tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13814610347052309022024-02-19T01:03:58.203-06:00Journey to HappyKrisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-21634177886493229662016-03-27T16:04:00.001-05:002016-03-27T16:04:11.722-05:00Easter 2016<div class="version-NIV result-text-style-normal text-html " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><span id="en-NIV-26137" class="text John-3-16" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For God so loved<span class="crossreference" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-26137A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26137A" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"></span> the world that he gave his one and only Son,<span class="crossreference" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-26137C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26137C" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"></span> that whoever believes <span class="crossreference" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-26137D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-26137D" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"></span>in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 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How did that happen so quickly? We had the best birthday weekend! Her Granny and I took her shopping at Justice, Sam Moons, Target and lunch at Fuzzy's. Then the next day we had a Kate Spade inspired breakfast birthday! She found birthday plates she liked at Hobby Lobby. Then when I showed her Kate Spade parties on Pinterest she knew exactly what she wanted! I've thrown so many parties the only thing I had to purchase was the fabric for the table (three yards on Amazon for under $7), some craft paper, her cake and plates/napkins. It all turned out so cute!! My little fashionista even realized she had a black and white striped shirt in her closet. 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I just wanted to post and let you know the reason I removed Shaklee from my bio and side images. I LOVE the products and plan to continue using them but I will no longer be a distributor. Life has gotten so busy with homeschooling, having hearing impaired twins and basically being a mom of five. After much thought and prayer we decided "balance" was our word of the year. Realization came that I just didn't have time to devote properly to a business or customers right now. My priorities are helping, raising, homeschooling and loving fiercing my children and husband. So that is why I no longer sell Shaklee. </div>
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The Erin Condren Life Planner also has weekly layouts. I use these to make dinner menus, record exercise, or write memories for my kids baby books!</div>
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This year we decided to forgo our normal ornaments on the tree and let the kids make decorations. The twins are in such a chewy curious stage....chewy is an understatement. Oh my gosh I have NEVER had children who chew on everything in sight. The furniture, toys, their clothes, cabinet knobs, and even me a few times (their teeth hurt!!). I'm bringing up a set of beavers for sure. So we didn't want glass balls or our keepsake ornaments to end up looking like a puppy attacked them. When we went camping the kids collected pine cones to decorate the tree with. Then Riley and I had a date night and afterwards went to Michaels to grab a few fun items to make ornaments. On the Saturday after Thanksgiving we spent all day at the table crafting. The kids and I were in our true elements! Crafting with my kids is my happy place...besides shopping, lol! Riley told me later that he had so much fun! Brady helped me make 30 feet of dot garland. He punched out circles and I glued them onto jute ribbon. They colored wood ornaments and made bead bake ornaments with Riley. My favorite though are the pine cone people!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When I look at the tree I think about that Saturday when the Christmas music was playing, my kids were crafting at the table, and how happy they were to decorate the tree!</td></tr>
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<br />Krisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-20331557264791088512015-12-09T11:16:00.000-06:002015-12-09T11:20:22.902-06:00Longtime no updates...<br />
Time has just flown! We have been so busy at our house. Today I am at an all day appointment for Britney (she is in another room and I'm in the parent break room) and I'm so happy I brought my laptop. Perfect time for an update!!<br />
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I'll start with Britney. I'm so happy to report we are one week from finishing our first semester of homeschooling! This has been the most rewarding and hardest thing I have ever done for my children. It takes lots of commitment and planning! When we decided to home school I was so worried I would fail her. Would I be able to effectively teach her? Would she be happy? The list went on and on and on. I knew though that it couldn't be any worse than what we were already experiencing. There were days I wanted to pull my hair out. There were days I wanted to cry. There were days I would see the light bulb go off and I would feel like doing a happy dance! There were times I had to remind her my teacher hat was on and my mom hat was off. Mostly there were days that were amazing seeing my child make gains! Fourteen weeks in and I have seen my child grow grow and grow! I can't begin to tell you how much it has made me grow too. I do have the ability to teach her and teach her well. She has also learned to use her voice and say, "Mom I am not getting this." When she says this we stop, break and I come up with another way to explain it or search for a video to teach it. I LOVE all the resources online! Every Sunday I spend making out her weekly schedule, printing worksheets/activities and updating the spelling website. I only do one week at a time because if she didn't grasp something we have the freedom to keep working on it! She has a weekly folder numbered with whatever week we are in. Everything she needs for the week is in that folder. I have her tablet set to ding at certain times so she knows when to start, take a break, start again and stop for the day. Right before Thanksgiving we finished up a six week book study on Anne of Green Gables. She LOVED that! I noticed in most of her writing that she only used the adjectives "nice" and "kind" to describe people. So we were able to expand on the characters and by the end of the six weeks we had some nice new descriptive words learned. We even made Raspberry Cordials (a drink in the book) together to serve at Thanksgiving. After Thanksgiving we moved on to the book The Sixty-Eight Rooms and should finish that next week. We have had a great time viewing the miniature rooms online at The Art Institute of Chicago. Once Christmas & New Years is over we will be starting Tuck Everlasting. I've been reading the book in my spare time so I can be ready to help her with writing or ideas. She is also loving her outside enrichment classes. She just finished her last day of Vocal Techniques for 2015 and yesterday in Karate she got her first stripe for belt testing. Talk about a happy girl! She came out of the gym with a smile a mile long! So yes homeschooling is going great!! Friday we have theater tickets to see Frosty at Casa Manana. This is our second field trip to Casa. Riley is off that day so after the theater we plan to go eat lunch and do some shopping while Dad has the twins. Oh and before I forget... She is becoming quite the artist!! She has finally found her passion..... DRAWING! She is so good at it!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Cane Rosso after seeing June B Jones at Casa Manana. We tried the bacon marmalade, argula and fresh mozzarella cheese pizza. It was amazing! We sat near the oven and it was so nice because it was cold outside!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She drew Megan Trainor and the Peanuts. She couldn't remember Woodstock's name so she called him Chicky. lol</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Now time for Brady!! Wow he is having a wonderful year at school. He has three of the best teachers which is an answered prayer! Yay!! He is being a little reader and loves to read parts of a new book to me and then say, "Did I persuade you to read it?" He is so outgoing and just the brightest light! His smile and blue eyes melt me! If there is a camera out he is has to strike a pose! How is he eleven?? We went camping (stayed in a cabin) for his and Ben's birthday. So FUN!! I can't wait for him to be home next year for school! He is really excited about it. He said, "Yay, no homework wasting my time after school." I am looking forward to that too. Homework is the worst after school! Buddy, I hate it too. When you come home I want to hear about your day and see you happy playing not doing three different subjects of busy work when we could be having fun. He is also in his school UIL Choir! We got to see him sing this last week at the cities Christmas event! <br />
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Benny's turn!! He too is having a fabulous year! He has the sweetest teacher and she truly loves him! I couldn't be more proud! He is doing so wonderful! This year (with the help of his teacher) his personality has just come out! He is so funny and wants to be apart of everything which is a definite change! I can't remember if I mentioned it or not but over the summer he was finally diagnosed as having high functioning autism. It didn't really change anything other than we were able to get him some extra services at school. He is just an amazing little boy and teaches me something new everyday. His laugh is infectious!<br />
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The twins turn! Oh my gosh those two are a hoot! They keep me so busy! One runs one direction and one runs the other. They are night and day. They are so beautiful and I can't believe how blessed I am to be their mom (to all the kids!). They are doing awesome with their hearing aids. They wear them about 6-8 hours a day. The biggest problem we have is when they pull them out they go straight in their mouth. It's been hard to let my guard down when they are wearing them and it makes for a long day (along with homeschooling) because they gave up naps but I'm trying to remember it's a season. They are only this little once and I will never get this time back. Plus I have a the reminder that they will be starting school for hearing/signing in the fall and I'm trying not to have a break down that my babies will be in school. If I think about it to long and hard I cry. I have our local ISD hearing dept plus Early childhood Intervention that come weekly each. They are teaching me sign to talk to the boys. So far Brennen is the one to pick it up the fastest. So much to learn. There are some nights between home school, sign language and just family routines that I can't believe all that's on my plate.<br />
