Getting Settled...

We are officially moved in!!! All I can say is moving is a bigger deal with kids than I ever imagined. I haven't moved too much in my adult life. I remember moving to my dorm at MSU my first year of college, moving to the A&M-Commerce apartments, the Chi Omega house, and back to my parents...then into our new home when we got married. Moving with kids was a whole other world!!

I think we felt a little more stressed about getting it all together for a couple of reasons:

#1 We wanted the kids to feel cozy and at home so they could easily get back into a normal routine.
#2 Joey and I are both first born, high strung personalities who like things a certain way so we may have stressed ourselves out a little over that.
#3 We wanted this house to be even more organized than our last one.
#4 We pretty much started from scratch. We got rid of most of our old furniture and decorations so this house was like a blank canvas.

For the most part, everything is in place. We still need to do some landscaping stuff, curtains, window seats, and things here and there but it finally feels like a home. The kids definitely enjoyed exploring it!

First meal in the new house. A little Sonic picnic.

Dancing with excitement because we have stairs!

Taking time to relax.

Kids' Rooms

Grayson had his last game and really enjoyed basketball. I am so going to miss watching him and his sweet little team each Saturday morning. I looked forward to it each week but it's nice having our mornings back to lounge around and get stuff done. I was really impressed with Upward and the coaches and everything about it. We may look into football with them in the Fall. Grayson will miss his buddies but luckily he will see some of them at school!

The kids are doing great!! Grayson had western day last week and loved dressing up!

Ella still believes she is Queen Elsa and loves dressing like her!

She has also really been into books and storytelling lately. Melts my teacher heart!!

And they both have been loving Starbucks!! They always want cake pops and chocolate milk. I must say that Grayson will make his future wife very happy! He told me, "Mom, when I get married I am going to buy my wife Starbucks everyday because she will be happy and not tired like you!" Haha...the things kids say!!

Spring Break came and left!! Grayson was sick on/off with a high fever he couldn't shake. He had an ear infection and I guess it was just a rascal. Most of the week, we kept it low key and tried to venture out when he felt up for it.

We went to Grapevine (one of our fav local places) and made a trip to Legoland and the Rainforest Cafe. We also did a little shopping and hung out. The kids always love going out there!

The next day we had a play date at our house and a lot of my sweet friends and their kiddos came. It made our house feel like a home to host something with people over. Even though our house wasn't all put together it was still fun!! We had a little Easter themed play date with an Easter egg hunt and the almost 80 degree weather made it perfect!!

Hunting eggs at our neighborhood park

The rest of the week, we took it easy and the kids enjoyed just playing. In this house they have a playroom and they have been so excited to see their old toys...it was like Christmas. So they had plenty of days to stay in their pj's and explore all of their old stuff!

I started selling Thirty One. I am not sure what made me want to sell it. I guess when I looked at their catalog online and realized how cute their stuff was....and wanted to buy it all, I realized I should probably sell it. I want to be able to get great deals and be able to help others find super cute Thirty One stuff!! Some of you have asked for my direct site to order and you can find it HERE! If you would like to host a party, catalog party, or facebook party...let me know!

I also joined a spa in Forney called Planet Beach Contempo Spa. If you haven't visited, you should totally try it out. You can try out 3 services for free, just tell them you are a guest of mine! I am not selling anything with them...haha...I just love it!! My favorite services are the red light face therapy/massaging chair....oh my love! I have went every day since I joined Wednesday!

Other than working on the house, relaxing, and getting in as many cuddles as possible with the kids...that was our spring break. It was low key and it made me realize how excited I am to just keep it simple. For the past 8 years, I have had a big change in my life each year whether it was having a baby, being in grad school, switching jobs, etc. I am so excited to just be a mom and wife and, most importantly, to grow closer to God.

I will leave you with some random pics from the past couple of weeks and hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Me with my sweet nephew Liam. Please keep him in your prayers.

Making cupcakes!

They can be SO sweet!

It's Almost Time!!!

I am so stinkin' excited!!! It is almost time to move and I can't wait!! You know when you are so excited about something and a week seems forever away???? That's how I feel. As I have said before, I will totally miss living here at my in-laws but I am excited for everything to have a place and be organized!!! I know the kids are so excited to see all of their toys again. We close next week!!!

