My Lil' Soccer Star

Something new for Miss Molly.  Soccer was a fun adventure.  She says she liked it, but doesn't want to play again.....of course, she says that about everything she tries, then a few weeks later she's begging to go back!  Here are some pics from over the course of the soccer season.  I love that she is eager to learn and that she's blessed with the ability to pick up something new rather quickly. 

I almost forgot the best part, daddy was the assistant coach!  And he did great! 

I absolutely adore the man anyway, but it is real hard not to smile when he is working with kiddos. 

Proud of her medal!  Gooo Molly!

This is my beautiful momma.......who despises having her picture taken. 

But I wasn't taking no for an answer. 

In one word?  She is INCREDIBLE.

She really is Betty Crocker, but just goes go by Debi.  I am thankful that I have inherited a portion of her abilities in the kitchen. 

She is an amazing seamstress....made her own wedding gown in her Sr. home ec class.  Her fingers are flawless.  She makes it look so easy too. 

She has a beautiful voice and a ridiculously caring heart.  I adore her and now my own girlies do too. 

My little ones & I over the weekend.  Being....our silly selves. 

My Mother's Day rocked.  Who am I to be so dadgum richly blessed? 

Home Sweet Home

Just sharing a glimpse of a few of my flower pots. 

Gerbera Daisies are definitely a top fave of mine!

Loving these beautiful sunshiney warm days.

Weekend Tales

The weekend is over...........I'm so sad.  They always end too quickly! 

Saturday mornings should totally be for sleeping in, but it doesn't seem to work out that way for me very often, and no blaming the girls on this one, because they are both GREAT sleepers!  In fact, on this particular morning, I was up by 6:30 a.m., Molly wasn't up until 8 and we woke sleepy Aubrey (& sleepy daddy too) up close to 10! 

I woke up just bursting with energy, so I started laundry, unloaded the dishwasher and made the fam some chocolate chip banana muffins for breakfast.  They were fantastic, if you were wondering! :)

Molly & I decided we'd go check out a few garage sales, but it was pretty cold out and we really didn't find many sales.  I've been on the prowl for a twin bed/headboard to redo for Aubrey's room.  I found 2 twin beds  at one of the garage sales, but one had baseballs & bats in the wood work, and the other one that could have been workable was already sold!  Bummer!  Then I found bunk beds that sparked my interest for a few minutes, but I decided against that.  So, the search continues!!!

Saturday wound up being a beautiful sunny day. 

My Prince & I had date night Saturday night...we had dinner at The Wedge in OKC.  It's a brick oven pizzeria and it's quite yumalicious! 

 

Then we worked our way down to the OKC Arts Festival.  Lots of talent, that's for sure!!! 

We came across this sculpture and couldn't help but start daydreaming of lake days.  They will be here soon!!!

Because Saturday was date night, my parents kept the girls over night and took the girls to church with them.  It was cold and stormy early this a.m. so I took full advantage of sleeping in and it was wonderful.  I just wished my body allowed me to do so more often!  That internal alarm clock needs to silence itself every once in awhile!  Greggy & I lazily got out of bed and went to breakfast.  It was nice and relaxing and enjoyable to just have some "us" time. 

The girlies came home mid afternoon and were both really tired so they napped for a few hours. 

I'm not a huge pasta fan, but here lately I have been craving chicken alfredo, so I made some for din-din.  I had some fresh chicken in the fridge, no fettucine noodles, so penne was the winner, and I made a quick alfredo sauce from scratch.  It was the perfect comfort food for this drizzly, cold day. 

Then it was time for a few games of TROUBLE, (we love it at our house!) and before ya know it, it's bed time for my little loves. 

It was so good to have a low-key weekend. 

Oh!  And incase you were wondering, all of this rain we've been getting has does wonders in our backyard!  We have grass sprouting up everywhere...slowly but surely!  My hubby put fertilizer down just in time. 

I'll try to post pictures of the progress soon. 

Wishing everyone a wonderful week!

Oh Happy Day

I get SO excited about Easter every year.  Such a wonderful holiday filled with so much happiness and all things new and alive!  It really made my heart happy that my Molly is understanding what Easter is all about.  I picked her and sissy up from daycare one afternoon and on the way home Molly told me the story of how our Jesus hung on one of 3 crosses where he would die and then he would rise from the grave a few days later.  It's so powerful what she is capable of learning and I love that I'm the one she chooses to share it with.  Her telling me this gave me goosebumps.  I just love our car conversations. 

This Easter Sunday was extremely wet!  It rained from the time I got out of bed and I can honestly say it was still coming down when I went to bed last night.  It was a pretty rain though, and very much needed here in Oklahoma.  The girls and I got up and headed to church....and yes I said girls.  Usually it's more convenient to leave Aubrey at home with daddy because at this point and time she is rather attached to me.  Leaving her in a Sunday School class is hard on her and me when I have to walk away while she's crying...even if the crying only lasts a minute.  But this special Sunday, she went straight in to her class with NO crying.  Yay for my big girl!!!  Molly has several school friends in her class at church, so she usually just jumps right in the fun. 

The service was nothing short of terrific.  I love listening and watching a preacher who is comical and quite animated.  The music was wonderful, one very passionate woman sang and I so enjoyed her voice. One song still stuck in my head today is Christ Is Risen, Matt Maher's version. 
I loved hearing the rolling thunder throughout the service too....it's like it was part of it. 

