Weekend in Willis

This past weekend Izzy and I loaded up and headed south for a little visit with my grandparents. We haven't been down there since September and since I had a 3 day weekend from babysitting we decided it was the perfect time. We headed out Friday evening and surprised them, they had no idea that we were coming so that was fun! My MaMa and PaPa are so special to me and I love the fact that my baby girl loves them so much too!


One this is for sure, Izzy loves to play in the dirt and be outside so being out in the country is right up her alley.


Aunt Paula has a new little baby that was a big hit with Izzy immediately! I thought she might be a bit scared but nope, she walked right up and started petting it. By the end of the weekend she was even feeding him his bottle.

She picked me a few flowers out in the yard.

One of Elizabeth's favorite things she did this weekend was ride the lawn mower with PaPa!

I did a little cooking for them while I was there, Saturday night I made enchiladas and then on Sunday I cooked a roast with potatoes, carrots, etc and rolls. My MaMa made this beauty to go along with it. I just had to take this picture and send it to my brother, Pumpkin pie is his favorite and Sunday was his birthday so I told him we made it in honor of him! Kind of mean huh?

I know these pictures are blurry but they still crack me up, after a day of playing outside with my cousin's boys Izzy came in with a toy gun but she was still prissing around in her Cinderella shoes. Just the way she was walking made it funny. Such a little diva!

We had a great weekend and hope that we will make it back down there again soon. Hopefully next time we can take the whole family.

Not sure how well this blogging thing is going

I am really feeling like there isn't much of a point in me having a blog, I can't think of much to blog about. Sure, we are super busy, with 3 kids ranging from 3-13 and babysitting an almost 2 year old and a newborn you would think I would have lots of materials but nothing seems like it would be interesting. Plus, I still have to figure out the whole picture thing on here, I had a heck of a time getting all the pictures to where I wanted them when I did the Christmas picture post. I know I will get better. :)

I do know one thing, it is only March 4th and I can already see our crazy busy spring/ early summer schedule setting in. Currently or in the next couple of weeks in addition to our normal stuff we will be adding Ashley's track meets, Courtney's softball games and practices, Ian's softball games and spring choir. I guess it's a good thing that Izzy and I aren't really involved in anything because this already takes up pretty much every night of the week. Courtney has practice on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays plus games, Ashley has a track meet each week, usually on Thursday or Friday, and Ian's softball is on Thursday. Besides just these every week activities, in April we have Ian's birthday, my brother's wedding, Easter, Courtney's birthday and then May 5th is Ashley's birthday! So, we will be on the run!