SUYL–Singles Edition

Before I start my post I just want to say I’ve only had 3 hours of sleep after a 12 hour shift so words are not coming to me very easily so I hope this post makes a little bit of since!

Okay so I have never shared any single friends on my blog before but I just never had the right person! I would like to introduce you to Meredith.

Meredith is a beautiful 21-year-old from central Arkansas. She is probably one of the most kindest sweetest girls I know. She is fun, energetic, outgoing, dependable, and so much more!

Meredith and I met when she started working on the floor that I worked on at the hospital. Right away I knew we would become friends. She was easy to get along with and has very good work ethic, which is very important for patient care and important to note just because of so many younger adults not being that way.

Not only that look how adorable she is in her scrubs. HA! Meredith will start nursing school next spring/summer. I have to say she is going to make an excellent nurse.

Here she is with one of her cousins. I know she also has a niece and a nephew whom she loves very much as well. I know this because her instagram feed is full of just them!

I do want to add in one of the most important things that I have noticed about Meredith is that even though she may be young she does not get mixed up in a bunch of drama. It is easy to work with a bunch of women and get caught up with drama but I never really had any drama issues with Meredith.

I know that is not much and basically barely scratches the surface on all the good qualities of Meredith but if you need more information then you will just have to get to know her!

 

~ Kristen

Too long…

Wow! Apparently it has been almost 2 months since I have blogged. Summer time gets the best of me, I guess. Not that we have been that busy but I just haven’t taken the time to blog. So what have we been up to?

• If  you are my friend on facebook or twitter then  you know that I have started selling Thirty-One products. I love it and love making a little extra cash. I am not going to go into full promotion mode here but I am excited about the new FALL catalog!!
• Korbyn is now 15 almost 16 months old. He is growing like crazy and I just want him to slow down a little bit. He walks, talks, and is just everywhere. He loves playing outside and I am so glad it is finally cooling off a little bit around here. I hate to admit it but it has just been too hot to be outside for long periods of time this summer here.

• Jayci had a pretty good summer I think. We started out the summer by going to every VBS we could find with some friends of ours. That was fun for a bit. She got sassier by the minute I think. She is a pretty good kid but she is definitely like her momma. Full of Sass!

• This week Jayci started first grade. She was so excited to go back to school and be with her friends. I was kind of sad but excited at the same time. Korbyn and I miss her during the day but we are starting to figure out our daily routine with just each other as well.

First day of 1st grade: 8/20/2012

Look how big she looks! I just can’t help but see lots of trouble in our future. Please start praying for me NOW! HA

A few of her sweet friends in her class that met her at the door.

Okay well that is not much of an update but it’s all I got for now. I hear Korbyn starting to wake up from his nap. I am going to try and get better about this whole blogging stuff. Until next time!

~Kristen

A little catching up…

So yea I have a little catching up to do! (End of the year softball party and Father’s Day)

To start we had our end of the year softball party at one of the Travelers Games earlier this month. It was a lot of fun but the girls really could care less about the game. They still had fun just being with each other!

Some of the sweet girls before the game. I love that they all still wear bows and usually don’t even complain about it!

My sweet girl with her trophy

I love these two and they love each other so much!

Fun part Jayci, Korbyn, and some of the other girls got on the big screen. It happened so fast that I only got like 2 crappy pictures but here is proof!

Now on to Father’s Day…since I work Saturday and Sunday nights we celebrated Father’s Day on Friday. Jay got off work early and we just spent the whole afternoon and evening together. It was such a good day.

We started the day off by going to the Flying Fish for lunch. We love that place! Korbyn chowed down on some fish. Of course the kid will eat pretty much everything!

Several months ago Jay redid the fire alarm system at the Museum of Discovery and one of the guys gave him free passes for the 4 of us. We decided that this day would be perfect. I took pictures on my camera but not very many because my battery died so here are just a couple of instagram photos.

Here is Korbyn playing in the little kid area with a fire truck.

Jayci and the skeleton. We loved the museum. It was fun watching them explore all the exhibits.

Lastly, we went to a shopping strip and did a little shopping and then ate dinner. While we waited for our seats we gave Jay his Father’s day gifts. He has been saying for months how he wanted stuff for his office. I made him the thing below and another thing the kids finger painted (that I didn’t get a picture of).

