September Catch Up

Instead of trying to blog about each thing we have done these past couple of weeks, I will just let the pictures catch us up to date on what we were up to in the month of September. 

The girls started school and I am back to work at school.  I don't teach anymore since I have Paisley, but I swear I am working more now than I did when I taught.  I now shop for our school for supplies and snacks, and I coordinate the subs.   I feel like me and Paisley are ALWAYS at that school.  She is such a sweet and happy baby, that I am able to just carry her around with me all the time.  I even subbed in music with that baby on my hip!  She is like the little preschool mascot! 

The girls watched a few movies together

 We have gone to the library several times.  Jules found this adorable book and of course loved the title!

Jillian played at Cousin Emmy's house.  I think they were playing hairdresser here!

My WHOLE family took the train into downtown Dallas to participate in the heart walk.  My Dad's company sponsored a team in honor of my niece Macy, who has had 2 heart surgeries.  Here are my girls proudly wearing their red.  

The whole family

All the little girls!

The girls played a LOT of dress up!  Here is Jillian playing in the flower girl dress that Ansley wore in my wedding!

Jillian went to a LOT of soccer practices (with me and 2 sisters sitting on the sidelines each time) and played a LOT of soccer games.  

Sisters spent some quality time together.

Jillian made this felt family portrait of us.  I personally like Seth's purple shoes and high-wasted pants.

I got to meet up with my very best friend, Carolyn for drinks one night!

The girls got to go to a pottery painting party and had a blast!

And maybe the most important event, I turned 31!!!! Now I am old like Seth.

My mom made a homemade carrot cake and it was delicious!

Seth and the girls got me a brand new Macbook!  I Love it...I think.  :)  I am slowly learning how to use it.  

Poor Paisley spent TOO MUCH time in this seat!  But, she is always happy!

Paisley turned 7 months old!

P also started to TRY and sit up!

Whew....that was a busy month.  Now onto October...

Seth and I

The blog tends to lean towards the girls all the time, so I thought I would give Seth and I a little shout out for a change! We are still a couple and a part of this family just as much as these kids! :)  HA HA HA!  It isn't just about the girls!

Here we are on a rare night out! 

8 Years

 Today is Mine and Seth's 8th wedding anniversary. It is so hard to believe that we have been married that long, when I can remember our wedding day like it was yesterday!  We were both 22 years old on our wedding day, and now that seems like we were BABIES!  But, we knew from the start that we were just meant to be together!  We have actually been together now for 10 years...a WHOLE decade!  We got together at 20...so our entire 20's were spent together and I love that!  I'm not the type to get all mushy in public...so I certainly won't do it on my blog.  All I have to say though is that I am proud of what we have done in 8 years and all of the fun we have had...and I can't wait to see what the next 42 have in store for us.  (We have always just agreed to make it to 50!  HA!)  Here are pictures of us as a family around each of our anniversaries. We have certainly changed a lot over the last 10 years...most obviously by adding a kid almost every other year.  We have been blessed with a really great marriage and healthy kids so far...and I can look at these pictures and know that I have been so blessed! 

So happy anniversary to us! 

 June 2001...when we first started dating

 June 7, 2003

 June 2004

1st anniversary

 June 2005

2nd anniversary

 June 2006...2 weeks away from having Jillian

3rd anniversary

 June 2007

4th anniversary

 June 2008

5th anniversary

 June 2009

6th anniversary

 June 2010

7th anniversary

2011...8th anniversary

30

Today is Seth's 30th birthday! He has been dreading the big 3-0 for quite some time, but I think it is going to be a great year for him! First of all, he started a new job in March and is doing great and is also very happy there. Also, we just moved into a new house this week and we are excited about our future here. He is the most wonderful Daddy and has two girls that completely adore and worship him. He is a great husband and best friend. And of course...he looks AMAZING...not a day over 21!!! :)


So...Happy Birthday Seth!!! We are so proud of you and can't wait to see how good at 30 you are going to be! Us 3 girls love you VERY much!!!