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I know this is long so I will wrap it up and do another post after lunch. Britney is having some testing at the hospital today and we will be here until 4pm. So lots of time to write! :)<br />
-Kriss <br />
<br />Krisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-50223340756032255182015-11-03T10:39:00.001-06:002015-11-03T10:39:22.540-06:00Halloween 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hRGHNnheiSWnCUgJ3h3bbtOL5I5M_twJbKLHzhhlrR65tyxAjQH-ucnunKSvcFVz23TNrea5ZMEG96MaIyer6kQXUNZkXphZBj32dGJ5PJW5t2TsyV8u_dIf-F_LUkRHpbVTitr793Q/s640/blogger-image-542829283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hRGHNnheiSWnCUgJ3h3bbtOL5I5M_twJbKLHzhhlrR65tyxAjQH-ucnunKSvcFVz23TNrea5ZMEG96MaIyer6kQXUNZkXphZBj32dGJ5PJW5t2TsyV8u_dIf-F_LUkRHpbVTitr793Q/s640/blogger-image-542829283.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBxXDG1pnXlnOe0krveBDGvmg-nmR4vGZ1DH5Wj-9UHOirJnETSRSyYsFv5TigFDCUDEmpaShds_9WvFaf5xPE6BprJvi8wywMUjTgHx7alBAKQHelyg40qJcGmkgZ9x6kL_3gnqO1lk/s640/blogger-image-2124037917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I'm happy to say lots of progress has been made in getting their hearing aids and appropiate therapy to help them talk. I'm going to be brutally honest though with typing up this post. Maybe it will help someone else. One thing I discovered in this journey to new ears is that it's an expensive indevor. There were a murad of emotions this last week but all of that was clouded by the cost factor. I've also discovered that either insurance doesn't cover it at all or they pay very little. Unfortunately living in Texas didn't let us use TEFRA because it isn't available. All we have is TEDHI which is our states resource to help facility's record when children do have hearing loss OR identify risks so children can be tested sooner or monitored for hearing loss. Through TEDHI I discovered that our twins had some risks the hospital never informed us of. If we had known we would have had them tested sooner and they could have had the aids this whole time. The good news is the director of TEDHI was able to contact our delivering hospital and give them proper information so maybe another family can have their child tested sooner and know that risks that are possible. I have to give a huge thanks to Doug Dittfurth because he was caring and very imformative TEDHI also made a suggestion to call ECI and the school district. We have been working with ECI since the beginning of August and they have made contact with the school districts audiology department to get additional audiology help. After discovering all that information we needed to start the process of getting the aids. Thankfully our insurance covers a little but do you have any idea what ONE hearing aid cost (and this is for one without a ton of bells and whistles)? It's $1500 an EAR and in our case times FOUR! Friends that is $6000. We were so shocked!!! I share this so if you are reading this and your child needs an aid you aren't shell shocked when the doctors office tells you this. To top it all off our Audiologist doesn't file with insurance. We discussed going with an in network audiologist but we trust this team because they put in my MIL's cochlear implant and they work with top products. My MIL bought an aid one time from another facility that gave her fits. She moved to this facility and they couldn't even find the aid she was sold. It was a $7000 piece of junk! In this case it's so critical for the twins to talk and not have any further delays. So we decided you get what you pay for sometimes so we are staying and will file ourselves. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Thankfully we were able to order their aids and they should be ready by their October post opt visit. Their aids will be by Phonak and are the sky Q. We were able to order them in colors (to identify easily with twins) as well as the ear insert mold will be specific colors. I'm just ready for all the logistics to be done so we can focus on the true matter at heart... My twins being able to hear clearly and hear our voices. </span><div><br></div><div>This last week we tried to find the silver linings and focus on those...</div><div>They CAN hear it's just muffled </div><div>They are here and we get to love on them every moment of every day.. I read a Facebook wall with a mother who delivered a still born baby and that puts everything into prospective. </div><div>We have the resources to help them hear and learn</div><div>We have an amazing God who will take care of our needs as long as we have faith </div><div><br></div><div>Well that is an update. If you have time say a little prayer as Brennen has thumb surgery on Oct 2nd. </div><div>-kriss </div><div><br></div><div>Here are their aids. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiwv4HQe6JPcLdTvVYF4xTB_Vx9DamVzYBsr24bgQfUsGnc9lOswqIxd6WeTl7IGATDEy3Zk5WY3yDsgGCw6O0U5zWtMhmhKvcMsESLNQOUbNEYyyMBmk2uhx20IuekMJ4K6Ccvq8Uq8/s640/blogger-image--58989063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiwv4HQe6JPcLdTvVYF4xTB_Vx9DamVzYBsr24bgQfUsGnc9lOswqIxd6WeTl7IGATDEy3Zk5WY3yDsgGCw6O0U5zWtMhmhKvcMsESLNQOUbNEYyyMBmk2uhx20IuekMJ4K6Ccvq8Uq8/s640/blogger-image--58989063.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Krisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-33404018887446325902015-09-18T19:11:00.001-05:002015-09-18T20:33:27.687-05:00Special EarsI know I haven't posted the party pictures yet. I simply haven't had a chance. I will though soon!!<br>
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It's a Friday night and oh how I've looked forward to a down evening with no homework, next day preparations or rushing. This week was a doozy and kind of rocked our world. Wednesday the world kind of stopped for a bit and since then has been a whirl wind of emotions, googling, phone calls, stress, and if I'm honest a few tears. I need to back up to go forward. So back in May at the twins well visit their speech was a hot topic. Having two others in past speech we tried to apply everything we learned with the twins. Still they just babbled and no "simple" words like mama or dada. We noticed they didn't flinch with loud sounds or even turn their heads when you called them. When you talked to them they really liked making eye contact and would follow your motions with their eyes with slight hesitancy. Looking back I realize so much. We just knew they were on the cusp of talking. My pediatrian said, "Kriss if they aren't talking in a month you need to call ECI." Knowing how ECI works and taking some advice from a friend (whose son is in ECI and speech too) she encouraged us not to wait. That's advice I'm now so greatful for. We set up an evaluation but it was a month wait. While we waited I was able to schedule a hearing test in Dallas which the specialist who put in my mil's cochlear. I knew they prob wouldn't handle a hearing booth but we had to try that first. Sure enough the specialist recommended we do a sedated hearing test (ABR). She didn't see any fluid in their ears during the visit and their tempanagram was fine (ear drum was functioning as normal). So we scheduled the hearing test and it was Wednesday. The procedure is two hours long with a two hour recovery. They took Barrett back first and when he came out we learned he had high pitch nerve damage hearing loss. I was not expecting that and it was heart breaking to learn your child has a hearing problem. He will need hearing aids. Then they took Brennen back and after two hours the specialist comes in to check on Barrett and then starts saying "they" this and "they" that. I said, "They both have it don't they?" She said, "Yes they both have the exact same thing and the frequencies are almost exact." I said, "Wow they take being identical seriously." So Brennen will need hearing aids too, on one hand I'm happy they will be able to go through this together and on the other hand I'm so sad they have to endure hearing loss at all. While they were under anesthesia they took molds of their ears and prob sometime around October 12th they will be fitted for the aids. Once I had a few hours to digest this news I felt better knowing they weren't deaf (their paternal great great grandparents were deaf) and they can hear it's just very muffled like being underwater. I can't wait for them to be able to hear our true voices in a few weeks. Hearing aids sound simple enough until you find out the cost. Then the stress sets in because they average $1500-3000 PER EAR! So that's roughly $6,000-12,000. Thankfully our insurance will pay 85% up to a $1500 max but the office doesn't file the claims. You have to pay upfront and submit for reimbursement. Fun fun! So we have three weeks to figure out how this is all going to financially play out. I know though that the lord will provide but talk about stressful!! </div>
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I was able to call our ECI person and get a referral for the school district to get their audiology team to work with them as well. I also spoke with TEDHI and they are getting us some resources. I won't lie this is so overwhelming. Yet at the same time there is so much to be thankful for!! Now I just need a money tree!! :)</div><div><br></div><div>Brennen and Barrett with their granny. She help keep them calm while I filled out paperwork & talked to doctors/nurses. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xchfgPzindNevm_qscq92Eyn46r_HLGJH47a1gAx1H25PSjua2I_J2Ee-U-ncHnM1CJbWIZ8gdAmRuEK9Yg1byUfCAv2tFeEFFrvEeCXG9AZtV8gygUqD2OqK7rjqEvjFRWycWBuebY/s640/blogger-image--1528481102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xchfgPzindNevm_qscq92Eyn46r_HLGJH47a1gAx1H25PSjua2I_J2Ee-U-ncHnM1CJbWIZ8gdAmRuEK9Yg1byUfCAv2tFeEFFrvEeCXG9AZtV8gygUqD2OqK7rjqEvjFRWycWBuebY/s640/blogger-image--1528481102.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Brennen waiting him turn! It's hard to keep a two year old entertained for two hours in a small curtained room! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifI7-mJSI0vSjtfBZ-2SK9qaVChn9JtT0TN-6eg2LCQRlFrUiTwADSpa4xg8B31UVQQvZOOYFgdrI5Aj8cUDQgKRK7ykPPjFtfICHoK7Mtmv2rmwczUETLrP6TDNu9evDiY3G8MkMbR6k/s640/blogger-image-188400003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifI7-mJSI0vSjtfBZ-2SK9qaVChn9JtT0TN-6eg2LCQRlFrUiTwADSpa4xg8B31UVQQvZOOYFgdrI5Aj8cUDQgKRK7ykPPjFtfICHoK7Mtmv2rmwczUETLrP6TDNu9evDiY3G8MkMbR6k/s640/blogger-image-188400003.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sorry about the hand but I love this picture. He was coming out of anesthesia and was comfy so I didn't mess with him. Live his little face here (Barrett). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjD3m5DCroxkhm0UJZClntzMk5RWPdzBQT2Bi4yJwjLQz05gwPSNUbfo9U07ORDilnAR77B2thm-CZV3ibPoy28LNKRvP7k1fgkfaOmK8pj-hyG9iPC8-B7h6aa0qYXg7Olpt3bgX3bCY/s640/blogger-image-205671219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjD3m5DCroxkhm0UJZClntzMk5RWPdzBQT2Bi4yJwjLQz05gwPSNUbfo9U07ORDilnAR77B2thm-CZV3ibPoy28LNKRvP7k1fgkfaOmK8pj-hyG9iPC8-B7h6aa0qYXg7Olpt3bgX3bCY/s640/blogger-image-205671219.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>
Krisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-37072669041105015052015-09-03T21:09:00.001-05:002015-09-03T21:09:42.978-05:00Major catchupSummer flew!! We were so incredibly busy that we blinked and summer was over! I'll try to bullet point some things to catch up:<div><br></div><div>~ Britney and Brady took a karate homeschool summer class and loved it!! Britney gets to continue this fall and spring. I feel bad because Brady had to go back to school and won't be continuing until next summer. He is finishing his last elementary year and will transition into homeschool next year. Ben tried to do karate but there was just to much for him to handle sensory wise and he opted to not do it after he went to the first class. Brit also did a social art class with 10 other girls for 8 weeks. </div><div><br></div><div>~ this summer we also tackled a very hard emotional diagnosis. We finally have it confirmed Ben has high functioning autism. On one hand it makes us sad but on the other we have always known he was on the spectrum somewhere so it's a relief to know. Now we can make sure he has services at school/privately to help him be his best. He is the most amazing child and he has probably taught me more than I've taught him. </div><div><br></div><div>~ I spent some of the summer planning my inlaws 50th wedding anniversary! They didn't want anything to big do we opted to host a luncheon with their best friends. It was so fun to plan! I'll put up pictures of that in a seperate post. </div><div><br></div><div>~ I also spent the summer planning Brit's seventh grade homeschool year, attending some homeschooled leadership meetings, and a workshop. </div><div><br></div><div>~ Riley and I took the older kids to Great Wolf Lodge for a mini vacation. The twins stayed with granny and papa so we could focus on the older kids. We had so much fun!! </div><div><br></div><div>~ Brady and Ben started school. Brady is in fifth and Ben is in second! Britney started seventh at home. </div><div><br></div><div>~ The twins started speech. They aren't talking and have to go for a sedated hearing test next Friday. I took them to a hearing specialist in Dallas that put in my mil's cochlear implant. Since she has an implant and their great great paternal grandparents were both deaf we decided it was worth making sure they can hear fully. We tried the booth but they were just to little to coorporate. Barrett does not turn his head when you call his name or respond to loud noise or any noises really so I'm worried. </div><div><br></div><div>~ Brennen saw an orthopedic hand surgeon and will have surgery in Oct. He developed a trigger thumb right before his 2nd birthday and it did not fix itself. I'm so sad he will have to be put under again for this. </div><div><br></div><div>~ homeschool is going amazing! She is doing math, grammar, reading, Latin into to Spanish, art history, choir at a fine arts academy, karate & typing. We start at 8 and finish core subjects around 11. She gets a big break plus lunch and then works 1-3 except for Monday's since choir doesn't get out until 2:30. We don't homeschool on Fridays. I think she has learned more in the two weeks we've been schooling than all last year and the biggest thing.... She is smiling and happy! Which means I'm smiling and happy!!! </div><div><br></div><div>Now for some pictures! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJbuH6-5moLD-aDbyvfnFeAdYZj1RxsNNuN1ebsfAQm8RqAYv1IL3htzFaEa-e61YpuS8wXt6FLLJuO1OetcuYF2en13thVOig1aEfwapPOpE_dfntz4Zok0lAjAZl2z7O4k8Tnu1ZYg/s640/blogger-image-1063489322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJbuH6-5moLD-aDbyvfnFeAdYZj1RxsNNuN1ebsfAQm8RqAYv1IL3htzFaEa-e61YpuS8wXt6FLLJuO1OetcuYF2en13thVOig1aEfwapPOpE_dfntz4Zok0lAjAZl2z7O4k8Tnu1ZYg/s640/blogger-image-1063489322.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JwttbGS0t2G5VBOWAM86aQD7uPc4Hho5jkfFNKd9EC-fz5ndVA8epPa6-Exl78gLv-o2KYKFWoU74x79NLqvVpAckkl9LNLCCVZ6cYuG27EFZVJ0Oz1aJCsTFz7_GXAgmET3PIZaNU4/s640/blogger-image-1674796854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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After seven long years of infertility we could not believe we had two children that were ours!! Then three years later on the very same date we got to make the same promise again to Ben. We feel so blessed and honored to have been chosen to be their parents. We are thankful! So today we celebrate being a Forever Family! I can not wait until Brennen and Barrett are old enough to understand how awesome this day is! Riley got them donuts (kids request) for breakfast and later we went out to lunch. They also spent their summer money at Toys R Us. Lord thank you for all your many blessings and the many people you placed in our path to lead us to the kids. It's really neat to look back and see how everything fell into place!<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozuU9Yv_Sc-JqVVyEbeyJnWsX5BhWQI0MCkSMZL4svx0rH-hAayuKfPOCJRAwFgLC6slEq2xKpx3mdkr2-XBwQT0dJzZuC1Pqldu_j9IfZimkPyWU_XHm7UzwA8k9FGta5vE1JJz4bh8/s640/blogger-image-1356111786.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozuU9Yv_Sc-JqVVyEbeyJnWsX5BhWQI0MCkSMZL4svx0rH-hAayuKfPOCJRAwFgLC6slEq2xKpx3mdkr2-XBwQT0dJzZuC1Pqldu_j9IfZimkPyWU_XHm7UzwA8k9FGta5vE1JJz4bh8/s640/blogger-image-1356111786.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Krisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-72690161374575063062015-06-20T09:19:00.000-05:002015-07-08T20:21:34.485-05:00Summer TimeIt's early here and everyone is still asleep. I decided to steal some time to update this old blog and drink my coffee. We are in the mist of summer around here. Kids are home, Riley's work schedule changed from 6:30-3:30 (love love love), swimming, karate, art class, library time and just plain crazy relaxing. So much to tell.... So I'll back up a little. :)<br>
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My twin-a-roos turned the big TWO in May. I don't even know how this is possible but it is. I love them from the top of their golden heads to the bottom of their adorable little toes. It amazes me how they can be so alike but so VERY different. Brennen has a constant smile and is the life of the party. He prob puts miles and miles a day on my floors racing all over. He never messes with anything but he knows this house inside and out. He is also my blanket boy. Always has to know where it is and love on it. He isn't much for toys. He loves chew toys and rattles but he is way to busy for toys right now. His favorite show is Tek the Tracker on BabyFirst TV as well as he likes Harry the Bunny. For some reason this adorable show with three mice scare him crazy. We are talking full on screaming, panic and tears. As soon as that comes on we turn it real fast so he doesn't get so upset. The guide doesn't tell us when it comes on so it's hard to judge it sometimes. At his last well visit he weighed 24lbs 11oz and was 35" tall. We FINALLY made it to the 10th percentile and kicked the 5th percentile to the curb. That was a hard feat because they are very picky eaters and would rather just throw stuff overboard than actually try it. I have to add either butter/olive oil/avocado to just about everything or give them really high fat Greek God Yogurt because they are so active they need all the fat I can get into them. A week before his well visit he had woken up at 4am for some mama snuggles and while sitting on the couch I was watching him with his blanket. He has this certain way he "hooks" the silk around it. Then as I peered closer I realized the reason why is he has a locked thumb. I instantly googled Trigger Thumb and felt bad because as many times as I've caressed those tiny hands this was the first time I had noticed. I messaged Granny later that morning and she came over to see for herself and also felt bad because she to never noticed. At his well visit our pedi suggested we take him to a pediatric orthopedic hand surgeon to have it looked it. I made the appt with her but we can't get in until Sept 2nd. It isn't painful to him so I was ok waiting but I never realized that there were so few pediatric hand surgeons. We will go see what she has to say and if we need to we can go to Dallas for a second opinion although I would prefer to stay local and I have always been happy with Cooks. The other thing is they aren't talking. They babble a lot but I have tried everything I learned with Brady and Ben on speech. Including giving them chewy tubes to strengthen their jaws, brushing the insides of their cheeks lightly to stimulate/strengthen their tongue (if you brush one side the tongue moves to that side and it's like exercise and using bubbles to get them to sign/talk. No nada, nothing. They just smile and giggle. So after talking to our pedi I made a referral to ECI to get an evaluation to see if they need some extra help. I really think being a preemie is most of it but our pedi says that stops at two, although on many levels because I am around them all day I beg to differ. They have always done things on their own time table. Now for Barrett Buglet. Barrett would be content all day if he could just lounge in your lap. He LOVES to be held and is very mello. He has got the best grin and giggle when he is tickled. He LOVES Brady and I often overhear Brady say, "How is my Bear Cub?" Just melt me! Now Bear loves toys! He will play and figure things out. He loves to open drawers and cabinets. He never pulls anything out, he just opens them, closes it and leaves. I don't have anything down low that could hurt him and I only use Shaklee Non-Toxic cleaners. Barrett is NOT a blanket boy. He likes them in his bed when its time to sleep and that's it. He doesn't need to carry one around the house because he would rather play with his toys. He was 24lbs 9oz and 35 1/2" at his well visit. They are neck and neck with each other. Thankfully he doesn't have a trigger thumb. ECI will evaluate him too because him and Brennen are exactly alike on the speech issue. I am a little down about this because we have just tried so hard and I didn't want to go through another speak adventure..... 5+ years with Ben and while we aren't doing private anymore he is still getting school services. More on Ben in a minute. For the twins birthday we decided to keep things simple simple this year. Riley took off the day and while all the kids were in school we had our own little celebration with them. We had planned to go the Botanical Gardens to let them run and play but unfortunately the rain foiled our plans. So we went to Blue Mesa Grill and had some lunch, picked up a cake at the bundt place, and stopped at the Dollar Tree for some birthday decorations. Riley took me to Kendra Scott and I picked out some Blue Lace Agate earrings to mark their 2nd birthday!! Then later that night we had dinner and cake/icecream with all the kids and Riley's parents. We gave the twins the cutest fisher price learning chairs. Barrett is in love and Brennen is like SIT? I'm to busy for that! lol <br>
