more ugly!

Ok! So here we are at the end of all the ugly! This is what we started out to get. A good shot of all of us but in the process we had a ton of fun and took a LOT of ugly shots too! I love these girls and am so happy I can be hideous with them!

My hubby watched ALL our kids so we could go to our favorite restaurant together. OUTBACK! I know it's not sexy but we LOVE It! We decided a restaurant would be the best place to take pictures for our phone ID's! The uglier the better! I laugh everytime one of them calls me cause this is what I get to see!
I WIN!

WE were trying to see who could get the most chins in one shot!

I win again!
Still winning on the chin front!
Why is her hand on Nat's face and why is it making her so happy!
In the end we tried to get B in on it too! It wasn't that hard!


I hope they will still be my friends after I posted such beautiful pictures of all of us! We have way too much fun together!

best friends!

When Nat and Tiff came to visit so did Darby's best friends! Hailee and Hailey! They always have the best of time together! Bennett is sharing with Juliet. I think she had a crush!
All the boys!

not pretty

so here are 2 of my very best friends! They came for a visit a few months ago and we did some UGLY photo shoots! It was so much fun and sooooo funny! I love that we can be NOT pretty together! There is a LOT more ugly to come later! As for now you may just enjoy this ! :)

The LEGO store!

We found a LEGO store a couple months ago! Can you say "HEAVEN" for my boys! All of them! Max had some birthday money from Nana and he spent it all there! $40.00! NOT in way that B would have him spend it. Max wanted quantity! B wanted HUGE sets of legos. Finally daddy had to let go and let Max shop around and buy 4 small sets instead of one huge set. It was very hard. :)They had tables set up where you could build while your brother and dad shopped!
Juliet LOVED it because she felt BIG!
This is the set Darby wants! (over $100)
This is the set daddy wants (over $300)
This is the set Max wants (under $100)
Brandon trying to talk Max into a bigger set. I think he was trying to get him to pool money with him! (Poor daddy walked out with nothing!)

To much fun! We would love to go to the amusement park LEGO LAND while we are here in LA!

faithless

So we have tons of stuff approaching in our lives and I feel like we have no control over any of it. I just have to sit back and know that we put the work into it and now I have to wait to see what the Lord has in store for us! I know that we will be ok with whatever He has in store for us because we're a pack of Jeffords and Jeffords stick together! It's hard to have faith and wait and wonder if it will be what you want it to be. What do I want it to be really? I think I would be happy either way. I think either way my kids would be happy. Of course there are pros and cons to both scenarios but that is where the faith comes in! Grrrrrrrr! I am sure glad that I was not a pioneer. I am pretty sure I would have just pulled my covered wagon over and said I AM DONE! I will just live here! Forget IT! I wonder as we start this phase of our journey if I will pull my mini van over...... I sure hope my pioneer ancestors will give me some encouragement and cheer me on my way! Can I borrow someones faith?

Happy Happy Birthday Dashel Dear!

Today is Dash's birthday! He is turning 5! I can't believe that next year he is going to kindergarten. I know we all say it as moms but it is going by so fast! I will miss him soooo much next year. He makes it so things are never boring around here! We had a spiderman birthday party for him on Saturday with a pinana! (pinata....but that is how he says it!) We will blog those pictures later! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BIG BOY!



Things we all like about Dash:
Daddy: "I love his smile and his sense of humor. I love that he loves to cuddle!"
Darby: " I love his wonderful smile and his wonderful laugh. I love it when he is excited and wants to play and wants to make things fair and even!"
Max: "He's very nice and he likes video games and plays them with me!"
Mommy: "I love that he is quick to help and he works really hard! I love his magination and how happy he is when he makes new friends!"
Juliet: "He makes me laugh and picks up my toys!"
Callie the cat: "He keeps Juliet away from me!"

company coming!

Nat and Tiff were coming for a visit and I was wanting all things to be perfect. I even cleaned the fridge! Something that doesn't get done often enough! I took a photo so that those of you that haven't seen it this way can see it at least once! :)In the cleaning process I had some helpers!
They think they are hilarious! I just like what they are all wearing. I don't even remember what time of day this is! Is it bed time? Pre-bath time? Where are their pants and shirts? What is going on in this house?

A day at the park!

We walked over to a park near our house a few weeks ago on a Saturday! Tons of fun! Max is always ready to play with Juliet! He is such a good big brother!
What do you do when you have 2 babies the same age at the park? Squish them into the same swing! Malorie and Juliet! Max loved pushing the babies in a swing!
Darby, Dash and Caleb. (Caleb is Kat and Steve's little boy!)
Juliet is now RESTING her head on Malorie. Malorie was such a good sport the whole time!
Malorie didn't hate the swing but this was as close as I was going to get to a smile! She is a really happy girl! Maybe Juliet's ghetto booty was taking up all the swing!
Juliet loved every second of it!

Valentine's Party!

Every year in Tx. we would have a Valentine Playgroup party! I tried to recreate that for Dash this year in L.A. He was really excited to invite a couple friends over to play and exchange Valentines. Juliet got a hold of a lick a stick packet. You can't see it very well but she was BLUE everywhere! Needless to say she enjoyed the party. Darby happened to be home that day so she got to decorate with us.
Dash LOVED eating all his candies. Since there were only 4 boys total they kind of raked it the candy!
Pink cookie of course!
The gang! Kim Cannon and Tommy. Tarynn Stephens and her boys Gavin and Kaden and of course Dash!

Max's birthday party!

We celebrated Max's birthday at Chuckee Cheese! (I can't decide how I feel about that place.) He LOVED it! He invited one buddy and his uncles. (that is who he wanted....so cute) Uncle Jamie had to work but he called him and Max liked that. Uncle Tim came and gave him a Game Stop gift card! He loved that! Here is Max with his buddy Cameron and Cameron's sister Hope. Thanks Cameron and Hope for the Star Wars Legos. Both Max and Brandon were happy with that! :)

Chuckee took time out of his busy day to come over and see the birthday boy and his peeps!

Birthday wishes! (Yea I took my own cake!)
Goof Balls!
We love Max!