Art Break

Audrey had a piece at an art festival : )

Nitro Circus

I bought tickets for barker to take the kids to nitro circus since he isn't home much in the spring. They were so excited and loved all the stunts and pyrotechnics. 

Welcome to the swamp

Barker is now the coach at Captain Shreve. They asked him to throw the first pitch at a baseball game to introduce him. It was so fun! And it was a strike. (Proud wife)

They let him keep the ball and Arden loved it! 

They also gave us a huge ball balloon and a cake. Kids were stoked! 

But they're going to miss the parkway girls. 

Hudson thinks they're his 'besties'

Surprise!

We like to surprise Audrey at school during lunch time. Arden loved her sister and eating school food. (It's genuinely awful these days. Prison food. Shame.)

Spring Break

This year we stayed home over spring break so we had to do kid friendly things around here. A fav? Gators and Friends. 

Born on the bayou

We live on a bayou and it's been rising. Luckily, so far, these tiny turtles are all that have been showing up in our yard. 

Tell us how you really feel Huddie

NOLA

Took the kids to New Orleans. Sure museums and tours are fun but there's nothing the like more than staying in a hotel. They're champion couch potatoes. 

City Park!

When daddy takes you shopping after church

Tex-Mex

This little salsa chugging wild child may have been born in Louisiana but she's clearly Tex-Mex. 

Let's get physical

I go to the gym every morning but Sunday so the kids have no choice but to tag along. Hudson has always taken a class there but for a while Arden went too. 

She basically chases a yoga ball and thinks she deserves a sticker for her efforts. 

Hudson slinging those weights. 

Feeling the burn. 

Peppa live!

I took Arden to see peppa live. It was prob the best night of her life thus far. Ha!

Let the good times roll

Arden, being born in Louisiana, is a natural. 

She caught this gator and held up his little hands to catch things. 

Huddie caught his yearly fav, a hot dog. 

Audrey is a veteran at this point. 

<3

And this year the Krewe of Highland Mardi Gras Ball was Rocky Horror Picture Show themed! I was so excited! Barker, not so much. So I took it easy on him and only made him dress as a Transylvanian. It was fantastic. 

Baller

Poor thing isn't very tall but she's actually really good at basketball. And she likes it. Yay!

Spiderman Bash

This year I decided to go against the grain and had Hud Muffin's birthday party on a Wednesday night, Spiderman style. We had it at an indoor trampoline place (I usually avoid those so I don't have to pay the deductible for a broken bone just yet.)  We invited a few of his friends from school and church and Barker sweet talked his way into a baker's heart to get us a discontinued Spiderman cookie cake. 

We all had the best time! It was the easiest party I've ever thrown. They usually feel like so much work and are super stressful for me but this year we had the entire place to ourselves, I let Chick-fil-A do the cooking and made Barker jump with the kids. It was a breeze and the kids had a blast. 

Not So Silent Night

Wow. Embarrassing how far behind I am on the blog. Oops. 

Christmastime. Here we go. 

Annual nativity play.  

As always Audrey was an angel. 

This year Arden participated and was a king. 

And Hudson was a wise man and much less of a wild child than in previous years. 

Barker and Audrey ice skating. 

Barker coached in West Monroe so we tagged along to visit the children's museum. The bigs met Santa. 

The littles rode a train and made cookies. 

Arden enjoyed driving the ambulance. 

I saw my little brother at Christmas and was able to give his kids the memory dolls I had made for our children out of the dresses our mother wore to our weddings. I think they turned out beautifully. 

Candlelight Christmas Eve service is my favorite of the year. But I'm usually in the hospital, since I have the habit of delivering babies this time of the year. But this year I could go with my family! However Arden had other plans. 

She wanted no part of it so we had to play outside and in the stairway. I was like "Arden are you really gonna act like this in Jesus's house on his birthday of all days?" Sheesh

As you can see she was over it before we even left the house. 

Leaving reindeer food on the lawn. 

Our night before Christmas bedtime stories. This year was heavily Louisiana themed. 

One thing I seriously regret, I have many, but one was not having my grandmother teach barker to make a proper English Christmas dinner before she passed last year. He was nice enough to attempt it on his own for me. 

His beef Wellington was divine. Just spot on. Melted in your mouth. I was highly impressed. And his Yorkshire pudding was perfection. I'm a lucky girl. 

Audrey got a moustache in her cracker. Hudson scored a compass. 

Santa's loot

Lots of peppa stuff for Arden. Building toys for Hudson. Craft stuff and clothes for Audrey. They are really good about all playing with each other's toys and sharing. 

New pacis!

George and dinosaur!