Weekend....

I haven't blogged since the shooting. There are no words to describe how I feel about it. I couldn't look at Facebook or the news Friday. It's unbearable and my heart aches so much for the victims' families. My prayers are with them especially during this time of year, it has to be so so hard for them. The whole gun issue is driving me insane too. I'm fixing to start packin' everywhere I go. 

Last week Jake and I stopped by to see little G.T. :) (Graham Teff). When we were leaving I told Jake to tell him bye. He said "ohh I want to pet him" .. so cute! I asked if he wanted one (a little baby) to bring home .. he wasn't real sure about that :) I'm not either...  not right now anyway. I did love me some baby G though!  What a sweetheart!!!!!!!! 

:)

Random pic - but I am so excited about our new cedar posts on the back patio! Beautiful! They still have some work to be done... trimming and what not. 

Jake @ William's bday party... playing with the train set. Jake is going to love what Santa is bringing him!!!! ;)

Christmas party @ the Douglas' ... me and Tara

My handsome man ;)

The host and I :) She did an amazing job on the party! 

Jake got some new ornaments from his Kikki and he was putting them on the tree... love him so so much. 

He picked out this one.... :)

These are all his new ones... he was so excited! I love the fox one.... 

One more work day and I am done this week. Josh is working late all week so he can have off Friday. Looking forward to this weekend... lots of family time! 

Have a wonderful week 

~ Lindsey

***In the Christmas Spirit***

Christmas is in the air! Have I got my shopping done? Ummm no! ha! I took Jake with me the other day and I think I ended leaving town with two gifts, a mad 2 year old, and a bad headache! I'll be getting a sitter next time. He's usually pretty good but I had about 500 errands to run before we even went to the mall, he was over it! We've been just hanging out around the house and not doing much. Josh has been super busy at work though. :( After the first of the year he will be gone a lot. I will be busy with getting back in the groove of school, only two classes but I will probably be overwhelmed haha! I haven't been in 4 years and I didn't have a kiddo at the time either! lol! 

Here are some random pics in my phone over the last couple of weekends... 

Girls night at 21 West End. So ready to go back! 

Breakfast with Santa, along with some fun activities! 

Snowman face paint :) 

Brock and Jake ... little buddies :)

My treasures! haha! An apron and a Wal-Mart bag holder! I love them!

My fence post snowmen! WHY didn't I think of this? I am not creative. 

These two are crazy... I seriously have to break them apart all day... fighting over toys! (You can see Jake has it in his hand in this picture ha!)

I know, why does my kid still have a pacifier? We are transitioning from crib to big boy bed... maybe it's more of a comfort for me than him! :/ He gets up in the middle of the night and crawls in my bed... (something I said I would never ever let happen)... I've been working on it hard but some mornings (like in this pic) I just can't say no. 

He sure loves his bed though! He just wants me to lay in it with him haha! 

Friday night we went to the Alma Christmas parade... Jake was in his "serious" mode.. taking it all in... he loves his cousin Kate :) 

The fire truck was super loud and scared Jake. He kept saying he wanted to go in... (inside the police dept) ...

Hanging out with another cousin... Mr. Aiden! Jake never caught on to running out in the road catching the candy haha! Aiden was getting all the candy for us... sweet boys!

Popo and Kikki with the kiddos. So sweet...

Jake is at the stage where he grabs your hand and makes you come in his room. He told me "sit down in my bed momma". He then starts telling me about the parade and how the firetruck was loud and that he wanted to go inside. All while being so serious. He cracks me up! 

I can not believe Christmas is in two weeks! I need to get busy! I always have such big plans of getting shopping done early and this year I haven't done anything haha! No wrapping or anything, it's going by too fast! 

Hope everyone has a lovely week! 

Lindsey

A blog in pictures...

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We did.... we ate more than ever this year, I think we had more houses to go to this year. Fine with me! More food! ha!

One of my very favorite traditions is our "night before Thanksgiving" dinner at Olive Garden! So fun :)

Two of my favorite ladies in my life... sister and momma :)

PoPo and the kiddos... 

:) :) :)

Thanksgiving at Nanny's.... dad and uncle playing some music

of couuuuurse Jake had to go see the big equipment.... 

Just swingin'

Looking at ToysRus sale ads haha

Eating grapes with Miss Kate

We had a bonfire and made s'mores! 

Ok - so black Friday - I got a FAKE tree. Yes, a fake one and I'm real sad about it. I looooove my real trees, picking one out, the way they smell and look so neat... but me and Jake both were so sick with allergies last year so we had to do away with the real ones... BOO! I got a 7 ft one (wish I would have went taller now) pre-lit with color and white lights haha - with a remote control that has fading options LOL! I keep telling Josh that's my favorite part....seriously it is... and Jake's too :)

So I set it all up and "fluffed" it which made me super mad and annoyed lol... and Jake woke up to see it all ready to be decorated... (which wasn't until a few days later....) :/ 

Whitey Tighty's :) We are starting to potty train buuuuut it's not going so well lol! He's not quite ready :) That's ok. I hear boys take longer...... 

He is also climbing out of his bed... allllllllll the time... time to move to a toddler bed... 

I met him in the hallway.... he has been coming in my room waking me up... ha!

Moving on to the tree ........

We finally decorated it. 

I had the BEST helper! He was so precious and so excited about all the ornaments! I just smiled and laughed at him the whole time. 

He would hug them and love on them..... haha

First year I had to decorate without Josh.... but it's ok since my little Josh Jr helped me ... what a sweetie! 

Josh has been in Kansas all week hunting... ready for him to be back this weekend... if only he brings home a big one ;) 

Goodness this little boy looks like his daddy! :) Love him!

Tonight I'm going to dinner with some girlfriends.. looking forward to a yummy dinner... after a week of NO cooking... all I've had is cereal! :) Don't worry, I fed Jake well! ;)

Happy Weekend ~

Lindsey

Weekend Reeeeeeeeecap

Friday night was Holiday Market/Girl's Night Out = absolute BLAST! Saturday night was our bonfire = MORE  FUN! Sunday was Thanksgiving at Nanny's = THE BEST! A few pics to sum up the weekend... it was a great one for sure! 

Holiday Market

I spent more time here than shopping... ha! YUMMM!

OK maybe more time here... I have a bunch of these little pictures... I'll spare you with them all .. but here is one :) SO FUN!

Glowing eyes! Love these girls! Such a fun group! Laughed til I cried... 

Love my sista' in law aka "Heaber" ;)

At tha' BONFIRE ... 

Why yes, we do have a lot of fun in the backwoods... while everyone else was asleep me and Angela killed us some beavers LOL!

My lova' lova'

Ahhhh 

TARA and myself... LOVE her!

@ Nanny's... 

What a big boy! So handsome.... 

Happy Thanksgiving Week!!!

~Lindsey