Thursday, October 3, 2013

sidewalk chalk


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I could look at the littles sidewalk chalk drawings all day

 i love to go out to the driveway and see pretty unicorns and princesses
 
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or a little girl with a really big pumpkin

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or even a picture of me holding hands with my love

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however my favorite may be this one
John 3:16

 
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love sidewalk chalk drawings!
 

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

start of summer


 
 
yammy and papa had a little 4th of july party at their place this year
its always fun to get together with gregs side of the family
 
 
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this may be one of my most favorite pictures.
the littles have such a special bond with their papa
this picture captures that special bond so well
 
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yes even kennie came to the party.
 
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we were able to pick up some sparklers while in PA
the littles thought they were so cool
well they only thought that after the initial fear of a stick on fire subsided :)

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i love fourth of july!
what a great way to celebrate the start of summer (and our freedom of course!)

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

storyland, NH

 
last year we visited an adorable little amusement park in the mountains of new hampshire
 
we loved it so much that I couldn't wait to tell the littles that we were going back again this summer
 
 
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this sweet old man was telling the littles the story of Heidi
 
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this killer whale looks less than thrilled to have this big man riding on him :)
 
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oh. my. word!
I forgot how much fun the twirlt-a-whirl is!
i couldn't stop laughing!
levi wasn't a fan (which you could of guessed by the look on his face)
 
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love this pic!
 
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abbie kept talking about visiting Cinderella again
unfortunately Cinderella was a bit busy so we had to settle for just visiting her castle
 
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mommas prince charming!
 
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the big girls just loved the bamboo chute!
i can't lie.
i did too!
as did the rest of the Whitacre clan! :)
 
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look at levi's little arms up in the air
he's just so darn cute!
 
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we had such a great time at story land!~
so much fun with my sweet little family! :) 
 
 


Tuesday, September 10, 2013

sophie's horse show

 
sophie once again participated in the end of the
year horse show at path of life
 
i love to watch sophie on the horses
it is one place that she is so confident and it shows
 
she did a great job and we couldn't be more proud!
 
 
sophie and her bff Sydney 
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love this shot :)
 
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Friday, September 6, 2013

last day of school 2013
 
we finished another year of school
 
my girls are officially 3rd graders!
 
it was a tough year this year
in February we decided to transfer sophie to my school
it was a tough decision but we knew we had to do what was best for sophie
 
she was really struggling in math and very little was being done to help her
i just couldn't sit back any longer and watch my daughter get more and more frustrated
 
well she adjusted like a champ and both girls finished out the year with smiles on their faces

last day
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 first day
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fathers day 2013

happy fathers day, daddy!
 
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you are such an amazing father and we are so blessed to have you!
thank you for loving us in all the special ways that you do!

 
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levi turns 3

my little guy is 3
oh this makes my heart ache
i just want to keep my youngest as young as i can for as long as i can!
but i can't
 
i love this little guy so much
he still melts this mommas heart on a daily basis
 
 we started with 1 gift before his sissies had to go to school
 
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he loved his flashlight friend
(abbie has a thing for infomercials! she will see one and want whatever it is.  well since levi loved abbie's so much i decided to get one of his own) :)
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and of course papa called and sang happy birthday!
 
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then once his sissies came home we celebrated some more
 
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momma was so excited to get him this bike!  he would surely love it, right??
 
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wrong! :(
as i write (2 months later) he still doesn't ride it.
oh well.
momma tried.
 
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then a quick trip to chuck e cheese
 
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and back home to sing happy birthday!
 
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things i want to remember about you at this age
~ you're still a momma boy
~you're all boy and love all those boy things little boys love
~you will randomly tell momma and daddy that you love us
~you are so rough which is sometimes annoying but i guess that's part of having a boy
~still love your blankies (yes you have 2 now...after we couldn't find your first one momma bought you a new one for a ridiculous price on ebay...only to find your old one several weeks later in your suitcase)
 
oh levi momma loves you so much!