Random fun

Yes, I've been a blog slacker!! Firstly because we found out a few months ago that we're preggers!! - and I just LOVE to sleep!! :) I can't get enough of it!! And, for the past 3.5 weeks, somebody in my house has been sick with a severly green snotty nose! :) But we are all through that now...mama is finally healthy!! Yeah! The new Harris baby is due around Halloween! :) So, I guess I'm dressing as a big ol' pumpkin this year!

So, what else is new you might ask??
My sweet girl lost her two bottom teeth within a week! Here she is with her new smile! The tooth fairy was very generous...I think we only got 25 cents when I was a kid, but she got a whole dollar! Wow, she must be a special girl! :)

And, we've been clowning around at home...keeping busy and looking forward to summer! Here are my googly-eyed "kids" being silly one night after dinner!

And, today I found the best baby sitter ever! An excavator! :) We have a small crew here digging up our back yard to put in a new patio and the kids have been GLUED to the window watching the little digger. It's been fun! I am SO excited to get things moving and ready for summer back there. Now all we need is a play structure! :)
We'll keep you posted with more pics as I get more sleep! :) Until then, may the Lord bless you all richly!!

Happy Birthday Raquelle!!!

My sweet sweet girl turned 5 yesterday! I can't believe I have a 5 year old!!!! WOW, time flies! At the family gathering yesterday we were all joking about how it felt like a few months ago were were celebrating her 4th birthday...we could all remember exactly what we did, what we ate, etc! It was so funny!!

I made Raquelle a princess dress cake! It was fun and turned out cute...she LOVED it! We had a fun day celebrating and singing her happy birthday a hundred times throughout the day! I am sooo blessed to be her mommy and just love her to pieces!!!

I love these pics of her and the cake...looks like she's thinking of a wish and then blowing out the candles!

And, opening presents! She got some fun stuff and had such a ball with her cousins!! :)

Thank you Jesus for our family!!! And, Happy Birthday Raquelle!!!

My kids have rhythm!

I gave my kids a cupcake treat after dinner last night and within 5 minutes, Easton was singing at the top of his lungs! So, daddy turned on some music and we said, "Start Dancing!" to help them burn off some of that sugar...and we were rolling!!! I was laughing so hard at their moves, so I grabbed the camera! - here you go!
Check out Raquelle towards the end...some serious moves! :)
Gotta love the diaper butt! :)

A few more highlights from Reedsport

Yes...this is my SON - Easton! :) LOL!! This picture will haunt him I'm sure when he is 18 years old! :) - good bribe material!
He found nana's fun wig and put it on...he was laughing so hard!!! - and so were we!!! I guess if we ever had a blondie, this is what she would look like!!

Lots of wrestling! That is Byron (Ben's bro) at the bottom of the pile!! The kids LOVED all the playtime they got!!

One morning around 11am, Easton asked to go upstairs to rest. Occassionally we'll let him listen to worship music during a rest time/time out so Ben fastened him in and put him in our bed. After 30min. of not hearing anything from him, I went upstairs and he was OUT! He slept like this for over an hour and a half - at 11am in the morning!! So funny!! Early nap I guess...it was SO sweet!!

Christmas Happenings

December has been a fun and crazy month! My favorite has been having daddy home to hang out, sleep in with, and play games with. I love love love having him around!!! Here are some other highlights:

Nana (Ben's mom) took all the girls to the Nutcracker in Eugene. It was such a fun and new experience! Raquelle had never done anything like that before! It was fun sitting with her and whispering in her ear what was happening and having her continue to ask why the girls were wearing panties! :) And why it was okay that you could see them when they danced! :) LOL! The ballet was amazing and it was a fun day despite Raquelle being right in the middle of a cold!

The cousins
A day before Christmas we headed to Reedsport to hook up with Ben's family for a very low key, yet very fun Christmas! We hung out and didn't do much at all...so relaxing! On the 28th we went over to Ben's aunt's house for some fun, games and the infamous family white elephant!! We actually came away with our OWN gifts! LOL! - so we took the receipt and took them back! LOL!! It was pretty funny!!! So, it was actually the best white elephant I've had! :)
While we were there, my amazing cousin Jamie took us all out to the road in front of our aunt's house and took some family pics! She is such a great photog (check out her website) and so good at capturing some fun and candid moments!! Love you Jamie...thanks for the memories! :)

Then we got home and my family came up for another Christmas celebration!! They just left New Year's Eve, so we've been in our Pj's for the past two days just loving our last few days at home with daddy!! Thank you Lord for our amazing family and such fun memories!!

More painting

We got out the finger paints a few days ago and went to town again! It was fun because we were playing with color combos and when you combine primary colors then it makes secondary colors...the first rule of thumb in design! :) We were having fun!! Sorry, no photo editing today...too busy! I figured if I didn't get them up now...it wouldn't be until after Christmas!! :)

Hello blue eyes!! - with the flash it washes them out a bit.

My beauty! - still in her pj's! :) Got to love lazy mornings!!

Is it bad when...

Is it bad when after you tell your daughter that you're sooo tired and need a nap that she says, "Mom, why don't you just have another cup of coffee?"

Is it bad when after you put on a freshly washed (and dried) pair of jeans you have to sit in the crouched sitting position to put your make up on so you stretch the jeans out? Mama's been eating too much cake! :)

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