Welcome Landyn, First Wedding & Happy 4th

So, I know...it's been a month since I've posted anything and I said I would be better about that. Forgive me though, I am getting up in the middle of the night and just exhausted come 5:00, so again blogging has taken a back seat. We are doing well though and adjusting to being a famiy of 5. We feel blessed w/ Landyn as she is an easy baby and Greyson and Davis just adore her! Here is a little bit of what has been going on w/ us over the past month.

Last week some of my dear sweet friends had a meet & greet one evening for Landyn. It was so fun to see friends that I haven't seen in a while and to show my sweet girl off! Thanks Sara, EB & Heather for such a fun evening!

 

Last Thursday we packed up the car and headed to Frisco for the weekend. Greyson & Davis were in their first wedding. Our very first adopted Aggie Lauren, that we have know since before Greyson was born got married. Greyson was the ring bearer, Davis was the flower girl and I must say they looked pretty darn cute. They did a great job walking down the aisle, and for those of you wondering...yes, we bribed them to do so :) We felt very honored to be a part of Mark & Lauren's special day and are so excited for them!

 

 

 

We had a relaxing 4th of July. We spent the evening w/ our sweet Patsy (one of our Aggies). We went to dinner and then headed to watch the fireworks. Greyson and Davis loved them, Landyn slept thru them :)

 

 

 

And speaking of our sweet little Landyn, here she is sleeping during the fireworks. She is growing and changing every day and just as sweet as she can be. On Monday she will be 5 weeks-where does the time go?

 

Introducing...

Our sweet baby girl!!

Landyn Joy DeVore
June 7, 2010
7:17 a.m., 7lb 80z

 

Very proud and excited big brother and sister

 

 

We are so thankful for a safe delivery and a healthy baby. Thank you for all of your prayers.

Other April things & May

In April we enjoyed the Bluebonnet Festival in Chappell Hill. The kids had a great time riding the kiddie rides, getting their faces painted, and seeing the animals in the petting zoo.

 

 

 

The bluebonnets were beautiful this year. Here was our attempt at a picture of the kids together. As you can see a little less than cooperative, but memorable none the less.

 

I had a wonderful Mother's Day w/ my sweet family. It was a relaxing afternoon of just the 4 of us.

 

Greyson's class did a Mother's Day Tea for all the mother's. It was a sweet time of just Greyson and I getting to spend together. His teachers asked each of the kids some questions and read aloud each of their answers. Here was mine...
"My mother has blue eyes and brown hair. She is 2 years old. My mother is prettiest when she has pretty toes. My mother is funniest when she plays tea party with me. My mother likes to play cars with me. I like her to cook pankcakes, I don't like her to cook spicy food. She likes me to help her cook. We like to sing together."

 

This little missy is so excited to be a big sister! We are in the final countdown...3more days! We will finally get to meet our sweet little baby on Monday. I promise to post pictures sooner than later :)

 

Summer is here and we have been enjoying lots of time outside in the pool! The kids have done private swim lessons over the past 2 weeks and I am so impressed with the progeress they are making. Greyson has become very comfortable swimming on his own and is starting to perfect his arm stroking. Davis is becoming more comfortable each day and I know will catch up to her brother before long.

Easter

We had a wonderful, relaxing Easter this year! On Saturday we made our resurrection rolls and dyed Easter eggs. Sunday we enjoyed a wonderful Easter service and then met the Moffitts and Stricklands for a picnic at the park across from our house. We had a very low-key lunch of fried chicken and then everyone brought a side to share. The kids played and hunted eggs. After the park we headed to celebrate a birthday w/ our sweet aggie Patsy and her family. It was fun to celebrate w/ her and finally meet all of her family. We all went home and took naps which was heavenly and then woke-up and the kids opened their Easter baskets. All in all a very fun and relaxing day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easter Garden

One of the things we did to prepare for Easter this year was to make an Easter Garden. I have done this the past couple years and have decided to make it a tradition each year. We got together one afternoon w/ Sara, Elizabeth and all the kids to put them together. We made very "organic" gardens so that the kids could help us. They gathered sticks, dirt, bark, and rocks from the yard and we had a few "pretty" things to add to it. Greyson was very in to it this year which was very fun to talk about the Easter story as we put it together. Davis was more interested in gathering items from the yard. If you've never done this w/ your kids try it next year, it's a fun and easy way to talk about Easter w/ them.

