The Heflins Are Moving!

We are so excited that the Heflins are moving from the other side of the river to our side of the river! They are moving into the house on the family farm. The house needs a ton of work but THAT is what friends are for!

 

They spent their first weekend that it was open there. We went down to see them and help for a bit on Sunday evening. We ordered pizza and took them champagne.

 

Sawyer eating pizza on the "clean" carpet. They removed every bit of flooring and painted every single wall. Alex and I helped wash walls, tape, and paint. It was fabulous!

Poor Ella didn't feel well so she napped. Charlotte helped paint. Emily was as good as she always is!

We are so happy to have them closer!!!!

She will hate me for posting this BUT it was so funny!

We love them and know that having them closer means we will get to see them more!!

 

Happy New House, friends. Congratulations :)

Pool Day With The Bests

On June 28, 2013, we had a fabulous little pool day with Jodi and the girls. We headed down to Mom and Dad's house around 10 am that morning. Jodi was also babysitting her neighbor girl but I didn't feel appropriate taking a bunch of pictures of someone I don't know so I didn't include her in the pictures. Seemed a big creepy, ya know??

For whatever reason, we basically had individual pictures this day :)

The only boy. Love this eyelashes.

Pretty princess Emily.

Charlotte had her legs spread apart resting on the arms of the chair.

Such a lady.

Mom and Dad's backyard is like an adventure land to kids. Rocks, water, bridge, a pool...what more could you want???

Something is just so funny!!!

I assumed it's this guy right here.

She was like a fish even though the water was about 50 degrees.

Ella wasn't a fn of how cold the water was so she was more of a spectator/lifeguard.

We had a great day. We played, had lunch, Charlotte threw some pretty great fits, etc. It was a great day!!!

Thanks for playing with us, friends. We love our time with you.

We're Gonna Party Like It's My Birthday

The 22nd of June was a very long day for our family. It started with the Lincoln-Douglas Run/Walk, then the parade, then a little birthday shindig at our house planned by myself, and a little dance/fun times up at Old Settler's Days.

After the parade, the kids and I headed home. I needed to finish cleaning the house for some friends and family to come over for snacks and drinks. The kids went down for a nap and I was able to get some stuff done. As I was cleaning, cooking, and what not, I got a big surprise!! Anne Marie showed up! She had said she couldn't come to help celebrate my birthday with me (and I was bummed.) But she DID show up. She drove up from Jeff City Saturday morning to be with us! So we ordered Monical's pizza and we hung out and played! The kids were super excited to see her...as was I.

Everyone started coming to hang out and drink and play around 5:30.

Sweet Baby Eliza came with her Mommy and Dady.

Is she not the cutest little girl in the world????

My kids come on very strong. Very strong. They intimidate the crap out of shy kids.

Anne Marie went to see a friend of hers and when she got back to my house for the food, drinks and fun, she brought ANOTHER surprise with her!!! Aunt Kathy drove all of the way up, all by herself (for the first time) and she came to party!!

My two surprises!!

I am so happy they came!!!

Chad and Bare...probably watching the Cardinals play

Sawyer loves pretty girls! Here he is giving Erin a kiss. So sweet.

Sawyer also loves his crazy Papa. Dad does this thing with his cheeks and mouth and the kids go wild.

Eliza started to warm up to Charlotte and Sawyer. She even sat in the rocking chair with her.

Sisters. Laughing at someone. Or something.

Love my sisters.

And I love this guy right here. He loves me so much that he can't even sleep through the night.

Food, friends,family, and...... shots. We enjoyed some Rum Chata.

Around 7 pm, Mom and Dad took the kids and headed home. They were having a slumber party with Gigi and Papa so that Momma and Daddy could party like rockstars. Jessica, Anne, Mary, Chad, Erin, Zach, Alex, and I all headed up to Old Settler's Days. Jake Maurer and his band from Nashville were playing at the square. We parked a few blocks away and we had a small bar in the back of the Tahoe.

Alex was being the bartender.

We all had a bit of tasty deliciousness in our cups. We were trying to fly under the radar.

Jake and the Naked Truth

The town square was hopping

(And Erin, her friend, Jodi, and I dominated this little dance floor before the night was over.)

We invited a few more people to our bar.

Classy? Not so much. Think ahead type of people? Yes.

Aunt Kathy had a great time. She LOVED Jake. She got a CD and got her name in good. Then John came and got her and took her to Mom and Dad's house to bed.

The rowdy crowd!!

Derrick, Jodi, and Alex. Clearly a good time is being had.

After the show was finished up at the square, we headed over to a townie bar and had some more fun. We ran into random people from high school. I drank ENTIRELY way too much. I finally made it home safe thanks to my amazing husband who took such great care of me. I had so much fun!! I should have stopped drinking 2 hours before I did. BUT you only turn 31 once and this is the first birthday since I was 27 that I can drink and have a good time. (I was pregnant at 28, breastfeeding at 29, and pregnant at 30.) A great time was had.... but I probably won't drink again for quite awhile....

A Night At The Heflins

Jodi and I made big plans for us to get together. We wanted to be able to hang out, have some drinks, and not worry about having to drive home. Jodi invited us over for dinner, drinks, and a slumber party. So we took them up on it. The kids and I headed over to their house around 5 pm on that Saturday. It had been raining off and on all day. So annoying. However, once we got to their house, the clouds parted and the kids were able to play outside.

How pretty is this girl???

She is such a great baby...even if whenever I talk to her she gives me odd looks... you know the kind where you are certain she just might be cursing at you in her head???

Charlotte gets so excited to go see her "friend" and "Baby Heminy".

These girls just dominated the back yard. They were wet and had sand everywhere at the end of all of this.

Sawyer loves Emily. He gets right in her face to talk to her.

My kids come on very strong...they usually freak other kids out.

Love this one.

We played with the kids, fed them, bathed them, and made them happy. As usual, it is the moms' job to make sure all is good with the babes. The guys were supposed to be grilling. Three hours later, they finally came inside with pork chips that tasted like leather. I do believe they were a bit over done.

I love Ella's PJ's.

I want their cat. I love Oscar. He is amazing.

Charlotte and Ella were fighting over this stool. Ella had taken a break from guarding it while I took this picture.

This was Charlotte's nervous face as Ella was crying and getting talked to by her mom. Charlotte told me that "Eyya" needs a "Yaya".

She is beautiful. 

To top off the night, the kids had ice cream cones.

They love that ice cream....each other.

We had an amazing. The little kids were in bed by 8 pm and the two older girls were asleep by 10 pm. Alex and Derrick sat and talked outside for a LONG time. Jodi and I had girl talk and mommy time. We both went to check on kids, laid down and never came back out to each other. It was funny. When I woke up at 2:30 am to move from point A to point B, Alex and Derrick were still awake talking, drinking, eating, and playing some sort of game. They were instructed to go to bed. :)The night was great. 

We all went to IHOP the next morning.(Derrick almost passed on IHOP. He wasn't feeling very amazing.) We looked horrid. The kids wore jammies. No one wanted to sit by us...and we got a few odd looks. Oh well, we needed the food!  Great times were had by all. Charlotte cried most of the way home. She just loves her Aunt Jodi, Eyya, and Baby Heminy... she doesn't normally acknowledge Derrick.