January 2016

January 2016 has come and went without me even realizing it.

We had a great start of the year. Our friends the Powells and Subbaraos came over on New Year's Eve. We had the best night celebrating with our friends. The kids had a blast too. They stayed up way too late and loved every minute of it.

The rest of the month was getting back into a routine for school.

We did get our first blue apron meal in January. My parents gave me a month of free meals. We have loved trying new foods and it has been fun to get a box of food in the mail once a week. :) We have decided to continue it.

Samuel's 4th Birthday Party

We will end this year's blog post with the last Holiday of the year - Sam's birthday party! For months Sam talked about a Super Hero Picnic. We reserved the park in our neighborhood. I had the set up in my head...we were going to have a fantastic tail gating type picnic. My parents brought all of their STATE tailgating gear....but the weather did not cooperate. It was a freezing and winding weekend. So the picnic moved to our house. Sam did not care and probably did not even realize we had changed it.

We all had the best time! I am not sure why we don't have more birthday parties at our house. My parents were here and they helped us clean - We had a jump jump - sack races - and picnic food of pizza for the kids, and chicken salad and potato salad for the adults. It was just a perfect day!!

Sam woke up at 2 am the morning before his party...he said the night time was too long. I have never seen him so excited about something. He knew his friends were coming over. It was the cutest thing to watch.

Hayes Teat and Sam - friends from M&M

John Preston - Friend from M&M

Munton Family Christmas

For the past several years we have had a Munton Family Christmas. This year it was at Aunt Martha's. The kids always have so much fun playing with their cousins. Nate and Wil were still here too.

Pictures tell the best stories....

Off to the theater

After Sam's Christmas party we met up with the Makis' and Powell's to see Frozen the movie at the Saenger. It was so much fun. Sam was a little fidgety but the big kids had a blast. Nothing beats watching a movie on the big screen.

Sam's school Christmas party

Sam's teacher Ms. Hollie planned a fun Christmas party for their class. They drew names for secret Santa. Sam picked Hayes' name (Hayes is Sam's buddy) and John Preston picked Sam's name. John Preston is also a top buddy. It was cute to see the kids exchange gifts. They had a huge lunch and it was a cute party.

John Preston and Sam

Sam is in shorts because this Christmas was HOT!!!

Sam's 4th birthday party at school

On December 18th, we had Sam's cupcake party at school. I usually have it the week of his birthday but this year I thought we should do it before the class parties started. He wanted power ranger cupcakes. I also got individual chocolate and strawberry milk for everyone. It was a hit!!! Andrew was with us since that was his last day of school.

Christmas Dinner - Cuban Style

Owen and I have a sweet group of couple friends. We have known them since our children were babies. It is special because we really know each other. I feel blessed with these people in our lives.

This Christmas my friend Mandi and I wanted to get everyone together for a date night before the holidays got too busy. Owen's friend just opened up a Cuban restaurant that is really different for our area, so that is where we decided to go.

Show and Tell at SHS

Andrew's class has show and tell every day. I love that they do this. It is Andrew's turn once a month. Since school has started he has asked to bring Ralphie to school. I caved in for his December month. I was worried Ralphie would not listen and get too excited around the kids. I could not have been more wrong. Ralphie was an angel. He was perfect. I can not praise him enough. The kids loved him and Andrew beamed with happiness showing off his best friend Ralphie.

Christmas party at SHS

Last day of school for the 2015 year was filled with lots of yummy food, sweet teacher gifts, and pjs :) Perfect day.

Andrew's Christmas Concert

Sacred Heart had their annual Christmas concert in December. The Munton's came with us and we were able to sit on the 3rd row. I thought we had the best seats. Until...the kids lined up. Andrew was right in the middle - typically that is a good thing. Not this year...his music teacher sat with her piano in the middle. We could not see Andrew at all. But I enjoyed watching the other kids sing. And Christmas songs are the best.