The start of spring!

Mack told Jack tonight that he's her "husband, but pretend though Mommy!" then she grabbed him and gave him a huge hug! Those two are best buddies!

Jackson took a sip of his milk at dinner tonight and said, "mmm. This is good beer!" What a character!

My three kids, they are so fun!

Spring has come! It's always the first sign of spring, eating outside and drinking some beers! Ahh, the winter has gone (for the most part)!

My blue eyed babe!

Cole's over 9 months old already! Tim loves this picture, but to me, I don't think it looks like him! The one above it is my Coley!

Happy Easter...a little late!

I also love the easter basket picture! They are going through all the candy!

Easter morning! What a gorgeous day!

Aunt Kathy and Uncle Jim came over for a nice brunch!

Look at our eggs!

I had to put this picture large, cuz I love it! This is Mackie and Jack to a tee. Jackson acting like a complete nut and Mack laughing at him! It's pretty awesome that we were able to decorate eggs outside. Gotta love Jackson in his undies! Oh Jack!

Tim turned 32!

For some odd reason, Tim said, "I want a carrot cake for my birthday!", so the kids and I (of course mostly me) made him a homemade Aunt Kay carrot cake! My Aunt Kay (great aunt) owned a restaurant and they were known, at least that's what I've always been told, for her special carrot cake. Well, my aunt passed away when I was only 8 years old and the secret recipe has been passed down. It was the first time I've made it and let me tell you, we all understand why all the hype! It was awesome! It's funny, I'd love to share it but it's one of those things that I just don't think it's right, so the recipe will remain a secret, but man is it good!

Back to Tim, he worked over 80 hours last week and will do the same this week, so it's been pretty hectic for everyone, (maybe that's why I'm blogging at 8, kids have been down since 7:30). Hey, when it's been a long day, everyone's tired :)

Mackie's 4 years old!

The gift she has been asking for since Christmas, a hula hoop! I love this picture!

She even got to go to school on her birthday! We made chocolate suckers for everyone in her class, that she got to hand out.

This is right after she got her fish, she was so excited!

On her actual birthday she had a banana split. She loved us singing to her.

Tim and his little girl!

Here are the kids, notice Mack's new fish, Polly, on the table.

Mackie wanted a princess party with a Candyland cake! Well, we had all the cousins

scheduled to come on Friday and Jackson and Cole woke up with fevers. I think it was just the end of their cold and seemed to be just fine afterwards, but we felt it necessary to cancel the party. We rescheduled it for Sunday, but ended up only having my brother's family and my cousin Jodi and her family. The kids helped make the cake and although it's certainly not professional looking, I thought it came out perfect.

The finished product!

We are so proud of our little girl. It's pretty hard to believe she's 4 years old already. She's such a smart kid and has a memory like no other. Ahh, the love you have for your kids, it's pretty much unbelievable. Happy birthday to our little Mack, we love you soo much!

Florida vacation!

We did go to the beach one sunny day, although it was a bit chilly!

The last night, my mom got Mackie a cake for her birthday, she loved it!

We came to learn that Cole absolutely loves going for a stroller ride, ahhh, how we long for warm sunny days.

It was so nice to have Tim come for a few days. We even got to go out for a nice dinner, and it was so nice to have a little time away.

This is at the splash park that's right by my parents. Jackson and Mackie loved running through the water, and Cole loved watching them. We were always the only ones at the park, made it really nice.

Cole's first dip in the water, and he liked it more than Jackson ever has!

My mom and her little princess. She holds a special place with my mom since she's the oldest and the only girl of 8 grandkids.

Here's the splash park!

We had a great trip. My parents were so helpful and so generous, made for a such a great break in the dead of winter. My Dad watched the kids each morning, so my mom and I could go on a nice walk, he really does amaze me on how easy it is for him to watch the kids. I'm so glad that Tim was able to come for a few days, it was a much needed break for him as well.

3 kids alone on a delayed airplane for 2 hours!

We made it to Florida safely and without any major problems and I truly thank God for that. Tim wasn't allowed to come to the gate with us, but I was fine with that. We got on the plane and got all set up and everyone was doing great. Then it got ridiculously hot and we weren't moving. Cole was trying to settle in and fall asleep, but was struggling. Thankfully he took a 20 minute nap on me to recharge. We got in the air 2 hours after we first stepped foot on the plane. Once we were in the air, it was smooth sailing from there, literally :) Mackenzie and Jackson were soooo sooo good, couldn't have been prouder. A lady saw me walk on and told me what a great family I had, turns out she was in first class and sent back two bags of chips and 2 brownies for the kids, how sweet is that? I'll get pictures soon!

Today consisted of a walk, swimming, splash park, swimming, running, walk and 75 degree day---the only thing that could've made this day better is if my hubby was here--we miss him :(

Healthy again...finally!

I have so many updates, since it's been a few weeks! We've been sick and I was the first to get it. Lots of throwing up (about 10 straight hours), and lots of extra loving to give around here. Tim and I had the adult version of the Rotovirus and Mackenzie got the Rotovirus. Thank God for vaccines, because the boys were immune and thus are healthy!

Cole is not only crawling now (the cutest thing you have ever seen), he's now standing up on his own as he did in this picture. The other two decided to join! They're checking out all the snow we finally got! We've been waiting too long for it.
Gramma Fox turned 97 years old on January 30th. Cousin JoAnn threw her a party at their house and had an amazing 19 out of 22 Great-Grandkids there. Crazy...can you tell? Happy Birthday Gramma, you're simply amazing to put it lightly!

Tim and I went out and found a sport we can actually compete at...BOWLING! As most know, we have an Olympic bowler in the family....Aunt Kathy, and my Mom and Dad have won their share in bowling too. Turns out that I didn't get the gene! Too bad for me, but fortunate for Tim, he beat me in the 10th frame of the third game! It's good to give his morale a boost. It was just nice to get out for a bit with just him. He's been averaging 80 hours a week at work. Feast or famine, right? We miss him:(

And my three angels, I love them all so much! Good picture, huh?