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An update on Ben: I can't remember how much I shared in the past on Ben but he truly is my special boy. Him and I have walked many roads together to overcome being exposed to Risperadol in utero. We have always known that he was on the spectrum but we had no idea where. We hated to have him formally diagnosed with anything at such a young age so we just always kept that in mind that he was on the spectrum. We also did countless hours of OT, PT and Speech to help him be successful. This year we hit a rough patch because school has such higher standards for lower grades. He would just physically shut down and refuse to do work. So after much discussion with his teacher we requested many formal testings through the school while we waited for a private child physiologist to become available. It was a long school year waiting but we FINALLY have our testing appointment on June 29th and this means we will be able to get him more help at school. The school physiologist and our private doctor both think he has high functioning autism. On one hand I am sad for him and on another I am so happy we finally have an answer to help and understand him better. He is the most amazing beautiful child and I can't imagine not having my Benny. He has taught me so many things and because of him I have developed patience/empathy like you can't believe. Such a relief really to be at this crossroads. He is loving summer! This is the first summer he is really into reading too and my reading reward system helps. They earn money for every 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 minutes read and they make sure I sign their log afterwards. I have a big sign up that we keep their running totals to see who is going to win first prize (that person gets an extra $5.00). We use their tablet timers for accountability. At the end of the summer they get to go spend their unspent gift cards, granny money, chore money and reading money. They love end of summer toy shopping!<br>
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Brady's turn: Never in my life have a met a more tender hearted giving sweet child. He loves and tries to mother everyone in this house. He worries when Ben is upset over something. He worries if the babies are sleeping longer than normal. He soothes others if they are hurt or can't find something. He tells me all the time how much he loves me and his dad. He always says, "Mom I love our babies so much." His actions speak far volumes above his words though. He can be reading and a baby will be right there with him. This school year was a rough one for him too because the amount of work was insane! We can thank the stupid STAAR testing and them testing two grades above grade level. Our kids would learn so much more if they weren't teaching to a test. Ya, can you tell I don't like this test. I have written so many letters our representatives about this and I was thrilled that Pearson was let go! Lots of changes for school coming ahead for the Stewart household (more on that in Brit's update). Brady is entering the fifth grade and this is his last year in Elementary. I am so sad about this because that means my son is growing up. We have to do open enrollment at their current school so I am happy he will finish in one place. He won't be going into a school district though for 6th grade and one hand I'm petrified and on the other relieved that he can learn at his own pace and not to a TEK standard. Brady is LOVING Karate. I found place nearby that is for homeschoolers and all the kids can take it together for a very reasonable price. Well, all the kids were in it but Ben decided he couldn't do it. Too much touching and it stressed him out. So he stays with his granny/babies during their karate lessons. <br>
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Now my only daughters turn, Miss Brit...... I need to back up a little. When we did open enrollment for her to the feeder school we knew there was a GREAT chance they would have no room for her. So that meant after much looking and decision making that she would need to go to our district middle school if she didn't get accepted. She didn't get accepted so we had enrolled her in our middle school. There were good and bad things about this school. The good was it was across the street from our house and it was easy for me to get to her with babies and such. That was the ONLY good thing about this school.We had so many problems. It took them two plus months to get her education plan in place and only finally did when we told them get it going or we're calling our attorney because LEGALLY have to give her this. They had to erase all her test and quiz grades for two months because they weren't given to her by the parameters her dad and I set up for her with the diagnostician. Things were finally moving along and sometime after Christmas we hit another snag. Just a little back information. Britney has static encephalopathy which in a nut shell is an unspecified brain injury. She was diagnosed with this around the age of 6. It is from all the abuse she sustained as a baby from her birth family. Which means that even though she is 13 sometimes she isn't and she still has a bunch of catching up to to. To give you an example, when she was 6/7 her doctor told us that she was only coming in at a medium age of 3 yrs 8 months old and that it would take years for her to catch up to her actual age. She also has a hard time advocating for herself and is very literal. She also has a hard time with long term memory. So if you were to ask her if she had a good Christmas she would smile and say yes but if you asked her to give you details she can't. She also has a hard time with size perception. We have a big fridge and a bigger dorm type fridge for extra milk or cold drinks. If I said, "Hey go put this in the little fridge" she would stand between the two fridges trying to figure out which one is which. So now I tell her to go put it in the black or white fridge. Unfortunately, the kids at school took of advantage of this and bullied her to no end. We noticed a few things but then I got a call in April that changed everything. I'm not going to give major specifics but I will say that those little punks were not classy kids in the least little bit. They talked to my daughter with the filthiest of language and torturing her with sex questions. When she came home and told me everything that was said to her you just have no idea how angry we were. I'm so thankful her and I are so close for her to tell me these things. Besides the language and nastiness (for example asking her if she wants to be raped or how many ***** does she think she wants at one time) they talked in Spanish to her as she changed and used the word "peto" many times. You can look up peto, it's not nice. She was having a really hard time so we talked to the school counselor and got her enrolled in art therapy to work through everything that was said Plus this summer she is doing an all girl art enrichment activity for 8 weeks. She had such a hard time because she is used to being liked by everyone but being called "white girl" and all the other things took a toll. The last straw was when she came home and told us that a friend of hers said that a group of kids planned to beat her up after school the last day as she walked to our car. I don't know if that would have happened but after the year we have had why chance it. We tried to make lemonade out of lemons but we were done! Thankfully there were only two days of school left and we withdrew her immediately! We joined the Texas Homeschool Colliation Association to cover us legally and sent certified letters to the school. I still haven't figured out all the specifics but I am now a homeschooling mom to a 7th grader. I joined a homeschool local group and went to their yearly planning meeting for the entire fall/spring semesters. We have field trips planned to museums, theaters both in Dallas and Fort Worth, aquariums, book clubs, and holiday parties. I also enrolled her in a private fine arts academy for choir because I didn't want her to have to give up the one part of school she loves. She should continue with Karate in the fall after this summer course as well. Riley and I are attending a Home School workshop in July too. The plan right now is to learn doing this with Brit this coming year and then Brady can slide into homeschool too because my sweet blond tender boy is NOT going to that middle school. He will be an instant target and we are not going through this heartache again. She is excited about being at home and I am too. I think it will give us lots of time together and she will still have social interaction with other kids. I won't lie I'm terrified but the great thing is I think she will learn more this way without all the fluff. Also, here therapist thinks its a great idea for her. We are also waiting for an appointment with a neuro phychologist to get some further testing on her now that she is older so that we can know the full extent of her brain injuries so we can help her even more. Just a little bit about her, she is loving karate and is a girly girl who loves makeup, jewelry and clothes! She is so excited that she no longer has to wear uniforms!<br>
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So as you can tell this is why my absence from writing and updating has been great! My life is so busy trying to make sure all the kids needs are met and shuffling them from appt to appt. Despite all the craziness life is so good and we are all so happy. We have some fun things planned with the kids coming up. Monday is Riley's birthday so of course there is a small party. Then we have a trip planned to the Dallas Aquarium and a trip to Great Wolf Lodge! We decided to do local trips because with small toddlers it's a little difficult.<br>
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Full house, full arms, full happy heart! -Kriss :)<br>
