Jun 15, 2012

RACE PARTY 2012.

it was fun. i was not pregnant, which made it more fun. we fed little texas, the kentucky headhunters and everyone else and their mother. fifty. in my garage and kitchen.

and it wasn't too bad. we have it down to a science and it helps that they rave about my corn casserole.


i don't have any pictures of the lunch, but i took hallie over to see little texas that night and she had a ball.


do you see what i see?? check out lucille at a party with beer! (in pink)





a terrible, terrible picture, but that's mike and dave both playing with the headhunters.

dave in his element.

Jun 14, 2012

A BIRTHDAY FOR HENRY.

oh, this sweet boy of mine.






"welkum to henrys bithduy" - hallie
it was a nice party. very casual without a lot of fuss.

from me OR henry.

we had it out in the garage, since it was all set up from feeding 50 the day before. we grilled hotdogs and hamburgers, i made veggie cups and skewers of fruit and had birthday cake topped with strawberries.

but my favorite part was turning on the bubble machine and watching the kids go crazy.

Jun 11, 2012

FILLER POST. BECAUSE THIS WEEKEND WAS NUTS.

this weekend was crazy. crazy GOOD, but crazy.

henry turns one? check.

clean the whole house? check.

lunch for 50 at my house? check.

watch dave play with the kentucky head hunters? check.

birthday party with 20? check.

whew.

so today's post is a filler. but a very cool filler.

top 10 tours of the month.


yeah, baby! #8!


Jun 8, 2012

HENRY PAUL MASON. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

i honestly don't know where to start.

i love henry so very, very much. he is my heart and soul.

that sweet son of mine has the best disposition of any baby i've ever met.


he is quick to smile, giggle and spit raspberries at you.

he "blibbers" his lips with is fingers and will mimic you if you do it first. it's his thing.


he's loud. even when he's not mad.

he plays independently. all the time. just...plays.


he loves playing his piano, my piano, lucille's organ.

he loves his bath, still.



he sleeps easily and wakes up early. too early. but,

he jumps up and down in the crib when he sees me and,


he breaks into the biggest smile too.

he doesn't like having his diaper changed.


he has wild hair that gets so, so curly in the humidity.

he has so many teeth and,



he is such a biter. oh my, such a biter.

he crawls super-fast and pulls up on my legs for me to pick him up.



he is a weird eater. and,

he has a very strong gag reflex. not a good combo.


he loves his sister.

he loves his daddy.


but i'm pretty sure i'm his favorite. (mom, for the win!)

he sits quietly for church. most of the time.


he is now one year old and that is so crazy to me. i swear,


he was just born yesterday, right?


if you told me all my babies would be like mr. henry paul mason, i would have a million.

we worked (and worked) very hard for henry and know that god made him especially for us.

he is my joy and i am the luckiest woman on earth to be his mother.

happy first birthday, henry!


Jun 7, 2012

WE ARE METHODIST, HEAR US ROAR.

rawr.

we joined our church officially last sunday.

it was last minute, but it feels good to finally be official.

we've been going to arenzville united methodist church for a while but didn't formally join until now.




also, twins!

Jun 6, 2012

LIKE A FISH.

this kid, i tell you what.
she could live in the water. and man is she turning into a great swimmer.


we started swimming lessons again monday night and she was in heaven.



i mean, she would rather jump in 18 million times rather than listen to nancy, but she did listen and did well.


and mr. henry did just fine watching from hiiiiigh above.

Jun 5, 2012

VIRGINIA BBQ 2012.

short on kids, but not short on fun!

we missed the gerard kiddos, but that just meant hallie got to ride more rides. and man, that is all she wants to do. and the more-likely-to-make-me-puke the better.

i can't handle the tilt-o-whirls anymore. no more scramblers, please. just let me stay on solid ground.

i sucked it up though.







jeremy took one for the team on the very last ride. whew - i couldn't have done it. we had just eated at the depot and i was full of ponyshoe.

it was a great time - THANK YOU, BARB!

Jun 4, 2012

BBQ for You. 2010.

***this is an old post i found that i apparently never published. it's the long-lost post from 2010!***


the virigina bbq rocks. it's a super cheap (hahahahahaha!) way to entertain yourself for an entire evening. add some swimming and you are set!

we have gone every year for the last few. barb treats the grandkids to rides, games and the best pizza i have ever tasted. it was hot, sticky and perfect to jump in the pool for a quick dip before driving home.





HOUSE CONTENTMENT.

there are always things i want to do to my house. i want to re-paint, new couch, more, more, more more. so the other day i finally said - keri, shut your mouth. just work with what you have.

so i did, and i'm happy! we finally hung up some random things and i'm comfortable in our little space. there's work to be done in several places, but we've got a start. also, i didn't pick up for these pictures, or apparently make the bed all the way.

i'm just soooo content that i don't care :)