 

 

 

Eggstravaganza

The Thursday before Easter our church hosted "Eggstravaganza"! The kids had a lot of fun doing Easter activities, jumping in the bounce house, eating pizza, and hunting Easter eggs. At the end of all the fun activities our worship leader, Ross King hosted a concert for the kids featuring the songs from his new kids album. If you've never heard it, I highly suggest it-not your typical kids music that you want to pull your hair out if you hear it one more time :)

 

 

 

 

Monthly Update

Since my new thing seems to be a "monthly blog" instead of a weekly blog, prepare yourselves for a long one.

Our sweet friends the Bailey's made the trek from Abilene Valentine's weekend for a chaotic but fun weekend. 8 adults & 9 kids under one roof-CRAZY, but so fun!! The adults were able to enjoy dinner out w/o the kids Friday night. The weather was cold but pretty so we were able to spend a lot of time outside. Dad was kind enough to let us use his house for the weekend which was great. Despite the craziness during the day, the evenings were quiet and filled w/ fun fellowship w/ the bestest friends in the world!





Late February we got to enjoy snow (yes, for those of you not from Texas it is possible for it to snow here). Sweet Greyson has been praying for snow a lot ever since it snowed last year and his prayer was finally answered. We enjoyed a fun afternoon of daddy coming home from work and playing in the snow with the Moffitt's and Strickland's. Greyson loved it, Davis lasted about 15 minutes and was ready to come inside where it was warm.


Jason celebrated his 31st birthday on February 28th! We decided to celebrate by going camping that weekend with our friends the Shannon's. The Shannon's are responsible for introducing us to camping about 9 years ago way before kids and are the best people to go camping with. We always joke that we eat better camping with them than we do at home! This was Davis' 1st time to go camping and she did great. All the kids had so much fun being outside, exploring, eating s'mores, and just enjoying the simple things in life. Jason and I enjoyed our time in the evenings catching up w/ Heath and Sandy after all the kids had gone to bed. We decided it was a lot of work to go camping w/ kids, but so worth it to get away from technology, stress, etc. and make the memories with our kids. They are still talking about camping and wondering when we are going to go again.





We had our ultrasound on the 22nd and our little baby is healthy and growing just like it should! We did not find out the sex and are so excited to learn if it's a boy or girl in 12 short weeks! We are trying to gear up by getting some projects done around the house. We will be moving Greyson and Davis into the same room in the next couple weeks which they are excited about. They are so excited about the baby! We joke that Davis is going to have her own little baby doll to take care of :)

I have started a new part-time job at our church in the Children's Ministry department. It is a perfect fit for our family and a nice little outlet for me! The Lord is perfect in his timing.

A few weekends ago I was able to get away on our church's women's retreat. It was a sweet time w/ my 2 best friends and the ladies from our homechurch. It was a very relaxing time to reflect on how the Lord is working in my life. I appreciate my sweet husband so much for being super dad that weekend so I could get away!


Spring has arrived and we have enjoyed being outside after the cold winter we have had. We have enjoyed lots of afternoons at the park and enjoyed a beautiful Sunday at the park last weekend. You'll notice in the pictures that Davis got a haircut-almost 5 inches off. It was a little sad I must admit, but we have decided it fits her "sassy" personality perfectly! :)



Greyson has become quite the Lego builder. He is such a creative little guy and it's so fun to watch what he builds and creates.

I'll close w/ this sweet pic I was able to capture this evening as we were leaving Research Park w/ the Moffitts & Stricklands. We enjoyed a late afternoon feeding the ducks and turtles and an early picnic dinner before heading to get some ice cream. As we were walking back to the car we all looked up and saw this. Such sweet friendships have developed b/t the 4 of them that we pray will last a lifetime.