Me and the birthday boy

Jules and her true love

Jilly and her Daddy

He makes 30 look SO good!!!



Does anyone else notice that all of our pictures are in bathing suits??? That pretty much sums up our lives! :)

Lucky Number 7

Today is our 7th anniversary! I always hear about the 7 year itch...but I think we will consider it our lucky #7 instead! Seth and I have a lot of big things going on right now...and they are all really good! So, I think we will definitely consider our lives together and where we are right now SO VERY LUCKY!!!!

Seth and I started out as best friends for a few months before we ever starting dating and that has been such an important part of our relationship! We are still best friends and really enjoy just hanging out together most every night. We see friends when possible, but usually it is just the 2 of us...and I think we like it like that.

So...Happy Anniversary to my best friend. We are TRULY lucky!!!!



Here is a flashback of pictures...because I love seeing other people's old pics!

2001
4th of July party and just dating for a few weeks

2002
The Night We Got Engaged

2003
Our Rehearsal Dinner

2004
At the beach on our one year anniversary

2005
Seth's 25th birthday

2006
The night before Jillian was born

2007
At the beach and pregnant with Jules but we didn't know it!

2008
Our 5th anniversary...and first date night after having Jules

2009
Britney Spears concert for my 29th birthday

2010
The Buffalo River


Happy Anniversary to us! We only have 43 more years to make it to our goal of 50!!!!
Here's Hoping! :) Just Kidding!!!!

Floating The Buffalo River

For Seth's birthday last year, his parents and Uncle Alan gave him a gift certificate to float the Buffalo River and stay in a cabin for a night. Well, here it is almost a year later and we FINALLY cashed in on the gift. CC, B-Pa and Aunt Lynn watched the girls for us and we headed off to Ponca, AR for a really fun 2 days!!!

We were supposed to float the river Friday, but the water levels were too high. Only experienced canoers were allowed on and we certainly did not qualify. They ended up switching our float to Saturday. So, on Friday we headed up to our secluded cabin on the very top of Arkansas! We really were so secluded in this cabin that they put us in and it felt like we could see the whole state from our balcony. It was awesome!!! We spent Friday just hanging out and getting sun. Luckily there was a hot tub on our balcony because it was way too hot to just be outside! We turned the heat off and spent the day in that thing! Ha!!! I am sure we looked like major dorks sitting together in this mini-pool all day, but I gotta tell you that we had a blast! We are never really away from the kids (I am NEVER away from them!!!), so this was a nice break for us!!! Then, we got up Saturday and spent a perfect day canoeing down the Buffalo River! We did not even tip over once, so we were proud of that! Here are pictures from our weekend away!

We took CC's convertible and it made driving through all the hills so much fun!

Only in Arkansas will you be driving behind something like this!!

Seth's down home country breakfast

We can have fun pretty much anywhere!

The view from our balcony...and of course the pictures don't even do it any justice!

another view

dining table

the bed

NOW...don't be fooled by this sweet Country quilt and the hand-crafted bed! I found MIRRORS ON THE CEILING of this bed!!!! What in the world? I about died when I saw that! I mean, wow!...really?...speechless! :)

the kitchen

the living room

the patio

Seth looking awesome in the hot tub! You have to have these koozies to float on the river and Seth wore his all day Friday too! He is cool like that!

fun in the sun



Champagne provided by the BOC! I love a good bottle of Cook's! :)



Saturday morning we woke up to this. Clouds so low that they were in the valley below us! It was beautiful!!!

Seth and I gearing up for the float!

Here I am...don't I look like a good canoer??
Pardon the cheap sunglasses...Seth made me get gas station glasses for the trip...and they look good, don't they?

the bluffs

beautiful Arkansas

Seth in his element. He loves being outside and doing something fun!
Don't tell him I told you, but this boy turns 30 in 25 days!!!!

We did it! We floated the whole river and never fell in! We had a blast and hope to come back every year.