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<br>Krisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-76144023530174224992015-03-09T21:51:00.001-05:002015-03-09T21:51:51.294-05:00AnniversarySeventeen years ago I married the person I know God created just for me. There are so many ways to describe how I love him. He is the calm to my type A personality. He is my own personal comedian. He is my comfort and person I love to spend all my time with. I think sometimes he knows me better than I know myself. When I think about the last 17 yrs I think about all the different roads we have walked together, adoption and the birth of our twins being the two biggest. These two events brought us even closer. To stand there with him when a judge granted our petition to adopt or to have him by my head when our babies were born made me love him more than I can put into words. Sometimes I'll be thinking something and he will say it outloud. It's a joke for me to say, "Get out of my head!" when he does that. I feel so blessed to call him mine!! <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUq4Yk6rBLTzrmo3ndatu4zFYWUysHnP-Fj7497o1EwtASBLf9OpQcaW8YY4hqMAZS-juHcc7mDHyKvdte7kfXlBku0n8-YfNUzN4z2EM9N8C7Lawa8TpS-rLUOMSxt8UDfjusb0JYOOQ/s640/blogger-image--1420923620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUq4Yk6rBLTzrmo3ndatu4zFYWUysHnP-Fj7497o1EwtASBLf9OpQcaW8YY4hqMAZS-juHcc7mDHyKvdte7kfXlBku0n8-YfNUzN4z2EM9N8C7Lawa8TpS-rLUOMSxt8UDfjusb0JYOOQ/s640/blogger-image--1420923620.jpg"></a></div><div><br></div><div>Saturday: </div><div>We had a full date day planned!! Riley was so excited because he had made us plans to go to a four hour cooking class. Then it got cancelled and he was so disappointed!! I was too! We decided to just spend the day hanging out until our dinner reservations. We love overnight trips but we felt that leaving the grandparents with all five kids might be a little overwhelming for them right now. Plus we never sleep well other places and our bed is pretty hard to beat! We started the day at a place called Brewed. It was so cute and very urban chic! We decided to each get a plate and share it. We had bacon, eggs, biscuits, jalapeño grits, and chicken n waffles with maple thyme syrup. We also had there pot of pressed coffee with fresh cream. It was amazing!! I loved he decor! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBOK7lLxian8FQEwPqZEYuWmmsiqh5kB17okjEgwQgP-Ek3njUHh07E6jZkH3wJN35-vLLBatowmcgLZKTYYC1QO1cyob67wBt9mtBEjqGxVdBj8Gm1chCmeSaWLI5tZPRhUrP5Hnw6M/s640/blogger-image--73546622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhBOK7lLxian8FQEwPqZEYuWmmsiqh5kB17okjEgwQgP-Ek3njUHh07E6jZkH3wJN35-vLLBatowmcgLZKTYYC1QO1cyob67wBt9mtBEjqGxVdBj8Gm1chCmeSaWLI5tZPRhUrP5Hnw6M/s640/blogger-image--73546622.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gLg5wrunwI5VAL3ybDDd0sP-I_Odv3TcIe9YbuEws9JOSgSO7h6aDIcZBYLeOUBugxR6Au4lEa5YdiXYCpzrL2yVUOuak94ceD-mxhE-a3EpGt8udZ2tm3wia9mAPwmVUjAY-7h-p9c/s640/blogger-image-826785546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gLg5wrunwI5VAL3ybDDd0sP-I_Odv3TcIe9YbuEws9JOSgSO7h6aDIcZBYLeOUBugxR6Au4lEa5YdiXYCpzrL2yVUOuak94ceD-mxhE-a3EpGt8udZ2tm3wia9mAPwmVUjAY-7h-p9c/s640/blogger-image-826785546.jpg"></a></div><br></div>After breakfast we ran some errands. Riley ran in someplace for a few minutes and I stayed in the car. I entertained myself taking selfies lol</div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmWnPPQAAjxW4vgkCcGYN14_2UTJ04dHHfnrZ001pydSYEeV16_ipp7tJTb1xUFkB0EsX-StAOXHlRHQF_gbzoC6JJHaqB0wRmN-RBRvY86XhD6QWhjLvq8sBIHOmzfPZ2guxYqt1y8I/s640/blogger-image--784429120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmWnPPQAAjxW4vgkCcGYN14_2UTJ04dHHfnrZ001pydSYEeV16_ipp7tJTb1xUFkB0EsX-StAOXHlRHQF_gbzoC6JJHaqB0wRmN-RBRvY86XhD6QWhjLvq8sBIHOmzfPZ2guxYqt1y8I/s640/blogger-image--784429120.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There was a Carters in the vicinity and Riley said we should go look at some summer clothes for the twins. Twist my arm!! He knew I had just sold their last summers wardrobe and needed some things before the heat hits. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My one request for the day was to grab icecream. I have been counting calories, working out and eating a really lean diet. I <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">hadn't had any icecream in three months. He said, "Ok but first I want us to run into another store so I can show you something. I had no idea where or what we were doing! He drove up to Busy Body's. It still didn't click. Then he said, "I picked out a new elliptical but I want to make sure you like it." I think I squealed!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBcOPKWuwFNOlfynfPGd0GjV3mjPvmahY_fiIg6LZPRwQQZDUkZZXnddyacC0J_kVFDT7hSk5omNBa2EO6FYKZNKt-Fjk3h8X26WbtopkYQNm1ODBmjOdcHbPZf6JeHUoDd6uBtUs0bM/s640/blogger-image--179583538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWBcOPKWuwFNOlfynfPGd0GjV3mjPvmahY_fiIg6LZPRwQQZDUkZZXnddyacC0J_kVFDT7hSk5omNBa2EO6FYKZNKt-Fjk3h8X26WbtopkYQNm1ODBmjOdcHbPZf6JeHUoDd6uBtUs0bM/s640/blogger-image--179583538.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Our old elliptical has 13 yrs of miles on it and it squeaks so terrible that it drives me bonkers. We've tried to oil it a few times and it still doesn't work. I was so happy!! I loved it and it will be here in two weeks!! Talk about a wonderful surprise! I actually sold our old one today to the most adorable older lady. I told her it squeaked and she told me that once she took her hearing aids out she wouldn't hear it anyway. Lol!!! After we left the store for exercise equipment we headed straight for yogurt land!! It was our lunch so we had room for dinner! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXc029tfMAzfinByvuyPSOTvnhoOvFPay1viAIGWwOXKOuWNsjhaHe9Yg0NYjLoH_E3O1kxqd1NF7Z15adA0AElNGGbLQdnKwVHCvf3wBPYnPghiWZDK3qRTBrKfzGDlC98R8OX-IGA8/s640/blogger-image-2024282031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXc029tfMAzfinByvuyPSOTvnhoOvFPay1viAIGWwOXKOuWNsjhaHe9Yg0NYjLoH_E3O1kxqd1NF7Z15adA0AElNGGbLQdnKwVHCvf3wBPYnPghiWZDK3qRTBrKfzGDlC98R8OX-IGA8/s640/blogger-image-2024282031.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>After icecream we walked around downtown, enjoyed the shops and each other's company until dinner time. We ate at Texas de Brazil for dinner! It's our favorite place! Although I had to pace myself because I can't eat like I used too and I didn't want to leave miserable. It was all so good!!!! Afterwards we headed home to put our kids to bed and watch recorded family feud episodes lol! We love that show!! Happy 17 years with my best friend and love!! </div>Krisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-34268607574928437372015-03-03T21:00:00.001-06:002015-03-04T17:03:14.979-06:00Emile Henry Bread ClocheThis Christmas my husband bought me the best gift....An Emile Henry Bread Cloche!!! It's been on my wish list awhile! He originally ordered it on Amazon but it delivered shattered. Then he ordered it at William Sonoma and it to delivered shattered. So then he went to the William Sonoma store and had it delivered directly to them. This one was a keeper! He said that he was panicked that it wouldn't arrive in time. They called him on Christmas Eve day that they had it!! I wondered what special errand he had that day! <div><br></div><div>The bread cloche is amazing and worth every penny! It mimics a steam injector oven. Making hand made bread is so fun and tastes so good! No bread machines for me! The bread comes out with a beautiful flaky crust but tender inside. The way it works is you made your normal dough and let it do a 20 minute rise. Then you do the second rise in the bread cloche 45 minutes. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Be sure to flour the bottom platter of the cloche well so the bread doesn't stick. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Using a bread lame (much better than a knife) cut an X in the top and bake in the cloche. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoVLMWwhN6V6lJ0bqsZH5PeULDyeNp8BTqmaRhi84E9q27PQWrify87_11-Bn7FEDSp54zVmJ-c5Xw2PDZGQ2ShBAMIo-yqzYo0IklgH6lL3AG0sCN3iU1U-8Eeub1Rm5XvyGXyC8lZc/s640/blogger-image--348071043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoVLMWwhN6V6lJ0bqsZH5PeULDyeNp8BTqmaRhi84E9q27PQWrify87_11-Bn7FEDSp54zVmJ-c5Xw2PDZGQ2ShBAMIo-yqzYo0IklgH6lL3AG0sCN3iU1U-8Eeub1Rm5XvyGXyC8lZc/s640/blogger-image--348071043.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_pn_o3wprOz7HbGoxfWGxZjV45H-rG7zIXQpI0UjsuvAiSVjMowZxm02jlGIH80DDmEGveYZRrdGTXaWaWckYpc6uzgnkzxYDClpdvNYrQmSLa9tA3GQLWTq8qFk0WlL0KpvCYDviLU/s640/blogger-image--1751592428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_pn_o3wprOz7HbGoxfWGxZjV45H-rG7zIXQpI0UjsuvAiSVjMowZxm02jlGIH80DDmEGveYZRrdGTXaWaWckYpc6uzgnkzxYDClpdvNYrQmSLa9tA3GQLWTq8qFk0WlL0KpvCYDviLU/s640/blogger-image--1751592428.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mixing the dough with a bread wisk. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4AqqZ_FB2SkN_tRVyUrzAHPGQXRly2OpHalaVdbeKHLkEYhcJ4TGk-ycuwbghNa4otwfkZg9mV3f2MbY8GCwSksdsHQKlTMYvmmEPbvzxBg2ZNTR-tj2w5i4H93xZC_2Mm9pDxPdlXg/s640/blogger-image-681059464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4AqqZ_FB2SkN_tRVyUrzAHPGQXRly2OpHalaVdbeKHLkEYhcJ4TGk-ycuwbghNa4otwfkZg9mV3f2MbY8GCwSksdsHQKlTMYvmmEPbvzxBg2ZNTR-tj2w5i4H93xZC_2Mm9pDxPdlXg/s640/blogger-image-681059464.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Second rise (the lid goes on for 45 mins) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdhyzAnIrRmSSN-vOTB2JfVwXcPCuCR82So8SNv8e29kypKPjgR6FIuHrZ7OOicXYDTwOV2RDOoJZxvGCqBnv9gcvnYLTTlSKoMyQ5oT-PIe_eyFVCQDje6gPvAu-Du-Mi-7347qvP3I/s640/blogger-image--1348952883.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdhyzAnIrRmSSN-vOTB2JfVwXcPCuCR82So8SNv8e29kypKPjgR6FIuHrZ7OOicXYDTwOV2RDOoJZxvGCqBnv9gcvnYLTTlSKoMyQ5oT-PIe_eyFVCQDje6gPvAu-Du-Mi-7347qvP3I/s640/blogger-image--1348952883.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Bread lame</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEazS-ZrKHcrOnaZDleDgKzl3tWBln6L997Mf6Bdn7m7MDmPFAEbuhS3vtP1YRP_Q8vV52xwiIh3iszaqNQZnfEepiCnIXgrlytBbIonI7wNfLKshQuQyerFcADFwSS_RrElq_T-d6X5I/s640/blogger-image-397867057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEazS-ZrKHcrOnaZDleDgKzl3tWBln6L997Mf6Bdn7m7MDmPFAEbuhS3vtP1YRP_Q8vV52xwiIh3iszaqNQZnfEepiCnIXgrlytBbIonI7wNfLKshQuQyerFcADFwSS_RrElq_T-d6X5I/s640/blogger-image-397867057.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Once baked!! Beautiful and perfect!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDE09Q-rOYSur9kBo-pzDwEqBZMDtxR-_l3yBLrpjJWOWc8EXgGb6hQgFPtY9Oz7N1o6mvDYtOgiGcGW4KrEL-7fJ7HBhUYCAt1zptGUqBzk00Ut_KwBbGcQuc1m49ErGlBqVof3Ja5VM/s640/blogger-image--1132778020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDE09Q-rOYSur9kBo-pzDwEqBZMDtxR-_l3yBLrpjJWOWc8EXgGb6hQgFPtY9Oz7N1o6mvDYtOgiGcGW4KrEL-7fJ7HBhUYCAt1zptGUqBzk00Ut_KwBbGcQuc1m49ErGlBqVof3Ja5VM/s640/blogger-image--1132778020.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></span></div>Krisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-55837344641474201812015-03-02T08:19:00.001-06:002015-03-02T08:25:21.267-06:00Texas hurry and bring Spring!!Just when we thought we weren't going to have a bad winter or any school days to make up Texas went and threw us for a loop!! Last week we got freezing rain and the schools were able to make the call the night before. Let me tell you we had some happy children who got two excused days off from school (hello four day weekend)! I kept the boys home a third day (unexcused) because it was snowing and if it continued I really didn't want to get the babies out in it. I gave Brit the choice since we can walk to her school. She didn't want to lose her perfect attendance and her district had a two hour delay (11:20 start). So I threw the babies in their play area and let Brady babysit for the five minutes it took to walk her to the stop sign and watch her walk the rest. Her first period is a portable so I could see her walk in. Then I raced back. Brady is an amazing big brother and most his morning looked like this. