Year Number Three!

Princess Petunia turned three today. Her years are just rolling by with barely a chance for me to savor them! She's three going on 7 and does her best to keep up with her crazy brothers....and most of the time she's holding her own! I have so loved having a splash of pink (or should I say purple since that's the color she's crazy about!) in this family. Her request for months now for her birthday celebration was "a purple party at Moe's". Well, purple I can do, Moe's not as easy. Catering was quite costly and they don't really do parties there so we opted for Moe's meal pre-birthday and chicken nuggets for the actual day. And purple, we did LOTS of purple! 

Loraine's bakery provided chocolate cupcakes with purple m&m's. Perfect for a purple party! 

I did a really poor job capturing the purpleness of her party with my camera. I made purple tissue balls that were hanging from the ceiling as well. The cold, rainy day put a damper on my outdoor swim party:(

In keeping with tradition, I forgot to get candles. Luckily I had one purple one left from Grant's birthday back in February.....ummm, Mother of the Year. 

There were purple party favors and plenty of Chick-fil-a party hats to go around. We can always count on bff Carris to bring the sass to the party! 

Cake and ice cream....always her favorite!

Ms. Busibody didn't want to take time to get her picture made with anyone! Bobby snuck in a quick one though! 

Her birthday surprise from us was this mini trampoline. I thought as often as she goes rogue in gymnastics class (i.e. her entire class is walking the balance beam nicely and where's Lanie? Oh yeah....she's on the trampoline...again) she'd love having a little jump zone of her own at home. I was right! She was elated!

Quick pic with my birthday girl!

Present opening time! She got a little princess castle, a swimming Dora doll, some clothes and lots of other goodies! 

Auntie Love.

Despite the cool and the rain the bigger boys spent most of the time outside playing wall ball.

Well, until they caught wind of the party glasses!

Eliza got in on the party glasses too. I guess they were a hit no matter the age:)

Elaina and Cruz.

Party girls! 

I always love celebrating birthdays. While it's hard to watch the kids grow so quickly it's also a great reminder of the time God has given us with them. I hope and pray that we're throwing Elaina purple parties for years and years to come! Happy Birthday, Elaina!

Again?

I snapped these photos on two different days but honestly, they could've been take at any given time on any given day for the past month. The child puts this outfit on EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. Every one. I don't know what her obsession is with this get-up but I just roll with it. Reasoning with a three year old is impossible and I know this.

Is There Room for a Kid in There?

I guess by the time the fourth kid rolls around you throw all of that "nothing in the crib with the baby" stuff out the window. :/ And trust me, she knows if something is missing!

It's Totally Balmy!

I can think of only 2 people nutty enough to plunge into arctic waters all in the name of swimming fun: Rhett Morgan and his sidekick, Silas. They lasted about 10-15 minutes in this 62 degree water. 

Then it was some bakin' in the sun to warm their gizzards. Look at the smile on Rhett's face. Makes me giggle just looking at it. Let the good times roll!

Spring Hill Kids' Marathon 2013

We were up and at 'em early to get ready for the 2nd annual Spring Hill Kids' Marathon. In an unfortunate turn of events, Little Rhettiboo caught a case of flu/strep and was still on the mend when the race rolled around. He was in the dumps about not being able to run. Especially since he was last year's first place winner. He and his buddy had big plans to cross the finish line together (last year his bud was the second place finisher). Ahh, it would've been cute. Oh well. Here are the brothers three prior to run time:

We were excited to be race-reunited with our friends Cade and Cavin for this year's run! It's been a few years since we experienced the race scene together.  Look at those photo bombers. Tsk tsk tsk. 

The fifth grade ran first.

Cade A. was tearing.it.up.

 Cade Morgan was Mr. Nice and Steady. 

It paid off in the end as he was a third place finisher. He moved up one, maybe two spots from last year. I was so proud of him! 

G was up next. 

Rollin' at a nice pace....

He came into the homestretch with only one person ahead of him but three trying hard to catch up. He sealed the deal with a second place trophy! 

I caught a quick snap with G, Cavin, and Brady, his buddy from school.

 I couldn't let the day pass without a picture of Rhett and his bud, Jett. They had been looking forward to this race day forever! Rhett stayed through all the races so that he could cheer his friend on. Hopefully next year they'll be able to have a little friendly competition again. 

Yay for another race down in the books! 

Get Yer Game Face On!

Today was Opening Day for our baseball seasons. The boys woke up bright and early and Bobby fed them the breakfast of champions: donuts from The Donut Palace. I guess the sugar high worked out well for them because all three boys had an excellent showing. I actually love this time of year...spring and baseball. It doesn't get any better! Play ball!

Dedication

It's just about time for our pool liner to be installed! We're getting excited about the thought of pool parties and swimming. I want nothing more than our pool and our house to be a hangout for everyone. I really do enjoy having a house full of people and to look out and see a bunch of my kids' friends hanging and having a great time would fill my heart with joy! We took an afternoon, picked some of our favorite verses, and dedicated our pool to the Lord by covering it in those verses. I want God to be in every aspect of our lives.....including our swimming hole! 

Bring on that liner and let's get this thing filled!!