Lake get-away

With a great weekend ahead of us we decided to make plans to spend the day at the lake. Ryan and his family and Mama and Papa were going to and we were excited to relax with one another and let the kids run off some steam outside. 

Hudson knows when he sees Ryan that some wrestling will be involved. Some days he is all about it and some days he runs. This particular day he spent most of the time crawling all over Ryan and going back for more!

Hadley is so good with Gunner and he just loves her too! He is the smiliest baby and all you have to do is look at him to get him to grin. Hadley adores holding an itty bitty baby and so he got lots of attention!

The kids being techies for a bit. We put a stop to this and soon they were outside playing again. Unfortunately, it was a little chillier than we had anticipated and brought us indoors for much of the day.

Up from a nap and already happy.

Hudson loves his baby fix too and is so gentle with Gunner. His favorite thing to do is tickle him and try to make him giggle.

While the others were inside Hadley and I went out to play on the swings and have some fun together. She is growing up so fast so I will take every minute I can get.

Hudson decided to bury Spiderman. We may have sand coming out of Spiderman for days. He thought it was the most hilarious thing once he was completely covered.

Drawing in the freezing wet sand and looking forward to summer:

We had a great time and it makes me so excited for the summer. With a 6 and 3 year old I think this may be our best summer yet and we will probably be out there ALOT! Now we just have to continue to pray for rain and a wet, wet spring.

Beanbag pictures

Matt's new beanbag he got for Christmas has become quite the photo prop for me lately! I love sticking it in front of the window and getting some pretty cute pictures of the kids. Hudson typically fights me and I rarely get a smile unless he is goofing around. Hadley will pose for me all day and as long as I let her make up whatever poses she wants, she will always give me the sweetest smile. These are a few we took the other day before leaving for the lake. 

Growing up

There are times where I just look at the kids playing and realize how quickly they are growing up. They are becoming less dependent on my attention every second and can entertain themselves pretty well. They play great together (most of the time) and have full conversations now. This particular day I walked in to them playing with play-doh and Hudson had convinced Hadley to make him a dinosaur. 

Smiling because he was playing with the candle, like he had been told not to several times already.

And pouting because I obviously didn't think it was funny and told him no once again. Meanwhile, Hadley is still working hard to make him a dinosaur while he goofs around.

Finished product. They decided on a dragon instead and thats why it has wings.

Giving sissy a hug for all her help.

Hadley was done with that and decided to go play with some dolls. Hudson said he wanted to cut some paper so I got him some scissors and paper to practice with. He has pretty good hand-eye coordination and can do pretty great with scissors.

And just a couple more pictures to show this little guy getting bigger. He decided he wanted scrambled eggs for dinner but insisted on making them himself. Daddy had to oversee the whole project and step in a couple times but he actually did most of it himself. He wants to be even bigger than he is!

The days are long but the years are short! Seems to be our motto right now with the terrible threes in full effect. We have lots of tantrums and attitudes but Hudson still manages to bring so much light to our life. It is really fun watching him grow!

Christmas with Grandma and Jody

Daddy went to the OSU bowl game yesterday at the Cotton Bowl and the kids and I stayed home playing and watching movies. We woke up early and excited to go celebrate another Christmas...this time with Papa's side of the family. We got dressed and ready to go, packed some snacks for the road, and were ready to get on our way. 

But before we left I talked Hadley into letting me take a few pictures of her...

My favorite!

Growing up just way too fast!

Of course, the very first thing we had to do when we got to Jody's house was visit the rooster at Jonell's house across the street! Hudson loves this rooster and has to visit him each time we get to Grandma's house.

These kids love the leaves, trees, dirt, and wide open spaces to play!

I apparently put the camera down and just forgot to take anymore pictures. We had a great time eating lots of food, opening presents, and playing outside on a gorgeous day. The girls loved playing with their new nerf guns and the boys loved their trucks. We all got way too spoiled by Jody as she does every year! It was the last of our Christmas celebrations but a great one.