Halloween, wrestling, piano recital...life

JT has not had a challenging wrestling season this year. This kid has pinned every opponent in less than 30 seconds...My baby boy is getting bigger and tougher every day.

Avery got her bottom braces off at her last appointment and should get the top ones off at her next one..cross her fingers..She also is doing volleyball and is a setter and spiker. She is doing really well!

Halloween was fun this year. JT was himself...He had a wrestling tournament and knew he would cave and eat all the yummy foods and candy, so he stayed home from Nana's party. Avery was a unicorn, Evanna was Jack Skelington, Alyvia was a giraffe, Avonlea was Elsa and Titus decided to change his outfit a few times...lol..He ended up trick or treating as optimus prime. It was a fun night. Avonlea told me I needed to paint my face for Halloween. So i did. Jonathan had football practice and was late..(as usual) so he didn't dress up.

Life has been good. The kids are doing good and are healthy. Avery, Evanna and Alyvia had their piano recital last night. I will try and upload videos. 

 

 Just a little brother wishing he were a little bigger so he could wrestle.

 When you go to tuck your kids in bed and find your son who has a wrestling meet in the morning and regrets eating everything in site because he is over weight....Sweaters, coats, blankets galore...lol

 Just a boy who took 1st place at the show low tournament.

 Elsa (aka: Avonlea)

 These babies love each other!

 Elsa+messy living room=Halloween

 "UH, Mom...you need to paint your face!" -Avonlea.....So I did..

 Close up

 Halloween lumber jack that rubbed his beard off.

 Cutest giraffe ever! Lyvi...

 My unicorn....Avery

 Gotta love Jack! Evanna looks Ah-May-Zing!

 Flex those muscles buddy! lol

 My trick or treaters+ Brook

 My Halloween JT who knew he was too close to weight to party...lol

Titus, Evanna, Lyvi eating donuts.

 Don't smile..really, don't..

 Cousins are fun!

 Cute

 Cute

 Cute-ish..more scary cute!

 Love my hubs!

 My family..Jon taking the picture.

 Titus was not feeling good and needed to snuggle mom. He got over it like a champ though.

 JT and Titus. Making cookies at Aunt Jennifers.

 Evanna making her cookie at Aunt Jennifers.

 Avery eating her cookie...

 Avonlea decorating her cookie.

 Alyvia decoration hers.

 Sometimes life actually slows down and a big brother reads to his little brother. Melt a Mama's heart.

 Jonathan and I built our farmhouse table and benches...Finally it is all finished!!!

 My husband sent me flowers for national redhead day...lol

 Bottom braces are off!

 JT in the middle leading the redskin jacks! He is getting big. Last year in middle schoool...

 Just a baby boy growing up too fast...

Just a Daddy snuggling his son.


Life is pretty grand in our books. We love each other and are so grateful to be a family!

Titus is 2!!!

This boy is so fun! He has us all wrapped around his little finger. I can't believe he is 2... Where did the time go? 

Fun facts about Titus (moose, boose, mooser, skunk)

1.Is naked 98% of the time...He will scream for his clothes off

2. He is sooooo funny! He likes to make people laugh

3. He loves a bottle

4. He loves his Mom and Dad so much

5. He is starting to talk so much. His cutest most recent thing he says is "keeo bye" (mosquito bite)" and says "thank you" to anything you give him...so cute!

6. He rarely screams...but when he does, he tightens up his whole body so much that he shakes and screams so loud that we now understand what it means when people say "it made their ears bleed"

7. He doesn't like to sleep with any blankets. He likes to be cold.

8. He wants to be with the big kids so bad

9. He loves his "anolee" (Avonlea)...They are best buds

10. He is not afraid of much...wild boy right here

11. He loves, I mean LOVES, PJ Masks and Lightning McQueen

12. Would be outside running, jumping, fighting (naked of course) all day if we would let him

13. Very mild tempered 98% of the time. The other 2% cover your ears!

14. Is pulling his clothes off right now.."mama, mama..dow...dow...(down)...pea..(please)

15. Pees and occasionally poops all over our house..(naked)

16. Loves, LOVES to pick anything off your skin...moles, scabs, anything...

17.Has the bluest eyes you've ever seen

18. Loves animals, Hates bugs...

19. Asks people if they "wa fi" (wanna fight)

20. Brings so much completion and joy to our lives. Life is more beautiful with him. What did we ever do without our moose?!

(pictures are from today, he would not hold still...these were the best I could do... Avonlea needed some pictures too...Cutest kids in the whole world...Now I need everyone else so I can do a photo shoot with them..They will hate it! lol)

Titus, I hope you always know that waiting for you was worth it! We love you so incredibly much. I hope you always feel our love for you and I hope you always know that you are my sunshine..

Alyvia is 9!!!

Alyvia Denise turned 9! She had a birthday party with all of her cute friends, and when I find the pictures of it, I will add them to this post.:)She had a slime party! This describes her so well. She loves building and creating things.  

Alyvia is the quietest, cutest, most fun, most thoughtful, competitive, beautiful, smarty-pants you will ever meet! I can't believe she is 9. Where does the time go? I want to give you a few facts a about Alyvia

She is fierce

She is really quiet, so you wouldn't expect her fierceness

She is as tough as any kid out there. She hangs with all the older kids

She has so much athletic talent, that it's sick..:)

She can't gain a pound even if she tries

She is so smart!

She plays piano 

I have to pry to get this girl to tell me anything

Her feelings still get hurt easily

She may or may not look JUST like her aunt Nelly

She can be so determined and bossy

She can be so helpful to me. (Titus and Avonlea love her so much because she will play with them and have fun with them)

She is normally pretty shy, but when she gets around people she knows, she is the loudest one of all

She has such a good heart

She can play basketball this year! Pretty sure she is going to run circles around everyone..(Yes, she is that good)

People, How did I get so lucky to get her in our family?! The world changed for the better when she made her way into it. This is the coolest, sweetest most fun girl you will ever meet. I hope you always work hard lyvi, I hope you dream big because anything you set your mind to, you will achieve it, I pray you always choose the right, I hope you always know how much you are loved and adored. You are so amazing! Don't forget I love you so incredibly much! And never forget that you are my sunshine!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!   I do have the most Beautiful wife. Yes I do have the most amazing mother to my most amazing kids, yes I do have the best cook, Yes I am the luckiest man. This woman puts up with me time after time, I am so Grateful for her I feel like I will never be enough for what she does. I am coaching football again and this amazing woman is super mom. For reals, super mom. I don't know how to ever repay her but I do know that she has that sexy smile all while she is running all around for kids dropping them off at football, soccer, piano and school. Truly only coaches spouses will understand what she goes through. She doesn't get time for herself, she dose not get vacation days, time off especially during this time of year. At 19 I did not even understand how amazing of a woman I was getting. If I could Try to explain the feeling I feel when I see that smile I would say true JOY. I get over taken with that feeling that I have truly my own piece of heaven here on earth. I do wish I could write as well as she does but I cant so its not as fluent and its all over the place forgive me. I wish to only get across one point that point is That my Dear Rachel is truly amazing she is everything I didn't even know I wanted. I have to pretend I'm on amazon and getting called Terd Hole lol. My wife is a 10 in every category. I am BLESSED truly BLESSED as I sit here and smile looking at her knowing that I have the best wife, the best mother, the best lover and the best friend.  I will forever be grateful for her as well be with her forever. I Love you Rachel I always have I always will I love you more today then I did yesterday and I will love you more tomorrow! I can never thank you enough for EVERYTHING you do.