Happy Easter!!!

Hope everyone had a BLESSED EASTER!!
WE had a quick morning, but a great one!! Started off sleeping in!!! Yes sleeping in at our house is 745!! The kids woke when daddy got home from work, which i was glad because i would have hated him missing the kids first look at their easter baskets!! So the kids ran to see if the Bunny had visited, yes indeed, not sure how the bunny was at your house, but ours was a little messy, spilly milk, leaving carrot nibbles all over the floor and table, and then dropping m & m 's and Jelly beans all over the floor.
THe kids liked the floor mess because it lead them to their hidden baskets and then to a back yard easter egg hunt!! Let the sugar rush begin!!!




Lets see what the Easter bunny delivered!


So happy she found an egg, and its PINK!!
Toy story truck and bubble bath, couldn't be any happier at this moment!




Ok so now, we must convince the kids to eat quickly, brush teeth, get church clothes on and out the door within..... the next 40 mins.... whew!! we made it to church by only missing the opening song.... After an amazing Service we headed to Nana's, made a lunch plate for Mama and dressed the kids for outside fun and they are off to play as mamma is off to work and daddy is catching some zzzz's from the night shift.

Daddy sending us off to church, he had to work nights, so he will nap while we go to church and then its mommy's turn to go to work for the night.....
Mamma and her Babies Easter 2011
The Bunny Ashley Mothered for 2 days, she named it cottonball, but his adopted name is now Ssnowball Wardlaw O'Neal
Tyler giving the bunny a dumptruck ride! LOL


I made it to work with a minute to spare, and I have already felt like i have worked all day, as i take over my first case and sit in a chair and take a quick breather i finally realize how sore i am from all the yard work and cleaning i had done the night before!!! Glad the day went fast at work, hope the night slows down in the sleepy land and doesn't require me to leave my call room too much, but it is what it is..... I am grateful for work and grateful that i had the morning to spend with my family celebrating JESUS!! THank you for Being My SAVIOR~~

just because

Tyler Loves his new room, playing in the closer and loves the large pile of sand out front to play in, we might have to get another delivery before move in day to keep him occupied and happy!!
Ashley checking out her view from her new room


Climbing out side, love how the wind is blowing her hair, it is always a mess, but at least this time the mess looks cute! She hates to have her hair brushed and hates bows,clips or anything that restricts her hair.....
H e LLOOOOOOO.....
Ashley and Tyler being sweet and silly
Big boy just turned 4! Amazing how fast you have grown!

Family fun night at preschool

Tyler and his 3 year old class singing, Hailey is to Tyler's right, he says she is his best friend!


Ashley's class doing a dance and song, Kaylee is Ashley's Best Friend to her right.
They sang some "mexico" song per Ash....

The girls are Hannah, Ashley, Kaylee and Catherine
Mom and Dad, the cheesy ones helping in the back. One day this will be embarassing to our kids, at this age its cool to have us there! So we needed this kodak moment to prove that!!

Ashley and her BFF Kaylee They are precious friends!

Papa and Tyler

Meme and Tyler

Happy 4Th Birthday TYLER

Our Sweet Little Man Happy Birthday TYLER!!!!

