Hanging out with the Williams and Butchers!

This weekend Jennifer, Abbie and the Williams came to NWA! They were here to visit other family members and I am so glad they were able to spend some time with us!

ALL THE KIDS!

playing checkers with Mr. Williams

before we know it these kids will be running off and we won't even get a picture with us and the kids...i miss my Jen and Abbie :)

the Williams and all the kids

Aunt Jen loves my kids and they love her :)

Rainy Day Fun!!!

we really do have fun when we stay in all day....we stayed extra busy with activities today!

Puzzles....

chase/hide from the camera!

the only good one...I only caught them on the camera a few times :)

almost got a pic of their faces

I have about 20 of this shot!

I took a pic of the flowers dave sent me this week...since I had the camera out anyways. he is so sweet :)

eating of course!

watercolors!

egg chair fun!!!! peter got in all by himself today...he is getting so big!

all the stuffed animals...and Peter!!!

where is peter???

there he is!

ring pop candy that turns your mouth blue!

all in all we had a great rainy day! soon we are off (hopefully the rain will hold off) and we are getting a mattress for the new BUNK BED coming in!!! the kids are going to be sooo excited!

Lauren's 3rd birthday (very late!)

Well I realized the other day I never put pictures up from Lauren's birthday party. My computer died around the same time as her birthday, so I never got her pics on my current computer. So here we go! BTW I got these from our phanfare site, so they are pretty big.

*some of these pics were way to big, if you click on some of them you can see the entire photo. I will have to work on this.*

the big THREE year old!!!

Lauren and some of her friends!

Her Super CUTE cake! it looked just like the invite!

A lot of the party guests...it was such a fun party!

Where did my baby girl go??? She is starting pre school in September....well that's assuming we learn how to use the potty...hard core training is starting soon!

Lauren and Anna about to open presents!

Getting ready to play Pin the Crown on the princess!

Here is a pic of the entire family! we all had such a great time at her party!

mother's day...

I had a great Mother's Day with all my kids!!! we also had a great lunch with the Barbers, but I forgot to get out the camera. here are a couple pics :)

the one picture that was sort-of decent. it's getting harder and harder to get a picture with all the kids.

me and sweet husband :)

Tuesday's with the Matchell's!

For the past few months Christine and I have been hanging out every Tuesday (and other days) and it is one of our favorite days of the week! The kids have a blast and have grown closer and closer every week. Christine and I have also had a wonderful time drinking coffee, talking about coupons, kids, life, eating something GF and just giving each other support with all of our combined SIX kids. Peter thinks of Christine as Mom #2...sometimes #1 because when Christine gets here he doesn't want me anymore! what is that all about?!?!?! actually I get it...she is pretty awesome and why wouldn't he want to be with Christine?

I can't believe that this family is going to be moving to Bentonville (please don't go!) in the coming months. I have even been the crazy friend to even try and HELP them sell their house. (they only live a 2/3 min walk away, maybe 5 with kids) We have even decided to be families that grill out one night a week together (husbands included for this event) and just hang out on these nice summer nights. (BTW we had an awesome dinner last night of burgers, grilled squash, sweet potato fries, red potatoes) I am sure that there are more exciting things to come before they go! That is almost an advertisement to get you to move into their house and be our neighbors...we need someone that will want to hang out with the Bellomy's!!!

here are a few pics from a recent play date and Peter's dedication. love those Matchell's!!!

very late pics of Jackson's Pirate Party!

Jackson's 5th Birthday party!!

All ready to party and have a great time!

yea for Pirates parties!

bouncy houses are so much fun!

Time for a treasure hunt!

off they go

they found a map!

off to find the treasure!

found it....it was sooo much fun!

cake time

we didn't do very well with getting a family pic!

some good friends, Jakin and Max

present time....so many friends gave so many nice things!

party is over...time to really play!

Brian Matchell had fun too!

Jakin flying high!

Peter and his pirate pants!