Kite Festival

We went to this Kite Festival with some friends that was about 20 minutes away but ended up being an extra 30 minute just to get into the parking. But worth it once we got there. The kids had so much fun flying kites and playing with there friends.

It was a perfect day for flying kites. It felt great outside. Whit and Taylor have never really liked the wind though. Taylor didn't want to get out of the stroller so she just sat, flew her kite and loved it!

Whit flew the kite for a few minutes but he was so worried that it was going to blow away in the wind.


There were so many fun things to do... They got to sit in the fire truck, play in the blow-up bouncer, see some animals in the petting zoo and even ride the Ponies.



Rhett, Sienna, Hannah and Taylor sitting with her friends.

So Exciting....

We are excited for...

Taylor to be a Big Sister...
to this Little...

Baby Girl!!


Yay!! We are excited to have another little girl.

And maybe a little scared too...


I'm due August 31

I feel like my belly popped out way faster with this one than the other two. No hiding it anymore.

Happy January Birthdays!

Taylor's Birthday was a great way to start the year off! She turned two on January 1st. I can't believe how much she's grown. Her hair is getting so long, she is such a Happy and fun girl :) I am so thankful to have such sweet kids.
The cake didn't turn out quite like I was hoping but Taylor knew it was Elmo and Abby; She was so excited and that's all that matters. We had a fun little birthday party with our family. We got the blow up mattress out and had a movie night and the kids loved playing on the mattress all night.

Whit's 4th Birthday came a few weeks later (which was good because I don't think he could have waited any longer!) He was so excited for his Superhero Party...

He had all of his friends over for fun games and cake.


I decided to make this pinata for him (besides that the water and flour glue you use to make it is really stinky it was pretty easy) Whit even had fun helping me make it.


We had some friends that had a Birthday party at Pump it up. It was a lot of fun, I didn't think the kids would do very much but they loved it.
Happy Birthday Whit and Tay. We love you!

Our Snowman and more Christmas

The last two years we have been in Virginia we thought it was crazy to get the few big snow storms that we've had, but this year I kind of just expected it (and Whit really hoped for it to snow!) It has been fun to just have one or two snow storms a year and then have it melt away and be done. So we had to make sure we made it outside to play in the snow. The kids and daddy had fun making this snowman.

Whit loved sledding down the hill.

We had a great Christmas. The kids were so excited Christmas morning. It was so fun to see their happy faces when they came down stairs to see their toy story tent and the presents.

On Christmas eve we got to go over to some friends in our ward and have a Christmas party. We had dinner, played some games, sang Christmas songs and the kids put on a Nativity for us. Whit was Joseph, he wasn't quite sure what to do but he loved riding the donkey with Mary.

One of our traditions we have had while we've been in Virginia is going to the live nativity at the zoo. I think it was the most fun this year since Whit is older and able to understand it a little more.

Another one of our Virginia traditions is the "Tacky Light Tour" Richmond has a light tour they have every year with a list of houses that are all decked out with Christmas lights and we always go several nights to go see some homes. Some of the houses even have the lights dancing to music.

*Holiday Happenings*

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! We stayed home this year but had lots of fun with our family and friends.

We had a fun christmas party with some of our best friends in Jake's class. It just wouldn't have been the same without them! This was finally the first year we were all here for Christmas. We have been so thankful to have such great friends for the last 3 1/2 years that we have been in Virgina it is going to be sad to leave them all!!

The Dallings, Sedwicks, Dunns, Nobles, and Us. I loved everyone's Sweaters!!


We played some fun games, had a white elephant gift exchange and lots of yummy food!

Jake sister told us about this game, " Jingle in the trunk" so Jake looked it up on Minute to win it. It was a blast... yes, a little embarrassing shaking your booty all by yourself in front of everyone but hilarious! It was a Kleenex box belted around your waist with jingle bells in it, You have to shake until they come out.
Even this Kids joined in the fun shaking and jumping seemed to work quite well!



We played this bubble gum game that I remembered from one of my childhood birthday parties.
You unwrap bubblegum with forks, and its the first person to blow a bubble. If you roll a double, 7, or 11 its your turn but when someone else rolls it then you have to stop and its their turn.




Jake went first to do his thing... he was mostly just showing off his awesome dance moves!

Everyone said I was really funny but I'm pretty sure that means I looked the most ridiculous!

Do you notice anything wrong with this picture?
This is one of the White Elephant gifts I noticed the next day, How does it look, should I leave it there?


Jake rocked his sweater with a new 60's look. I think he wishes I would let him do his hair and facial hair like this everyday!

We went to another Christmas party with some friends that were around for Christmas and played more games from "Minute to win it" They really are so much fun!
This one was "Face the Cookie" You had to get the cookie from your forehead to your mouth only using your facial muscles. Nichole won, but I was close behind.


And "Penny hose" you have a penny in the bottom of the stockings and you have to reach in get the penny out without using anything for help. It was quite fun watching the guys do this!


"Paper Streamer Dragons" you unroll a streamer using one hand. It's a great shoulder work out, Jake and I were both sore for the next few days.


And "Ping Pong Tac Toe" You bounce ping pong balls into cups of water to get a tic tac toe.
Thanks Sarah and Nichole for the fun Party!!


I just love this picture. Taylor loves this doll lately. She takes it everywhere, the store, the gym to bed and anywhere else we go.


Why does it have to be so hard to take family pictures, we even had to bribe them with fruit snacks. And we finally got one we liked.

Whit loves any games he can play with mom and dad and having pillow fights is his new one. The harder the better and if he falls down it is even funnier!

We wanted to do our Christmas picture in Christmas pj's this year and since theirs are to small from last year they got to open the pj's a few weeks early. They were so excited to get new Christmas pj's.


For Thanksgiving we went to our friends, Richard and Heather's.
Richards grandma, "Mammy" was there, she always brings presents for the kids it is so sweet. She got them these big bubble wands and they had so much fun outside blowing bubbles.

We had lots of yummy food and good company.

I put Taylor's hair in these curlers to see how it would look, she actually kept them in better than I thought she would, she only had two out when she woke up from her nap. She had a cute little wave in the front but I knew it would drive her crazy so I had to pull it back. It gave her hair nice body though.

The falls are so pretty here in Richmond, we are going to miss them. We have a huge tree right behind our house that makes quite a big mess of leaves but at least the kids enjoy them.