Happy Valentines Day!

Thanks to Pinterest we made some awesome Valentines! We also made the kids some special hearts for their doors. They were such a hit they'll definitely become a tradition!

The kids loved these so much! Harper and Cooper kept asking me to read them theirs! Cooper told me "every time I walk by my door and see my hearts I smile"

First Beach Trip of 2012

On January 22 we were still enjoying awesome weather. We went to Melbourne and ate at Frankie's (BEST.WINGS.EVER.) with Heather and Robbie and their kids, then we did some shopping and went to the beach for a bit, just to walk around. The kids put their toes in the water and swore it wasn't cold, but I wasn't finding out....We had an awesome weekend!

Miss super cool listening to daddy's headphones in the car

Levi after baseball practice

Harper and Levi at Frankie's

Cooper with his toes in the water

Huge Family Trip to Disney

On January 27th we went to Disney....29 of us went to Disney...I'm sorry Walt...but we had a blast!!! Adam went on Rockin Roller Coaster, and he doesn't like roller coasters, Cooper went on it too, it was his first upside down roller coaster. Harper was super brave and went on Tower of Terror...maybe I traumatized her for life....she was a little upset when she got off to say the least! It was the perfect day for Disney, warm and cloudy and almost no wait for most of the rides. The fireworks were magical as always and the way Cinderella's Castle lights up at night is spectacular! There's more photos on my photo page

Just a few of all the kids

Chasity and Peanut

Baylee and Carissa

In line for Tower of Terror

Chip and Dale and the kids...and Adam

LOVE the castle at night!

it doesn't happen often, so when it does I gotta have proof

 After over 12 hours Peanut finally got some ice cream, she was so tired she had to lay down to eat it

Heather, Holly, Shane, Adam and Chad

Trip to St. Petersburg...FL not Russia

Adam was helping out with the church's youth group for TNT, they went to St Petersburg to compete in sporting events and me and the kids tagged along! It was lots of fun, especially the ride to there and back with our kids plus three teenagers! The flag football was fun to watch but I especially enjoyed the girls volleyball....never watched volleyball before but I did enjoy it.

 Harper, Chase and Malachi playing great together:

If there's a tree, Cooper will climb it

Doesn't matter where he is or who he's with, Cooper wants his Ducks first thing in the morning

 the hotel had free breakfast, after eating Harper showed Malachi and Chase her new Leappad

Look at that sleepy head

Coop found another tree to climb

Look at how handsome Chase is:

Baylee and Delany 

"use at your own risk", a dangerous Pepsi machine 

Downtown Disney and T-Rex Cafe

On January 14th we had one of our only cold spells of the year, we had made reservations at the T-Rex cafe for that day so we were headed to Downtown Disney. The T-Rex cafe was awesome!!! Expensive, but awesome! After eating we walked around and watched a show until we were so cold we couldn't take it anymore. The crazy tourist were still out in full force and even though the temp was in the low 50's they were playing in the water....CRAZY! Here are some pictures, there's a lot more on the picture page of my blog:

this one is from 2010

this one is from 2012

Snow in Florida!

On December 17th we had snow in Harmony! Real cold snow! The Town of Harmony brought snow in for the Winter Festival. It was hot out that day so the cold snow was a real treat!

There was even a slide so the kids could "sled" down...

Cooper's Birthday Post...a little late

Better late that never....On December 20th my little bubby wubby best friend turned 7! I was off that day and we had lots of fun...we started with a trip to Bass Pro to see santa. Of course if you go to Bass Pro you gotta go to Shepler's

Look at my Cowboy Cooper!!

After that we went to Dave and Busters and played lots of fun games!

Welcome 2012

Can't believe it's 2012 all ready! We had a busy end to the year. Cooper turned 7 and we celebrated it with a sleepover with one of his favorite friends George. This is always great cause Baylee and his sister Maddie are great friends too...and the best part: they are the most polite, well behaved kids ever!! It's actually easier having all 5 of the kids together than it is just having our three because they play so well together! But I had a mommy fail moment and didn't take any pictures. The weather here in FL for the month of December was unseasonably hot! That meant Christmas came and went and didn't really feel like Christmas at all....

What else is new...hmmm.....Adam and I celebrated our 10 years anniversary! Wow that went by fast! Oh...and for an anniversary gift I got a new Tahoe!!

We've got lots of fun things packed for 2012!!! Can't wait to get this year started!!!