Bumbo Fun!

 

Look who can sit in a BUMBO!

She loves it.

She is only two months old, but her head control is AMAZING!

She is so strong.

It is so fun to see Eleanor in the Bumbo chair!

Can't believe she is getting so big so fast...even though she is still so little!

(And isn't that outfit just the cutest?! Thanks Aunt Kati for the CUTE clothes!

Sammy and his Napping!

 

Sammy is known for waking up an hour into his nap...walking somewhere else in the house and falling asleep there.  I am so happy that we don't have stairs in this house...in fear that he would walk/fall down them in the middle of his nap.

And really??

Is this more comfortable than his bed???

Keeping Eleanor Happy

 

The other day Andrew and I were doing INSANITY...we are crazy, I know!

Eleanor was chillin' in her chair.

She started getting upset...

The boys went over and started playing with her and made her quite happy!

We were able to finish our exercising.

Having older siblings is GREAT!

Free Concert in the Park

Andrew has been working VERY hard this past month!

He has been cleaning carpets at Game Stops pretty much EVERY night.

Thursday was his last job as of right now.

So Friday night...we had a FUN Family Night!

A much needed FAMILY NIGHT!!

My friend, Beth Raisor, had posted earlier that day that they were going to a free concert at the park in Flower Mound.  At first I was really excited to go and then I thought for a minute...uh, but I have three kids under three...is this the best activity...at about 6:30 I got a Facebook message from Beth saying, "Margie, you totally need to come!" So, I thought to myself...am I going to let me kids keep me from having fun...NO!  They will have so much fun themselves.  So, we quickly packed a dinner and set our for the park.

So glad that we did.  It really was such a fun evening.

The band wasn't the greatest...but it was fun to be out with friends and not stuck at home.

The BOYS loved it and Eleanor did SOOO much better than I thought she was going to do. SHe really is such a chill baby!

AND...the Raisor's brought Blue Bell!

Holla!

The boys were in HEAVEN with their HUGE ice cream cones.

When we first got there, we headed over to the park.  It really is an awesome park with a ton of things to do for the kids.  Jackson was so proud of himself when he walked all the way across this rope!  And to tell the truth, I was pretty proud myself!

When he got to the other side. he yelled, "I DID IT! With a huge smile on his face!"

It was awesome!

"Uh Oh Mom! We are TRAPPED!"

 

When did Sammy turn into a little boy??

Seriously!

Cutest kid.

Both of my boys just make me smile everyday.

It was great to get out and have some fun!

It got me excited for the summer and all the fun we are going to have.

Can't wait to share some fun times with the family!!!

The Laugh!

5-18-2014

There is a laugh!

I think every parent knows it. 

The laugh that means, "We are having such a great time...doing something we are NOT suppose to be doing!"  That laugh was definitely heard tonight while the boys were eating their dessert at the table. When Andrew and I looked over, THIS is what we saw!!!!

I LOVE MY BOYS!

This time Andrew and I laughed right along with them!

When Jackson was all done he came over and stood JUST like this.

So we of course snapped a photo!

 

Then Sammy did the EXACT same thing!

Definitely LOVE being a MOM!

David's Graduation

May 16-18, 2014

This weekend we went to see David graduate from Texas A&M University San Antonio.

It was so great to see him graduate!

He was just so happy!

We are all so proud of him.

My mom and dad have had all 7 of their kids graduate from college with a Bachelor's degree.

That is pretty impressive!

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!

David lookin' good!

Love his bowtie and lovin' me in the background!

Just being a typical UMINSKI!

Jackson sure does love his Uncle David.

He wanted to wear his hat to be just like him.

The family that was able to make it to the graduation.

It was such a great day.

The Walker clan didn't really sit IN the auditorium for the whole ceremony. In fact that majority of the time we were out walking the halls.And then we ended up OUTSIDE as well!

A graduation ceremony just isn't the ideal situation for a 3 year old and a 2 year old!

That evening we went back to my parent's house and had an amazing dinner or hamburgers and hot dogs on the GRILL!  They were so yummy!

Mom did such a great job with the decor and all the food.

I surprisingly do not have any pictures of the food...I am sure someone took a pic of the table.  

My favorite thing we ate was definitely the DESSERT!

We had strawberry shortcake.

David made the shortcake and there was pudding, strawberries and whipped cream with some ORANGE zest!  Gosh it was so good!

Thanks David for graduating and having such a fun party!

Kati was so excited because she FINALLY was able to meet our sweet Eleanor!  This was quite the meeting, because Eleanor and Kati share a birthday!

Such fun.

Eleanor sure does love her Aunt Kati!

The next day we went to Alamo Cafe for lunch!

BEfore we went there we went to the temple to show Jackson.

He always says this church next to our house is the Temple.

It was nice to show him what the REAL Temple looks like.

Alamo Cafe was awesome!

 I sure do love those tortillas!

While we were at Gramma's house the boys LOVED being out in her garden. 

Jackson loved to see all of the flowers and animals out there.

It really is such a nice area.

Mom has worked very hard on her garden and it is awesome to see it each time we come.

