Road trip to Birmingham

Last weekend we went to Birmingham to visit my parents. It was amazing weather so we literally spent the whole day outsite. Mom and dad have done a ton of improvements to the house and it looks amazing. One of the improvements was the back porch, it looks awesome and is so comfy. So we put an extension out for the cable and power and were able to watch football while the guys grilled ALL day (literally all day). It was fun just relaxing and enjoying time together and the weather.

                                     

5 months and Halloween

I am way late on this but this was Brayden around 5 months. I cannot believe he is getting so big! He is almost always smiling and has a laugh that will make you melt. He is for sure a momma's boy so far, but I am not complaining. :) I can't imagine life without this little man and we love you to death!

Halloween this year was a lot of fun. Cami really got into getting dressed up and was adorable as always. I tried to convince Devin that we should go as Wizard of Oz characters, but in the end he won with the Flintstones. To be honest, I am glad we ended up as The Flintstones. We went to Devin's company Halloween party on Saturday night and it was a huge hit. I ended up actually making both the kids outfits due to failure in planning on my part. The plan all along was to make Brayden's (Bam Bam), but had ordered Cami's (Pebbles) and it didn't come in on time. But, it ended up even better then what I ordered. I just took old clothes from both kids old clothes boxes, did some tweaks, and WALA!

On actual Halloween night we decided not to go Trick or Treating and just pass out candy. Luckily both kids aren't fully aware that Halloween=walk to all the houses and get free candy. Cami loved seeing all the kids and saying hi and "Trick or treat" and "Happy Halloween" to them. The only trick with Cami is she kept on seeing us give the other kids treats and kept on asking for one. So we ended up tricking her and just handing her a grape instead. Sneaky sneaky hehe :). In the end it was a great weekend full of a lot of fun memories.

On Sunday before Halloween we decided to carve a pumpkin. Cami had a blast sticking her fingers in the yucky pumpkin and seeing how many pumpkin seeds she could pull out. Brayden just sat and watched, but I gaurentee you he wished he could get in there and get dirty!

Thank you Pinterest for the painted white pumpkin idea :-)

LOVE this one!

My precious little skeletons!

Struggling

So, as I stated in our last post we had fully committed to doing Insanity and were doing really good. Well, the past two weeks we have struggled to keep with it. It is not an excuse, but life has been very busy and stressful these past two weeks. As many of you know I have started selling Mary Kay and as excited as I am about this adventure it is another thing that adds to our schedule now. I know it will pay off for long term goals, but now it's time to figure out how to re-balance everything between work, kids, working out, cooking dinner, etc. I know it will all come together eventually so we just have to keep our chins up and keep on trucking along. We have had some positive come out of all this... We have both lost about 3 pounds, and hopefully more will be falling off soon! As someone who has struggled with gaining weight for no reason, this 3 pounds is HUGE! And I am SO proud of Devin for sticking to watching what he eats as well since he has to eat out every day for work. So if you don't mind keep us in your prayers. We are heading in the right direction and we have to remind ourselves it is one step at a time. Have a great weekend!