Lake Whitney

Taylor, Abbey, and Jacob tried out the tube from the lake house that held 4 people....Taylor screamed the ENTIRE time!! SHe even scratched Jacob with her TOE lol because she was trying to get inside of the tube!! SOOO funny! I have a video I will post tomorrow :)

My sweet baby Jaxon fell asleep like this! It was so cute :) Obviously I moved him under the cover so he could finish sleeping, but I had to get a picture 1st...I just love this kid to pieces!!

It was so pretty out here. When we took the boat in to the dock we had to go in between all these rocks and we were at the very end of the cove. It was so amazing!

Mason is my "water baby" (even though he hasn't been a baby in so long OMG) for sure..this is Mason and Taylor's friend Abbey. He never wanted to get out of the lake, AND he almost jumped off of a cliff!!!!

Bobbe, Hayden and Mason swam over to an island and hunted for sea shells. Hayden LOVED this!

So we went to lake Whitney back in May, but I had to post some of the pictures from there.

We stayed at a friends lake house and it was so great! We relaxed on hammocs while we watched the kids play in the tree swing, cooked dinner and breakfast at the house, went out on the boat all day, drove some 4-wheel cool "guy" thing lol, and on and on.

It was so relaxing and so much fun to get to relax with the kids without having to do a 1000 things.

I seems like the days are sometimes filled with so much chaos that we don't get the chance anymore to just take a minute and spend it ONLY on being a family and loving eachother.

SO, needless to say this was a wonderful trip and we are so glad we went.

Pampered Chef

So I went to my first Pampered Chef party last night (with Miss Tay) and it was so much fun!!
It was hosted by my neighbors, Sara (sister-in-law) and Ruth.
I was actually amazed at how awesome their product is!!
Taylor and I both even won a drawing, so we recieved 2 paring knives and 2 recipe books (Sara...would you like one of those?? We don't really need 2!)
Ofcourse, it is all a little out of my price range considering I have 4 kiddos, but I would love to save for some of the pieces......or........possibly sell it!
Lol.
It feels like I am finding oppurtunities left and right lately. Hopefully, God will let one of them truly work for me!! I am going to talk to the lady who did the party next week, and look at some of the information today. Who knows with me! Maybe I will. Maybe not :)~

Anyways, thank you Sara for turning me on to the world of Pampered Chef....Im still trying to sweet talk Bobbe for my Dish lol!

Catch up....maybe

I have SOOO much to catch up on.....this is going to be a long blog lol
We love you all!

This Summer....

We Love this BOAT!! Jax and his new friend from the lake house

Miss Taylor on the boat...isn't the background cool?? She's pretty beautiful herself :)

Travis and Mason on the tube...Mason finally actually road it!!! Im so proud :)

All 3 of my boys...a rare pic with all of them looking lol...enjoy while you can

This summer Has been so boring for the boys..and myself and Taylor!!

It has been so hot outside, that taking 5 boys anywhwere would be awful.

We have been going to the movies on Tuesday and McDonalds Small Fry Club on Wednesdays. We also have park time in the mornings, but after 2 it is just too hot to do anything!! If anyone else has any ideas please let me know!!

So please pray we find some things to do that are affordable....we can not be stuck in the house anymore lol :)

Miss Taylor

Last Middle School Choir Concert

All my babies..not really babies anymore :(

BFF's....Jax and Tay

Taylor and her best friend, Kyle

Taylor before a wedding...so pretty and grown up

She has grown so much since she moved here!!!

Here are a few recent pics!!

Some pics of the boys!

Jaxon getting his very 1st trophy!

Hayden being "cheesy"

My Jack-Jack getting so big!

Mason and the best teacher EVER Mrs. Kirkpatrick

Hayden on the last day of Pre-K


I will post more very soon...enjoy these for now!

We love you all!!

1st of many......

"It might be a crazy life...but it's OUR life." Jon & Kate
I watch the show "Jon and Kate plus 8" all the time.
When I first heard this at the beginning of the show, it immediatly became my motto as well!
I don't care what kind of negative attention that show gets, because people have their problems (as Bobbe and I know) and I will watch as long as it's on!!

Soooo....for those who don't know me well:
My name is Erica. I am married to the most fabulous husband Bobbe and I have 4 BEAUTIFUL children.
3 CRAZY little boys (Mason Rylee, Hayden Nicholas, and Jaxon Tyler) and Miss Taylor Nicole, who is 14 going on 30 :)
I am a stay-at-home Mom, and childcare provider.
It is pretty much hectic here all the time, but everyday gets a little better :)

This blog is for family and friends to keep up with how our children are growing.
I know not everyone gets the chance to see them all the time, so if you ever want an update...here it is.