By the time the service ended, the rain was only coming down harder.  I had my purse, Bible, an umbrella, & Aubi in my arms and Molly was by my side.  As we started walking toward the car, the puddles were deep with the cold rain.  Molly started to cry so I tried to make the best of that moment by telling her not to be scared or worried if her new shoes got wet.  I told her to splash and kick and just enjoy stomping in the puddles.  Her fear and crying quickly subsided and she started to giggle.  The umbrella did shield us from some of the down pour, but by the time we made it in the car, we were all cold and wet.  My hair was a mess, and my dress was, well, soaked.  We turned up the heat and kicked off our shoes, just cackled at the water dripping off of each of us, and headed home to pick up daddy.  I just decided my dress was too far gone to try to dry, so I put on jeans. 
Then we headed off to lunch with my hubby's side of the family and continued to enjoy the day.  Yummy food, good company, what more can you ask for??  Because of the torential down pours, egg hunting didn't happen...although a little bunny left all the kiddos some sweet surprises under their chairs at the dinner table.  :)
With our bellies full and everyone in good spirits, we all parted ways.  My side of the fam was over at my Grandma Faye's, not expecting to see us, but we popped in to wish them all a Happy Easter and stayed for a bit to chit chat.  I was really wanting to hold my sweet baby niece, Lanna Belle too....she's so darn sweet!

I did not take one picture on Easter this year.  However, the day before, my 2 little chickadee's and I ventured to a few locations to snap some cute moments, and that we did!  Hope you like!





They are a mess.  Our mess.  And I love our mess.

A Molly Day

On Good Friday, Molly's class ventured to a nearby park for an Easter egg hunt and a picnic.  I went to work for a few hours that morning then headed to the park before the bus arrived with the eager kiddos.

She found me!!

 Ready!  Set!  Hunt!

 My sweet sunshine girl, smiling bright...

 Showing me ALL the eggs she found

 I'm so in love with this crazy fun child!

 Counting out the goods!

Goofing off with all her classmates

 Look mom!  I can swing as high as the sky!

 She. Is. Precious.

 Miss Happy-Go-Lucky

 Mommy snuck in on a pic!  Me with my almost-finished-with-pre-k-kid!

Only 4 weeks left!!!  Seems INSANE how fast the year has gone.

 Molly & a friend

 Taking a break...

The kiddos had a great time hunting, picnicing & playing.  I was pretty pooped from pushing lots of kiddos on the swings! :)

I left out a little early in hopes of having a quick lunch with my Prince!  I was in luck!!

After lunch I was planning to head back to work but I decided to throw a curve-ball in the day.  I played hookie, but not without a friendly call in to the office to make sure it was a do-able hookie kinda day!

So, I surprised Miss Molly at the school when the bus brought them back and checked her out early.  We ran home to change clothes, then we switched my car out for daddy's truck so we could pick up some yard goodies at our fave, (Lowe's!)

But not without a stop by Pink Swirls (or Pink Squirrels as I like to call it) for some yummy frozen yogurt.  Molly topped hers with gummy bears, brownies, white choc. chips, choc syrup, sprinkles, oreos, & peanut butter cups.  My selection was quite boring compared to hers.....strawberries, kiwi, & toasted coconut. 

Then off to Lowe's we went to fill in some holes in the flowerbeds.  Molly loves Lowe's.  She smells almost every flower then pretend sneezes and says, "Oh my, must be allergic to that one too!"  Yep, she makes the trip more fun. 

We finally made it back home and she helped me unload the bed of the truck and then she rode her bike around singing as I planted.  After planting and putting down 13 bags of mulch, I was pooped, and so was Miss Mo.  She played her heart out at the park and then came home only to wear herself out even more. 

We got cleaned up and once sister & daddy came home, we went to rent some movies and pick up a pizza and some pasta.  We'd most def. worked up an appetite!  My sweet lil' lovebird kept saying she wanted to stay up late that night, but she was out shortly after 8 on the couch.  It was a fun day and she was so glad to have ALL my attention instead of having to share the limelight with little sis.  She loves her sis, and she is the world's most compassionate big sis, but I know she stilll enjoys her time. 

She told me I made her day when I showed up at her school to pick her up early....little does she know that she made mommy's day too. 

Where the green grass...isn't growing!?!?

Welp, our plans changed. 

I had high hopes of putting in a rockin' veggie garden this year.....then I woke up...err looked out the window to the backyard rather.

See ALL that dirt???? 

There really did used to be grass in its place.  Then moles attacked and decided to stay awhile.  You could literally sink in our backyard with all the loose dirt.  And this wind? With dirt? Mix that with my girlies playing out on their swing-set and well, it just ain't good.  So, the decision was made to fa-get about the garden for now and focus on the yard itself.  We've already attended opening day for the local Farmer's Market and will continue to show our support of others who are growing the goods!!  Among all the other goodies we found there, my gang always favors the fresh asparagus that we wrap in bacon and slowly grill to yumminess! 

But, back to the yard....

My Prince is a true miracle worker and has taken on this project.  Moles are migrating to someone else's yard, (truly sorry neighbors!!) AND the amazing man my Prince is, he's working on getting grass to grow.  He is bound and determined.  Been watering every night.  What a MIGHTY good man! 

Stay tuned!  We've got LOADS of plans for the backyard.