Toy Story Birthday Party

For the girls birthdays we have a family dinner on their actual birthday and a party later with their friends. This year we did Taylor and Addison's birthday parties together b/c they both wanted a Toy Story theme. Taylor turned 4 on July 13th and Addison turns 3 on August 9th. So we had their party in between their birthdays.

I recently got a cricut :) my new best friend. So I made their decorations. Please forgive the photos b/c I totally forgot to take pics of the decorations until after the party and I had taken some down.... URGH! Oh well better late than never!

Here are the cupcakes, well whats left over LOL. I made the cupcake toppers. I asked the girls which character they wanted for their party. They LOVE Jessie but the chose some of the other characters too.

Birthday banner I made. It actually turned out tooo big. I wanted it hanging on the mantle... Oh well. Mostly everything I made and planned didn't turn out the way that I thought... but it did all come together nice.



I used the girls Toy Story toys for the decor as well... Here are Woody, Buzz and Jessie hanging out on the table.

The mantle not what I planned but had to go with plan B.

Daddy and Payton and one of the birthday girls, Addy.

Here is Taylor. I made each of the girls a bow with Jessie on it. They loved them! I also bought Taylor and Addison matching Jessie shirts and Jessie flip flops.

Payton showing off her Toy Story tattoos. Each kid got a tattoo when the arrived to the party.

Addy picking out her tattoo. See her flip flops :) sooo cute!

I had Toy Story coloring sheets for the kids to color. And then we played a game that I made up to go along with the Toy Story theme... Each child got a potato head and we put all the pieces in the middle of the circle and see who can make the silliest potato head. It was cute and the kids loved it! By the way I bought all the potato heads on craigslist for $5! Score!

Charlie and his Potato Head

Meredith and her Potato Head

Katelynn putting her Potato Head together

Payton sticking her tongue out like her Potato Head

Taylor and her Potato Head

Addy and her Potato Head

Lots of Potato Head pics but I couldn't resist the kids were so cute and very proud of what they made. :) Next was Pin the Tail on Bullseye. Taylor of course didn't want to play. Here she is with her Daddy's help.

Dustin cracked me up playing this game. He is moving the blind fold so that he could see where to put Bullseyes tail! lol

Charlie playing the game.

Sweet Birthday girl

Daddy and the Birthday girls (best pic I could get)

Presents... Taylor was so sweet. She came up to me after all the games were done. "Mommy, may I please open my presnets?" They had a great time!

They each got these cute Toy Story coloring things.

I love this picture of Addy. She is ready for that cupcake.

Ok... Taylor oh my dear sweet Taylor... She doesn't like cupcakes (or anything choclate and sweet besides sugar cookies) I know! Weird... anywho but she didn't like having "Happy Birthday" sang to her either. I think being the center of attention... ??? Who really knows. So that is why she is in Nathan's lap with that look on her face.

Taylor didn't want to blow out her candle and said that she wanted Addy to do it for her. (We talked about this before hand) And of course Addy is all over it!

Addy blowing her candle out.

Payton could not wait for her cupcake... she kept asking me for one. She really enjoyed it too! :)

This is how she ate it! LOL

Sweet Taylor

The girls playing with their new toys and wearing their new Jessie pajamas.

We had a good time and enjoyed our celebrating our girls' birthday with our frineds. Thank you everyone for coming! You really blessed us!

Foot Prints in the Sand

I love the story of the Footprints in the Sand. Every one know what I'm talking about? Basically there are two footprints in the sand one is yours and one is God walking along side of you. Then there becomes one set of prints in the sand and the man questions God - Where are you? And God answers I carry you when you don't have the strength to walk.

Lately I've been struggling... many different reasons why and believeing for many things in our life right now... and really seeking God and praying. I KNOW that He is listening and I know that there is a timing for all these things that we are seeking God for. And I have been waiting ever so patiently.... (HA! I am SOOO NOT PATIENT!) anywho... Yesterday God really blessed us and boosted me up in my faith and encouraged me and made me feel so LOVED by Him... just what I needed. Nathan received a nice raise! Praise God!!! But the "timing" couldn't be more perfect. The main thing is I quit doing the preschool/nursery ministry at our church, this Sunday is my last Sunday. I was getting paid for being the coordinator. It helped our family - each time money was tight I received my check from the church. So I was nervous about quitting b/c money would be really tight and now this raise more than makes up for the loss in income! Isn't that just like God! :) This also cracks me up b/c Nathan is looking for a new job. As soon as he gets serious about looking for anothing job he gets a raise!??? LOL toooo funny! I felt like this was God giving me a big kiss to let me know that everything is going to be ok! I love these moments in life and I love to share them for encouragement. God really does care and He will carry you when you don't have the strength to walk yourself.

Work of Art

My little artist Taylor. We do all sorts of arts and crafts the girls LOVE it! Mainly Taylor really gets into it (I just thing its her age, being older she can really enjoy it :) anywho... I had this BRILLIANT idea (sarcasim intended!) to buy crayons for the bathtub.... The girls love them! The really do enjoy them... and lets face it they make some cute things... During their bath the other night Taylor drew this and said, " it my Grandmother with green hair!" I said your grandmother? she said, "Yes my Gramma!" I thought that was hilarious and cute and of course had to grab my camera.