Wow! I know everyone says it, but I really wish I could push the pause button when it comes to how fast our babies are growing up!!
Tyler has turned 4 already!! He amazes me in how mature he is in the manner and loving ways he takes care of his girls and especially Ashley.
I say girls because Tyler loves his litttle girlfriends. When I asked him who he wanted to invite to his party, he listed all the girls first..... You can always find him on the play ground near the girls.... Some may worry about this, but i think it is because he has a big sister he idolizes so he is comfortable with the girls.
He melts mama's heart every morning when I have to go to work, first he starts at night when i put him to bed, Do you have to work tomorrow? Mama : Yes, Tyler: a little bit or a lot ? Mama: depending on the day, a litle .... I get a YEa or if its a Lot I get the 101 questions of... Tyler: who is going to watch me? who is going to pick me up from school? who is going to give me my bath? Whos is going to put me to bed? Mama's heart just breaks, I wish i could say I was, but depending on the day it is Daddy or Caitlin, which we are grateful! So then he says so Mama when you leave for work in the middle of the night ( he thinks i go to work in the middle of the night because it is still dark when i leave and i always try to put him back to bed and say its early go back to bed ), he will ask me to honk my horn and blink my lights if he is up and to give him a heart on his hand so he can look at it during the day when he misses me...... ok so if your heart not broken from his sweetness to mommy then when i leave he says I love you to the moon and back and to the galaxies and to the pirates and back..... He sure knows how to have me hooked!!!
He is really good on his bike with training wheels, i think he could go without but Ashley's fear he sees, so he won't try.....
He Can now write his name... he has a cute way of saying it to spell.... T...Y...LER The LER part comes really fast. and occasionally he wants to add an S to his name I think because Ashley has one. He use to say his name started with an A and then Giggle, knowing he was picking on me thinking he didnt' know his T!!
He struggles recognizing all of the letters and numbers, but if not forced he does pretty good, but he would much rather be outside climbing, playing in dirt or riding his 4wheeler!
His Newest favorite thing is Monster Trucks! He Makes great crashing and reeving engines sounds.


The Cake



Tyler and Hailey, one of his girls ( probably his fav) from preschool!

Tyler loves the water slide!

Elias is a precious little boy from Tyler's preschool and Karate Class. Super sweet boy! He was hesitant at first on the slides but once he started he had a ball. His mom told me at school the next week that he woke up the next morning wanting to go to Tyler's for another party!


Papa and Pappy at the party! Sitting back and taking it all in!

Water balloon fight, everyone ganged up on Dad, they thought this was great and I am sure Daddy enjoyed it too!!

Jackson and Tyler Racing down the slide


Pinata time!!

Present Time! He got so many wonderful gifts Thank you everyone!


Nana and Tyler

Ms. Stacey and Savanah !!

Meme and Izzy enjoying the party !

Joan and sweet baby Connor! We are so glad he got to come to the Party!!


Uncle Jaime and Cousin David came to celebrate too!


Tyler and his dream Grave Digger/ Monster Truck cake! Happy Birthday Little man, WE Love you to the moon and Back!!


Tyler insited on eating the icing off the tires of grave digger!


This was taken on his true Birthday , his party was the weekend After. 3 of the Family, in Tyler's room, Ashley was the photographer!



Meme Papa and Izzy were able to come and spend a busy and fun weekend with us to help celebrate Tyler's B-day! We miss you like crazy already!


Signs of a good day had by the birthday boy, check him out!!!..........

Tyler at the end of the day of his party.... chocolate icecream, his safety googles ( 3d glasses for the 3d chalk) and all wound up!! He had a great day!


Thank you to everyone who came and partied, called or sent your love in all the ways you do you made his birthday so very special and are grateful to have each and everyone of you involved in our lives!!

house updates

So today the kids got to take a couple of their friends and show them their new future rooms! Ashley's is purple and Tyler's is blue. Ashley is in love, Tyler likes his but also wanted a green wall, however his green he wanted was j0hn deer green. sorry couldn't do that, because i can't imagine repainting over that in the future. Blue is good for a LONG time! Our room is called tradewind it is a pale blue with gray undertones. The formal living and dining room is earthen jug a deep orange/ terracota color and the rest of the house is restrained gold.
Can you tell she loves her new room !!

The master bedroom


The FROG and this is the gold color thru most of the house


So this is the formal dining room, its really not that bright in real life, looks a little more like a terracota flower pot orange....

The kids being WILD in Tyler's new room!



The wood deck has been added to the back porch. We have gone back and forth in whether to screen in or not the back porch, we decided against it at this time, we love the open feeling, I hope we don't regret it later, but we can always add screening later.



Cabinets are tentatively to be put in on weds or thurs this week!!!
Still on target for July move!!!