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgd5xndGBMKIBB8NYulIH9giuH-wP4cTrf4s9NWn3Nw-IV4EDAlly8VsujzKfpah_0TfTwQCTdqyfa9cYRWtSSHGluM-Gdl7FSPcW2Phw7zoWCr9pae0XmlPDOAZluaBwwpc8QB9_c5Y/s640/blogger-image--831969293.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgd5xndGBMKIBB8NYulIH9giuH-wP4cTrf4s9NWn3Nw-IV4EDAlly8VsujzKfpah_0TfTwQCTdqyfa9cYRWtSSHGluM-Gdl7FSPcW2Phw7zoWCr9pae0XmlPDOAZluaBwwpc8QB9_c5Y/s640/blogger-image--831969293.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMoK_m5Xv5qGWEnlrnAX4tjfgA_3lorY0M-12s-2Gy6Omb35gFDxwR8hyhxfyCmDFXXzoPqAoZpLVUHDdo2clRBe3ikOEma5ROoTmpZnSWei8_OyQpfhLEvczIXwr5SFkOrL9NVhnqFQ/s640/blogger-image-1433143619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMoK_m5Xv5qGWEnlrnAX4tjfgA_3lorY0M-12s-2Gy6Omb35gFDxwR8hyhxfyCmDFXXzoPqAoZpLVUHDdo2clRBe3ikOEma5ROoTmpZnSWei8_OyQpfhLEvczIXwr5SFkOrL9NVhnqFQ/s640/blogger-image-1433143619.jpg"></a></div></div>On Thursday everyone went back to school! I was so happy my hair appointment didn't get cancelled!! I didn't want to have roots for my upcoming anniversary weekend! During my appointment though I started to feel really bad. I got hit with a sore throat and chills. I knew we had another storm system moving in but I also knew I had had strep at the beginning of the month. My ear acted like it was draining so I thought well it prob is this weather moving in and upped my normal dose of allergy meds when I got home. </div><div>Here is my car selfie after my hair appointment. Be gone roots! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGDWmZVMOx8VIObM-9NBtfm69T5VP5omWyCw_6jaM3OR7jTN7exWHsdPEVD1aXpLGTycL2TRjaafg4L1ZP6-YZ1HK_QuP7fllcIiEgFSxda2nKBg_I4Km6o7njsPONji9pKIFHXN_trA/s640/blogger-image-106552331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGDWmZVMOx8VIObM-9NBtfm69T5VP5omWyCw_6jaM3OR7jTN7exWHsdPEVD1aXpLGTycL2TRjaafg4L1ZP6-YZ1HK_QuP7fllcIiEgFSxda2nKBg_I4Km6o7njsPONji9pKIFHXN_trA/s640/blogger-image-106552331.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thursday night was a little rough because I was running fever and my throat killed. Friday morning I knew I better go to the doctor. Riley took the boys to school and ended up coming back home instead of going into work. He felt bad and decided working from home sounded better since he had no conferences or meetings. I was able to get ahold of our doctor as I was taking Brit to school (my doctor even answered the phone) and she said come at 10:30. When I got home I told Riley I had made an appt. At this point it had started to snow outside. Riley decided he better go to the dr too and was able to call and go in with me. My MIL was at my house with the twins and I was so happy because the day turned into one crazy mess!! We left around 9:45 and I'm glad we did because what normally takes 10 mins took all 45 minutes. The snow was falling like crazy. We got to our doctors office and sure enough both of us had strep. We snapped this fast selfie of us on our way out the door of the office. The picture does not convey how bad we felt. I didn't have on any makeup either which you know I'm sick if that happens. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIQUZaXneRhvOAabDi92PrPGQ-fdIMrLd-xVykyC5CzHs8SnrhcUmXLId0RESpFqRC8Cs-508GDqBi2IkVekOYdJbRCtjL2-bljRZ78Wi_Ndh872XWCfOhW5hlGB92qi14LEIaezOStA/s640/blogger-image--1752205229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIQUZaXneRhvOAabDi92PrPGQ-fdIMrLd-xVykyC5CzHs8SnrhcUmXLId0RESpFqRC8Cs-508GDqBi2IkVekOYdJbRCtjL2-bljRZ78Wi_Ndh872XWCfOhW5hlGB92qi14LEIaezOStA/s640/blogger-image--1752205229.jpg"></a></div></div>We had no idea that it would take almost THREE hours to get home (4-5 miles to our house). The snow was coming down and in downtown Ft Worth it was stacked! The schools started calling saying the boys would have a 1pm dismissal and Brit a 2pm dismissal. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs59eq0n2sM11j58B7m2f10tMRY_IB7A9dHw4ejyQaypiGN8u91Xk_iYoWKOZ89UAabjuBfFbq94oHtlyH4LCroIT1MxDaYKIKcj5PC1Nhu3WGedPf8ZjAvcpg4NFGqMC8ndCqaQfUt-c/s640/blogger-image--18524389.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs59eq0n2sM11j58B7m2f10tMRY_IB7A9dHw4ejyQaypiGN8u91Xk_iYoWKOZ89UAabjuBfFbq94oHtlyH4LCroIT1MxDaYKIKcj5PC1Nhu3WGedPf8ZjAvcpg4NFGqMC8ndCqaQfUt-c/s640/blogger-image--18524389.jpg"></a></div> </div><div>My FIL had managed to get out of downtown before it got this congested and went to my house to help with the twins. At 12:30 we called him and said can you go get the boys we are so stuck and won't make it across town in time. Thankfully he could get them. We literally pulled into Brits school right before the bell rung. We took a gamble and turned down a street that I knew would take us to a Main Street to get us home. We are pretty sure that one street saved us an HOUR of sitting time or my FIL would have been getting her too. By the time we got home we were sick and frazzled with five kids to care for. Thankfully the older kids occupied themselves with Wii and we tag teamed the babies. </div><div><br></div><div>Now it's Monday and the boys/hubby are off to school and work. I still feel bad but hoping to get a few things done because this weekend is my 17th wedding anniversary and the start of spring break! Riley is home all next week and we need to sit down and plan our "stay-cation". I'm hoping the weather is nice so we can do several outings! </div><div><br></div><div>Ok, I'm off. I hear the babies waking and I need to go see if Brit is ready for school (her school starts an hour and 20 mins later than the boys). </div><div>-Kriss </div><div><br></div>Krisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-76882335558128942912015-02-15T22:24:00.001-06:002015-02-16T12:43:28.348-06:00ValentinesValentines weekend was so fun!! Riley surprised me by taking off on Friday and arranging a sitter for the twins!!! After the older kids went to school we headed to Waffle House and Costco. It was so nice to shop and just think about food choices lol! I know one thing... We must think about getting a second full size fridge. We currently have a French style fridge and the largest cubic mini fridge they make. It just isn't big enough for a family of seven and all the fresh product/yogurt/milk/eggs I buy. Must start thinking like a big family!! We also hit Sprouts so I could get strawberries and other fresh produce. I also picked up some Halo Top Creamery Lemon Cake a Icecream.... It's amazing and only 70 calories per 1/2 cup!! We were able to grab lunch too before our crazy Friday ballet evening started. I'm looking forward to next year when ballet is on another evening! <div><br></div><div>Saturday morning Ben ran in first thing to our room to say Happy Valentines. Riley and I exchanged our small gifts. We usually only do small gifts because our anniversary is 21 days later. I fixed the kids cute heart shaped valentine cinnamon rolls and high protein yogurt parfaits. We had invited Riley's parents over for Valentines Dinner. His mom was charge of pies (chocolate and coconut cream) and I was in charge of everything chocolate. We just grilled out hamburgers but these burgers beat any burger we've ever had out.... Lightly toasted bun, patty, muenster cheese, bacon and Sweet Fire Relish we get from the farmers market.... Yum!!!! I set up the table all cute! We gave the kids an assortment of valentines candy. His mom gave the kids each a bag of after school treats and candy!! The kids crashed hard by bedtime! </div><div><br></div><div>Sunday Riley took the older boys for a "man date" as my boys call it to the movies. Then to go buy running shoe because their feet won't stop growing! Brit and I had a date with this horrible thing called laundry! Both of us tackled it and had time to spare to watch a movie together before they got home. I sent Riley to the store for salad/spinach for the week and he came home with tulips for my kitchen window sill. He is always so thoughtful! I love him for it and much much more! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLU_2qhEXqeFLSez4VqR8Eh07OhOqnuxHl0nh-4S5fq-ll3jRjD1jaYibi6jT1lX_q7mpBOBpot8uGL63ToaK9R0tVnYXm20eFDVARP-dHw3h6JcGvJWxQ4_DE1tSlY9Os4Taz86gXRi8/s640/blogger-image-1940989630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLU_2qhEXqeFLSez4VqR8Eh07OhOqnuxHl0nh-4S5fq-ll3jRjD1jaYibi6jT1lX_q7mpBOBpot8uGL63ToaK9R0tVnYXm20eFDVARP-dHw3h6JcGvJWxQ4_DE1tSlY9Os4Taz86gXRi8/s640/blogger-image-1940989630.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyyCZ_AJeb955-Ex2cHRZziq8TsGfmo3h5xzs4L3499d9itfD6nfbCP-BJUUzBshmvsBA2UEw7ImARd5IAAx0umpuQ7chqlfJV88x14sZCE8qS3ebfKKPkcCdtPIadERF-8CalgbPFtg/s640/blogger-image-1100368002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyyCZ_AJeb955-Ex2cHRZziq8TsGfmo3h5xzs4L3499d9itfD6nfbCP-BJUUzBshmvsBA2UEw7ImARd5IAAx0umpuQ7chqlfJV88x14sZCE8qS3ebfKKPkcCdtPIadERF-8CalgbPFtg/s640/blogger-image-1100368002.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Riley's gift to me!! It's perfect! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV38p57yQiUbiz_QuPtKs3DNLE9qf_vhxf3IXWX47qaR3rpKVKJHSuyz7LKqih7qUCX_BZh9PpahG1Y6VyrkdhyHhvajNNr6nbe3Sx5yxJ6suh4uQ98LxRL6HClxq82MnChLkmO45hpZk/s640/blogger-image--1622482659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV38p57yQiUbiz_QuPtKs3DNLE9qf_vhxf3IXWX47qaR3rpKVKJHSuyz7LKqih7qUCX_BZh9PpahG1Y6VyrkdhyHhvajNNr6nbe3Sx5yxJ6suh4uQ98LxRL6HClxq82MnChLkmO45hpZk/s640/blogger-image--1622482659.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1XIo12fCa3LM9FNlNGpF4TYaf8VLAO5BT2oTuvpqf1V_YalwueJyR5zK0_CbjTPSuU8s8Rb1t1ipb749auvJFPO9szMtzzhyMUA-KNLi7ZPTA93UXMf5iWM5CSs-cAu73MxFJFuvClw/s640/blogger-image-1451177910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6slgr9TUd9KEKwycMTXigWbD-0OMWIcRMfOrZ7bbJF_FGAnoUM346_2f8pvYj4dfA5f98YZniC-iir5INkNFN0-D1LHLHt1efnyRHyA1bPnrVp3yoTHlP9kXqhC5uoSCzOXLWfxtmqLY/s640/blogger-image-1103447667.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The twins were so cute in their valentine pajamas but I gave up trying to photograph them! They move to much!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmm3KpEsKfRoh5JLrd_FqL4fRwMagV357CRLQRlJbkvSn6jVPNQ7Ahyphenhyphenk0A-jLA-8JajRN8iQrECc0bKJ7IQtDCirqcRRks8OnRt7dFcOeUZ26QNLKSd3Kd-x15ngRTKbFjiOYNVJlQsZw/s640/blogger-image--1840133214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmm3KpEsKfRoh5JLrd_FqL4fRwMagV357CRLQRlJbkvSn6jVPNQ7Ahyphenhyphenk0A-jLA-8JajRN8iQrECc0bKJ7IQtDCirqcRRks8OnRt7dFcOeUZ26QNLKSd3Kd-x15ngRTKbFjiOYNVJlQsZw/s640/blogger-image--1840133214.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLowTfOCTzCK9EkzeKDcHq9c1xMY-VXKjq9-h3Qw7_5e3CLV_b971GJyzgIuu3JSFQpc8YsGPe9djvxf3XpDqB9PQMshyphenhyphenKVnxhGWlSGP8R6hvKS_HVAvbemlroKv_qsiNgDjOAZ8HWVC0/s640/blogger-image-675193984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLowTfOCTzCK9EkzeKDcHq9c1xMY-VXKjq9-h3Qw7_5e3CLV_b971GJyzgIuu3JSFQpc8YsGPe9djvxf3XpDqB9PQMshyphenhyphenKVnxhGWlSGP8R6hvKS_HVAvbemlroKv_qsiNgDjOAZ8HWVC0/s640/blogger-image-675193984.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWgP8Lzvepvr8KxM5-G6je42UWm2xPpmc5sKTG7shn_EGwN_emzcVtTQmlzOL04b6FGf0ANJ0bVima6Q3Ry48reBW89FT41JB38gT2szGjVwJ4YyPL4ziL-ppoGComKIepO1qj3KTLCU/s640/blogger-image--610490080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWgP8Lzvepvr8KxM5-G6je42UWm2xPpmc5sKTG7shn_EGwN_emzcVtTQmlzOL04b6FGf0ANJ0bVima6Q3Ry48reBW89FT41JB38gT2szGjVwJ4YyPL4ziL-ppoGComKIepO1qj3KTLCU/s640/blogger-image--610490080.