Hudson is finally 5!  We are so excited for him.  We celebrated the day with a carnival in the backyard and a few of his friends.  Hot dogs, kettle corn, face painting, balloon animals…we tried to keep them all busy! We tried out some old school carnival games  and I think the kids enjoyed them. [...]

Hudson is hitting the big 5 in a couple of days and I have been having so much fun planning (i.e.-the chocolate cupcakes, pictured…thanks Will for snapping the shot).  A thanks goes to my sister-in-laws Sarah and Heather for giving me the cupcake idea.  I’m pretty sure Will thinks I’m over planning’ but it’s always [...]

I find that I struggle whenever it comes to making big announcements.   Parties, galas, radio announcements, proposals on the Jumbo Tron, the list is endless when it comes to proclaiming good tidings to the world.  Break out the banner flying airplane because, “We’re going to Brazil!”(Just kidding, we aren’t really leaving the country.  I [...]

We had our first round of family pictures this year.  Really it was a recipe for disaster, but everything turned out great. What made me think, pictures will go great during dinner time-the kids can wait.  They don’t look that hungry. As I wonder to myself, why are my children running up and down the [...]

This is the last shot we have of Annie and her piggies.  As of Sunday afternoon, they went, “Wee, wee all the way home.”…via Hudson.  He was so kind to free the piggies and her long sweeping bangs.  This last week Annie has been yelling at me to cut her piggies off every time I [...]