Wordless Wednesday...Flashback....Go Horns!!

{from last september...getting ready to celebrate the first Longhorn game}

Wordless Wednesday! :)

(hahahaha!! Teehee!!!)

MY LOVES

Just feeling like I need to shout out....I.LOVE.MY.KIDS!!! They make me feel so proud to be their momma. That's it....all I needed to say!!

Love you:
Aidan Riley
Finley Patrick
Breslyn Claire
Owen Brady

XOXOXO,
momma

Aidan's First Day of 3rd Grade

Look at him!! Such a sweet wonderful big boy going to 3rd grade!!

His new TEXAS RANGERS backpack {thanks Gaga}!!
It was filled with LOTS of school supplies {thanks Memaw}!!

Yummy breakfast....biscuits and jelly....and water!! He's such a goood boy!

Aidan really was gonna miss his littlest sibling! After school last year...EVERY SINGLE DAY he would run in and love on Breslyn as fast as he could...now he has two littles to love on {and Finn, but Finn doesn't usually want to be hugged on!!}

He's sooo tall...and yes, that is biscuit stuck to his shorts!! I got it off before he got on the bus!!

Sweet sweet sweet!

Mommy and Aidan...do you see my sadness?

I think he was trying to pretend I wasn't there with him at the bus stop!! Ha!

Beautiful sunrise! Last year he had to be at the bus stop at 7:24...this year 7:05!! OMGosh...it's terrible, but he doesn't seem to mind.

This is when I started to feel my heart leaving my chest and watched it getting on this Peterman bus. I don't know Peterman, but I trust him wholly to take care of my little man. ;)

There he goes....and as I walked home I realized something was wrong with my eyes...they were watering up! I love you Aidan. Daddy and I are proud of all you have done and will do!! You rock big boy!!

If all else fails....sleep

last week this is how I found Finn. yes, we had had a fight. yes, he stormed off angry. yes, I heard him grunting and crying. yes, I noticed he became very quiet. and yes, this is what i found upon entering his room.....

he almost looks like an angel...don't be fooled!
well, maybe he isn't ALL bad! ;)

{a side note: when finn has decided he is going to be angry about something, and he knows he might throw a fit (or get in his bed and hide under his pillows), he first takes his glasses off and carefully puts them on Aidan's desk!! That's why he isn't wearing said glasses in any of these pics...little runt!! Teehee!}

Our Family Diner

{help...I am not computer savvy....how do I start typing above my first picture??}

Okay, so family diner it's not, but we have discovered Logan's Roadhouse restaurant and have decided it is "our" family restaurant!! We always have a coupon, B and Finn always share a kids meal and the prices are already pretty cheap. A month or so ago we made a trip to L, and I snapped a few pics of our dinner...look at this sweet family {minus me...forgot to take my own pic, since nobody else ever volunteers to take mine!} :)

Joseph Patrick and his namesake Finley Patrick.

Daddy and Aidan {also know as Bubba around our house}.

Okay...please tell me you died laughing at this pic? Hahahaha!! I have a better pic from that night, but this one is HILARIOUS!! I love it and it is now my wallpaper on my laptop!! Teehee!

Big Brother loves his little sister Breslyn Claire...and I think the feeling is mutual.

We are pretty lucky that our kiddos really behave themselves when we're out and about! Love this sweet little {HUGE} family!!

Vain or Value

I am SOOO honored, thrilled and humbled EVERY single time another blog features me. I get this incredible rush...my cheeks turn red, my heart starts pounding, and okay...I get a little proud!! Just getting comments makes me seriously giddy as well. Anyone that has a blog appreciates that other people take time to check out their blog and especially when they leave comments. Upon noticing someone has taken time to read my blog I feel validated for taking time to write lengthy passages, or when I have posted seriously long tutorials on my latest craft. Ha!

I am even sad when I have not had the time to write a post or make a craft and link up to "linky parties". Some weeks go by and I have not had time or energy to update the blog...during those times I genuinely feel sad. Sad that I have "probably" not had any {me} time in the past few days, sad that I will go another week without a comment from someone else...is anyone gonna read my blog this week and sad that I find validation from such an insignificant source.

Sometimes I feel like I should be ashamed of myself for enjoying the "attention" I get from others when they visit my site. I know that joy does not/should not come from such things....it should come from Jesus, from watching your child smile, from reading some thought-provoking Bible verse, from laying on the floor playing Lego's with my littles, from raising my children 'in the way they should go', etc, etc, etc.

And maybe some days it is a bit trifle to seek those sweet compliments and I am completely aware that it really means nothing in the grand scheme of things. BUT...on the days that I have cleaned up throw up, wiped 6 snotty noses {one right after the other}, changed 10 diapers, read 20 board books and served 5 different styles of sandwiches.....well, on those days it's nice to reach out and read what other adults in the world are doing. I may go hours and hours without adult interaction...so very often "blogland" is all that I have to connect with the REAL WORLD.

So maybe just maybe I am not completely vain and maybe my values don't lie in things that will perish...maybe I just like to feel good about myself, my craft and my family and I get that reassurance from this blog and from the wonderful people who frequent it.

I am so very grateful for this outlet....for the opportunity to express myself in many different ways, for the chance to capture sweet pictures and moments spent with family on this, my digital scrapbook. :)