Snow White and Belle

Not a whole lot to say but look at these sweet, sweet girls!  This is what we do ALL day long!

My favorite picture!!

5 Minutes

I just wanted to share 5 minutes of my day with everyone.  Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures.

5:05--The kids are hungry and Peyton requests cereal and Presley mac and cheese. Fine with me. I get the cereal out and Peyton is mad that she didn't get to pour the cereal so I have to dump the cereal back into the bag and start over. Meanwhile Presley is pulling and whining on my leg for me to pick her up and get her food ready.  So I pick her up and put her is her chair and put Mac and Cheese in microwave and help Peyton pour milk in her bowl.

5:06--Peyton is now in her chair and is just about to take her first bite when she starts crying because she is cold (she is wearing a dress because she is OBSESSED with wearing dresses) so I try and get her to change into pants and a shirt and she does not like that idea so we decide to keep on the dress and wrap her in her blanket.  Now Presley food is done and I give it to her.  

5:07-- Peyton is now upset yet again because while she was crying about being cold her cereal has gotten soggy and she can't eat it.  Presley doesn't want Mac and Cheese any more and has flung it across the counter and is sreaming her head off because I take her down from the counter to clean it up.  So now I have both girls mad and screaming!  So I am cleaning the counters and floors and trying to reason with Peyton, when Peyton takes her blanket off her shoulders and flings onto the counter knocking over a cup holding baby fish in it! (Yes, one of our new fish, in the 4 days we have had them had babies.  I tried to save them by taking them out of the tank and place them in a  cup of nice bottled water...that ended up killing them after a while. I will tell that story another time)  

5:08-- So now I have baby fish somewhere on my counter and both girls crying still.  So I am panicking trying to find these fish and keep them alive, cleaning up Mac and Cheese and trying to get someone to eat soggy cereal.  I do manage to capture the baby fish put them up high so nothing can knock them over again and explain to them that can fish can be out of water and still breathe.  My cellphone is now ringing....

5:09--So now Peyton is cold again and is still crying for several reasons now.  She still wants to wear her dress and is cold, her cereal is soggy and now her blanket is wet from spilling the fish. Presley is pulling on my clothes for me to put her back in her chair , so I put her in her chair and she is still upset throwing her sippy cup on the floor. I re-make the Mac and Cheese and make a fresh bowl of cereal.  Peyton doesn't want the cereal anymore and Presley still doesn't want Mac and Cheese.

5:10--My cellphone is ringing again.....so frustrated I switch the meals.  I give Presley cereal. She eats it. I give Peyton the Mac and Cheese. She eats it.  And then the girls are happy, laughing and smiling like the last five minutes never happened.  Me on the other hand am exhauted!!!  Cellphone still ringing......I finally answer it.  It is Trevor. "Hey babe, what do you want to do for dinner?"  AHHHHHHH

Pete, Molly and Blanco

Well they are here.  We brought home 3 fish tonight!  The girls are sooo excited about them and just hang out in front of the fish tank.  The girls named them Pete, Molly, and Blanco.  Pete looks like he is shock so we home he makes it...

Peyton holding the fish on the car ride home.

Home Sweet Home.

Molly is on the left, Blanco is middle and Pete is the black fish.  He is hard to see in this picture but he is to the right of the mermaid.

Coming Soon to Our Home....

FISH.  Yes, Trevor had this brilliant idea that we should get the girls a fish.  I thought it was going to be a goldfish that we could put in a "jar" in Peyton's room......well, we took the girls yesterday to pick out the fish and now we have a nice size fish tank in my hall way, and it looks like we will have about 9 fish!  Thats right, no more goldfish.  We are now getting some Tropical community fish :)  The girls thought these were way prettier.  Unfortunately, we couldn't take home any fish until their new home has been filtered for a few days.  The girls were a little disappointed but did get to help put the tank together.  In the next few days  they can go pick out 3 fish, then add 3 more and so on.  Trevor did promise me (I was a little hesitant) that I would NEVER have to clean it...that him and Peyton would do that together. I will keep you posted on that promise.

Trev and girls washing the rocks

Cleaning the plants

Adding the accessories

And finally, filling up the tank with water!

I will let you know when the fish arrive!

Snow Day!

Yesterday was snow day at Peyton's school!  The kids had so much fun.  The little boys jumped right in while the girls tried not to get wet or dirty!  So cute!  Peyton did manage to throw a few snow balls at her mom!!! I love these days at school, they do such a great job!

Peyton, Joey and Lilly

The whole class (sorry so dark, lighting was bad)

Peyton and her buddy Blake

Snow Angels!

Hanging with the girls

Snow!!!!!

Pretty Princesses

We had some family over to watch the Cardinals game on Saturday.  Not only did everyone get to watch the game, they also got to dress up like princesses.   Peyton actually dressed us all up and then she took the picture.  Uncle Kevin is always such a good sport!  Singne, Lindsay, and I actually like to dress up :)  Aren't we pretty?  And the Cardinals won so it looks like we will be dressing up again on Saturday!

Lindsay, Kevin, Meghan, and Singne

Baby Darian

Our good friends John Clayton and Sammie Dempsey had a beautiful baby boy over the holiday.  He is perfect and sweet as can be :)  John's daughter Brooklyn is now a big sister and got to have sleep over so daddy could get some rest.  Congrats to the whole family!

Brooklyn and Peyton

Baby Darian

New Year's in Vegas

Every year we spend the New Year's Eve with our best friends, Brendan and Jamie, in Las Vegas.  This year we decided to go to Kid Rock at the Palms and ring the new year in with him.  Kid Rock was soooo amazing and we had so much fun.  I tried getting pictures of Kid Rock performing but none of them turned out!  Thanks for having out there Bren and Jam, we love you guys :) Happy New Year!

Jam and Meg

KID ROCK!!!!!

The Ladies