Oh and to be completely honest I stole the below idea from another blog that I found on Pinterest. You can find the original idea here. You can tell I didn’t change it up much but it really didn’t need changing. Her’s was SO good!

Okay well I think I am pretty much caught up for now. We haven’t been up to much lately since it’s been so dang hot out. Hope everyone is staying cool!

~Kristen

Splish Splash Korby was taking a Bath

All on a Tuesday night….HA!

This was Korbyn’s first bubble bath and boy did he enjoy it. He did however try to eat the bubbles several times. He quickly found out that they were not that tasty!

I am so behind on blogging. I need to blog about our end of the year softball party and about Father’s day but those pictures are on our back up hard drive so I have to find it first…Oops. It’s here somewhere, I would die if I lost it because it literally has ALL of our pictures on it.

Anyway, Jayci has been going to VBS this week both in the morning and in the evening time. We love VBS. This is like the fourth one she has gone too. LOL. She loves to be around other kids and I love the little bit of a break that it provides and the fact that she is learning all about Jesus is wonderful too, of course.

Pure Happiness!

I have picasa downloaded onto our computer and it still allows me to use Picnik so that is where I edit all of my pictures. I know there are other places but I can never remember so I just use the same one.

I love his blue eyes. He is getting too big though. Just a little update on Korbyn. He is now 13 almost 14 months old.

He is talking up a storm. He can say Momma, Dada, Jayci, dog, ball, bite, baby, mine, NO, hi, and bye-bye.

He LOVES bath time and to dance. The baby has “Moves like Jagger.” Ha. He will bust a move anytime hears music. I keep trying to get a video of him but he is so quick that I keep missing the good stuff.

He literally smiles 90% of the day. Of course he does get fussy but overall he is a happy baby.

If you follow me on facebook, instagram, or twitter then you probably saw a picture of him in his daddy’s boots yesterday. Well here he is in his boots last night. He was so funny trying to walk in them at first.

Well, it is hot as…well you know, here. So we have been spending most of our time inside. I really would love to take the kids swimming and to play outside but the heat is unbearable. Also, my pale baby would be sunburned in a minute.

Hope everyone is have a fabulous summer!

~Kristen

Yum Yum Watermelon

“Watermelon, Watermelon

On the vine, on the vine

Sweet and red and Juicy,

Sweet and red and juicy

Please be mine! Please be Mine!”

I love both my kids so much! However, this blonde hair, blue eyed babe has steals my heart on a daily bases. I think it’s a combination of his sweet smile, the way he walks up to me holding his arms up for me to hold him safely, and the fact that he can’t talk back just yet.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. We will be spending the day at the ballpark and then I will be working Saturday and Sunday night! Oh Joy! (insert sarcasm). Really I’m blessed to have a job I like and I get to be home with my kids during the week. Perfect!

~ Kristen

Last Day of Kindergarten

Okay so I am a few weeks behind but I’m going to catch up. Well at least with one post.

Jayci finished kindergarten on May 18th. Their teachers had a wonderful idea to go to the zoo on the last day of school. I think this was such a good idea because it lets the end of the year end on a good note instead of a sad note. We LOVED Mrs. H. I am also so sad that I did not get a picture with Jayci and her. It was just a bunch of craziness at the zoo!

Now onto pictures!

Jayci and M trying to figure out which way to go.

Jayci with some of her classmates.

Jayci and her friend, K. These girls act like sisters.

After lunch we went across the street and let the kids play at War Memorial Stadium. This stadium is where the Arkansas Razorbacks play sometimes. Of course, the boys LOVED that and the girls had fun too.

My beautiful, Jayci

A little kickball

Jayci and M. Love these sweet girls. They have become such good friends through kindergarten and playing softball together.

After lunch and the stadium we went back to the zoo and the animals were out and about!

We may have given this guy a goldfish cracker…(Shh!)

I love this bear. He (or she) looks like he is posing for the camera!

Kindergarten was such a good experience for us. Jayci learned so much this past year. She can count and write past 100, she is starting to read and spell, I’m sure the list could go on. We have loved Mrs. H. I pray we get a 1st grade teacher that we will love and that will challenge Jayci to learn all that she can.

~Kristen