One of my favorite things to do was to sit in the chair that looked out into the garden. 

There is a bird feeder that the squirrels love to feed from as well.

It was really funny to watch the squirrel jump from the fence to the feeder and hang from the bird feeder. I was quite entertained.

It was such an awesome weekend. We ended up coming home Saturday night and then we had all day Sunday to relax and SLEEP.  We were quite exhausted.

Eleanor's Blessing Day

Saturday, May 3, 2014

10:30 AM

 We had Eleanor's Blessing at home.

It was Stake Conference this weekend.

I actually LOVE doing the blessings at home. 

Even though I really wanted to show off her BEAUTIFUL dress to my friends at church!

My Visiting Teacher brought over the tulips and I just love them!

They were even in Eleanor's pink.

 Eleanor's Nana made her dress.

It. Is. Beautiful!

And her Aunt Elizabeth made her headband!

When I was getting her dressed....

I got quite teary eyed.

She just looked so gorgeous in it.

I had a brief moment of thought of her up in heaven with her Heavenly Father and Savior, Jesus Christ!

 I am so blessed to have this sweet Child of God in my life.

 I am so blessed to be her MOM!

She just makes me so happy!

 She is a bit silly at times....

 Maybe it is because bigger brother is standing there making her laugh!

GOSH!  I just love my family so much!

When did I get so lucky?

 We of course took pictures outside.

I seriously can't even believe I have THREE kids!

 I am so glad that my mom and dad were able to be here and that Andrew's mom and dad were able to be there too!  It really was a special day with family!

At about 10:45 we all gathered together to give Eleanor her blessing.

My dad gave an opening prayer and then Andrew gave the blessing.

In her blessing she was blessed with many things.

I know she is choice daughter of God who has been saved to come to Earth at this time.

A few things that stuck out to me in her blessing were:

That she will be a force of good for this world and have the opportunity to be a light that shines forth on many people. And that she will have the opportunity to touch lives in many parts of the world and in many cultures!  

Sounds like she has an exciting life ahead of her.

 Then we ATE!

Yummy!

Hawaiian Haystacks.

One of my faves!

And I was able to use my Christmas present from my parents.

My cool Lazy Susan serving dishes!

I LOVE THEM!

It was great having my mom here a few days before the blessing, because she set up all the food.Cut all the veggies (except the tomatoes and cucumbers that came from Kate) and put them in their dishes and made sure everything looked fantastic!

 My mom also tried out two new desserts!

The strawberry angel food cake dessert was awesome.

Friday night when she was getting it all ready, Jackson was determined to get some of that cake.."Mom, I hungry! Mom, I NEEEEED that!" As he pointed to the cake. We gave him and Sammy a small piece and then when Mom wasn't looking Jackson reached up on the counter, grabbed a piuece, and slouched down and tip toed into the dining room.

That little SNEAK!

(It was pretty darn cute though)

The dessert with the whipped cream and red cake was AWESOME!

My mom had the idea from a pumpkin cake she made at Thanksgiving.

She took strawberrines and made a puree out of them and added them to a yellow cake mix.

When it was done cooking she poked holes all over the cake and then added a can of sweentened condensed milk.

Then let it cool and topped it off with the whipped cream.

Gosh, it was so good!

My new favorite dessert!

The little kids were so cute eating their lunch outside.

It was such a great day.

I am so blessed to be surrounded with amazing family.

I am so glad that everyone was able to come and join in this occasion for Eleanor.

She really is one special little girl.

PopPop and Nana Visit

May 2 - May 12

Nana and PopPop met Eleanor Anne for the first time on May 3rd!
They came in from New York (Nana) and Utah(PopPoP) for Eleanor's blessing. It was so nice to have them there for it.  Then they were able to stay for some days after!
PopPop had to head back on the 7th and Nana got to stay until the 12th!
We quite a good time while they were here!

Saturday afternoon after the blessing...the girls headed to a jewelry party.
Kate actually won the raffle and came home with some earrings.
That night the Garner's headed back to Denton-(Kate had a girl's night)!
Mom and I went shopping for different things and picked up Boston Market for dinner that night! Yum!  Love us some Boston Market.

Sunday the Garner's came down for the day and we had dinner and hung out!
Sammy actually got really sick on Saturday! He just had a fever all day and into the night and then all day Sunday.  It was so sad! I hate it when my kids are sick.  I was so happy that it was just a fever.  Oh and did I mention our fridge BROKE on Sunday and it didn't get fixed until Tuesday!  Yeah, that was AWESOME! We were suppose to go to the beach on Monday, but it looked like that was not going to happen!

Especially since Monday morning, Jackson woke up with a fever!

