Halloween

We had lots of fun this halloween. The kiddos dressed up for our Ward Trunk or Treat party and we went to the carnival beforehand. Elle seriously took WEEKS to figure out what she wanted to be for Halloween. I finally kind of decided for her because I found a perfect purple princess dress for her at Target and Jack's was pretty last minute (also found at Target) but suited him perfectly!! I only wish he would have kept his darn hat on the whole time, but what can you expect from a one year old? I love the weather in the Fall here. Its almost always around 70 degrees for Halloween. Its perfect! I love the Holidays, its my favorite time of year!

Elle's Preschool Graduation

Elle had her preschool graduation a few months ago and I forgot to post these. It wasn't her REAL preschool graduation because she will be going to preschool for another year but it was fun and she will be going to a different preschool this next fall. 

 Elle has a crush on Wesley, the kid to her left. She talks about him alot and asks me if we can have him come play..so cute.

Summer time:)

Oh my goodness, the last few months have just flown by! James has been out of school for the past 5 weeks and goes back next week. We've just been spending lots of quality family time, lots of nights playing outside or watching TV shows. We went to Branson, Missouri with some friends a month back and it was a lot of fun, but other than that we've just been sticking around. The Memphis HEAT is definitely coming and its been harder to go outside. Most days its high 90s sometimes into the 100s. I am looking forward to hopefully living somewhere with warmer winters and cooler summers than here...anyone have any suggestions?
 

Easter Sunday

We went and visited James's parents for Easter Sunday. It was lots of fun to just hang out with the family. We ate Turkey and ham and lots of other delicious food. We also celebrated my 25th Bday this past week. I can't believe I am half way to 30, wow! Kind of crazy. I definitely have had more self discovery the past 5 years than I ever have had so its been good:) I am so grateful for my family and for Jesus Christ on this Easter Sunday. Here are some pictures from our Easter day.

     James really really wanted me to take a picture of this cricket he caught. Sometimes he reminds me of     a little  boy;) 

 Elle and 3 of her cousins that live in Memphis

 My country husband, with no shoes on...

 James's youngest sister, Charity, and Papaw Litton

 Elle and her cousin Will. I think they look like they could be siblings.

Dont you love this pose? James told her to pose for the camera, and this is what she gave me???

Yay:) BLOG REVAMPED!

Thank you Lara! How much better is this? I mean really, I could type on this blog all day long if I had to. Its so beautiful now. I took some pictures of Elle and Jack about a month back and they are up in my header but here they are here. Love those squirts. Jack is 9 months now and seriously looks like a 2 year old. He is humongous! Its getting hard to carry him around. My muscles are getting strong:) He is still sweet as can be. He has 7 teeth now {causing many sleepless night lately}. He has been getting up on his knees, but really has had no desire to do anything beyond that. I am not sure if he will ever crawl, which I am okay with;) Elle is enjoying her last few months of preschool before school gets out. She is extremely smart and picks up on things very quickly. She can read short words and is artistically amazing for a four year old {Okay I might be bragging a little bit, but she is really good}. I just had my 25th birthday. Wow. Half way to 30. I might be looking into buying some skin creams now that I am starting to age:( James is busy busy busy in clinic at the dental school. He loves what he is doing but hopes to be able to specialize in endodontics. We will see in September if that dream will be able to come true or not. If not, we will only have one more year of school left, yipee!! I've made some great friends here in Memphis but alot of them will be leaving a year from this April so it will kind of hard to say goodbye to them all. We have a few trips planned for this spring and summer so we are excited for that. We are actually going to Vegas with my family next week. I am not sure if my body is bathing suit worthy yet....Its been alot harder this time around to lose my baby weight:( Still have 5-10 lbs to go. Any ideas? Just a little update. I promise to be a better blogger. Don't stop checking in.

Pictures

I know I have seriously been the worst blogger ever. Here are a few pics from the past months...yup I am that behind. Hopefully I will pick back up soon. I am hoping to talk my cousin into redoing my blog because mine is so lame..haha (LARA?!) Maybe that will inspire me to be a better blogger!

He has since grown out of this carseat and into a toddler carseat, so big!