So here is the Grandmother with green hair! LOL


And here is the proud artist with her work of art. :)

Jacksonville

We spent our vacation in Jacksonville. We were so ready to have our weeks vacation. A week of our Daddy being home :) was the best part. A week of seeing most of our family was great. We had been looking forward to this trip for a long time. Life had been rough, Nathan working ALOT and it had been 7 months since we took a trip to Jacksonville. We ran around like crazy which is normal for our visits... It was very hard to come home after this trip.... it's no secret that I really want to move back to Jacksonville. To be able to raise our kids around family would mean the world to me! But we are back to the daily grind and I continue to lift up my cares and desires to Him!

Here are alot of pics and summary of our trip.

Beach day!!! We went to the beach at Hanna Park. It was alot of fun! We had a picnic lunch too. I was nervous about having Jackson out in the sun and heat, but he did great! And not to mention how cute he looked in his swimsuit and hat. The girls LOVED the beach, sand and waves! We built sandcastles and really had a great time!

Jackson all dressed and ready to go!

Sunbathing...

Daddy and 2 of his girls

Payton trying to catch up...

Taylor and Papa

One evening my family came over to Boo and Carl's for dinner. Ben and Teresa with their family came and my cousin Amy came to see us. I love being surrounded by family and we all had a great time.

My Mama and Jackson

My Mama and brother, Adam.

Nora, Jacob, Adam and me. I really wanted to get a picture of us for my mom. I can't believe how big my brothers and sister have gotten!

Taylor hanging upside down... this picture cracks me up!

My cousin Amy came over to visit and meet Jackson. Growing up my best friends were my cousins. We have always been close. So it is very nice to see them when we come in town!

Amy and Jackson

Crazy pic!!!

Our family picture... when you have 4 kids ages 4 and under any group picture you get is great! I love it! Payton would not stay on my lap she kept pushing/sliding off. Addy was antsy, Taylor really doesn't like to take pictures, you have to catch her in a good mood.

The Fields Grandbabies!!! 7 kids in less than 4 years!!! This is just amazing to me and makes me smile and laugh! We managed to get a pic of all of them on the couch, which took alot of tries. Its cute and will be an amazing memory to look back on years to come. (Boo and Carl I think its time to buy a bigger couch! LOL) Taylor and Lily are 4 (they are 11 days apart), Abigail is 3 1/2 months, Nicholas is 2 1/2, Addison is 2 3/4, Payton is 22 months and Jackson is 2 1/2 months.

We saw my Dad and Gramma. I love family and I love seeing it grow! My Gramma has been a HUGE part of my life. She has always been there and is a big part of who I am today. To this day she encourages me and gives me great wisdom and advice. I love her so much! She is the mom to 4 kids, a gramma to 8 grandkids and a great-gramma to 12 great grandbabies. This is what I mean when I say I love to see a family grow! I love when we go to Jacksonville with a new baby (LOL there have been 4 of those trips!) I get so excited for my Gramma to see the new baby and hold them. What a blessing - I love experiencing this. Here is my favorite picture of her and Jackson.

I loved seeing my Dad hold my son. My dad is he youngest of 3 sisters and I am his only child, a daughter. He (of course!) had 3 granddaughters first. I was so excited to see him with his first grandson! I think he was too ;) After being surrounded by woman his whole life he deserves a BOY!

URGH....

I am so frustrated! My faith and hope is with God and I try to remind myself this. God knows our needs and He will supply and bring the PERFECT job for Nathan. It's yet another late night - 9:30 and Nathan still isn't home. He needs a job with normal hours! This has been a really rough season. I hate seeing Nathan so drained and tired all the time. I hate seeing him so frustrated. Him working so much is just draining our family. It breaks my heart b/c the girls miss him so much. JESUS!!!! You know our need and You will bring the perfect job to Nathan.

La' Ya Mommy!

Payton has been on a real Daddy kick for about a month now. Even during the day while Nathan is at work she is constantly asking for him and pushing me away. It bothers me a little bit cause Taylor or Addy were never like that. But yesterday Payton was loving on me. I was just holding her and talking to her. I said "I love you, Peanut." She said, "La' ya Mommy!" Sooo sweet. It is always special the first time your baby shows you they love you with a sweet kiss or when they can say they love you. It blessed me so much yesterday Payton saying she loved me especially with this SERIOUS daddy phase that she is going through. :)

I'm back....

Wow... that was a long break! lol I first started blogging not knowing to much about it but wanted to document my family. I quickly grew frustrated b/c I didn't know how to work it and it seemed to not work more than it worked! Honestly now having 4 kids I can NOT remember the things that I use to and it is so important to me to be able to remember these things... so here I go again I'm blogging! Also over the past year I have fell in love with blogs I read several and keep up with them religiously and really enjoy them. I am more into the "crafting" blogs. I have a love for many things, #1 is Jesus, #2 is my family, #3 anything I can create! I thought this would be a great place to share about our little part in the world and so I don't forget about the cute/awesome things that my kids may say or do! Since its been soooo long since my last post here is an age update and a pic of the Fields' these days. Taylor is 4, Addy will be 3 in 2 weeks, Payton is 22 months and Jackson is 3 months. (Yes I had another baby since my last post!)