Spring pictures

The wild flowers are blooming here in Texas and they're so pretty! I had no choice but to dress the kids and take them out for a quick "photo shoot".

I wanted to do some blue bonnets as well but my kids were a bit fed up with me after 30 minutes of posing and smiling. They did great for me though, and I got some good shots. 

I chose their white shirts but let them pick shorts, pants, or skirts. I liked they're added flare. 

As you can see Bea was my most willing child. She is surely a ham. But she also has some silly out takes.

The last and silliest face. I swear it get gets funnier the more you look at it. This kid just has the best silly faces. Some of them look like she's in pain, but she just always has so much to say and do she just can't hold still. I love that about my Bea, she's always the best source of entertainment. 

HAPPY SPRING!!

Thankful hearts

I had such a full heart on Thanksgiving this year. It was small, and simple. It was nothing special, nothing spectacular, something that anyone else wouldn't really enjoy. But I absolutely loved and enjoyed it!

We hung out in our pj's most of the day, we sat around and watched the parade, and played some games. Ki fixed the girls bookshelf while I made pies and the girls played with Rudy. 

Testing the pie filling. I love how her eyes would close when she licked it. She just didn't want to miss one bit of the yumminess. 

It passed inspection by both girls, thank heavens!

Playing hard

Then it was time to eat! We always enjoy Gramma Grawe's groovy gravy! 

It was so delicious and Rudy very much enjoyed his first Thanksgiving feast!!

After our meal we had to take care of our wild animals. It was cold so they needed blankets and their heat lamps. 

Gramma had to work that night so we came home and watched a movie. After the movie we treated ourselves with pie!

We asked the girls what they were most thankful for (this is where my heart melted). They told us that they were most thankful for Ki and I  and Rudy, and for the time we spend together as a family. 

I was so proud and excited to hear from their tiny little mouths, what Ki and I are trying so hard to teach them. 

Nothing ever has been or ever will be more important then our families. And I'm ecstatic that my children are picking that up from us. 

6 months too short!

I cannot believe my baby boy is 6 months old! 

I love this age. He's such a fun, happy, interactive, exploring, adventurous, talkative and bossy little man. Well he's really only bossy when he's hungry or cranky from teething. Yes my poor man broke his first tooth, and neither of us enjoyed those few days. He's still learning to not bite mama, but he's definitely not doing it as much. He's like Bea in the sense that, when I tell him no biting and I tap his chin with my finger, he just giggles. The first few times he gave me his pouty lip, but after that he just laughed. 

  The day Rudy turned 6 months we were in Austin visiting the Woods, some great friends of ours.  

It was general conference weekend so we had fun listening to the talks of the leaders from our church. 

We also had some outdoor fun as well. 

Rudy's first hike. He proved to be an outdoor man just like his daddy. 

The girls really enjoyed the hike as well. 

They were impressed by the fact they could all touch this tree. 

It was really nice outside. So I guess Rudy decided it was nap time. 

Bea was informing me she was tired and no longer wanted to hike since it wasn't a mountain. 

"If it's not a mountain it's not a hike mommy."

Grace, Rae, and Bea. They love, they fight, they laugh. Their teenage years should be a blast, haha. 

I love the color of these wild berries. 

These were just cute. 

Bea helped me take a picture of the cactus. I told her how my Nana Beatrice used cook them up, and she promptly responded, "with the pokies? That's not very nice food!"

She always makes me giggle with her silly little comments. 

Sunday morning we had the tastiest breakfast. Summer made a pancake cake. It had fruit, jam, Nutella and of course big fluffy pancakes. 

We topped it off with cool whip and it was so tasty! 

Doesn't that just look heavenly! She was telling me how some friends of hers makes this for breakfast on their birthdays. I thought that was a really fun and super sweet idea. (Pun intended, hehe)

Here are some fun photos of my big guy: 

He loves being thrown around. I think Ki really enjoys that he can toss him up in the air, and twirl him around, and hang him upside down. 

Our monthly picture with Oscar. Rudy used to be so short compared to this pup. 

As you can see he is a very happy little man. And he has his daddy's awesome smile! 

Rudy has a serious crush on his gramma. Every time he sees her he gets super excited, he gets extremely flirtatious, and he reaches for her as if he hadn't seen her in a months! It's really adorable!

He loves books. He loves being read to, an he enjoys flipping through the book by himself. 

Rudy also likes to just lounge around like the prince of a castle. 

Nap time! 

This was at his actual 6 month we'll check. My poor boy got 5 shots that day. 

Mess maker

His first pumpkin patch. I think he enjoyed it. 

As you can see we have a very happy, and active little man. He on the verge of crawling so I can only imagine the things he's going to try and get into. 

I titled this post 6 months too short because 6 months is supposed to be a pretty long time. I mean come one it's half a year! 

But I've learned that as an adult and even more so as a parent, life goes by way faster then you'd like. I really can't believe he's 6 months, and that Bea is almost 5, and Rae is 7! 

Parenting really is bittersweet. But even with the bad days, for me it seems to be more sweet then bitter.