Hey Friends!
Happy Tuesday!
This past weekend was full of fun, super festive, and included a couple firsts as well. With four kids {especially if one’s on your hip}, it can be hard to take pictures when we’re out, but I think you can see the fun we had this weekend, for sure.
Thursday afternoon-I brought my office to the couch. I worked with the fire on and it was oh, so cozy.
I try my best to have it all together 100% of the time. But let me tell you that never happens. Shay and I carpool to/from preschool with the little kids {minus Britt-this year}. Thursday afternoon I picked up and things were going so well. As I was loading kiddos in to the car, trying to keep everyone out of the street, I turned around to see this and just had to laugh. As a mom, we’re always juggling things and a lot of the game is just figuring out what you can let go of at the moment. For me on Thursday afternoon, it was the stroller. 🙂
Thursday evening, we partied hard for Meagan and Rob’s birthdays at the Shull house. SO MUCH FUN!
Friday night we watched Prancer with the kiddos. Do you guys remember that Christmas movie? It was a good one!
Saturday morning these sweet girls had their first volleyball game! And it was my coaching debut-ha! A while back Ebby Lee mentioned wanting to play volleyball and I offered up my coaching skills. She was STOKED! So we reached out to other girls in her grade at school and voila-a team was formed! {I should add-I began playing volleyball in fifth grade and played until I was a senior in high school. I attended volleyball camps, played club volleyball for several years, and even made All Tournament Teams and All District Teams. I’m saying all that to say-not in a braggy way-but I was good at it. But it’s something I haven’t done since high school! And why does that seem like so long ago?} Andrew volunteered to help me and at our first practice I had a hard time remembering some rules! EEK! So to say I was a little nervous on Saturday morning would be an understatement! ha!
Tab told me he’d taken a couple pictures at the game and as I was scrolling through his pictures I saw this. #fourthkidproblems It’s a good thing she loves Nixon. 🙂
I was SO PROUD of those girls!! We only had one practice before our first game and they’ve seriously come so far since then!
Ebby Lee had so much fun! {Which was my main goal for the season so WAHOO!}
Saturday afternoon, Nixon had his first basketball game. Complete mom fail-I forgot to take a picture AT the game, but I grabbed one at home right after.
We changed clothes, added some layers, and made our way to downtown McKinney for dinner. We had a delicious dinner at Sugarbacon. If you’re on the square, you should try it ASAP!
And then we walked over to meet this crew for the parade of lights.
Look at ALL THOSE KIDS!
A selfie with some of my favorite mamas!
And I’m stealing this from my friend, Brooke’s, Insta-Story. It was just a few minutes after this picture that Britt lost her mind. Maybe she got cold? Maybe there were too many people? I don’t know what happened. She was hanging with big kids and then decided she needed her mama, which is where my pictures end.
Oh, but one more of these cute mamas. 🙂
I held her for most of the parade. Then we borrowed a chair and watched the last few minutes of the parade snuggled up like this. Love this sweet girl of mine!
Bowen is a big fan of Mr. Craig!
We had the BEST night with a ton of our friends getting all kinds of festive for Christmas. 🙂
Sunday, we dedicated Britt at church. This means we committed to our church family to raise her under God’s direction and teach her about Jesus.
It was just a sweet, sweet time.
That girl. We love her big.
Sunday afternoon, it was these two and me at home with no groceries. I decided it was time for us to head to Trader Joe’s. I’d been a couple times but driving there I pass five grocery stores. FIVE. Time is of the essence when I’m grocery shopping so I think that’s why I’m not a die-hard Trader Joe’s fan. Or maybe I’ve just never gotten the right stuff?! I’m not sure. I left with goodies for dinner Sunday night-salmon, brussel sprouts, a salad kit, and ravioli {because the package said, “TRUFFLE RAVIOLI”, so I couldn’t resist.}. I also grabbed dinner for last night too. I’ve heard about that Orange Chicken from a ton of people but I’ve gotta say-I’m weird about chicken. #allme So, I’ve always resisted that. But this time I tried it-along with the fried rice.
I also want to add that Bowen’s outfit is what I was trying to document by the picture. He told me red and red {Nixon’s shirt}-it matches! #howcaniarguewiththat
And I’m pretty sure 90% of my town was squashed inside that Trader Joe’s on Sunday afternoon. I ran into two different friends but had to stop talking mid-sentence because my cart was being pushed down the aisle by the current of people! So many people!
If you have something you highly suggest at Trader Joe’s, please share with me! I tried to get the frozen pancakes, but they were sold out. I’d heard great things and they must be good considering #soldout.
Have a great day, friends!
XO
