CrAvInGs...

So I am about 17-18 weeks along in this pregnancy and finally feeling GREAT! This week Haynes and I were at Target running errands. Haynes usually enjoys picking up a snack of apples, grapes, and cheese. We had spent about 2 hours in Target because we kept having fun conversations. I found this fun fruit tray and decided that sounded great! Haynes asked, "Mommy, is that your snack?" We managed (with a little help) to finish off the entire tray in one day. I figure craving strawberries isn't such a bad craving, right?!?

U-sing

This semester our house church is doing outreach through U-sing. We have been sending groups into practices with fun treats to make new friends! I have been baking cookies like crazy...really about 500 cookies, at least! We are expectant for much fruit this semester!

First Soccer Games!

Port had his first soccer game at 10 am. We brought tents to shade the crowd and they were a hit!

Our team was great! Port hurt his ankle the night before, but he gave a great effort!

This is at the Spider Monkey game (haynes's game). We have quite a crowd for both teams:-)

Our first game had about half the team crying because they were playing, and the other half crying because they weren't getting to play.

Beau, Haynes best buddy, did a great job!

Haynes celebrating one of his goals with Champ, Josh and Jenny!

Uncle Mickey's Birthday

We celebrated Uncle Mickey's 50th birthday at Dan and Nancy's. The cousins love any excuse to get together and play. Grandad and Papa found a tree to pull down and the kids LOVED it! We love you Uncle Mickey!

Haynes filled his marble jar!

Haynes filled his marble jar and decided he wanted Brian to take him to pick out a toy! After about 20 minutes, they came out with new dart guns. This is a picture of them trying to figure out the dart guns!

PoWdEr...AgAiN!

I was meeting with a friend while Ella was playing in her room. It got pretty quiet and then she came out looking like this!!!

It was absolutely EVERYWHERE!

LUX

Over the last 6 months I have been working with Jeannie on a purity retreat. This weekend I took 8 of my college girls to Chandler to help with the retreat. We had a great time and loved spending time with girls talking about purity. Jeannie did a great job coordinating, thanks for all your hard work!

State Fair with Lolli and Champ

Champ and Lolli always take the boys to the fair during the day to ride rides, play games, see the animals, and everything else. The boys had a great time!

They wore their tennis shoes so they could be tall enough to ride the rides:-)

They finished their day with a little treat! Thanks for loving on the boys so well!

Hartsock kids meet Baby Elijah

Haynes really is just so sweet with babies, but he really loved Elijah. I think he asked to hold him about 10x's!

Port was pretty excited to finally see Elijah too!

Ella wins the award for being the most baby consumed! She LOVED holding Elijah, looking at his toes, and kissing him. Elijah is just one of the most beautiful babies I've ever seen. We can't wait for many more visits! The next day Ella told everyone she met, "I hold baby Elijah"

Happy 30th Kerri!

We had a surprise dinner to celebrate Kerri last week. It was so fun getting together with the girls, no kids, and celebrating such a sweet friend! Kerri you are an amazing woman! We pray extravagant blessings over you this year! Love you girl!

Disney on Ice

Lolli and Champ got the kids tickets to go see Disney on Ice the first night of LTx. We didn't go, but the kids had a great time. The fair was pretty packed, but the kids loved it!

This is Ella feeding Champ...think she has him wrapped around her finger:-)

How cute are these boys!!

Classic 50's

When I pick the boys up from school on Tuesday/Thursday we will usually stop and get a treat. We bring it home, sit on the back porch, and talk about their days. It's really one of my favorite parts of my day! Dax and Crew followed us to Classic 50's and the kids were SO excited! It was so funny because they were just together all afternoon, but still couldn't get enough of each other. Love you guys!

NAIL POSLISH

After our fun LTx family night I came down with strep throat. Thankfully the boys had school so Ella and I spent the day on the couch...kind of:-) We were watching a video and coloring and I fell asleep and woke up to a quiet room. This is what I found...

Yes...that's nail polish not lipstick!

Isn't she talented at painting her toes:-)

If you look closely you can see that she managed to get the nail polish in her hair too! I went to dinner to celebrate a friend's birthday and when I came home Brian informed me that he CUT Ella's hair!!! I totally thought he was kidding, but he was serious. Oh dear!?!

LTx Family Night

This was the only picture I took from our family night...oops! We had our LTx class, their families, and NormCom staff over for dinner last week. We grilled and had a great time eating outside in the beautiful weather. The kids had a great time playing and eating together too! I went inside to get something and found Ella getting some eggs out of the refrigerator! I followed her into the powder bathroom where she was throwing raw eggs into the toilet!?! I am learning just how creative little girls can be:-)

OU vs. Airforce

We decided to take the boys to the Airforce game. They did a lot of fun things since we were playing Airforce, so the boys were REALLY excited! After a long morning of soccer we pushed through and took the boys to the game...and it was HOT!!!

