Hellllllo

We bought Adele tickets 1 year before the concert!!  We bought 4 regular seats and somehow we got floor seats, $800 a ticket that Al wanted to sell.  We sold the floor seats in December for almost 2k more than what we paid and then we were notified they were cc entry only.  Long story short Al got multiple emails to his yahoo account that he never checks telling us if we didn't cancel this order we would be charged to replace these tickets for the buyers. 10 months later we uploaded a screenshot of  the cc entry only and to please call us, well they notified stub hub, we got stuck with $800 tickets and got charged to replace the buyers tickets which was $1200!!!!!!!  Did I mention Al was also out of town so he couldn't even go and enjoy those seats with me.....nightmare.   Thankfully Diane bought one of those $800 tickets and the other 4 and we had a fabulous night at Adele.  I don't think I'll ever spend that much money again or let him put an email he doesn't ever use for something important like that. 

Danielle was an amazing date and we had a blast singing along to every song.

Seriously so awesome to be this close, we love you Adele except for your dumb cc entry rule.

Our favorite new place to eat lunch, Costa Vida!!

Heather had a fun and fabulous party at her house for her pillows, towells, and jewelry.  Heather is one of the most inspiring and positive people I've met.  I look up to her in so many ways and so sad she moved away from me, thankfully it' still in Texas.

Al had lunch with Alex one day, I love that they let parents do this.

Naughty

I thought our sharpie days were over after the incident in our rental when they drew all over the bedroom and threw it behind the dresser when we caught them, haha.  This time they drew all over their brand new playset.  I made them scrub it off all the plastic pieces and now the wood is just extra decorated.  Seriously though at what age do they stop destroying things!!

The new cowboys practice facility is open so we got a babysitter and went to one of the high school football games.  It's hard to believe they get to play their games here, but Texas loves their football.

Alex's school had a fundraiser called the Warrior Dash.  They invited the parents to come and watch when it was their classes turn. Alex had so much fun running around with his friends....after awhile all the kids would skip most of the obstacle course and just keep going through the bounce house, lol.

Alex with his teacher Ms Stevenson who is so great and very sweet.  I've come to realize how much time and effort teachers sacrifice for the kids they teach and we are very grateful to have her.

My friend Kristin that I met when we lived in Las Vegas is having a baby and her shower was on a Sunday during church.  She had been to all 3 of mine so this is one I couldn't miss.....Al took all 3 boys to church by himself which deserves huge props,sunday selfie.

I never won the picture contest for Costa Vida so my friend Katie and I decided we would go wait in line for free Costa Vida for a year.  The night before we decided we would get there at 8am which worked out perfect, I think we ended up being like 68th in line or something.  We were actually shocked there wasn't more people especially Mormons....it was pretty warm out, the kids were good and I got free food for 3 of us for 1 year.  I felt bad my friend Katie only got it for 1 so I gave her 1 of mine since I'm a good friend, haha.  It was a fun morning and I'm glad we did it!!

yay for Costa Vida opening and free food for us.

Cole asked me to build a train for him so we found a similar one on pinterest and got to work.  I love our days together and I'm so glad that we still have another 2 years until he starts Kindergarten.

Halloween 2016

Our neighborhood had a fall festival one Sunday so we took the boys after church for free dinner and some fun activities.  It wasn't very fallish since it was 90 degrees, but it was fun and Al was annoyed we had to wait for our food for so long.  Sometimes I think he forgets what it's like to go places with all of us since he's so used to doing his own thing on the road.

How can he be big enough to ride in shopping carts, I love this sweet boy.

Halloween fell on a Monday this year which was kind of weird, but we had fun. I took Cole and Brady to get scary face pancakes at iHop with the Bastians.

We had white chicken chili and cornbread for dinner and then started trick or treating at 5:45 which may have been a little early, but hey we got a good head start on everyone.   Also their costumes were way too warm, but you never know what kind of weather Dallas will bring.

and great news Al was in town

We let the boys go until maybe 730 and they got more than enough and Alex even went through a little haunted house in someones garage and driveway with me, so brave.  I kept looking down at him, waiting for him to freak out but he did great.

Halloween in our neighborhood is probably my favorite, it makes me wish we lived on a street with front garages and neighbors that actually associated with each other, haha.   It was a great night, lots of candy, love, and Brady's new laugh that we can't get enough of.  I'm so very thankful for these 4 boys in my life and all the blessings we've been given.  Happy Halloween 2016

Brady 11 Months

This boy is on the move and he doesn't like to hold still.

He loves to eat, eat, eat.  He's obsessed with mandarin oranges and avocados

He pulls himself up on drawers and looks like a little gopher on his knees looking around.  

He loves to open every cabinet and drawer he can.

He has 8 teeth

Still loves his binky and blanket

Nurses every 3 hours and still sleeping 7am-7pm

He gets so excited in the mornings when I get him out of his crib and nurse him in my bed.  When he's done he sits up and looks for Al and if he's not there wants to nurse on the other side, so funny.

Army crawls everywhere and starting to pull up on stuff.

Constantly moves his fingers and feet while he eats

The cutest laugh and biggest smile

October Fun

I think they might be old enough to start carving on their own in a couple of years, hooray!!     Having kids just makes everything more exciting and fun.

Our final products and Coles pose, haha.

My new handyman Jeff since getting Al to do stuff around the house is impossible...lol

Halloween presents from Grandma and Grandpa White

Al apparently didn't learn his lesson with breaking his finger last summer.  I was cleaning some stuff up in our closet when I noticed Al's basketball shoes were missing, yes I'm that observant.  I called him since he was at school and he told me he was playing this guy Matt in his class, totally trying to hide it from me!!  It's frustrating on so many levels but Al will do what he wants and I wish he would listen to me for once, haha.   Seriously though our entire summer was ruined because of his finger, please don't play basketball anymore.

Grandma Ranes mailed the boys a Halloween card with a $1  so here are their Dollar store treasures

Al was a watch dog at Alex's school.  Everyday they have a different Dad come and help out with morning drop offs and then in classrooms.  They also get to be on their little news channel and then eat lunch, so cute.  Al said it was really cool and he wanted to do it again.  One of the teachers also told Al he was really good at teaching (he's good at everything)!!

Someone left us a box of Krispy Kreme donuts on our doorstep, so nice!!  The boys were so excited

This boy is so sweet and cuddly.  He is always telling me I look pretty, I smell good, and if I will cuddle with him.  Whoever marrys Cole will get lots of affection and loves, he's a charmer.

Trunk Or Treat 2016

My cutest little Brady as Nemo!  

2 sharks and cute Nemo

It's always impossible to them to look at the camera at the same time!

Trunk or treat in our cool minivan

It was a fun night with our ward, eating chili, and watching the boys get piles of candy.

Pumpkin Patching

It's so tricky to plan activities these days so Alex can be there. Long live the days at going any weekday when it's not as busy. We went to the Flower Mound Pumpkin patch with Al one weekend and it was chaos!!  I got some adorable pictures, the boys got to play, and we enjoyed our time together.

Al was super happy about waiting in line for this picture that is crooked and horrible...lol

Lunchtime

Having Al in school every other weekend makes these days extra special, I love when we can all be together.  It's hard to imagine in about 5 years Alex will be at the age where he wants to hang out with his friends on the weekends.  How does time pass so quickly?