6 Years of Wedded Bliss

Sounds cheezy but it's true. Doug and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary last week. Our sweet Regaine watched the babies while we had an overnight date. Our first stop was here...

Then Here...with our awesome friends the Allen's. Who also celebrated their 10 year anniversary the same day as ours...

We then went here....(This just might be the fanciest hotel we have ever stayed in)

A Beautiful Spanish Themed Palace

And lastly our favorite spot here for breakfast the next day...Yumm. Where we stuffed our selves silly with bread pudding.

Doug is an amazing husband, companion, father and friend. I am so glad he is my husband and eternal companion. I love you!

You say FREE? I come running

Is this a sight or what? These are 3 moms each with 2 sets of twins. We braved the heat and chaos and went to the Phx Children's Museum. This cute mom Kathryn contacted us with some great news. The Museum was having a twins get in free day....at $9.00 a person, we all couldn't pass up loading up our crew and making the trip. 

All I can is that this museum is A-H-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!! Seriously...3 floors of fun...we were sad that we made it to the 3rd floor last because this was the best floor for little ones. If this place was closer and cheaper and not so spread out I would love to get a membership there. If you ever have the chance to go do!!!

They had a bike car wash...What fun!

Grantie Boy checking him self out in the mirror. In every room they had a little nook for babies, where you sit and play with your baby and watch your older child.

This might have been the girls favorite...a store and a kitchen. It was so fun to watch them play.

Audree is so Expressive....

Here are my sweet friends...What great examples they are to me.

No one like him

We have one awesome dad....here was our gift to him this year. We love our daddy!

Snapshots of Summer

We have been having fun despite the heat this summer. We have been to 3 museums in the past week, {More pics to come soon on that} and have been enjoying our time together.

Who doesn't love a good push around in the laundry basket? Audree LOVES to "Help" her brothers by picking them up and squeezing them...(and sometimes dropping them)

Looks who's walking now!! Big boy....

Olivia came out of her room like this on Sunday...

We love playing with cousins...

We love to swing after playing in the pool to cool off...

Another pick me up face...how can I resist?

The End

Enjoying the breezy weather last week

Joyful Mother of Children

I have the best job in the world. Staying at home with my 4 little munchkins has brought me so much joy...however 4 kids under 4 can also be challenging to say the least. After a L-O-N-G parenting day I vented on Facebook and spoke to some of my favorite mother's. My sweet Sister-in-law Christi inspires me and she recommended this bookA Joyful Mother a Children I promptly went to Amazon and bought it along with some other parenting books. I feel like this book came just at the right time. I wish I could share with you all of things I have learned from this book and the many notes I have written, but here are a few of the chapter titles.

Ten ways to become a joyful mother

The Best Secret Weapon is Praise

The Magic of Moments

She talks about so many relatable issues and I am already excited to read it again. I feel more at peace in my chaos...if that is even possible.

Here is a sweet motherhood moment....The girls had a restaurant for their stuffed animals. I know someday I will look back and wish they were little again...I am cherishing the adventures along the way.

Another sweet moment....this smart boy loves to be held...and is sad when I don't pick him up....see?