I know its a miracle..

So, I know 2 posts in 1 day, miracles do happen... Let me just say that this picture pretty much sums up my current relationship with my 3 year old.

Lord, please take me before Junior High...

Halloween Pics

Kenna is climbing on me, Ava is awake in her crib and Carlee will come running through the door in 3 mins. All that to say, here's the pics from Halloween! Carlee was baby triplets with her bff's, Kenna was Cindy Lou Who, Ash was "The Grinch", and Ava was a candy corn.

New Pics... FINALLY...

I just noticed that its been 6 months since I posted pics. Updates include: Carlee started 1st grade. sniff sniff.. I feel like she's officially not just mine anymore.. 1st grade is totally different than kindergarten. They are not the babies of the school anymore. She just said, "bye Dad".. and headed to the playground. No tears or insecurity.. Kenadee is almost 3 and has quite a personality for herself. She keeps us pulling our hair out or laughing almost all the time. Avaree is our little angel and is quite different than her sisters. She has big blue eyes and might be the chubbiest baby ever. She weighs the same as her 3 year old sis.. She started crawling on her 6 month birthday and was a power crawler to say the least. She just turned 9 months and has been mastering walking for the last month. Ash is doing great! CCV is awesome and we love being in ministry. There's a debate over #4 and a new house. I'll let you decide who wants what... We'll see who wins. :)

Our sweet JJ came to visit last night and gave us the scoop on how all our dear Cali friends and beyond are doing.. It made me realize that its been way too long since I've both read and posted. I'm caught in a whilrwind of life with 3 kids that's for sure! We've all been sick for at least 4 rounds of whatever this crud is that is going around. Our little Kenadee is battling her second bout of croup. Her little body seems to get everything the worst! 

Here's a pic of the latest daddy/daughter dance at CCV.  They loved spending time with a real life prince. 

We headed to Cali for one last Disney adventure before our annual passes expired. We were all running fevers, Kenadee had Croup and Avaree had RSV.  We had already paid for our hotel so we were hoping to just make it a few hours every day. Despite being soo sick, Kenadee really loved this trip

 and is officially IN LOVE with princesses. Here we go again.. 

Yes, here she is in all her glory as Ariel. If you're wondering what the heck this costume is, it came from build-a-bear.

Last but not least is our little angel, Avaree. She's just as sweet as the come and her smiles are constant. However, being the third child it will in fact hardly ever be photographed.. 

Catching up..

So, in the last months of my pregnancy we bought a foreclosure. A wrecked foreclosure actually. we bought it for $89,000 can you believe that? I can't believe in today's times you can actually buy a house for that little. Its 3 years old but was trashed. My last days of pregnancy were spent cleaning and meeting contractors. Per our 5 year old's request we actually bought it initially to do ministry. To try and help those who need it in these crazy times. But something even better happened. Ashley's little sister Cascia and her hubby Chuck decided to buy it. We are truly blessed to have them move only 10 minutes away. So, that's where I've been in case you were wondering.

So, I know I need to catch up. Besides our little Avaree (see in post below) we also celebrated Kenadee's birthday, Carlee's birthday and halloween. Here are some rough shots of the events over the last few months. and YES, I just finally downloaded 580 pictures....

Ash's mom made the costumes (Dorothy) and the Lion. We only managed to get about half of her costume on. She has a tail in the back, and ears.

Carlee's 6th birthday at Build-a-bear workshop.

Kenadee's 2nd birthday with "The Binch" (Grinch) cupcakes. Its her favorite movie of all time.

Our little Avaree

First Day of Kindergarten

Carlee had her first day of school this week! She's been looking forward to this day for a very long time. We are so lucky that the wife of a pastor at CCV is her teacher. Thanks to Grandma for praying for that! Ash drove her the first day because I thought I would only add to the drama. What can I say, I pretty much cry at the drop of a hat these days. Those darn prego hormones! I guess Carlee was a pro until it was time to go in... She's been riding the bus every day like she's been doing it forever.. She did forget her lunchbox today and the teacher called me and asked me to go to mylunchmoney.com and deposit money for her. Are you kidding me? Its like a paypal account for lunch money. The days of bringing money to school are over I guess. Carlee has her own account number at school and pin. Am I old or what that I'm amazed that a 5 year old has a pin???

Kenadee survived the day by walking around saying.. "Mommy, where's Carwee?" (about 8 million times) My mom bought her her own backback which she takes to the bus every day like a big girl when we pick "Carwee" up. :)

Here are a few pics.. Check out the last pic especially when its time to go in and she's a little unsure... Also look how she dwarfs the poor little boy next to her.. Woohoo.. Let's pray she continues to be taller than ALL the boys so we can just avoid high school dating all together.