My baby Cole is 2!

Cole was helping me bake some strawberry muffins!

Big Cole is 2!

We had face painting, tattoos and painting at the party!

My Aunt Kathy, my Dad, Coley and me!

This is Cole getting ready to open our presents before Mackie's soccer game!

Little Coley turned 2 on Saturday. We had the family over for some fun and he had such a great time. We've been working hard on the backyard getting it turned into a real yard, so it was fun to have people over.

Cole is very briefly shy when he meets someone new but will warm up within seconds. He's always making us laugh, the best sleeper and loves to be outside. He is talking like crazy with his favorite saying being "No, I don't want to!" He really likes to annoy Jackson by taking all his toys, but loves all the attention Mackie likes to give him. He's made such a turn around in the last few months just being so much happier. He gives us loads of hugs and kisses! Last night as Tim and I wandered into his room before we went to bed, we were amazed at how much he looked like Mackie did as a baby. He may have blond hair and blue eyes, but there is certainly a resemblence when he sleeps! He's a handful that's for sure, but we sure love our little blondie and look forward to each new stage he gets too!

Jackson joins tradition

Where Jack spent most of his day! Do you think Tim is proud?

The three generations of Shoskey fishermen!

Jackson with his fish basket.

All ready to go on his big "boys weekend"!

Every year, Tim goes on a fishing trip with his dad. It started when he was just a little boy and when we found out that we were having a boy with Jackson, one of Tim's biggest thrills was that Jackson will one day join him in this long lasting tradition. Well, that time has come and Tim's little mini-me, loved every minute. A true fisherman!! As Jackson puts it, "I had a great time at camp!"

Mackie Graduates....from preschool :)

Mackie getting her certificate!

Mackie and her proud Daddy!

And of course her proud Mama!

And, her proud brother (at least one of them)!!

The graduate!!

Yes, they have graduations from everything now. I mean come on, we'd be in some trouble if she couldn't make it to Kindergarten! I must say it was super cute and she had fun, as well as we did watching her! Way to go Mack, we're proud once again! Kindergarte in the fall, can't believe it, but she couldn't be more ready! She will do so awesome! She's very into reading right now, that I bet she'll have it down or close to it before school starts. That's our goal!

Tim's cousin Megan's wedding!

The pretty bride, her sister and Aunt Pam! So pretty!

Our pretty flower girl :)

Our handsome Jack!

Two peas in a pod! They are too much alike!

Jackson doing a little photography! Pretty good for a 3 year old!

Great Grandma June with 4 out of 6 of her Great Grandkids, so sweet!

Best Buds!

The two flower girls and the junior bridesmaid!


We decided to leave Cole with my parents and it was a great idea! The kids had fun and were awesome. Cole would have just wanted to run and run and would have made for an exhausting night for us. Megan looked beautiful and it was a really enjoyable day! The kids did great walking down the aisle. Mackie walked back down by herself and didn't like that so much, so her head was down the whole time. She got a few chuckles all the way down, but it was fine!

7 years!

On May 29th, Tim and I celebrated 7 years of marriage. 7 years...can't believe it. Almost 4 kids later, 3 jobs, 3 houses, I think we are very very happy and blessed to be where we are today! I just hope and pray that the next 50 will be as good as the first 7. We got a babysitter and went out shopping and to dinner at Outback! Yes, we did open our envelope. You have to call to find out though. It's not public info yet :)

It's pretty amazing when I think that the two of us have been together 10 years now. I really do love my husband. I still get excited when he comes home from work (perhaps the help he gives is part of the reason :), I love the days he has off, and I live for time that the two of us get to spend together. He's the best Dad, and it is certainly true that you love someone more and more the longer you're with them! I'm one lucky lady!!

Life is Good!

I feel like this has been a title before for me, so I guess I have a lot to be thankful for! I have three really good, really healthy kids, a wonderful husband and a growing baby in my belly! Yes, I'm about 17 weeks pregnant and feeling pretty good...minus the throwing up and headaches! It was a lot worse with the other three that's why I'm not complaining!
Here's a few of my highs (it's the little things in life that make it so good, right?)...
*I tell the kids to go up and get their pj's on, and all three, yes, all three come down all ready for bed. Thanks to Mackie, Cole is dressed as well! I don't ask her to do it, she asks me...is that great or what?
*Cole is super, I mean super active, it's exhausting and therefore God gave him a really good napping skill, like 3 hour naps daily.
*Cole's also over the screaming hump, he actually can tell me what he wants.
*Jackson's the most easy going kid. The only thing I struggle with him is getting him up from naps, he doesn't like waking up, is that great or what?
*I get to coach Mackie and Anthony's soccer team. It's so fun, and even pretty comical watching Mackie grab shirts, and get mean. Who'd she learn that from? Ha, really it wasn't me, I guess it was her old team is what she tells me.
*Tim hasn't worked a weekend day all year and for that I am thankful!
*I can still run, ride a bike and be active while pregnant so far.
*My parent's and in-laws are back in the state, so we get to see them.
*My sister lives about 10 houses from me, and we haven't fought once being this close. It's been fabulous.
*I have this wonderful side job with Bondi Band selling headbands at running expos, and it's the best thing for me and besides, it's the greatest product. I love being a part of it.
*I have great next door neighbors and the kids love playing with them. Wish we could have our old neighbors on the other side of us though :(

*The weather is finally good, we've waited long enough!

The bad in my life is...nothing at the moment, let's just focus on the good cuz there's so much of it!

Tim's birthday mess-up!

I get that I'm late, but I'm trying to stay in order! Tim's been working a lot lately, so his birthday was no different. Mackie had gymnastics until 6:30, so we decided to meet at Red Robin for dinner after that. We had just talked about how there was one in Troy right off the express way, so not too far out of the way for anyone. Tim sends me a text and says, "I'm here, and I already have drinks and appetizers sitting at the table!" I replied with, "Great, should be there in about 5 minutes." And, that was the end of the conversation. I dragged three kids into the restaurant and the lady looks at me when I said, "my husband's already sitting!" She said, "I definitely didn't seat a table for 5!" I knew instantaniously that he was at a different Red Robin. I use the restaurant's phone and sure enough, there he was 6 miles further from our house. He was at the one just 3 miles from his work! Now why on earth would I have driven an extra 6 miles when he's coming home afterwards? So, I caved, afterall it was his birthday, so I strapped 3 kids back in their carseats, and drove the six miles to him. To make a bad story worse, Mack complained of a bad headache the whole car ride. When we got there, sure enough Mackie, and Cole had fevers. We ate as quick as possible, got Tim's birthday sundae, and we just had to get out of there! No pictures from the night, sorry Tim! At least we had a good laugh...afterwards!!