Bestfriends wedding!

So, my best friend, Brittany got married this past weekend!! The wedding was beautiful.. and all of us girls had a great weekend prepping for the wedding.. lots of pampering and laughter!! Such great memories were made!!

Looking forward to a lifelong journey of happiness with my friends!! I love weddings... And have decided Tj and me will definitely be celebrating with a ceremony.. he would rather wait 10 years... but I'm thinking my original date for the Ice Princess wedding in December of 2013 will be absolutely perfect!

Did I mention I got my husband to dance with me?? For those that know him, you know what a HUGE accomplishment this was... and I didn't even have to beg, bribe, or drag him kicking and screaming!!! And I absolutely loved it!! Only made me fall that much deeper in love with him.. everytime I think I can't love him any more.. he amazes me once again! :)

Field trip fun!!

So I went with Jazzie on her 4-H fieldtrip and survived!! 70 some-odd hormonal/pre pubescent 12 year olds in one spot can work a number on ya!! We practiced archery, hiking, and rock wall climbing in efforts to teach the kids the meanings of team work, patience, and listening skills... needless to say, some needed more help in those areas than others! Day two they got to canoe and fish.. And they were all truly a sight to see!!

Overall, I think that a great time was had by all!! Although, the adult Chaperones that got to get away to build the campfire will be having laughs for a long time to come!!

Looking forward to going in later years with the boys!!

But while I had a great time.. I missed the rest of my immensely!! And having to come to work tonight without getting time to spend with them... Well.. that just stinks!!

Making memories

It's been awhile since I've posted.. and I really don't have much of an excuse.. in fact.. I don't have an excuse at all. And this is a little past due.. but I'm guessing better late than never.

This year, I had to work the night of Easter.. We woke up to 5 excited babies since it was obvious by the baskets, that the Easter bunny had been to our house! Sebastian was especially excited to see 5 baskets laid out in a row in the living room!! He felt the need to go back and forth to them all... even after it had been designated as to who's was whose! It was too cute. Xander on the other hand felt it was necessary to dig to the very bottom of the basket to make sure there wasn't any goodies hidden!!

We then headed off to Sunday morning church, and enjoyed a great service!! We are really so happy to have gotten back into church! And our church has an amazing youth program, and the kids absolutely love it!!

When we got home, it was time to hunt Easter eggs.. We let Bastian and Xander have a head start.. and once Bastian figured out the name of the game.. he was on a roll!! He would find eggs that his daddy and I missed! Xander even got in on the action crawling to get his!!

Was a magnificent day.. And I'm so grateful for the memories we are building.. I was a little worried at the beginning of the year when I took a 30% pay cut when I would no longer be working weekends.. but I have absolutely loved being home with my family on the weekends!!

You know your living it up...

When you're the last to leave Chuck E Cheese's!!! We took the kids tonight for dinner... and it was actually pretty enjoyable, seeing as it wasnt the chaotic mass mayhem of a Saturday afternoon!! It was Sebastian and Xander's first time, and Bastian didn't know what to think of the singing and dancing characters!! He preferred riding the toddler rides, (not the monstrosity of a horse ride daddy tried to put him on!) And walking aimlessly around taking in all the lights and sounds. His favorite game is still skee ball... we could spend an hour on one token, cause he throws the ball.. and it rolls back down.. he throws the ball up... you get the idea. :)

By the time we left, we had spent nearly 3 hours in there.. and I think all 5 babies were asleep before we made it home. When we laid the baby boys down, Xander was fussing.. so while daddy ran to the grocery store.. Momma got in some Xander snuggles as he snuggled into my shoulder and drifted off to sleep. This is what dreams are made of... my dreams.. of time spent with my family.. times full of smiles and laughter. Times that I hope to hang onto for a long time to come!!

Zoo times

Last year we went ahead and bought a family zoo pass, (mainly because its become so expensive) and it quickly became one of our favorite things to do!! Not because the Little Rock zoo is so great, cause let's face it.. there are much better zoos.. (that are free no less!) But because it was something outdoors, all the kids love it, and it provides some sort of exercise.. Not to mention, that once we paid our membership, we could go as often as we wanted.. for free!! (With 5 kids, I'm all about cheap/free entertainment!!)

So today we took Sebastian and Xander to renew our membership, and check out the new penguin exhibit.. and to try out the new dual stroller! Which we loved!!

Xander was content to just stroll around, as long as he had something to eat or drink within arms reach.. Sebastian on the other hand, decided he was far too big, and much too nosy to be stuck in a stroller with a baby all day!! I was worried that I may have to eat the words "I will never put a leash on my baby!", but he did so good!! Never wandering off too far in front of us, and always returning to our side when we yelled "TAYLOR JAMES!! :)

I thought the penguin would be his favorite... but he became so fascinated with the gorilla and apes.. Going on and on in his babble, I'm sure telling us everything we ever could have imagined about the furry creatures that ran around, often reminding us of Sebastian himself! This is also where we learned Sebastian had added a new word to his vocabulary. Water. He was going on and on, pointing to this and that, and then pointing at the little pond, ever so clearly was "water", quickly resumed by his incomprehensible babble. :)

He is getting so big.. way too fast! :( Pretty soon he will be babbling about some girl he has fallen in love with, and I'll just pretend its all still just baby babble that I don't understand, and just keep nodding my head.

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Bathtime Buddies

It makes life so much easier now that both boys take baths together!! Although, Sebastian thought it was great fun to splash his brother and I.. but now that Xander has learned to splash back.. he doesn't think its so cool!! And its all fun and games until one of them decides the bath would be better if it was a brown muddy color!!! Then your running and scrambling trying to get them both out and bathed in another part of the house... Xander has been tossed in the bathroom sink before!!

I got a holiday from work tonight (which means 30 minutes prior to leaving for work, they call and offer you the opportunity to stay home... I don't usually know how to say no!), so we spent another beautiful afternoon fishing, riding four wheelers, and planning the 2nd annual Bryant tiki party which will also be Sebastian and Xander's birthday party. This year we will be roasting a whole hog and renting a huge inflatable waterslide!! It's gonna be so much fun!!

We are planning to take the two babies to the zoo in the morning, to check out the new penguin exhibit. It's supposed to be another beautiful day and what better excuse to try out the dual stroller that we FINALLY got!! So I'm sure I will have more pictures to share tomorrow!!

Lazy Day Sunday afternoons

Have I mentioned I LOVE this time of year?? Missed church this morning since I was so exhausted after working last night.. and I spent the morning dozing in my chair as my family went along with their daily activities.

Nanna came and spent the early part of the afternoon with us.. taking the time to bathe the boys and heading to get us all pizza for an early dinner.

Bastian of course wanted to go outside... so we all followed suite... Such a beautiful day!!! I absolutely love our house and where its at.. semi country life with a huge back yard so all our kiddos can play. Tj mowed the front yard while the babies and I putzed around on the 4 wheeler down by our pond.

A lazy day.. with nothing to do. But spend our day doing absolutely nothing... except spending quality time with our family.. making memories that will last forever and a day.

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