Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Moxie-locks and the Three Bears (I mean, kids)

Moxie-locks tried the first bed, and it was too hard.

She tried the second bed, and it was too soft.



She tried the third bed, and it was just right.

And she didn't want to leave it!

Every night Moxie says good-night to the kids.  It's part of our routine, and we all love it, especially Moxie.  When we tell her that it's time to say good-night, you should see how fast she runs up the stairs!  Her first stop is always Evan's bed.  (I'm not sure why...it's just what she does.)  Next she sometimes goes to Seth's bottom bunk or Caroline's bed, depending on who is ready.

Tonight she went to Seth's bed first.  Apparently she got so comfortable when I was tucking the boys in that she didn't want to leave, even when I called her.  She has never done that before.  I would say, "Come, Moxie!" and she would just stare at me like she was thinking, "Are you kidding?  I am comfortable!"  Seth was laughing soooooo hard, and asked me to video her and send the clip to Funniest Home Videos.  :)

I finally got her to come to Caroline's room, where Caroline was anxious for Moxie to stay just like she had for Seth.  She did for a few minutes, but when I said good-night and told Moxie to come, she obeyed.  However, she then went straight back to Seth's bed where she again did not want to leave.  All the kids laughed.  Seth must have the most comfortable bed in the house!

Sweet, silly dog!

Another Tennessee Flashback

Tonight I'm posting the last of the pictures from our Tennessee reunion last year. I am so glad that I found them. So many fun memories...

of the card games played together...

backrub trains...

the chance reunion at the grocery store before our real reunion even started...

our two too cute Carolines...

sister pics...

relaxing in the hot tub, enjoying the spectacular view...


early morning talks with my favorite dad...

laughing with my sister and brother-in-law...

the surprise memory book we all gave to my aunt and uncle for their anniversary...

happy tears...





"flood buddies"...

"SISTER PIC!"...

Jims...


special day trips...

cousins...

my mom and her very first grandchild...

cousin love...

"SISTER PIC!"

cousin quality time...

watching movies together...

working together to make amazing meals...


cousins playing and playing...



bonding...

my beautiful Aunt Pat...

fun photo opportunities...

"head massaging"...

girl time...

my dad reading my blog books...

many meals together...

handsome men...

lots o'air hockey...


more girl time...

cute cuddles...




happiness...

silliness...

and lots and lots of Sequence.
These pictures make me happy!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Flashback

At this time last year, we were getting ready to go on vacation with my mom's side of the family...I was just thinking about that tonight, so I thought that I would look through a few pictures on my blog.  Lo and behold, I found two blog posts from my "Smoky Mountains series" that I had not posted yet.  I had uploaded and arranged all of the pictures, but had not written anything about them yet!  Anyways, I had so much fun looking through them again that I thought I would post them tonight!

Whenever we are together, we always play two games...the "Crazy Hat Game" and "White Elephant".  In the Crazy Hat Game, everyone brings a random hat and we gather with them in a circle.  We turn some music on and pass the hats around the circle.  When the music stops, whatever hat is in your hands, you put on your head.  Unfortunately, there is one less hat than there are people in the circle, so if you don't get a hat to put on your head, you are OUT!  Anyways, throughout the game, especially with my crazy family, there is a lot of dancing and clowning around.  :)

















Henry and Megan won...and the grand prize was...WAIT FOR IT...a HAT!  :)
Next up is our white elephant game, where everyone brings a random item all wrapped up in a pretty package.  My cousin, Jim, explained the rules this time.
Some gifts, like Henry's Connect 4, actually made sense.

And Evan was pretty happy with his bug antennae.
But Mary's gift?  Hmmm...let's just say that it really was not, in fact, a hat.  ;)

And check out those three silver FOXES!  (One of them is an imposter, using a silver wig he won in the white elephant!)
This hat was not from either of the games.  It was just a cute picture of Evan wearing the miner's hat that he bought, wore, and slept with, for much of our Tennessee vacation.  :)

 
Looking forward to the next reunion, family! Love you all!