Growing Up!!

These babies of mine are growing up in what seems faster than ever!!! 

Schedules are full all around and we're all having a blast enjoying every day to the very fullest!!

I'm lagging like a champ, but imperfect progress is progress, right?!? 

Love you Munchkins & here's to me doing a better job of getting the deets down for you to look back on someday!! 

PS... How is this possible?!?...

LOTS of party prepping going on around here!!! 

It's going to be a fun, fun weekend!!! Lots of love & a beautiful little girl to celebrate!!! 

Hugs & more hugs!!! Kisses too!!!

Big Birthday...

for Little Miss Ty!!! 

She's officially SIX and had such a blast today celebrating!!! 

Posing it up...ready for her party to start!!

Present time!!!

"Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Tylee...Happy Birthday to you!"

Making your wish!!

Hanging with Daddy's side!!! Mommy's side was there in spirit...sending lots o love from states away!

Family shot!!! Love you!!!

Dear Ty, 

Happy 6th birthday, Munchkin!!! You are one sweet girl and we really had fun celebrating you today & relishing in all the sunshine you bring to our family day in & day out!! You're LOVING kindergarten & having a blast getting invited to pizza & movies with your besties from class!! You LOVE the monkey bars & have the calloused hands to prove it. You learned how to tie your shoes TODAY, after practicing for days. You are turning into a reading machine & are digging Junie B. Jones & Berenstein Bears! Frozen is currently your favorite movie & you are Mommy's walking buddy. We could walk for hours and hours, just chit-chatting & racking up points finding squirrels, bunnies, and anything we feel is point worthy!! You've lost two teeth & had a molar pulled and were a total trooper. You love your brother and sister & are amazing at going with the flow. You can sometimes be a little picky about your clothes & can't get enough of playing school and taking care of your babies. You're quite the color-er & have won your fair share of coloring contests lately. You're an amazing daughter, a beautiful spirit, and I'm sooooo proud to be your Mommy. Your Daddy & I love you to the moon & back and know you are destined for fantastic things. Always know you are stronger than you think & that you can do anything you set that little heart of yours to. I love you, Baby Girl!!!

Hugs & more hugs!!! 

~Mommy

PS...I had a blast getting ready for your day, Ty! I hope you always let me make you birthday posters!!! 💜

Love YOU Bunches!!! XXX's & OOO's!!

Daddy's Day!

Means a lot to all of us! Whether Jason and I are celebrating our dads or our kiddos are celebrating their dad, no one forgets to thank the men that mean the most!! Dads shape who we are and the people we will become. 

They shape us by showing us.

They shape us by telling us. 

They shape us by not telling us. 

They shape us by being the best they can be.

They shape us intentionally. 

They shape us unintentionally.

We wouldn't be who we are without our dads and for that, we are forever grateful. 

Around here we kept the Father's Day celebrating low key. We went to church, stopped at the park, went out for lunch, and then just relished in the fact that we have an awesome dad heading this household & couldn't be luckier in that department!!!

Thanks for being such an amazing daddy, Jason! You are a wonderful role model for our children & I know your heart is full of nothing but patience, understanding, guidance, protection, and absolute unconditional love for them. Thanks for doing everything you do on a daily basis to help shape them & show them how to be the best possible people they can be!!! We love you to the moon & back!!! 

You. Are. The. Best.

Happy Father's Day!!!

Ain't It Grand?!?

Life, that is?!? 

Last weekend we hit the road & spent a little time in the car in order to get to our GRAND place, which just happened to be Pittsburg, Kansas. 

We all know that once a year we get together to honor Dylan and everything he stood for.

Life.

Love.

Pursuit of your Dreams.

Happiness.

Being Grateful. 

Challenging Yourself.

Family.

Friends.

Celebration.

As always, the weekend did not disappoint & it was great to see almost the entire Meier side of the family...

The 5K weather ended up cooperating wonderfully and we all ran in honor and full of pride as we showed off our dedication to Dylan's message: Life's meant to be lived, so you bet Get Busy Livin'!

Waiting for the race start time...it looked as if it was going to be a soggy run!!

But the weather took a turn for the much better & the race was a GO!

The Meier sibs post-race shot!!! Way to go crew!!!

