Party at my parent's new house!

 My parents bought a new house. 

It is beautiful!

100 years old and they are only the 3rd owner! Can you believe that? 

They JUST moved it, but instead of waiting for them to get settled, we celebrated Kali Rose's birthday there last night with my whole family present. This was their facebook status today: 

"Finally getting moved into our new house. Had the opportunity to host our entire family with all eight grandkids for the first time since we moved out of our Pelham house 3.5 years ago! We still have boxes left to unpack and furniture to position, but first let's make some memories! There are fireflies to catch and ice cream to eat and birthdays to celebrate! Let the parties begin! #keepingfirstthingsfirst"

I love that! So true :) I am so thankful for their amazing example in so many ways. Keeping the Lord first in their lives, waiting until they were financially ready to buy a house, "keeping first things first," I could go on and on! I am blessed. 

 I wanted to get a picture of their house, but it was pouring rain outside. Trust me, it is beautiful. I will get a picture up asap. They still have some work to do inside, but mainly removing wallpaper and painting. The house has been maintained beautifully and the kitchen was already updated. They have already had all of the floors (heart pine) restored and they are breathtaking! 

Here are some pictures from our fun.

 My brother, Israel, and his beautiful wife Erin.

 My sister, Elisha, and her adorable growing family. (Yes, still growing as she has a bun in the oven ;)

 Birthday kiss!

 they love each other so much!

 I LOVE my sisters!!

 who could resist that face?

 doing a "present time" jig

 Uncle Izzy & Aunt Erin loaded her up!

Poppy and Mica always give the GOOD stuff. :)

 we got her her first bike :)

look how sweet these dolls are! My very creative sister made them for all of the girls on their birthdays! Kali Rose got hers last night and LOVES it!! My sister doesn't sell these, but she does have an online store where she sells a lot of other beautiful things! Check it out here.

 Kade and Poppy chilling on the front porch

Our weekend and kid's valentines!

I hope you had a great weekend! We sure did. The weather was beautiful. 15 minutes after they got home from school on Friday Kade and Kali Rose transformed into this:

 Everyone had a friend over on Saturday. They made their own pizza's and Kali Rose partied like this:

 Sunday was such a beautiful day, after church the kids took a couple baby dolls on an afternoon stroll. ;) (Blackmail for Kade one day... maybe.. Proof that he will be a good daddy one day... definitely!) :)

 Then, the kids made a pile of leaves and buried KR in it. ;) (yes, bath-time was directly after this little game)

I spent part of my weekend "surfing" the web (do people still say that?), looking for cute valentines the kids can make. I love Valentines Day. We usually have fun creating homemade cards. Here are some from years past. Sorry the picture quality isn't that great.

Kassidy's Kindergarten year

First grade year:

Kade's Kindergarten year, Kassidy's 2nd grade year:

So this year, I am looking for a new idea. I like these..

ribbon bracelets for girls! How cute!
You can find out how here

Simple, cute, clever.
You can find out how here



A little more involved. Creative & beautiful!
You can find out how here.

Who doesn't love roses and kisses?
You can find out how here.


These are the simple and fun flowers Kassidy made her 2nd grade year. You can find out how here.


I thought these little bags were cute & different.
You can find out how here.


I love these!! So fun and you can do different shapes as well!
You can find out how here.


I love birds, so I had to add this one. I would tie a treat to it (as I would with any valentine card) You can find out how here.


LOVE LOVE LOVE this... You can find out how here.

So, after all of that I finally got my inspiration and I know what we are going to do.... I'll be back soon with the big ...(I know you are on the edge of your seats ;) REVEAL!! :)
Happy MONDAY!

"DOES THIS MEAN THAT SANTA'S COMING BACK?"

Waiting for the snow to accumulate enough for play.

It did!

Home sweet home!

They were doing the snow dance!

Yes, it actually snowed! They have never seen snow before. They were so excited and as they were waiting they were making all of their plans. They were going to make snow angels, build a snow man, and have a snow ball fight. I know what you are thinking... With this small amount of snow they must of been disappointed. Oh, you don't know my kids!! We made snow angels, built a small snow man, and had a great snow ball fight! Kade even looked at me and asked, "since it is snowing, does this mean Santa is coming back?"