We all came in to cool off for a little bit. The boys were so fun to take to the game. Port would have really loved to stay for the entire game. Haynes was pretty worn out and anytime anything was too loud he would pull his hat down over his face and hold his ears:-) Love you boys!

Few quotes...

Today I looked in the back of the truck and Haynes was sticking his finger up Ella's nose. I say, "Haynes! Stop picking Ella's nose!" Haynes replies, "Mom, I'm just making a bugger sandwich!"

Brian was playing catch with the kids this morning. Brian comments, "Watch this, I'm sure this is how you caught a ball." Brian would throw the ball to Ella and she would reach her arms out, turn her head, and clench her eyes shut! (I think that's still how I catch a ball) Tonight he was trying to show my parents and Ella yelled, "No Daddy! I don't like that, it hurts!"

Port was talking about Uncle Mickey and asked Brian how old he was this year. Brian reminded Port that we just had celebrated Mickey's 50th birthday. Port quickly asked, "Are you older than Uncle Mickey Daddy?"

First Soccer Practice for Port & Haynes!

Here comes our water girl!

This is Haynes team! Yes Haynes FINALLY gets to play soccer! They are going to have SO much fun this year.

This is Port's team with Uncle Jade. They are super excited for a fun year of soccer!

Tripp, Beau, Haynes, Parker

These boys just make me laugh...I missed the picture of Haynes and Beau guarding the goal together. Mike and I couldn't get our cameras out quick enough...I'm sure there will be many more opportunities to come:-)

The end of practice Dax got a stick/piece of grass stuck in the back of his throat. After Jade and Angie tried everything possible we finally got some tweezers and got the grass out. Dax was a trooper! Praise Jesus we got it out! Love you kid!

Baby Elijah is here!

Friday night we went up to OU medical to meet the LeBeau's new little one Elijah Timothy! This is a picture of the boys...the waiting room was REALLY far from the delivery area so they decided they would move the chair to the hallway (along with the flowers to make it look more legit). They wanted to make sure they didn't miss Justin going by with the baby:-)

We are super excited for the LeBeau family! Cathleen is the most amazing woman I know with a 29 hour labor and 5 hours of pushing. Little (or not so little) Elijah is quite a fighter! We are so excited that their family is home and healthy. Can't wait to post pictures of my kids with Elijah because they don't stop talking about him and watching the quiet time video of Elijah in honor of him!

We love you LeBeau's!

Ella's First Day of School

So when I go to pick Ella up from Music School, the teachers meet me in the entry hall before class gets out. They tell me there was an incident between Ella and a little boy. I'm pretty confident Ella has done something wrong, but they inform me that the little boy found a toy hammer and pounded Ella in the face pretty good. I down play the situation (because the little boy's mom is there and surely she's just fine) but the tell me they've been icing it!! I haven't got a good picture of it, but we have a full blown black eye that has progressively gotten worse over the week! Ella just says, "______, hurt my eye!"

The boys reaction were by far the best! Haynes and Port GASPED when they saw her face. Then proceeded to inform her that if someone was hurting her and she couldn't get away she could hit them! When we took Ella to school on Monday Haynes insisted that if I wouldn't let him come in and talk to the little boy, I would tell Miss Kim to watch out for Ella...I sure do love her little protectors:-)

*As for first day of school pictures with Mommy and Daddy...can't find them on my camera?!?

Fantasy Football

My brother coordinates a Fantasy Football league each year, but it is SO extravagant...it's amazing! For their "Draft" my mom cooks a buffet of food and Josh creates the most high tech draft ever. We stopped by for a little bit after Dax's party!

Here's the draft in action...

Ella really wanted to spend the night at Lolli's house, so she kept laying down on the steps and saying "Night Night!" Jenny went to tuck her in:-)

Before we left the boys were trying to win Ella's affection through their technology! It was hilarious to see what games, shows, etc they would win a sweet smile from that cute girl:-)

Happy Birthday Dax!

Dax planned his entire birthday party. Port's been beyond excited about it! This is a picture of their water balloon game, it was AWESOME!

Next was a dragon pinata! Even Ella got a chance to hit the dragon, but Dax managed to break the candy out. (Ella loved this part, she loved sneaking away with her bag of candy!)

Happy Birthday Dax!

We absolutely love you Dax! We can't wait to see all the great things God has for you over this next year. Love you buddy!

Lunch with Daddy!

So Brian has been working in Norman for a little over a month. This was our first lunch with Daddy, since the boys were at school. I'm not sure who loved it the most me or Ella! Brian has doing an amazing job preparing for LTx, we are super excited for this semester!

This is the second day Ella fell asleep on the way to pick up the boys. This time she fell asleep playing hide-and-seek with me! Literally I said, "where's Ella?" and when I turned around she was ASLEEP!!!

Music School Visiting Day

Today we went to visit Music School because Ella starts on Friday. She will go to Music School on Mondays and Fridays. She really loves it!

They got to have a practice day and Haynes came with us. My friend Taylor's little girl, Finley, will be in Ella's class too! We are so excited for a fun year!