January's Family Dinner

January's family dinner was a success.

All 22 of us were in the same house!

Melanie Rose has not been the biggest fan of Gigi.

But, we changed that on Sunday!!

Look at all of that curly hair Miss Delilah June has!!

She is the cutest!

Mr. Hendrix Jay has tons of curls, too!

And that orange hair is going no where.

These three are the same age-ish.

Hudson born at the end of June; Delilah four days later; Hendrix two months later.

They are VERY busy!

The grownups.

That's so crazy to call my babies, "Grownups!!!"

Ryker getting cuddles with Hendrix.

Cooper is the favorite uncle... always.

I live for these dinners.

My mama and Gigi heart just burst!

 

Cooper & Dad One-on-One

Burke asked me early yesterday morning if I wanted to go to a Jazz game last night.

I don't like to leave the boys on weeknights.

With Coop's 16th birthday coming up next month, I asked him to take Cooper instead.

I stayed home with Porter and Ryker, who had basketball.

I love getting pictures.

That smile says it all.

Coop is a sensitive, kind, friendly, athletic kid.

He chooses good friends.

He works hard at school and at his sports.

He is also an almost-16-year-old boy.

Sometimes the attitude is strong with this one.

That makes it even more important that he get one-on-one time with us when we can swing it!

They ate in, what I call, the "Yummy Room."

All the food you can imagine.

Comfy seats.

TV's all over.

You come back at halftime to get snacks and drinks, too.

He even smiled for pictures that Dad made him take.

Awesome seats.

Time with Dad.

Practice with driving.

Perfect!

 

Just Because

This girl of mine.

She's had a rough year.

She gave birth to our beautiful Melanie Rose in May, just a year after delivering our beautiful Delilah June.

She had a c-section and had her tubes tied.

She had another rough recovery from her c-section.

Then she started having more health issues.

It was determined that she needed to have her gall bladder removed after several ER visits.

Her gall bladder was removed.

Then she got even sicker.

And sicker.

And sicker.

She was yellow.

In pain.

Throwing up.

The doctors went back in to see what was happening.

It turns out she had a few stones stuck in the bile duct that was blocking her liver.

Those were removed.

Look at this girl.

She is stunning.

She and Jackson are a fantastic team.

They have beautiful girls.

She is a fabulous mama.

I love her for so many reasons!

 

The Year of The Weddings Continues

Sunday night, Burke and I drove to South Jordan.

This is where Braxton & Rian's mom (Michelle) lives.

All of the parents met each other...

That is Suzanne's mama standing behind Bubba (Braxton).

Besides meeting the parents, we also did a food testing.

NOTE:

I've never been a part of a wedding that is so fancy.

I did not understand why we were food testing, but I was NOT mad.

I'm all about this!

We taste-tested street tacos.

It was a 10/10.

That means no more food testing!

Suzanne is VERY much on it!

She has spreadsheets and checklists and all the things!

They now have a date, a venue, a caterer, and a bartender!

Love these two so much!

 

Weekends

We are in the throws of winter basketball.

Ryker is becoming more aggressive, which I love to see.

He loves to play with his buddies.

I love watching him...even IF basketball is my least favorite season!

While Hudson was napping on Saturday (for three hours in our portacrib), Gigi made bread.

I felt like this was the best batch I've made so far.

And the smell in our home always makes it worth it!!

And this...

Isis sent me this.

I can't get enough of these babies and their amazing parents!

 

My Kay

Today was one of my guy's retirement party.

My Kalynn came.

The guys were so happy to see her and hug her.

She was thrilled to see her guys.

I was most excited to see her.

I miss her.

The cancer is absolutely destroying her body, but she is still My Kay.

 

One Week In

 We are officially eight days into the New Year and into my 2025 mission statement.

I am working very hard on my floors and ceilings.

Example:

Vitals (one of my vitals is exercise): My floor is walking on the treadmill at an incline of 12, speed of 3, for 30 minutes.

My ceiling is doing that walk plus my weight training, stretching, and additional cardio after weight training.

The beauty of floors and ceilings is that, by doing my floor, I am still a success!!!

I am still nailing it!!!

I so believe in floors and ceilings.

Meet your floors, reach for your ceilings and you will thrive!!