Happiness wins!

First of all, wow, do I ever get the award for worst blogger ever! 1 blog post in June...sad. What can I say, I'm busy! Anyways, I want to tell a little story about Riley!



The girls are going to a VBS this week. They missed the first day (yesterday) because they had to go to the dentist, so today was their first day. They had some sort of competition going on between the girls and boys for how many of the girls or boys could bring money to donate to help some babies to get diapers (sorry the description is so vague...I obviously don't really know the details!). Anyways, it was a girls against boys competition! The girls won. Riley came home from VBS this was our conversation
Riley: "I'm sad the boys didn't win."
Me: "Why?"
Riley: "Because a lot of the boys were sad that they didn't win."
Me: "Well, the girls won, does that make you happy?"
Riley: "No, because the boys were sad."



She has the sweetest heart! Winning wasn't even the object here to her, happiness was! I hope I can foster this character in her, I love it!

My kids!

I took the kids out last week and took some photos of them! I realized that I spend so much time doing photos of other people, my family had been lacking for a bit! It was long overdue...now if I can just get the pictures in our house updated! I don't have any of Zeke anywhere and the most recent ones of the girls are from when they were 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 years old! Oops!














This photo captures my children perfectly! Zeke, the mama's boy, screaming and reaching out for mom. Riley, the second mom. And Aydia, the silly one!

A much overdue update!

Wow, blogging sure has taken a back seat since Z was born! Since he was born, I am finding it difficult to stay on top of everything there is for me to do, you know, feed the kids, bathe the kids, bathe and feed myself, cook meals, make lunch for RIley, get Riley to and from school, laundry, feed the puppy, take the puppy out to potty, clean the house, grocery shop, be a wife, be a friend, be missional, start a photography business...ahhhh! I can't keep up!

Well, this month, I have had several photo shoots! It has been really fun! I like the work I am doing, I am just hoping that other people are as well! It is really great to have an outlet that is just for me!

We have also, attended the St. Patty's day parade in which Josh was playing in. That was a crazy, green, sea of drunken people...I will never take my kids without help again. When we first got there, one of the little boys we were with got lost and the rest of the time I was super paranoid about my kids getting lost or stolen. It was just craziness. We attended several birthday parties. Riley had spring break, it was nice to have a week of not having to plan my days around taking her and picking her up from school! Next fall, it doubles, since I will have Aydia in school too!

Zeke has started walking. It is the cutest thing!

Our pup gained another 11lbs this month! He is getting so big!

Here are some pictures!

Riley

Riley is almost 5 years old! She is in preschool and loves it! She is a great student and a great helper to her teacher! She has the sweetest heart. She is a people pleaser! She doesn't like upsetting or hurting anyone and gets quite emotional if she does. She is a wonderful big sister, very caring and nurturing! She loves watching movies, playing pretend, she has an incredible imagination! She loves to dress up. She is starting to be modest and closes the door when she goes to the bathroom or changes her clothes. She is pretty independent in the sense that she can get things for herself and doesn't need or want much help. She loves to be around people, she is very social. Her best friend is a sweet little girl from school named Kennedy, there is a picture of them together below! I am so thankful for our little Riley!





This is her best friend from school

Valentines shirts!

I saw a link to these super cute and super easy do-it-yourself Valentines shirts! Naturally, I made them! I used Tulip fabric paint from Hobby Lobby and it worked fabulously! I love them!

Coolest straws ever!

The girls got these straws for Christmas and they are awesome!

Christmas with the Potter's!

I only snapped a few pictures from our Christmas with my family...I must have been excited to see them that I just got caught up in hanging out!





Riley in the cute hat Ny made her!