The Bearded Mans Wife

7/24/13

7/23/13

Family birthday lunch

Saturday we celebrated both kids birthday with the family.

I kept it simple. I bought a 4 ft sub from wal mart, made a fruit salad, and served chips. My mil brought my favorite, chucks pickles, and a dip. It was so good!!

Olivia was in heaven with all her baby dolls, and accessories.

Lolly made Olivia a ton of bows to match all of her new outfits she bought her.

Cake time. Cupcakes was easier than doing a big cake. I had one made pink for Olivia. She cracks me up the way she eats sometimes.

My best friend Jess, and baby Harper.

Lolly and pops with the birthday kids.

Olivia is such a little mama. She just couldn't get enough Harper kisses.

My dad and the kids.

Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated with us. Carson and Olivia are so lucky to have so many people who love them so much!

This year I was combining the kids birthday parties, so I had a little play date birthday party for Carson to celebrate with his friends. I originally had planned for us to go to Hawaiian falls. I rented a cabana a while back and was going to bring a cooler with food and drinks for the kids. For the first time forever we've been getting rain in July and cooler temps. Who would have thought? I had to come up with a quick back up plan. We ended up going to the Allen natatorium and swam. The kids had a good time, so it all worked out!

Grayson, Nicolle, Carson, Jett, and Tyler.

It ended up not raining until later that afternoon, so we did presents and cake at the picnic tables outside.

I love this apron lolly made for Carson.

Carson with his friends plus my cousin Connor, brother Parker, Pearson, and Olivia. My grandma wasn't going to make it to his other party, so she came to this one.

This is the sweetest picture. Olivia loves her cousins Nicolle, and Grayson.

Thank you everyone who came and celebrated with Carson.

Carson is 5!

How is my little man 5???

I made him pancakes and bacon for his birthday breakfast. After breakfast we took Olivia to Lolly's so we could go see a movie.

Carson and Shasta share a birthday. Shasta was giving her nephew a birthday hug.

On our way to see smurfs 2.

My mom works in the film industry so we get to see some movies before they come out. This made for a fun free birthday treat. After the movie we picked up Olivia and headed home so Carson could open his presents.

The only thing he asked for was an alarm clock. Not even a fancy one, just a red alarm clock.

Who knew how much a red alarm clock could mean to a little boy. Ha!

We surprised him with an iPod touch. My mom split the cost of it with us. I had no intentions of buying a brand new one, but I found a brand new one on Craigslist for a great price.

Yay! No more stealing my iPhone! After presents we headed to eat a birthday dinner.

All day we had been asking him what he wants for his birthday dinner. He kept telling us long John silvers. We love long johns, but we didn't really want to take him there for his birthday. His second choice was joe willys, so joe willys is where we went.

After our delicious dinner we came home for cake.

Happy birthday Carson. We love you so much and are so glad we are your parents. You make us so proud!

7/18/13

My baby is 5

I can't get over Carson turning 5 and heading to kinder in August. Time sure does fly by! This morning I got up and made Carson pancakes and bacon for breakfast.

Then we got ready and headed to Lolly's to drop Olivia off.

It's also Shasta's birthday. Poor dog, most of the time we forget about it being her birthday. We met up with my mom and little brother to see the movie smurfs 2.

Carson sure loves his uncle p. After the movie we picked up Olivia and headed home. We decided to let c open his presents before dinner so my mom could see him open them. She split his big present with me, so she needed to be there.

He was so excited to get an iPod. He had no idea. He hasn't even been asking for one, so it was a complete surprise. It's funny the one thing he's been asking for, for months was an alarm clock. Of all things an alarm clock!!! Really? Ha! He got one of those, too. All day he kept asking me if he was 5 yet. once I finally said yes he said it feels so different being 5. He's so cute! I took a bunch of pictures on my big camera but haven't put them on the computer yet. I'm very behind on uploading them. Thanks to everyone who wished c a happy birthday and thought of him today. He said he had a great day and so far being five is awesome!

7/13/13

At last

Ryan is so opposed to buying furniture. I hate spending the money, but sometimes you just have to splurge. I finally got him to agree on buying a new couch. I didn't just want to go buy it though I wanted to make sure I got a deal. Over July 4th weekend they were offering 50% off list price. I was able to get the sectional plus ottoman for $200 more than list price. That included tax and delivery. I felt that was the best I was going to get. So, at last...

... I got a new sectional and ottoman. The brown is a little off from my rug but it will do for now. It's so comfy. I can't wait to lounge around and watch the shows on my DVR!

The before and after. So much better. Now I just need to find a new kitchen table. I have my eye on one I found on Craigslist. I also want to get some curtain panels to hang over the back doors. I'm a slow decorator. I can never make up my mind, so I just wait until I know exactly what I want. We're getting there!

7/10/13

Happy hump day

Today at lunch Ryan called me and told me he had one truss to deliver, and asked if we wanted to go and have dinner on the way home. It's so silly but I get excited when he asks. It reminds me of our dating days when he would let me tag along. Now that we have Carson he always takes him.

Here's the one truss. Ha! I hate riding in big ugly. It's so bumpy!! His last truck rode so smooth.