The Bare Family

How in the world are you 5?!?!  You have brought so much joy to our family. You LOVE dinosaurs, unicorns, and rainbows.  And anything Disney of course!    We started our morning with mickey pancakes and had dinner at cracker barrel per your request. We had cake and presents at home with Granny, Uncle Paul and Aunt Elaine.  Disney trip to celebrate YOU is coming!

Got a scary phone call tonight from Dean.  He was on his way home from work when a truck hit him.  When the guy hit him it spun him and put our truck skidding on two wheels. When it came to stop it blew out both driver side tires, chunks missing from the rims, the shocks were in the road, the spare tire had came out from under the truck and was in the road, headlight gone, and a huge dent in the front fender and driver side door.   Dean getting in a wreck on the way home has always been a fear of mine with him traveling down lem turner.  We're ridiculously lucky that he's safe, hurting, but safe! Peyton was having a sleep over with some friends at our house so my aunt ran over to watch them while I went to Dean.  After getting all the accident reports done and vehicles loaded on the wrecker he finally agreed to go to the Er and be checked.  Needless to say it was a very long night and we didn't arrive home till 7:15 the next morning.  By that time the...

Peyton has been begging for another sleepover with her friend Macy.  Tonight not only Macy was here but her sister Karly!! The girls had a lot of fun playing this afternoon, though Zane Def felt outnumbered. Haha. Pizza, popcorn and a movie (or two) to finish out the night.

We started putting up Christmas stuff yesterday and finished everything but taking the lights down outside tonight.  Kids roasted marshmallows and made smores to signify the end of break since we start back Tom.  But the best thing of this weekend!?!?  We have officially started the girls bathroom remodel!!  Yay!!  I've been wanting to do this for a while now, and well, it just needs it!  

You know those lifelong friends that no matter what you pick up like its nothing.  It doesnt matter how long its been since you last hung out. No matter how long since you last talked. Its like no time has pasted.  Im so thankful for those friends.  This is my life long friend here though.  Weve been though A LOT!!  Weve had disagreements that made us go 2.5 years without speaking... And my heart was broken those years.. Part of me was missing.  But shes ALWAYS been there when I needed her most no matter if we went speaking. She has been there through the loss of both my parents and we got to experience having our sons together.. The boys are 6 weeks apart.  I truly dont know what I'd do without her in my life.  I love you Candy!! Today we got together and let our kids play. So our sons are 6 weeks apart. Our girls are 6-8 weeks apart, I cant seem to count right now. And then I have Tenley. Its been a while and while we know life does get in...

We spent new years eve doing a little cleaning up and dean had to work at the base. We did fireworks just after dark while roasting smores since it was already getting pretty cool out.  My aunt Elaine and uncle Paul are in town so we got to spend time with them tonight and they had their first smore!  After having some outside fun they headed off to bed and we went inside with the kids for a night of board games. Watched the ball drop together and then decided to let the kids stay up a little longer playing with them. In the morning dean made us all breakfast. I went against the grain and decided to actually do some cleaning and laundry 🙊. I figure I'll be doing them the rest of the year regardless soooo... Haha.  New years day is always spent doing nothing but playing with our kids and we did just that and had a wonderful day!  Ended our day with pork chops, black eyed peas, collard greens, rice with tomatoes and corn bread.  Happy new year everyone!!!! ...