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ps: I don't blog as often as I'd like but I do Instagram daily! I've been working on fitness, healthy lunches/meals, motivation for me and my followers. Follow me! Say hi! Look me up under krissriley<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">-Kriss :))</span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Krisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-45513482011947199372015-02-10T08:23:00.001-06:002015-02-10T08:23:05.403-06:00Thirteen TEEN Birthday<div>I <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">had the hardest time deciding what I wanted to do for Brit's birthday!! Brits only requests were that it have aqua or teal colors thrown in amd that there be cake! I actually left it all a surprise until the day I put it out! I had to work on most of it during the week and put it away before she came home from school. I decided to go with a more grown up theme and do "blooms" because all I could think about is the young lady she is blossoming into. Making the tissue paper flowers was so fun and really added a huge pop of color! I was able to use a lot of items I already owned (yellow sheet, aqua fabric runner, some tissue paper, dishes). Only things I purchased for decorations was tissue paper, silver glitter paper, butterfly paper punch, poster board, candles and some scrap booking flowers to put on the cake. We ordered the cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes and I was so happy I didn't make it this year! The sign I channeled my inner painter...... I haven't painted with watercolors since elementary! </span></div><div><br></div><div>Party Details: </div><div>Cake : Nothing Bundt Cake 10in White Chocolate Raspberry</div><div>13 sign: Crayola Watercolor paint, poster board and gold acrylic paint </div><div>13 glitter numbers & flower: glitter paper and tissue paper dahlia </div><div>Flowers: tissue paper</div><div>Bottles: Sidral Mundet Green Apple soda (so refreshing!!) and a steal at .66cents (Hispanic Market)</div><div>Paper Goods: Hobby Lobby spring collection at 40% off</div><div>Aqua backdrop for sign: plastic table cloth to cover existing art</div><div>Butterfly's: Martha Stewart paper punch</div><div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUrl_OgasPtWsI_zoKcZtQLRuFdRkFY-zDIP3WG8z_u4HWOjZm-SsT5utTDHOIbTphQ6mKilclg9DmTYcxfh1rIFI_vu96tDm3Gji0Hy_EzjYj_0HdCpP0XLN44OYbRS_CzVzHfqKq_Q/s640/blogger-image-600316057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUrl_OgasPtWsI_zoKcZtQLRuFdRkFY-zDIP3WG8z_u4HWOjZm-SsT5utTDHOIbTphQ6mKilclg9DmTYcxfh1rIFI_vu96tDm3Gji0Hy_EzjYj_0HdCpP0XLN44OYbRS_CzVzHfqKq_Q/s640/blogger-image-600316057.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsA-iFsPQHp9KdiawL9x25-DjfM5PR5UV1W5uxAO9of-pOpjq-4mwsI5wRj-gd8mF6ZW8OG-EruQ5BunwYjMBrDWMyqba5fti3rMB6MmrxemtVvi0JqBGNUwPIlTEjXP-41p5xyGtehAY/s640/blogger-image--2041176664.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsA-iFsPQHp9KdiawL9x25-DjfM5PR5UV1W5uxAO9of-pOpjq-4mwsI5wRj-gd8mF6ZW8OG-EruQ5BunwYjMBrDWMyqba5fti3rMB6MmrxemtVvi0JqBGNUwPIlTEjXP-41p5xyGtehAY/s640/blogger-image--2041176664.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXSEX7qvU1GZ2W5dHpjc36ZRmV5JDLaST6LOCuR1mRZD8ahTePQk7cnLZouBMb6t_1U6u8r1yfW7QYc23U3VausdmflYgdXoh68wEZEZm0-DIfRJbw8Ee31E8uO6ca_rR8PZPI3oDCQ4/s640/blogger-image--1010950990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXSEX7qvU1GZ2W5dHpjc36ZRmV5JDLaST6LOCuR1mRZD8ahTePQk7cnLZouBMb6t_1U6u8r1yfW7QYc23U3VausdmflYgdXoh68wEZEZm0-DIfRJbw8Ee31E8uO6ca_rR8PZPI3oDCQ4/s640/blogger-image--1010950990.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjJ21pvATZoJoxtA0wyHbVLxRlOprIemL8yKVPHSNeqEHhRwt6CTd5ih_raFXbtnm3U-wo9ZsM_xCeJsasVOTD2laUWLSpP44cKj7hPAEfj-EwSDjs-1w6cDnes8Cw_8CCdw3_zU7D6U/s640/blogger-image-1036150740.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjJ21pvATZoJoxtA0wyHbVLxRlOprIemL8yKVPHSNeqEHhRwt6CTd5ih_raFXbtnm3U-wo9ZsM_xCeJsasVOTD2laUWLSpP44cKj7hPAEfj-EwSDjs-1w6cDnes8Cw_8CCdw3_zU7D6U/s640/blogger-image-1036150740.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I found these lemon cookies at Family Dollar and they were delicious! Loved the swirl detail! Added a raspberry for that extra touch. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3A5sF5RJuaiLGFoa_foUuhIBimTBkWiELmMk47MWkhQ3qNzHQ58HDIvmSoBeLof5HwwwXZtdvInkZ8TsoxLduJ2Tz6ke8tiXkHZiE3zW5zpE9G9c4nH1XLcVh3P_IWKrvY9vCMZ6y1A/s640/blogger-image-1710201682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3A5sF5RJuaiLGFoa_foUuhIBimTBkWiELmMk47MWkhQ3qNzHQ58HDIvmSoBeLof5HwwwXZtdvInkZ8TsoxLduJ2Tz6ke8tiXkHZiE3zW5zpE9G9c4nH1XLcVh3P_IWKrvY9vCMZ6y1A/s640/blogger-image-1710201682.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Scrap booking flowers really added to the cake</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQedPpKZ6LOYcz87BCfZzgF_6A4ANdCNbY3Al0dMz78TTIHqQMzHMAQgT2T_NnOy4rP2zJRmvXkQ88I4S7XUxK5gr6xEUHh7_se0UGpwGfyuWhr437lg6mDJppoEDRv9Dr6Aq4ISMsLI/s640/blogger-image-1276781819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQedPpKZ6LOYcz87BCfZzgF_6A4ANdCNbY3Al0dMz78TTIHqQMzHMAQgT2T_NnOy4rP2zJRmvXkQ88I4S7XUxK5gr6xEUHh7_se0UGpwGfyuWhr437lg6mDJppoEDRv9Dr6Aq4ISMsLI/s640/blogger-image-1276781819.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Granny's birthday is four days after Brits so we always celebrate her too! She got a mini bundlet to take home for later! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegQp3lp0Ik0nj3eDPWUQ60IP4MJZn4K3BG_TyCcM0kcUN4GY7TU3B60yqAPs70XN9DkRI6xazU1HAGEaLPNrYPtxnHE8dX8w6BE_S5TCTOC5WGje72ZXHoq1S0CtiSfGQA0oo4PPJ9Hw/s640/blogger-image--62722571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegQp3lp0Ik0nj3eDPWUQ60IP4MJZn4K3BG_TyCcM0kcUN4GY7TU3B60yqAPs70XN9DkRI6xazU1HAGEaLPNrYPtxnHE8dX8w6BE_S5TCTOC5WGje72ZXHoq1S0CtiSfGQA0oo4PPJ9Hw/s640/blogger-image--62722571.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdin1I_QVCmvE2wRhwN8M7FN7pky1R9YoTi36gkrxDYOlc4ryR13faK2Vpc7U4ykb4_gWv8rFUbh4wHXPwfSttCsEe3T4DrDnBC53kOm20-t7REQ3f3Q3riBD-RDmmfpcgbeHsBOdi6w/s640/blogger-image-1357507995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdin1I_QVCmvE2wRhwN8M7FN7pky1R9YoTi36gkrxDYOlc4ryR13faK2Vpc7U4ykb4_gWv8rFUbh4wHXPwfSttCsEe3T4DrDnBC53kOm20-t7REQ3f3Q3riBD-RDmmfpcgbeHsBOdi6w/s640/blogger-image-1357507995.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjE37NoW6CgDdKuFcAOeHZcAd0PM9xmqorB-tTdZ7aZcl5WaNlZK95wfoor-1HSTwt9qK6xlJAbmeq9tdhFcRtK30ylRS4d09DxcFGCkFt5I6ikJ0Gcv0m6dFxG5gZCyEPBPSwz9z-9o/s640/blogger-image-1528163459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjE37NoW6CgDdKuFcAOeHZcAd0PM9xmqorB-tTdZ7aZcl5WaNlZK95wfoor-1HSTwt9qK6xlJAbmeq9tdhFcRtK30ylRS4d09DxcFGCkFt5I6ikJ0Gcv0m6dFxG5gZCyEPBPSwz9z-9o/s640/blogger-image-1528163459.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaazpuU0U4nkABJSdcPRQs-XgMvfi_8rGSGjOdN4nRJvetTptP1_qqR1UzwZh9TWvxs5nbFR2NF1VXdhLHWPhxtRwtO6piLJ34I3nkCawFppClisu_eLNfz6vC72MI5UydOvIICc3N2Q/s640/blogger-image--2022601236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaazpuU0U4nkABJSdcPRQs-XgMvfi_8rGSGjOdN4nRJvetTptP1_qqR1UzwZh9TWvxs5nbFR2NF1VXdhLHWPhxtRwtO6piLJ34I3nkCawFppClisu_eLNfz6vC72MI5UydOvIICc3N2Q/s640/blogger-image--2022601236.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtaT-bD810tLz0UeRvGfQLOrJSOx5ELvpX-7JTAgFIx2tymhfBPc2qu2D4kHdUyMj-F3u6xKLwU9Mqu_bM3wz-fvMzDIY7O4lDiXzuBGE5EVC77w3M75kc116r06_CmBdEIzAr1iQbNw/s640/blogger-image--1098095870.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtaT-bD810tLz0UeRvGfQLOrJSOx5ELvpX-7JTAgFIx2tymhfBPc2qu2D4kHdUyMj-F3u6xKLwU9Mqu_bM3wz-fvMzDIY7O4lDiXzuBGE5EVC77w3M75kc116r06_CmBdEIzAr1iQbNw/s640/blogger-image--1098095870.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4IRtlqn41Xy2BqdRXP1gxss36p_NmTUokbW5WmbZ1xyfJ5OMkog35WVBnrnAoxkW0a3jryZdHPyq0bmkcw7cExQ2qyLU9F_8jLaQ6gwLeQKOblEdYaScjznQAObjcB3DzDxwKyIN-Q8/s640/blogger-image--1660212341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4IRtlqn41Xy2BqdRXP1gxss36p_NmTUokbW5WmbZ1xyfJ5OMkog35WVBnrnAoxkW0a3jryZdHPyq0bmkcw7cExQ2qyLU9F_8jLaQ6gwLeQKOblEdYaScjznQAObjcB3DzDxwKyIN-Q8/s640/blogger-image--1660212341.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>The apple soda was a huge hit! 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I can't believe how fast the last ten years has gone. She is turning into a beautiful confident young lady. We kind of ended up celebrating over the course of three days!! Which I'm sure she didn't mind lol! </span></div><div><br></div><div>Before I share her party pictures I wanted to document a few things. This last week leading up to her birthday was stressful and incredibly sad. Brady had a HUGE school project with MANY parts due on Feb. 6. That in itself took up a few evenings. Britney also had a choir trip one evening and she didn't get home until way after 9pm. I was proud of her though because she called to tell me the bus was running behind and not to worry. </div><div><br></div><div>We also had a very sad and stressful family event that made us all stop in our tracks. Riley's dad is an identical twin. His twin had gone into the hospital last Tuesday for a new heart valve and some bypasses. This was his second time on the table having had bypasses many years ago. When they started the surgery they discovered his heart was stuck to the chest wall and the surgeons had accidentally<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> cut into it (from what I understand). They had to get him stabilized before they could continue with the surgery. My FIL had gone into work with plans to go to the hospital after he had finished a few things. As he was working he started to feel very sick and nausated. He decided he better head for the hospital because he knew his brother was in distress. On he way to the hospital his nephew called to tell him it was touch and go. When his brother made it out of surgery they had the valve and left side of the heart working but not the part they cut into. They hoped the heart was just in shock and it would start working in 1-3 days. By The next day they had to take him back into surgery (he was still open from Tuesday) because he had a few leaks. By Wednesday night the other side of the heart was working. This was wonderful but we all knew he was not out of the woods yet. Unfortunately his time here with us was cut short and he went to heaven on Thursday morning. It was a sad and somber day. We were also so worried about Riley's dad. Riley and I couldn't imagine being a twin for 76 years and then your twin is gone. It also made us stop and think about the age of my inlaws. We will be shattered when it's their time to go. Britney's party was supposed to be Saturday night but we moved it to Sunday because Uncle D's memorial got scheduled. Britney was a little upset but she understood. To top it all off, I started running fever on Wednesday (which I never do) and by Wednesday afternoon I was so sick with chills, sore throat and lethargy. Thursday morning I woke up with my throat hangy down thingie so swollen I could barely talk or swallow. Thankfully I was able to get to the doctor, get a shot and get some liquid antibiotics/liquid Advil. It was so bad my doctor said if it got any more swollen I would have to go to the ER. I'm happy to say that by that afternoon the steroid shot worked fast and I was feeling so much better!! That swelling was scary! My doctor said,"There is no way you can swallow a big pill". Britney was happy too because we were supposed to go shopping (she had Friday off from school) with Granny. Thursday was just not a good day!