It's been way too long!

Hey everybody! I haven't blogged in such a long time, and it definitely has not been because there's been nothing to blog about lol, it's because I've had no time!! So here is a long story short.

For spring break weekend my sister, my two cousins Dawn and Mo, and the all the kids and I went to Lincoln city!! Thanks to my Aunt Barb and Henry we were able to stay in these awesome condos right next to the beach. The weather was pretty lousy most of the time but we still had so much fun! There were sooo many pictures that I loved from that week, but I don't have the time to put them all up lol, so I'm adding a couple of my favorites at the bottem of the blog.

When we got back we had Easter Sunday at my mom and dad's house. It is always fun getting the family together! Avery had a blast hunting easter eggs but by far her favorite thing was the gigantic bunny Chad... I mean the Easter bunny, brought her in her basket. I've never seen a smile so large on her face lol. I'm so glad that we were able to be back for that Sunday! I always want my kids to know the real reason we celebrate Easter and our church does such an awesome job of teaching that. He is risen!! Thank you Lord.

About a week later I went in for my 22 week ultrasound. Baby looks good! And no, we don't know the sex, but we know it's a healthy baby with ten fingers and ten toes lol. Can't wait to meet him/her! I'll add a photo of the ultrasound as well. I know there are a lot of pictures on here, I just couldn't stand to leave some of them out lol.

so that's the jist of the last month or so!! I'll try to be a better blogger!

Vacation and other stuff

Last week Chad and I were lucky enough to take 5 days and go to Las Vegas together thanks to my wonderful sister Katy who gathered up the courage to watch all three of my girls!! Thank you Katy!!! We had so much fun! I wasn't able to take a ton of pictures but I took a few from on top of the Stratusphere, some at the Hoover Dam (not nearly as impressive as we thought it would be by the way) and a couple at Freemont Street. We were also able to go to the Gold and Silver Pawn shop (Pawn Stars). We saw Ric walk through the store really quickly but that was about it. Not a whole lot in there to rave about actually. And it's SUPER small!! it's amazing to me that they can fit a camera crew in there at all lol.









We had the best weather while we were there. Warm, sunny!! Was great! When we got home we had a couple days of nice weather too before it turned yucky again lol. Avery and I spent a lot of time outside in the sun! I got a couple pictures of her jumping up and down on the porch. A few of these pictures crack me up with pig tails flying. I think we were both glad to be back home! :)

Busy Winter!

It was quite a ride this winter coaching basketball. I still can't believe it's over, at least for now!! But I wanted to put a picture on here for the team at the state tournament. We ended up getting 7th place in state. I was so proud of those girls! We also had one girl, Katelynn Clinton, make the all state tournament team top 5! She was also the player of the year in our district. She deserves it! Such a hard worker. I couldn't have asked for a better group of girls for my first year. They hold a very special place in my heart and I will definitely never forget them!

A couple weeks ago we spent some time at my mom and dads. The weather was so nice we decided to spend the day outside. We played basketball and the kids rode around on the power wheels. Makes me long for spring!! It's almost here!! It feels like it's here already. I love the sun! Chad and I went to Las Vegas this last week too, but I will put up another blog before too long with some pictures of that trip. Just a short update on what's been going on with us!

 

 

 

Heading out!

It's been so busy around here lately with basketball that I haven't had a chance to blog much. I'm so happy and proud to say that the Bickleton girl's basketball team took 7th place at the state tournament this last week! I'll post a little more on that when we get back!

Which brings me to my next subject, Las Vegas! Chad and I are heading out today for a much needed vacation, just the two of us, to sunny (hopefully) Las Vegas. We'll be gone until Friday so when I get back I'll be sure to update you all on what's been going on with us the last month or so! Katy is braving this next 5 days and watching the kids for us. What an awesome sister I have!

We'll see ya when we get back!!

Happy Birthday Jojo and Avery!

Birthday Prince and Princess!

 

I loved this cake!

 

 

And... Joey even proposed! lol

 

We had a great Saturday this last weekend celebrating (a little early for Avery) Avery and Joe's 3rd birthday! I can't believe in a little less then a month my little girl is going to be 3 years old. I'm glad they got to celebrate together. They really do love each other, and I love watching them together! Thanks to everybody that was able to make it!

Another sleep over!

 

 

Avery and Joe have so much fun together, but let me tell you what, sometimes they can get it REALLY big trouble together too! Like spreading cinnamon and paprika all over Avery's room the other day for instance... But I had to put this picture up of them attempting to change Mal's diaper. I was folding laundry and heard Mal fussing so I walked over there and, not to my surprise, they had Mallory on her back with her pants down and her old diaper off. Avery had pulled out a new diaper and was trying to put it on, but couldn't quite figure it out. I had a good laugh about this one. Thank God it wasn't a poopy diaper they took off!! And the headbands? Yeah, not sure why but Avery loves to pull out the baby's headbands and put every one she can find on her head. Joey likes to do it when he's here too, I suppose it's because he doesn't have stuff like that at home to play with because of the lack of baby girls in their house lol!

Anyway, I love that kid, and even though they can drive me absolutely up the wall, I love when he comes over! The pictures of them on the swing crack me up too. We go to Katy's and they can swing on that thing all day and you can see their smiles from a mile away! They really are good kids. Thank you God for those kiddos!

Happy 1st Birthday Mal and Layla!

The Presents!

 

The Cake!

 

The Bath!

 

The Haul!

 

We had a great time on the 10th celebrating the twins 1st birthday! I can't believe they are a year old already! Not too much to say, the pictures show most of the action. I was a bit surprised with the cake situation. I figured Mal would be the one to dig in and Layla would be daintier, but it was just the opposite! One of the greatest things about them turning a year old, no more nursing! LOL. I am so happy that I've been able to nurse my kids, but let me tell ya what, I am really happy to be done nursing twins! I'm proud to be able to say I made it a year!! I love you girls! And I think God every day for giving me the both of you! What a gift for me! Now on to 2... Not so sure I'm ready for that :)