Random goodies

31 weeks preggo! Nearing the final stretch!

Snuggling with my 4 year old baby that is going to have a rude awakening once baby girl gets here! 😁

The boys decided to give themselves sharpie war paint one morning before school. 

Driving home after picking up ella from school. The boys were just a little tuckered out! 😉

Nixer was having a hard time falling asleep in his room and he came in and told me he was "scarewered "(scared). The usual complaint is zombies or mummies, which he really doesn't know anything about but he became very afraid of. Anywho usually I tell him to get back in bed and he goes for a little while then comes back and we do this for some time until he gives in. This time I gave up on fighting with him on it because I realized I won't get to do too many more one on one snuggles with him with baby sister joining us soon and so I let him come lay down on me and he nuzzled right in on the baby bump and went to sleep pretty quick. I loved it and just soaked up this moment in time with him. 😍

And of course here we have an Ella selfie that she took randomly while sneeking my phone away to play with! 

Anne Morrison park on March 7th, 2015

I am catching up and all these posts are out of order now but back in March one weekend we took the kids to go play at Anne Morrison park, a beautiful park downtown by the boise river gree belt. The kids loved it and we enjoyed soaking up some sun and fun with the kiddos. 

Ella got the ROAR award in March!

In March Ella's teacher picked Ella to receive ROAR award for her class. Which means she had been exhibiting great  "Respect, Ownership, Attitude and Responsibility".  We are very proud of her and had fun going to the little assembly they had for all of the ROAR awardees for that month. They gave them a certificate a cool shirt and a gift certificate for a free meal at Rumbi grill for being such an awesome student. 👍👏👍👏 She ROCKS!

Jack and I taking a selfie while we wait for Ella to get her award. ;)

Jackson's mommy and muffins day in kindergarten

Jack was such a sweet little gentleman when I came into his classroom. He showed me to my seat got me all the muffins and juice I needed. He was so proud to show me the things they made in class for us. I loved his adorable little keepsakes. I do feel pretty special to have my little Jacker-Tacker's love. He is one loving and gentle little cuddle bug that loves to help and be independent. He is getting so big and strong and blows my mind with cute and inquisitive questions he has. He is getting pretty good at reading and loves to ask what things spell as he looks around at signs or labels on things. We love having him as a part of our family. 

Nixon's Mommy and muffins day at preschool.

For Mother's Day Nixon's preschool class had the mom's of the preschoolers come and eat muffins with them. They presented an adorable little song about moms that they were all really embarrassed to sing in front of us and then they told us why they love us. It was adorable. Nixon said " I love my mommy because she is funny!" Which was a surprise to me! Ha I had no idea he thought that about me. Chad of course is funny but me? That was fun to hear! 

Here is the little picture they made for us along with a little paper flower on a straw. I decided after reading his letter I better start trying to work on looking younger since Nix thinks I'm 45! Ha ha love that little cutie.

We got to take a funny pic together at the end and Nix was SO excited for me to wear the mustache hat that I couldn't let him down. He was cracking up and it made it all worth it!

Ella's baptism

Our sweet Ella Bella was baptized on May 2, 2015. It was such a precious and awesome experience. She amazes me with her faith and her desire to do what's right. She is truly a little breath of fresh air in our home. She tries her best to be a peacemaker, helper, teacher, friend and example in our home and it is so fun to watch her grow and develop. 

We were so blessed to have many friends and family come and support her and our family. My mom was such a huge help being that I have been laid up with a lot of pain from this pregnancy she volunteered to take on feeding everyone after the baptism. She was a lifesaver and so very kind and generous to do that for us! Our hearts are very full with all the love and support we felt from our family and friends! Love you all!

My baby's 8!

Ella turned 8 on Friday! We had a fun day! She woke up to balloons falling down on her from the sky! Chad made her pancakes with sprinkles on them (of course) along with some bacon and eggs! 

   Later for lunch Nix and I brought Ella some MickeyDs and ate lunch with her. Then that night there was a school shindig called the "Rock Hop" where they played 80s music (👍) and had Popsicles. It was fun, Ella really knows how to get down with her bad self. Jack was a little gun shy on dancing, he wasn't sure if it was cool to do or not. ;) Nixon liked dancing with mommy and daddy. Then after we took the kiddos to get fro-yo. Loads of fun to be had!

Brain freeze???

The next day we had a little party for ella belle. I was terrible and didn't take pics of barely anything. :( But some is better than none, so here we go! 

Present time!

Pink cupcakes oh yeah!

A preggo mommy singing to the birthday girl! Btw for those of you who do not live near me you may not know I'm 6 months preggo with our 4th bambino! Henkel baby girl is due the beginning of July! 😊

I can't believe how big she is getting! We had a little spa party and did hair and make-up and nails and got all glammed up! We made friendship bracelets, homemade lip balm and handed out a homemade salt scrub to take home and get all exfoliated! 

They jumped on the tramp, put make-up on paper doll faces, played Ever After High with the dolls she got and of course ate pizza, Cheetos, soda and cake! Can't get a whole lot more b-day'd out than that! 😜

Unfortunately I didn't get a pic of the whole crew but I got some of her and her twin sidekicks being very vogue! 

I realized I forgot to take a pic of the set up at the end so I just threw a few of the left overs I hadn't put away yet on there so i could remember the jist. :)

There was a green balloon in there! :(

Here's the contraption I made over her door at night so that when she woke up balloons would fall all over her! 

    All in all I'd say it was a success! She was such a sweetie and gave me one of the most heartfelt thank yous I've ever heard! It made the late night, the glitter covered floors and the swollen preggo feet all worth it! 😍 love that girl!