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Friday: I woke up feeling much much better and was able to take Britney shopping!! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeLRZ73meseZ0rjZuj_HYW9BQXiok0FQB6dQ4C5jcXJO3LCjhI45GfJUOALnWuxmNn-sBix3K1sB2MSpxVLl8MdqpV028K0zPeQvAyoje7RZW5Im7D1sOrw_GV1xdiHoK78DZ8O_q660/s640/blogger-image-1237086845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeLRZ73meseZ0rjZuj_HYW9BQXiok0FQB6dQ4C5jcXJO3LCjhI45GfJUOALnWuxmNn-sBix3K1sB2MSpxVLl8MdqpV028K0zPeQvAyoje7RZW5Im7D1sOrw_GV1xdiHoK78DZ8O_q660/s640/blogger-image-1237086845.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">With her granny: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HG0mwwWkavg53UpFg6xgBACgFj5PcS2PudrIB48lG7MF3X76HMlhBTCQEbLG3pp8r6FfeAtLYiYmW0QNgn1c4ybBNM2B0eDvrhzVWrJescTV3oQiq8i69YdfjwXt3Cofx1BVngfTFVY/s640/blogger-image-865343197.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HG0mwwWkavg53UpFg6xgBACgFj5PcS2PudrIB48lG7MF3X76HMlhBTCQEbLG3pp8r6FfeAtLYiYmW0QNgn1c4ybBNM2B0eDvrhzVWrJescTV3oQiq8i69YdfjwXt3Cofx1BVngfTFVY/s640/blogger-image-865343197.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Saturday: Originally Brits party was scheduled for Saturday evening but Uncle D's memorial was that night so we had to move it to Sunday. We were still able to get up and take just her for breakfast, James Avery and to go pick up her cake. She was so surprised and excited about her new bracelet! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEhN8c33E7SNfLNfAVkh3JYgluJbP_fUmg0zZQcFothkDZbTgTZqK7b2STAi6eqtVhkIj3t69wrHH5-X6yWFXrj5imMVM155CLKxI9N9m2HEV-i0oaDn2BuLaVc95AHmq05B5v2akgPI/s640/blogger-image--2053183381.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEhN8c33E7SNfLNfAVkh3JYgluJbP_fUmg0zZQcFothkDZbTgTZqK7b2STAi6eqtVhkIj3t69wrHH5-X6yWFXrj5imMVM155CLKxI9N9m2HEV-i0oaDn2BuLaVc95AHmq05B5v2akgPI/s640/blogger-image--2053183381.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwo0WqKpMe8SpHWv0-DBVykpRom4YTG3_KJTb4Txn8i9J6rdDK6mFfwF75igFmWxKf2GLrZvxFpnHfsWe4lSBzga0TpiklP-x-7wAlV78_WKzCjqHgqOwa8mCzO0nzsBvAMwA_ialIwxo/s640/blogger-image--1244068013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwo0WqKpMe8SpHWv0-DBVykpRom4YTG3_KJTb4Txn8i9J6rdDK6mFfwF75igFmWxKf2GLrZvxFpnHfsWe4lSBzga0TpiklP-x-7wAlV78_WKzCjqHgqOwa8mCzO0nzsBvAMwA_ialIwxo/s640/blogger-image--1244068013.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I'll post the party pictures in the next post! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div>Krisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-33374515865841141322015-01-18T13:29:00.001-06:002015-01-18T13:29:16.829-06:00CJ's ButtersAfter giving my twins a bath this morning I happily gave them a baby massage as I always do after a bath. I soaked in the smell and couldn't wait to pull them up and snuggle that sweet spot in their hair and neck afterwards. Then it dawned on me that I should share what I use on them because it is awesome and smells amazing! When I was pregnant I was determined to shy away from the typical baby wash and lotions. For months I smelled everything on store shelves at every place I went that offered baby products. Nothing smelled good to me other than old fashioned Johnson and Johnson but I really didn't want to use their products. Also I didn't want them smelling like lavendar or calendula flowers which was the typical ingredients in most of the other baby products. I also hated the smell of Burts Bee's and didn't want my babies smelling like coconut oil either (every one I know these days uses coconut oil for everything). I had noticed CJ's Butters on the cloth diapering sites and decided to take a gamble because I'm a sucker for anything oatmeal and honey. Best purchase EVER!! We joke and say it is their "Signiture Scent". Every one that comes over comments how good they smell and that it makes them want to nibble them lol! It's ok because it makes us want to nibble them too!!! I might or might not have gotten a nibble a time or two. :) I bathe them in Dr Bonners Baby Castille soap and then use the CJ's butter to moisturize their skin. I order it directly from their website at www.mycjsbutter.com They do have several other scents (they have samples they sell) but I have personally only used the Oatmeal, Milk and Honey. It goes a long way too because I just ordered another 8oz tub. The originally tub lasted with TWO babies 19 months! <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqcaGTm2ytY7bqus75Ri_X4AEtrSvnxLp7q5N-IySV8Ij6iE-p7FrhKESMnRE1cKQ3MCTDbODcAvpKupsztRbRlMgOEKf3wUb6745HjERW71uekRqbk8hrEH-hiYFQAJY-DcIOCSs9uE/s640/blogger-image-1946147906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwqcaGTm2ytY7bqus75Ri_X4AEtrSvnxLp7q5N-IySV8Ij6iE-p7FrhKESMnRE1cKQ3MCTDbODcAvpKupsztRbRlMgOEKf3wUb6745HjERW71uekRqbk8hrEH-hiYFQAJY-DcIOCSs9uE/s640/blogger-image-1946147906.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>If you decide to try it let me know what you think! </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>*this is not a paid post for CJ's Butters or anyway endorsed by CJ's Butters. This is an independent review from a mom on a product she uses every day. :) </div>Krisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-57149695525962703712015-01-15T21:29:00.001-06:002015-01-15T21:29:54.492-06:00New Years Eve<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Every New Years Eve we break out the fondue pots and chocolate fountain! Then we play games! This year we prob played 15 rounds of Candy Land. We have a million games and they always just want to play Candy Land. :))</span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRQ3VzhBJ418hIhZdTgL2lu0fc_najk_7mrl4mbWbHuc_Yik3mNDrKAcpccT0pM2ge1F2-bjPu4yxpsrlkePOptuSdYhH2_hWK_CP53IEVLUzSyJgRnL9Hr7Go2xtnZWfU-iqzK18ZXs/s640/blogger-image--1641917708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRQ3VzhBJ418hIhZdTgL2lu0fc_najk_7mrl4mbWbHuc_Yik3mNDrKAcpccT0pM2ge1F2-bjPu4yxpsrlkePOptuSdYhH2_hWK_CP53IEVLUzSyJgRnL9Hr7Go2xtnZWfU-iqzK18ZXs/s640/blogger-image--1641917708.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPbgTUPFOBKd_ErZMbV4yz0evFJsANUYQ8EbSKT4wxtB7IQ0ZtpF9VHhryubjaqzBK48yp01IWI4wuukcdNkTaUJTBL8BW1ljUEKXPYekOdDuMZm5Li5a_VLNpq_oed9KwpfgtyXr74s/s640/blogger-image-86952757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPbgTUPFOBKd_ErZMbV4yz0evFJsANUYQ8EbSKT4wxtB7IQ0ZtpF9VHhryubjaqzBK48yp01IWI4wuukcdNkTaUJTBL8BW1ljUEKXPYekOdDuMZm5Li5a_VLNpq_oed9KwpfgtyXr74s/s640/blogger-image-86952757.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Brady is Mr Personality!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUkO0h9-mT1w_sws5GjwHY9qLY9L5ZFqGALPasW696wGlVLg7ICiA0koBoPuPwYEqw5WV0IaDMCw3RaFYIYhmvjmpLi6Ys7IUR2JzDcnse6X-p_k4BfWgG4_AOwwwC22ezcsEjfm3FII/s640/blogger-image-370440083.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUkO0h9-mT1w_sws5GjwHY9qLY9L5ZFqGALPasW696wGlVLg7ICiA0koBoPuPwYEqw5WV0IaDMCw3RaFYIYhmvjmpLi6Ys7IUR2JzDcnse6X-p_k4BfWgG4_AOwwwC22ezcsEjfm3FII/s640/blogger-image-370440083.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ben was NOT happy in this picture because I asked them to fill out these year sheets. So I told him he could skip and we would do it together later. The boy hates to write! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiL5oTTna6JzyFY1b6Gs6Z3DS1l-slQF1UQVM8T9hJ0iLKGmtk3cC1AcESAwbIcdbUHJWNmiXR5ZpYw0qRRd46BAgPuZqy3WVXsfaZb1v6t9O86ipghytv0nGmDZ8_g0heI4uaIMiuC6Y/s640/blogger-image-297249197.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiL5oTTna6JzyFY1b6Gs6Z3DS1l-slQF1UQVM8T9hJ0iLKGmtk3cC1AcESAwbIcdbUHJWNmiXR5ZpYw0qRRd46BAgPuZqy3WVXsfaZb1v6t9O86ipghytv0nGmDZ8_g0heI4uaIMiuC6Y/s640/blogger-image-297249197.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58SWPF7H_RBJ1HXvMi4x5jsGLQrnX1bq779sTkPdxsabbNcth1b9DRCa65S8jK2p6nJ89CuFkGf4PhyphenhyphenSQ35672LujAYUqSTIqI3bWRecsq5PysypPP_AXYHb41nDaAbnz1T6Yf8gpDvw/s640/blogger-image--730418192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58SWPF7H_RBJ1HXvMi4x5jsGLQrnX1bq779sTkPdxsabbNcth1b9DRCa65S8jK2p6nJ89CuFkGf4PhyphenhyphenSQ35672LujAYUqSTIqI3bWRecsq5PysypPP_AXYHb41nDaAbnz1T6Yf8gpDvw/s640/blogger-image--730418192.jpg"></a></div><br><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7DBUBS1jAXnxV93dhxCQuQdQaljLbqLH5cISSfFNADJwBT7Fi7W6EV38-sJWOefN_cnAqsnaj8ZjxGKwvv6Y-caazbtCFmkT_jRoOccwjC11G04GInHkXurx8jzswD0tGJOz6_7NETc/s640/blogger-image-1231934600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ7DBUBS1jAXnxV93dhxCQuQdQaljLbqLH5cISSfFNADJwBT7Fi7W6EV38-sJWOefN_cnAqsnaj8ZjxGKwvv6Y-caazbtCFmkT_jRoOccwjC11G04GInHkXurx8jzswD0tGJOz6_7NETc/s640/blogger-image-1231934600.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6bxU5OYWIIDBZXcky9WuroT4GDhtCOcevHY7VaEQ4KTqdnDZVZu2OeyDPmjT6Pfdj3sBfOWvXDipaatUt_JqTl9KX1q1QfQSjlR7g3RunhwO-PvAyuA-O3dX_6t3g05Qjeqk8F3O7DQ/s640/blogger-image--756042902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6bxU5OYWIIDBZXcky9WuroT4GDhtCOcevHY7VaEQ4KTqdnDZVZu2OeyDPmjT6Pfdj3sBfOWvXDipaatUt_JqTl9KX1q1QfQSjlR7g3RunhwO-PvAyuA-O3dX_6t3g05Qjeqk8F3O7DQ/s640/blogger-image--756042902.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The babies were sound asleep not to long after this picture! 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<br>Krisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00014119520544602617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1381461034705230902.post-3730678607768409992015-01-15T16:52:00.000-06:002015-01-15T16:52:51.641-06:00Happy New Year<div>
I'm sitting here watching my twins climb up on the loveseat and I'm pained at how fast 2014 went and how much they are growing. When did they learn to climb? In five short months they will be two. Weren't they just born? Over the weekend a friend of mine who is having twins bought our infant seats, snap-n-go stroller & two extra bases. They are also going to purchase the bouncy seats, pack-n-plays and ever saucers over the next<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> few months. While I'm so happy that another family can use it and we re-coupled our expenses it was hard to sell it. Wasn't I just pregnant? Wasn't I just shopping and picking out the perfect items for my babies? While there is a little sadness over the material aspect of having babies there is the unimaginable joy these two bring our entire home. I feel so blessed to be home with them and getting every wonderful moment of their babyhood! They have such different personalities. Riley and I are just amazed at how easy they are. </span></div>
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