

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I LOVE my new do! What do you think?

Mattison's fun toy

So for anyone who doesn't know Mattie LOVES her brother Brayden SO very much! She thinks he is hers. As soon as she wakes up she checks on Brayden and he is the 1st one to get a kiss goodbye when she heads off to school. He is the 1st one she greets when she returns home from school. She loves to hold him! In fact yesterday Mattie and her daddy were disagreeing on who was going to hold Brayden 1st after I was done feeding him. So this is a picture of how Mattie put her brother to sleep. This little guy LOVES to snuggle.

After she had him to sleep she needed to get up and doing something so she, as she called it, made him a pillow crib. :) So cute!

Then she decided he needed a blanket so she decided to use her sweater as his blanket. It is just so cute to watch her play mommy to her baby brother.


P.S.
As I was typing this post Mattie was holding Brayden and playing with him. I stood up to check on him and caught Mattie giving Brayden some of her apple juice. She thought she was doing such a great thing sharing. As you can tell we are still working on teaching Mattie what she can and can not do with Brayden. :)