We spent a while just hanging out at the stadium and relishing in all the hearts that showed up for Dyl!! It was evident that #9 will definitely never be forgotten!!!

After the stadium, we headed for quick swim in the hotel pool (which the kiddos had been BEGGING for) and then headed down to "The Pitts"....we always love when Uncle Denny & Aunt Val have us out to their old place!! It's a good time, always!!! 

And, probably my favorite pic of the weekend...

What an amazing time!!! We love and miss you every single day, Dylan, and want you to know how much you inspire us to Get Busy Livin'!!! Thanks for another great year!!!

Much Love and Lots of Happiness!!!

Our Love Story...

Is still being written, but it all started back in January of 1998. 

I'll save all the details for a future post, Munchkins..

But for now, I wanted to tell you that I love your Daddy more than you'll ever know & had a blast reminiscing yesterday afternoon when I came across a basket of all love letters he's written me over the years...

Here's a little glimpse & don't worry...I'm saving all them for you three to read one day!!! 

I'm one lucky lady and am so glad that our paths crossed back there in Carbondale, Illinois. 

"At first we had each other, then we had you three, now we have everything!"

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Happy HEART Day!!!

And, my HEART couldn't have been any more full of LOVE on Valentine's Day this year.

The LOVE for my hubby and partner in crime, the one I get to share this journey called life with....

The LOVE for each of my three, amazing, full of life, children....

The LOVE for all my family members, near and far.....

The LOVE for those friends that are near and dear to my heart...

The LOVE for life itself and this opportunity I have in front of me...

  

 

What a silly bunch....LOVE you THREE!

 

 

Trying to do a little more serious pose before heading off to school. They are too cute, sleepy eyes and all!!! Ty brought Valentine's Day movies for her party...Trey brought suckers and stickers for everyone in his class..and, Tay picked out heart-shaped Peeps for her friends at school. The day of fun we had been talking about all week was finally here! We were all feelin' the LOVE!

 

 

Daddy had set out V-Day goodies for everyone in the front room....the personalized poems he wrote were the perfect way to start the day!

 

 

And, can you believe that this little cutie is one day less than a month shy of turning TWO?!?! I cannot believe it!!! What a sweetie....

 

 

The kiddos and I headed to Chuck E. Cheese to burn through some tokens while Daddy caught some ZZZ's and tried to re-coop from a bad case of strep...fun, huh?!?! Not so much. (Tay opted out of this pic with the scary gray mouse due to the fact that she couldn't stop crying. It was 100 x's worse than this year's sitting on Santa's lap adventure!) Ty was actually the one who asked Chuck E. to take a picture with her and Trey....and, it turned out GREAT! Fun times!

 

Ty LOVES this thing...she honestly fed at lease half of her tokens to this fun machine. She kept saying how much she loved to fly high above the games and pizza...Love her!

 

Tay LOVED feeding those colored ping-pong balls to that froggy. In fact, as I watched Trey shoot some hoops behind her, she also took to feeding this machine EXTRA tokens. Needless to say, we played that froggy game A LOT. (LOVE the tongue action in this shot from Miss Tay. She's inherited that from Jason, just like the other two... it always makes an appearance when it's time to focus.)

 

Trey's favorites were Fruit Ninja and the "go-to" game of choice which involves some sort of flinging the ball into the lit up ticket hole, which he ALWAYS seems to hit the jackpot on.

 

Still smilin' as we head into round twenty....ha!

 

We wrapped up the night by jumping in the bath, sorting through school Valentine's....

 

 

making a quick jammie change, and watching a last few minutes of Alvin & the Chipmunks Valentine's fun!!!

 

Happy Valentine's Day, sweet little munchkins! I had a BLAST starting our morning off with Daddy's poems and goodies, venturing to Chuck E. Cheese to get a few games and excitement in, and then hearing all about your fun-filled days at school with friends and teachers as I tucked you in for the night.....this Mommy couldn't imagine a better day!!!

 

Glad you are feeling better, J....and, here's to many more Valentine's Days together. Your poems and the Daddy & Hubby perfectness made for a WONDERFUL day!!! The days of dinner and a movie and time to ourselves will come again in the future. Until then, we will spend our days and nights relishing in the family we have made together and enjoy each and every second of it!!! I love you ALWAYS & FOREVER!!! Hugs!

 

XOXOXOXO