Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Oh how they grow!

Today was Big Boy's 1st concert put
on by his school's Kindergarten program.

Exciting stuff!!!

He has been practicing his line FOR WEEKS!
It was so much fun to see him up there - no
hesitation - loving the spotlight!!

We may have a famous thespian on our hands!

I also came across another video of Big Boy
just a few short years ago - that I'm sure we'll
lovingly show on the Today show, or Regis
and Kelly when he's older and well established
in the film industry :) Or maybe just to his
girlfriends when they come over, and I become
"that mom" that can't stop talking about her
kids and all the silly things I kept of theirs when
they were little like their first tooth and their
little underoos...

No - I would never do that...

Enjoy!
What a cutie pie!! I love this kid :)



"Big Boy is the one that says 'Out came the sun, and melted all but 4..."

a much younger Big Boy

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Easter 2011

Howdy folks!

Happy Easter to you all!

What a wonderful Easter weekend - full of remembrance of
what my Savior did so long ago for me! For us!! Our church
put on an amazing Good Friday service, that our sweet little
girl decided she wanted to be wiggly THE WHOLE TIME in
so we spent most of the service in the way back, while
Hubs held up the fort w/the boys all the way in the front
of the church... (where I found out later - that they too
had a bad case of the wiggles... hmmm... must be the Kinney
way!)

Anyways, we had an amazing - yet very somber Good Friday
service, then on to the Eggstravaganza that took place Sat
morning. It was a huge turnout of around 1000 people!
There was the egg hunt (of course!), 10 million bouncy-
houses, pony rides, train rides, and of course the DUNK TANK!!!

Hubs got volunteered for the dunk tank by our pastor -
and received the pleasure of being one of the early "dunkers"-
which meant the water was a wee bit chilly :) As you'll see
in the pic below - Big Boy had no problem takin' his pops DOWN!!
It was so fun! He was seriously dunked, no kidding, 20 times in
his 15 minute shift! BBRRRRR!!!!

We then did the typical hang out - paint Easter eggs - eat candy day
to gear up for Easter Sunday!

Easter Sunday was again an amazing service - and celebration of our
Risen Lord! And such a huge reminder for me that my chains are
gone! I've been set free by the love of my Jesus dying on the cross
for me!!! I am so humbled by that truth - and so undeserving...

Needless to say - we had an awesome Easter weekend! The weather
even cooperated for us, and it was so beautiful! Even for Idaho!!
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this crazy sunshine means spring
is finally here :)

P.S... Check out the link below of Carrie Underwood & Vince Gill singing
one of my favorite hymns. You will not be able to watch w/o crying!!!

God Bless!

The kiddos right before the big "hunt!"
Hubs and I striking a pose :)
Hubs right before Big Boy "dunked" him!

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Big girl shoes

Our baby girl is finally walking! So fun...


Wait.

WHAT did I just say?

Fun - but T R O U B L E!!! She's also shown us
that she has something called "rhythm" a very
scary technique that Kinney's have not had in
perhaps GENERATIONS... That comes in the
form of a booty-shake/shoulder shake that
cracks me up EVERY TIME.

In other BIG news, our Big Boy is on to losing
his THIRD tooth in a matter of weeks... Actually
I'm considering pulling the silly thing out while
he sleeps because it is majorly crooked and hanging
on by a thread... Hubs and I have decided between
all 3 kids - we're going to need to sock away some
SERIOUS cashola for their orthodontist bill we'll
have in a matter of years... The Kinneys (aka Hubs
and I) have some pretty gigantic teeth - so our
kiddos really don't stand a chance... :)

Today was our kids first lesson in earning and spending
their money! I so wished I had thrown my camera in
my HUGE mom bag to capture the moment, it was
seriously the CUTEST thing! And seeing what both
boys decided was worth their hard earned money was
interesting too. I'm so proud of Hubs in his ability to
already be thinking of teaching them responsibility in
handling money - setting aside 10% for tithe, and 10%
for savings...

WHAT?

I think I'm still learning those lessons - so hopefully
our kids follow their father's path of business savy,
smart-minded thinking when it comes to money! I
definitely fall into the "retail therapy" or "spontaneous
shopper" category far too many times!

That's it for now!

Happy Saturday :)