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5 months old!
Mr. Emmett is 5 months old! Has two chins.Scrumptious lips.Big, beautiful eyes.Very little hair.He grabs at everything.He chews on everything.He drools.He rolls from front to back.He rolls from either...
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chocolate chip banana muffins.
The kids wanted to make chocolate chip muffins. I made them add bananas. I let them gather the ingredients, mix up the batter and fill the cups basically on their own. Mr. 5 Months Old was grabbing...
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a little bit country. a little bit pink.
Please know I did not pose the children in this photo shoot. It took less than 2 minutes and was ALL them. Miles got some new cowboy gear, so he got himself all done up from head to toe. I had to...
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bill nye or britton buss?
Britton was home from work yesterday and got to be a science teacher.We've been studying weather and he and Miles made a weather vane.Ella supervised. Emmett supervised too.It actually...
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super fun weekend plans.
We're excited for everything this weekend holds. The first cold front of the season, time together, but mostly...a trip to OKC to ride Thomas the Tank Engine. He's been counting down for a year.Yay...
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making a comeback.
Michael Jordan. Robert Downey Jr.Lance Armstrong. Neil Patrick Harris.Betty White.Andre Agassi.Drew Barrymore.What do these folks have in common?They are known for making a successful comeback.I've...
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miles is six.
Six years ago.His first birthday party with family at our home in Pauls Valley. His second birthday party at the train depot in Pauls Valley. {More pics: HERE& HERE}Three.{Birthday Week: Fun...
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emmett is ONE.
A year has gone so quickly. I love this big chunk of one year old cuteness. And you can ask anybody....he loves me right back. Oh, and he also loves his birthday cake. Happy Birthday to my sweet...
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beauty & the beast.
Friday night we attended Disney's Beauty & the Beast musical put on by nearby Choctaw High School. Ella was giddy all day. And she didn't even really understand what we were doing. My childhood...
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emmett and ella and si, oh my!
This girl got a new pink dress given to her and wanted her picture taken...This boy was underfoot rolling trains across the floor...So I thought I'd take a few photos because these kids of mine are...
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Ella is 4.
Today, my sweet little Ella turns four. She requested a "princess party". And that is what she got.There was more adorableness happening at our house this morning that you can even handle. And...
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peas and a photo of two of them smiling.
This morning we picked peas from the garden. Only about 1/2 of them made it into the house. The kids snacked on the other 1/2. Even Emmett enjoyed them! Then, because Ella and Emmett will be...
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the princess party.
Since we attended Beauty and the Beast, Ella has been obsessed with all things Belle. I really wanted her to have a memorable Belle dress for her princess party. I wanted to MAKE her one. But I have...
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a hotel vacation.
I really want to take the kids to Disney World. Or Disneyland. I know they'd LOVE it. But do you want to know all they need to have an amazing little vacation? A hotel bed to jump and wrestle...
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a ring bearer.
Over the weekend, Miles was a ring bearer. I asked him what his favorite part of the wedding was and he responded with two thumbs pointed in toward himself. He LOVED wearing his tux.Ella wasn't in...
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goodbye to the exersaucer.
Exersaucer is such a weird word. If you don't have a baby, you might not even know what the heck. But it is a highly functional,...
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Happy Father's Day 2013
When I was 16 years old I went to a Christmas parade with Britton and his 2 year old nephew, Grahmm. Grahmm fell asleep sitting in Britton's lap in the car while we waited for the parade to start. I...
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in the garden: spring 2013 edition
Our garden has been another fun adventure so far this spring. We planted broccoli for the first time.There were loads of peas, kale, lettuce and spinach for the picking.We had plenty of radishes and...
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this week in the garden :: june 20
As I weeded in the garden today, I was reminded of our first garden. The famous one. **wink, wink**The one in which Ella learned to walk. The one Miles saved from squash bugs. The one with all the...
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moving sticks.
We've had several trees and limbs blow down with the storms over the last month. I enlisted the troops to help with some cleanup. They made trip after trip. It was pretty cute.
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