She's the Reason...

She's the reason for twirling in our house!

She's the reason that I go through lip gloss a little quicker. She's my favorite person to get ready for a date with. She can't wait to spray me with perfume and help me with my jewelry. She's the reason why my nails get painted, it's one of our favorite girl things to do together, and without her asking me I probably would never remember to do it. I have a feeling that we will have a lot of fun getting fancy together in the future.

 

She is one of my reasons for smiling and giggling and enjoying life daily. 

 

She is the reason that my three oldest boys (and I'm sure someday Jett) know how to play doll house, barbies, babies, and house. Every once in a while I will find my boys playing with her doll house or barbies by themselves.  I love that they love to play with her. She's the reason why the Ninja turtles and Batman can be turned into a family and can go for a ride in the Barbie car.

She's the reason that pink is a little prettier in my eyes and that every time I see something sparkly I want to buy it because I know how excited she would be. 

She's the reason why her daddy always buys two roses (one for her, one for me) and randomly surprises us. She's the reason why her daddy uses words like princess and why he talks a little sweeter and gentler than when talking to all the boys.

She's my favorite girl in the world, the one that I jokingly roll my eyes with when the boys are all being crazy. She's the one that I chat, "WE ARE THE GIRLS," with and the one who I love when she screams with excitement. She's our girl. Our sweet, crazy, wonderfully amazing only daughter. 

And here are the sweet and crazy boys who are beyond blessed to have a sister to learn how to twirl through life from.

The will be more amazing little men because of having a sister to learn how to love and laugh with.

They already know how to twirl her around while dancing.

They are professionals at helping her pick out her hair bow for the day. And as you can see in the pictures, they know how to accessorize themselves as well ;)

She's their biggest cheerleader and always has their backs.

She's an incredible blend of sparkles and pretty dresses while ninja chopping and wrestling.

She the best and we are blessed to call her ours!
She's our reason for twirling through life!

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the first man I loved!

And Happy Father's Day to my favorite man in the world! 

 

Happy Father's Day to my Dad. I cannot imagine a better Dad for my sisters and I. He was amazing at loving us, loving my mom, encouraging us, challenging us, being patient with us, picking us up when we fell down, carrying us when we just couldn't go on, teaching us and making us feel so special. Thank you Dad for setting the bar high for how a man should be in my mind. Thank you for actively loving my mom, my sisters and I.

I am so thankful that my children get to have such a wonderful relationship with their Papa. It's fun to see their love for each other.

And Happy Father's Day to my favorite man in the world. I am in AWE daily of the man that I married. He is absolutely the most amazing Daddy to our five children. I have said this many times before but he is the hardest working man I know and then he comes home and is always ready to play and wrestle and love our kids. They adore him and it's no secret why, he is a man who speaks their love languages. I love that Dan is the same man at home that he is in front of people in public. It would be easy with such a busy job to come home and kick his feet up but he doesn't. He is such a servant to me and our kids, he is never lazy, he is so patient and showers our five kids and I with constant hugs and kisses. There is never any doubt that Daddy LOVES US! 

Dan's first picture as a Daddy!

 Dan holding Miss Myla when she was born.

 Dan lovin' on Rexy.

 Dan and Titan, or little Danny as some people call him.

 Dan holding our last little man, Jett!

I am one blessed woman to have two such amazing Dads in my life. I am a better person because I have been loved by these two men. Thankful for the way that they love and adore my children.

Happy Father's Day to my Dad and the Dad of my 5 blessings.

Dancing in Arkasas

These are the kids that my heart delights in.

 These are the kids that after they go to sleep, I miss next to me.

 These are the kids I love sharing life with.

 

 These are the kids that I'm truly thankful call, "MOMMY," all day long.

These are MY favorite kids in the world to watch dance their little hearts out! 

They LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to dance. Any time they hear music they can't help but start to wiggle.They each have some pretty incredible moves. During this trip they were obsessed with the movie Rio which has a lot of samba music in it so Papa did a great job DJ-ing on the boat with some Rio music.

  

I just love their hand moves.

 

"Let me take you to Rio, Rio..." These are often the lyrics that randomly come out of all of their mouths. Even Titan is a skilled Rio singer.

 

Nana is quite the dancers as well!

My pretty little girl. 

 Myla's hand motions are incredible! I MUST get them on video. This girl's got the move.

 

Papa and Rexy enjoying each other!

 

 Papa and my little dancers.

 I LOVE this next picture of my Dad and Titan dancing. So precious.

 One of my favorite men in the world.

 Brotherly love.

 And I'll leave you with this precious face!

I am done with Arkansas now.  It only took over a month, oh well!

These are the faces and the memories that I don't want to forget. Totally blessed!

Swimming in Arkansas

Yes, I'm still posting about Arkansas. Yes, it was over a month ago that we were there. Yes, I have been a little less frequent with my posts. BUT, I have five really good excuses. I'll give you a clue as to what they are, Q, R, M, T, J.  

Getting these pictures posted are more for myself at this point. I like to have all my favorites posted as just another form of back up and I love to be able to look back when I need to and find pictures of all our visits to Arkansas or fun things that we do. So continue to bear with me. Someday I will be up to date with my pictures.  

Enjoying our boat time. Nana, Myla and Jett.

Papa letting Quinn drive the boat.

 

One of my favorite views.

Dan and "Little Danny."

My curly haired beauty. The weather did amazing things on this girls hair.

Very rarely do we all have a chance to get a picture together and when we do, it's quite difficult to get seven people all looking at the camera and smiling at the same time. So, this is what we get, some looking, some smiling, some sad, all my sweet family!

Nana and Papa and their five favorite grandchildren (I love how Quinn is holding Jett's face forward).

Nana and the sweetest baby.

Papa towing Rexy in the water.

The most handsome five year old around

Little Miss Myla

Rexy

Papa and my oldest two kiddos.

Papa and Rex

Dan and his little princess.

I think that I may have a few more pictures from Arkansas... I'm almost done!

Busy lovin' on my favorite people in the world.