Rapunzel Tower

                               I made Rebekah a Rapunzel Donut Tower for her birthday. She loved it!:)

graduation, buckeyes, birthdays! oh my!

Ok so I am far behind again but I want to include our really fun trip home! and some (not all) of the pictures that we took. It was a quick trip home again but we filled it full of fun as usual:)

Trista Jade Pelfrey graduation from Miss Gloria's Daycare!!

Pelfrey Family
Lovely Livia

So Mom had a whole party planned! the kids swam and then got to make pudding art on paper that was hung up on the fence. Bex loved this!

Even Michael got caught with pudding in the face:)

Livy and Daddy watched from the back

Then they moved on to the whipped cream fight! Here is the graduate having a great time!:)

Here is Mom serving up the kids. Shelby smiling in behind. and Yes thats our wonderful Aunt Valerie to the right all the way from Ohio!!! We were so excited to see her and Stefini again!

Trista got Bekah

And she was not excited:( she said it made her sick...but she was fine:)

One night Michael had us over for some good Southeast Texas cooking. We had burgers, brauts, and yummy boudin!:) here are the kids playing wii.

Michael shared the drums and then showed us how its done!:)

the beautiful Trista Jade

the adorable Livia Elise (in her ohio lake erie wear:) & bluejean diaper)

Rebekah wanted to go to church with Grandpa & Grandma. She had a great time and loved to see Grandma play the organ!

We all drove to LA (louisiana:) one afternoon to show Valerie and Stef some real cajun food! we still could not find any alligator but the food was yummy. here is Liv enjoying some cajun food too:)

Grandma heaven. all the grandkids begging for something!:)

Here are the Pelfrey cousins (minus one Ethan James)

They are all getting so big!

Next I decided to go ahead and celebrate the girls birthdays since the family was all together. we had to include some surprise birthdays too:) Aunt Valerie's birthday is the day after Livia's!

Here mom surprised her with a cupcake

And I surprised Michael with a cupcake too! His birthday is 2 days after Rebekahs

So here is our sweet Livia Lovebug! I made her a lovebug cake with hearts but the icing just did not want to stay on:( oh well I am learning with baking cakes and she was about to destroy it anyway! here she is before

getting a first bite

a little help from sister and cousin

and after

enjoying herself:) the red looks so bright on these pictures I don't remember it being that red!

sisters

after a bath we were ready to open some presents from Grandma and Grandpa

she now has her own lovey

mommy/daddy brought a present too for a surprise

a puzzle with her name on it! she asks me whats a hoot? and this answers it:)Clifford and Tinkerbell pjs! grandma/pa yall are the best!!

Thanks AuntT and Uncle Michael for the art supplies! Love it!!

and thanks for puzzle for Liv!

Group Photo (even bosco got in there:)

and then our crazy side!:) what a FUN trip!!

birthday party fun

We were invited to our friends girl, Brooklyn's %5th birthday party. She had a rapunzel party which Rebekah just loved!:) they got to eat pizza, some carrots:), ice cupcakes, make crafts and go swimming! it was a fun filled day for all! mom and dad had fun catching up with some old friends too:) Livia just loved the pool! here are some photos that were taken that day:

Our Big 4 Year Old!!!!

Our Sweet Beautiful Princess Fairy Sweetheart Ladybug Rebekah Bex Delaney is 4 now! This is what she told me to call her on her birthday:) I guess at 4 you need multiple names but then again we do have lots of nicknames for her;) She is just the best and we Love her sooo much! I didn't know how much this little girl would change my life. She is smart, outgoing, beautiful, fun , energetic, loving and I am so proud to be her momma. She amazes us each day with her take on life and her love for everyone. Here she is on her day at school before her birthday. She actually
stood still long enough for me to straighten her hair:)

Here she is on her actual birthday
blowing out the candles

we surprised her with a bike and helmet!

that week before we attended a buildabear party and she made a Lion. She named him Simba and here she is having tea with him:)

I included this adorable pix too! LivyLove is showing her love to daddy with a sweet hug:)

Jamie's behind...

So once again I am a few months behind with my blog. Its half we are busy and I don't have time and half I have been thinking about it too much. I take so many pictures that I want to show but thats hard because I have sooo many to choose from:) Lately I just have been wanting to spend all my time at home making memories with the girls and then at night I want to spend time with John or I'm so tired I crash:) I have also been trying to exercise at least 30 minutes/day. I feel better most of the time in between being sore...buts that part of it;)

Also I guess the most stressful is that I was cut from my part-time status at work to PRN - which means I only work when they need me...which starting next week will only be every 3rd weekend. I think its taken a week or so to really sink in to me. Part of me is just loving my time home with the girls and part is wondering if this is permanent or do I need to look for a new job?
I like my job! I like my co-workers! I have been there 6 years (which is my longest job) and I have really felt apart of DRMC. Its really tough on the ego. I was told it was only because out of the part-time workers I had been there the shortest. Bummer. I was not prepared for this...

It has made me realize once again in life that we just never know what can happen each day. We survived John losing his job and he is the bread-winner so hopefully we can survive this. I don't make much but it helps with the extra things and now thinking about the girls both having birthdays coming up. It gets tough. We wanted to take a family vacation but we'll have to see...
At the end of the day I feel so lucky to have an amazing supportive husband, beautiful happy girls, great supportive parents, and friends!
thank you.

4th of July

We went out to find our local fireworks show like we did last year. We decided to stop and watch at a parking lot next to a field in case we needed to leave. It was fun to just hang out and play but of course we were ready for the show:)  Here is Bex waiting for the show on top of my car. Daddy and Liv are inside waiting. In fact, Livia feel asleep before the show even started!

waiting patiently

here is Livbug walking around

and is so happy!:)