SOOOO we changed things around a little bit!
Monday Nana, Kate, Eleanor, and I went for a girl's afternoon while PopPop stayed home with the kids. Sammy didnt have a fever anymore, but like I said, Jackson did!
Luckily, he was in a great mood...especially for PopPop!
Us girls went to lunch at the Korner Cafe,....would NOT reccommend that restaurant!
We still had a great time and loved just being with the girls.
Then we went shopping for Kate's shower we were having on Saturday and of course we had to make a stop at Janie and Jack!  Our favorite children's clothing store...where we just go in and ooh and aah over everything and then walk out...because it is outrageously expensive!!
(Except that one time when Nana bought Eleanor a beautiful red dress that I am so excited to put her in this Christmas!)
When we came home, Pop Pop said...you are home already!  What? We could have stayed out LONGER?!  It was good for us to be home. Little Jackson needed his mom!!
Thanks PopPop for watching the kids!

That night we ate at Rosa's!
It was Cinco de Mayo!
We had to eat TexMex!
Yummy!

Jackson will get anyone he can to play legos with him!

Tuesday we still weren't up to going to the Lake, so we decided to go to Bahama Bucks and have a water day in our backyard!  I was pretty sure PopPop would LOVE Bahama Bucks and I. Was. Right!  He loved it!  Eleanor got a cool package because it was her first time there. It came with a spoon and a coupon for a free Baby Snow Cone!  Awesome!

We all hung out on the patio and had a great time!

They also had a tetherball court!
I LOVE TETHERBALL!
 It was pretty fun to play with everyone.
They also have this hook a ring game at the patio area that we played and played and played!
(We actually ended up putting that game on our back patio to play!)

That night we all went to Sushi Yaa!!  Ooooo yum!
We love Sushi Yaa so much.
All you can eat Sushi!

Wednesday morning Pop Pop left bright and early!
It was way sad to see him go so early, but we felt really lucky that he was able to come and play for the time he was able to be here.  We haven't seen him for over a year, so it was about time we all hung out!  Can't wait to see him in August!

That day we lounged around the house.
The Garner's came down that afternoon.
Nana and I even were able to take NAPS!
It was a much needed relaxful day.
Nana went to Denton that night to stay with the Garner's.

Thursday was spent in Denton.
We took Andrew to work and then headed to Denton.
We went up there so the kids could play while Kate, Mom and I did some packing.
Kate had quite a lot to do.
And we were able to help out a little.
Chichk-Fil-A for lunch.
Our favorite fast food restaurant.

Friday we went up to Denton for Branson's graduation.
The whole reason the Garner's have been here in Texas...for Branson to get his Master's!
And it has come to past!
It was great to be able to see him accomplish such a huge thing.

Jackson had a great time getting Sammy to go where he was suppose to go.

The kids were not able to make it through the whole ceremony, so we spent the time OUT in the concourse playing games and keeping them entertained.
We all ran inside when they were about to call Branson's name!
We made it in there JUST IN TIME!

Congrats Branson on such a HUGE accomplishment!

That night the Garner's had a family night and Nana and us headed back to Lewisville. Nana stayed with us so that we could get eveything ready for Kate's shower in the morning. And Andrew went on a campout with his Scouts.

Saturday morning we headed to Denton for Kate's shower.
Mom made all of the food and it was delicious!
Just looking at this food makes me REALLY hungry!
We had Banana bread with Reeses Peanut Butter cups in iT!
Orange Rolls, Fruit Salad, and Breakfast CAsserole that was AWESOME! and Avacados stuffed with Pico de Gallo and Corn and Bean salsa!
Such a beautiful spread.
Mom knows how to throw a party!!!!

Kate is all about purple for this baby, so we made sure to have that as the color scheme.

We played some great games!
The first one was they took a picture of Kate and a picture of Branson and cut out features of them and put them on a blank baby face.They turned out PRETTY scary!
We also did the candy bar game where different things about child birth match a name of a candy bar.
The first one to grab the candy bar won that candy bar!
It was really fun.
And then we also had an ongoing game where you could steal people's bows if they said baby.
And then there was a baby pool.
That one we have to wait until the baby comes to see who wins.

It was a great shower and Kate got lots of diapers for that little baby!
She also got some cute outfits, moby wraps and blankets!

I made her this quilt!
I was pretty proud of that quilt!

After the shower we went to ride a train!!
Whoa did the kids LOVE it!

At first we were in the very first seat...right behind the engine! Yeah--that wasn't really the BEST seat. It was loud and you could smell all of the exhaust.
Luckily, there is a pit stop, so we were able to move to the back of the train. Such a better experience.
It was great to ride the train.
That night we ate at Rudy's!
Yes! We were all in Heaven!
Thanks Nana for such a fun day!

Sunday was Mother's Day!

Our ward did the best thing any ward has ever done! They had a little refreshment brunch for all of the sister's in the ward! IT was awesome...fruit, chocolate, treats!

So, fun! So Perfect!

That night, Mom, Kate, and I were able to play some games while the boys made dinner.

That was perfecT!  Just what we were looking for!

Hamburgers and hot dogs!

A great meal for Mother's Day.

We felt really special.

That night we said our good-byes to Nana! She was leaving bright and early the next morning. So Sad! It is always hard to see her go back to New York.We LOVE it when Nana comes!  WE are excited to see her in August when we go up for Grammy's 90th!

Thanks for the visit you guys!

See you soon!