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Monday, February 18, 2013

I love "Love!"

I have always been a hopeless romantic. When I was little I was the biggest fan of fairytales where the prince and princess got married. As a teenager, it was movies like "A Walk to Remember" and "Gone With the Wind." Now it is "The Notebook" and my fav, "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

Luckily, God gave me a husband that likes to do sweet, romantic things for me. His proposal on a horse drawn carriage...priceless. His sweet song he wrote and performed at our wedding....beautiful. This year's Valentine gift....speechless...I didn't know if I should laugh, cry, or scream...lol!
He had taken funny looking mustache pictures in January and I guess he saved them. It was very creative...

The kids enjoyed their Valentine messages on their door (thanks Pinterest) and their little candy hearts! We didn't give them too much because I swear they have been getting "presents" every stinkin' week! We are trying to steer away from spoiling and move towards being humble and thankful because I can definitely see the effects of it lately!! They were so happy though and Grayson's favorite heart said, "We love our little ninja." Any other mommies out there have a son in the Lego Ninjago phase? : )
Joey and Miss Ella at dinner


Me and my silly Valentine


Our sweethearts!
The past two weekends, Grayson and Ella were super excited to get to hang out with their cousins on both sides of the family!
Grayson reading to the girls

a little chat over sippy cups

all the kiddos on the Clark side...love this pic
And here are some random pictures over the past busy week I wanted to share because I am a mommy and I think my kiddos are just so stinkin' adorable. Haha!
we love our sundays at church

look at that smile......can she squint anymore? Ella's first trip to Texas Roadhouse

so proud of her owl clip on earrings...yeah the whole ear piercing thing SO did NOT work

doing his nightly reading

Ella can now read chapter books...lol

He was in Ninjago heaven at Barnes and Noble

my new fav pic of Grayson....he looks straight out of the 50's
Now I am not going to lie, the kiddos and a someone we won't name (ME) can't keep quiet about our excitement.....because we are going to Disneyworld this summer! I can't wait because it truly is so magical!!

 We still have awhile so I am focusing my attention on studying for my LPC exam which equals frequent Starbucks trips...hehe.
Also, I hope to focus on turning our office into a playroom. Pinterest has been a bit discouraging because their playrooms all seem to be super amazing, over the top, and obviously without a budget so we will see how that goes!!


Y'all have a great week and don't forget to thank God for each day...He has blessed us so much!


Tuesday, February 5, 2013

When all else fails....eat ice cream!

This past weeked was amazing...simply amazing. We didn't do anything big but it is just so stinkin' nice to just hang out. Joey finished painting the house which made him one happy guy!!! We got our taxes done and have already planned on using  our money for a trip to Disney World this summer...I can't wait...we are pretty big Disney fans in this family!! It will be both of the kids' first time!

I am also officially addicted to Just Dance...well the whole family is...we have all been playing it almost every night. We spent Saturday night playing until 10...I know what you're thinking..party animals!! We even ended the night with ice cream sundaes.

So here are the things going on this week in the Acker home:

*I saw that Kindergarten round up is next month...is this for real? Can it be possible that our sweet baby will soon be heading to big kid school???? At least he will be with his daddy! Joey was telling him in the car the other day that he will be his PE Teacher and Grayson will need to call him Coach Acker...lol...just how Ella calls me Ms. Melanie in Sunday school.

*Ella went in to get her first cavity filled and ended up having to get a crown.....again....ice cream made it better.

*Grayson is going to try out tennis lessons.

*Tell your school counselor that they are awesome...it' School Counseling Week!

How could this be a post without pictures, here ya' go!

Ella dancing on the table Saturday night
Grayson quietly watching...can you see the difference between our kiddos...haha
Ella being silly

Grayson and his friend, Maggie

I used to be worried Ella didn't like books....now she has one everywhere she goes

3 ninjas

Ella working hard in Sunday school

ice cream after church

the boys

Let me leave you with my facebook status update tonight....it just shows you never know how kiddos react to things:
Trying to be a cool mom totally failed tonight...I bought this bath tub fizzy egg shaped thing....you put it in the bath water and it turns the water colors and a "baby dinosaur" hatches from the egg as it dissolves. I put it in and we watched it and talked about it and then they saw the tail of the plastic dinosaur sticking out, which they thought was real....they then scream and cry and try to get out of the tub. Mission cool mom=epic fail.