Friday, November 23, 2012

Thanksgiving with Grandma & Papa Bowman!!!

We were SO excited that Grandma & Papa got to come for Thanksgiving this year!!! Unfortunately it was not such a relaxing vacation for them. They are real troopers and HUGE helpers to come fully aware that we were in the middle of renovating and moving to our new house. We are so grateful for their help and sacrifice. They were amazing! We could not have done it without them! We still managed to squeeze in some fun, some snoozing and a lot of food. It was a fantastic week full of painting, snuggling, story reading, eating, packing, laughing, and ipad-ing. The kids were addicted to Grandma's Ipad - good thing she brought two and was very willing to share : ) Braxton's favorite part of the week was Thanksgiving dinner (he is a Bowman!). McKenzie's favorite part of the week was having Grandma come to her 1st grade class to help the teacher and meet all of her friends! Bailey's favorite part of the week was snuggling Grandma & Papa. 


The worst part of the week was saying goodbye. This part always rips my heart out! It is hard being so far away but we are grateful for the time we got to spend with them. My kids will NOT be happy that I posted these pictures. Just shows how much they love Grandma & Papa. This is how Rich and I were feeling on the inside too : (


We love you two so much. Thank you for all you do for our little family!

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Happy #5 Bracky!!!

I can't believe my little boy is a big boy... Birthdays are always bitter sweet for a mom. A day to celebrate and a day to reflect on how fast five years has flown by! Braxton has been looking forward to his birthday since November 15th of LAST year! He had his day alllllll planned out. We went to his favorite donut shop, Tony's, for breakfast. We had "Old McDonalds" for lunch (of course!), went toy shopping with his birthday cash from faily and had dinner with ol' Chuck at Chuck E. Cheese. The part of the day he hadn't planned was waking up to a brand new OPTIMUS PRIME BIKE!!! He was pretty shocked! I was up most of the night painting the new house and rich was up most of the night putting together the bike hahaha. At dinner we found a game that must have known it was B's birthday... it was SPEWING out the tickets! The kids were in heaven! No dumb erasers or fake bugs for a prize this time... He got a DVD & Car Hot Wheels set off the TOP SHELF : ) It was a wonderful day all about Braxton! Thanks to everyone for spoiling him rotten! Happy Birthday sweet boy. We love you!!!