it has been a while...

hoping to start the new year off right by getting back into posting.

happy new year from my three little monkeys!

hope everyone had a merry christmas.  ours was busy and crazy, but perfect.

christmas eve dinner.

merry christmas eve.

the kids and i ended 2011 with our last picture of our 52 weeks of photos project.  i really enjoyed doing these pictures even though some of the weeks we had to rush to get it in and quite a few of the pictures were similar.  it was okay though, when i looked through them all at once it is so neat to see the progression of our family.  you forget how much the kids change in one year...it is too hard to see it when you are looking at it every day but looking back there have been so many changes!  i am in the midst of doing a blurb book and hopefully will have it done soon.  i am so excited to see how it turns out.  i am definitely doing the 52 weeks project again, it is easy enough for me to undertake and it gets done...i'm trying to figure out how to document it this year.  i love the idea of an instagram book just because i think square pictures are fun, but not sure if i'll go that way or not.  either way, get ready to see 52 more pictures of us over the next year :)

52 weeks of photos: final week * december 30, 2011

in honor of the upcoming ou/texas weekend

i'm sharing our weekly picture from this past weekend (week 35) in all of our sooner gear.

and even if you don't root for ou, you can't not think this is the cutest thing ever!  i went searching for ou babylegs and found this set instead on etsy.  i LOVE etsy.

 oh and BOOMER SOONER!!

we are ready for sooner football

we love football and are always excited when the sooners start playing again!  it means fall is on the way and trips up to norman to watch our favorite team.  the boys might even get to attend their first game this year!

52 weeks: week 25

{week 25: july 4th, 2011 * 4th of july morning after the boys rode in their first parade}

52 weeks: playing some catch-up

{week 22: june 13, 2011 * a visit with our east coast cousins!}

{week 22 bonus: june 20, 2011 * swimming off the dock}

i need a few extra to actually get to 52 weeks of photos so thought this was a perfect one to add in.  

{week 23: june 23, 2011 * at the park}

52 weeks: week 20

{celebrating mollie's 1st birthday * june 3, 2011}

52 weeks: week 19

{first trip to the splash pad * may 24, 2011}

this picture was taken before we realized there were going to be awful tornadoes all through oklahoma and texas later that afternoon and into the evening.  coincidentally i also chose tuesday as a day to document in pictures...i am so thankful and our family was so lucky to be spared some of the awful things that other families had to deal with.  a friend of mine posted this link on facebook the other day and it makes you realize how things can really change in an instant.  our thoughts go out to the many, many other families who are now having to try to get their lives back to a new normal.  

52 weeks: week 17 & 18

{week 17: may 14, 2011}

{week 18: may 21, 2011}

52 weeks: week 16

{first trip to the houseboat * may 7, 2011}

52 weeks: week 14

{decorating our easter eggs}

52 weeks: week 12 & 13

more catch-up here...


week 12

week 13 - i promise i'm in there.  you just have to search, kind of like where's waldo, fun right?

52 weeks: week 11

this was taken on saturday.  we went up to norman for the afternoon and finished up our trip with a visit to cracker barrel.  we needed something kid friendly.  and i needed someplace that served mac and cheese.  and how cute are these oklahoma rocking chairs?

52 weeks: week 10

being silly in front of the computer.  we were quickly running out of time last week so tried something different.  everyone loved it. 

52 weeks: week 9

spring break week!  we went to a friend's house to keep the kids busy during the week.  they have a little "farm" so we checked out the animals.  miles & mollie were fans...ethan was not.  

52 weeks: week 8

first wagon ride of the year and mollie's first wagon ride ever!

52 weeks: week 7

52 weeks of photos

well we are on week 6 already!  tuesday has become the unofficial day to take our photos because i am pretty much always home on tuesdays with the kids and it is the beginning of the week.  this means i am not as frazzled as i would be later in the week and we have all day long to pick when to take our picture.  i love having that freedom...rushing a photo with kids never seems to work out well for anyone involved.

i am really enjoying this project (thanks again, staci!!) and it is one of the first projects that i've decided to do that i can actually see myself finishing.  i am the queen of unfinished projects as my craft closet can attest.  and i love that it will be easy to make this project into a keepsake book at the end of the year.  my sister-in-law laura wrote about documenting memories with kids and while i haven't used any one particular way in the past, this seems like an easy, attainable way for me to at least get one photo book out of the year!  oh i have plenty of plans for other photo books but they don't ever seem to get finished for some reason...

so here is our week 6 picture.  i LOVE it.  i wasn't sure how it was going to turn out this week.  only miles seemed excited to participate at first.  ethan came around when i mentioned a treat.  mollie was not in the happiest mood, but she pulled through.  i think my favorite part is how well you can see the personalities of the boys in this picture.  ethan is calm and doing just as i asked (stay still until the camera stops beeping and look at the camera, please...please) and miles is so miles.  he is my crazy, wild guy and i think you can really see that here.

52 weeks of photos: week 5

this is the typical scene in our house at least several nights a week. everyone tries to pile in my lap for a story before bed. usually there is a scuffle while miles tries to take over the majority of my lap and then ethan evenutally winds up on the floor and mollie scours the room for anything she can put in her mouth. but it always starts out nice and calm...

52 weeks of photos: week 4

we are all still having a great time with this. this week though, it took a little longer to get a picture...this was about attempt #15. miles was too busy running around to stay still. but i just LOVE how excited mollie is about her big brother - so sweet!

52 weeks of photos: week 3

still on track! we had a snow day today so a perfect excuse for everyone to stay in their jammies for our picture today...not that we really need an excuse to stay in jammies here.