Valentines

My favorite day of the year was on Wednesday

I love that I get to make a day totally dedicated to my family and be mushy

and tell them each how much they mean to me

Only if I had a flower garden to go pick and make a arrangement anytime

Yes, I love flowers

they smell good and look beautiful and they make me happy

I look forward to the kids walking in from school and watching them see all the love 

spread out on the table

Usually the first thing they go to is my valentine card I write to them

So sweet!

I always set out a lot of candy but  

whats funny is that we don't eat a lot of candy or chocolate so it always lasts us a long time

I guess its just a part of Valentines Day right

Even Champ got in the spirit

Happy Valentines day to all

My Belle

A day with my Isabelle

If you ask her what her name is she will tell you Belle

She only wants to be called Belle, but I like to still call her Isabelle

Today was a dreaded day for her

Doctor appointment...

Isabelle has been asking me to please take her to the local coffee shop for some hot chocolate so

I thought today would be the perfect day and hopefully make her happy.

 It worked, she was so happy!

Then I talked to her about the possibility of shots and that changed everything

I had to let her process and not just spring it on her, Ive figured that out through the years. 

So away we go and everything goes awesome!

Yes she had to get shots but she did it and she didn't pass out this time. I was so proud of her, YAY!!!!

It just shows she growing up

So I made the promise since we were close to go to a  toys r us and that we would go "look"

She hasn't been in a toys r us for several years and she was in awe

 so we walk in and immediately she sees toys she loves and wants and she tells me about each and every one

 how does she know so much about all these toys that she doesn't own

 one can't have to many littlest pet shop

then she sees some toy called fingerlings, what in the world are these things

I know she has been wanting one for awhile and I tell her OK you can get one today for doing such a awesome job at the Doctor. 

Then she sees a little area that sells things like the Claires store at the mall

so we defiantly need to spend some time there.

But then......

 she looks over and I see her make this face and inhale like she just saw something amazing

she was so excited!

 PHONE CASES!

 she was so excited to see all these cute phone cases

and she showed me each one she would just love so much 

 I know I had a happy girl now and all was forgotten just awhile ago

Of course on the way out there was just a few more things we had to look at 

 Until next time Toys R Us

Saturday

It was a high of 76 today in our town with a clear blue sky and a cool breeze.....so that means we can get some chores done outside. 

Yay for beautiful weather!

The sun does wonders for your well being and it surely made me happy

The kids dread the ol "hey kids get on your shoes and get outside, lets get to work."

I didn't realize when moving out here that it would require tons of work outside.

ok our pepper trees were seriously overgrown
I told the boys to get to work and trim them up
Logan did awesome and Lowell did for a little bit until he found out that the first tree made an
amazing fort. 

So Lowell got to work cutting some branches and added them to his "fort"
then I had to redirect him a few times
I said ok to the fort but only for a week.

We smelled like pepper tree all day
Then Logan filled in dirt where needed,
any excuse to drive the tractor right

Then Duke had to lay on the fresh cool dirt and keep a watchful eye the whole time

The tractor has been a huge help getting all the fast growing weeds on the property

 Belle helped me with raking tons of leaves and she even found a pumpkin from the fall season
I love getting chores done even though my sweet kids don't have the same attitude.

Champ also made sure we were  safe from passing cars and any wondering animals
they are very protective to their area and family
It seems to me that they bark at anything unfamiliar to them