Luckily, we have been busy so it's not like we sit around just counting the hours. We have been enjoying Grayson's basketball games...and he has loved when family can come. This week Lala, Sawyer, and Jansen came!! A couple weeks before Mimi, Pawpaw, Aunt Cindy, Nana, Young Grandma, Amanda, and her little ones all came out!! He had his own little cheering section that day!

We also enjoyed some exciting events in our family!! My sister celebrated a birthday and sweet Liam was born a week later!! What a great gift!! He was a big boy at 8.8 lbs and he is doing great. He recently got a piece that will help with his bilateral cleft lip and palate! It's pretty adorable!!

My sister Megan and Liv

Precious Liam Michael is here

 We also have had some crazy weather around here. About a week ago, we had an ice day I was super bummed when I found out that Joey and Grayson's district had school and mine didn't. We had plans on seeing the Lego movie and thought it would have been perfect to see on a snow day. So, I relaxed a bit at home and then Ella and I brought Grayson lunch and I helped out at the school. I loved it!! I got to have a day to feel like a stay at home mom...it was pretty wonderful!! Then that afternoon we met up with one of Grayson's friends and his family and saw the Lego movie which was super cute!!

The night before he was 97% sure he wouldn't have school the next day

Ella sleeping with her Elsa, Anna, and Cristoff....Frozen is what it is all about!

Lunch with brother

And here is a summary of our past couple of weeks in pictures.....

Sunday selfies

The day I thought Joey rigged my fortune cookie

Love this book and is so helpful!!

Counselor's week gift from the student council..precious, right?

Celebrating my sister getting older!!!

Hot.mess.

This is how I prep to teach Sunday School (hey it's the 3 and 4 year olds)

Happy Valentine's to the ones who have our hearts!

Gloria's for counselor's week...love my job!

sitting.watching.waiting.

A collage of the women I admire...love each and every one of them!

I hope you all have a blessed week and hope to be posting pics of us all moved in within the next 2 weeks!!!

A legacy...

The last time I blogged was at the beginning of this month and for the most part this month has been pretty quiet, thankfully. Last Friday, I got a call at 6:15 a.m. that broke my heart. My Granny had passed away. I knew it was coming but it was still so hard. She was struggling with dementia and was 89. Part of me was relieved that she wasn't in that state anymore but the other part of me was so sad because the majority of my childhood memories include her. She was a strong and beautiful lady. She was widowed at a young age with 8 children. She worked hard to support them and was a loving mom. She was a wonderful Granny who loved butterflies, lilac, gardening, and cooking...and boy, was she a cook. She would always dress up me and Megan and get our pictures made at 'Penney's. She would take us to Furr's in her sweet Caprice Classic (lol) and let me and Megan play with all of her stuff. She has left an amazing legacy of many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren. We will miss her so much but are blessed to have had the time that we did with her.

We have been busy but trying to make time to relax and be lazy. Grayson started Upward basketball and loves it. He has a friend from school on his team so that makes it 10x more fun!!! Last week, he made 3 shots and we were pretty proud. Ella loves going to his games and "cheering" him on. She even wore a dress up cheerleader uniform to his first game.

I must say I love going to his games and seeing how stinkin' cute all of those Kindergarteners are! He is continuing to do well in Kinder and I can't say how blessed we are with his teachers and school. Amazing! He is learning Spanish and I am impressed!!


Ella is growing like a weed!! I swear she has to have a whole new wardrobe! She tells me it's because she eats mashed potatoes and green beans at school. She is obsessed with Frozen and sleeps with her Princess Anna and Queen Elsa every night!!! Here she is with her new big girl car seat...she is so proud and tells everyone we see that sits in a big girl seat now! 

The house is coming along and we will be moving in a month. We are so super excited but we will actually be bummed about moving out of Joey's parents. #1 It's free...haha. #2 We have gotten kind of attached and it will be sad for us and the kids. But on the other hand, I am excited to decorate and organize and feel like we have a routine down again. The house is done on the outside and pretty much on the inside except for floors and touch ups.

Shopping for furniture with these two equals a big, hot mess!!!

Other than that, we are just doing the day to day stuff like hanging out with friends and spending time together as a family.