Life in the fast lane...

Well... it's been a while. I suppose I need to update the blog since I haven't done so since Christmas. And for good reason. I started back working full time in January. Say what??! We are all still adjusting to a new schedule but all in all it's going well. I get to work at B and C's school a lot of the time, and this has been a HUGE blessing in several ways. Ty gets to stay with pretty much everybody we know during the week, but he has adjusted well to that, and he pretty much runs the show every day ;)

But back to the fun stuff. After the holidays we tried to have as much fun as possible with our friends. Tate came for some overnight fun, and for New Years we had the Burchfields over for fireworks. Ty HATED the fireworks and the big kids could have shot them all night.

Brantlee is 100 days smarter in Kindergarten, and a poster wouldn't do. We had to go for the t-shirt. For the record, I did do the gluing on this shirt, but I made her count out the jewels. Teamwork.

And speaking of team, Collin has found another friend to share in his love for Ole Miss. Colby! These two are big buds these days.They also share a love obsession for wrestling. WWE and all its nonsense has taken over our home!!  And much to Dad's delight.

Meanwhile, Ty has become quite the artist. Between that and play doh this boy is entertained. For like 20 minutes. Which is pretty good for a 2 year old.

At some point in January, I turned 32. We celebrated with dinner at Tabella with our parents and then ice cream. No better way to spend a birthday than with my family.

Collin is still going strong with karate. He's doing really well with it. This is a whole new world with equipment and terminology that's foreign to us. But we are hoping he's found something he'll stick with. And Brantlee is still doing gymnastics and loving it! She might even move up another class soon. 

But really, when it comes down to it, these kids just want to be outside playing. 

Donuts with Dad for Kindergarten was this past month. She was so happy to have her daddy there! We also recently had a special dinner at home while the boys were hunting. B thinks this is the coolest, most fabulous  thing ever, ha!

Ty wasn't super impressed. He just popped in for a grape or two.

We have several Valentines birthdays we celebrate: Poppy-15th, Poppa and Kooper-14th. And of course Valentine's parties at school.

A 1980-something Wrestle Mania on VHS may have been viewed at Nana's that night ;)

I guess if anything sums up the last couple months, it's been this.

We are worn OUT by Friday. But life is so very good. 

(Plus it's one more week til SPRING BREAK!!)

Merry Merry!

Christmas week started with church on Sunday. These three were all smiles. I told the kids and the hubs that a picture WOULD be happening in front of the tree, so be prepared. But Kyle wasn't fully dressed so we let him slide.

Christmas #1 at Lolly and Poppy's. This night is always the wildest because everyone is so excited. 

Christmas #2- Christmas Eve morning. We opened gifts as a family. This was the Christmas Kyle and I lost our minds and got a four-wheeler. Yikes!! This was the only time they were allowed to ride without a helmet though. 

Christmas #3- Christmas Eve at MeeMaw's house. There is really nothing like it. We have to take multiple combinations of pictures in front of the tree. Surprisingly no one cried and everyone cooperated. That's a first in YEARS! Mee Maw got everyone football suits complete with pads and helmets. It was serious! Plus we had a real cheerleader in the mix. With  real pom poms.

We were FIRED UP about Santa's arrival. Collin had caught wind  a little earlier that Santa was two hours from reaching the U.S. So there was no playing around with the bedtime routine. No convincing them to go to bed. These kids were in bed in record time!

Christmas morning! This is actually the first year the kids woke up first and came barreling into our room, so excited Santa came. Collin got a sweet Ole Miss wall decal and some wrestling toys. Brantlee got a marker board that she has literally talked about getting since about Thanksgiving. It is all she wanted this year :) Ty was excited about toys in general. But not anyone taking any pictures of him playing with them. 

Christmas #4- Christmas morning breakfast at Mimi and Paw Paw's. It was the same as usual. Delicious food, children everywhere, and gift opening madness!

Christmas #5 - Nana and Poppa at our house. We ended our festivities with ribs and more gifts. It was low key and a nice ending to a busy Christmas.

2014 was a great year. We are so thankful for so many undeserved blessings. And we are ready to kick off a new year!