Review of the Past Few Months

I have been so bad about posting since I have been extremely busy with Smock It To Me and our clothing line, Liney Lu, but I am going to post a few pictures to get us up to speed. 

I realize that I never posted any photos from fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas, so I am going to do that.  Also, we had a wonderful play date at the park with Max and Anna yesterday. The weather was gorgeous - 70 degrees in February is my kind of weather! Enjoy the review of the past few months.


Caroline played YMCA soccer this fall.  Her team name was the Sharks.  Caroline was great, and enjoyed her Saturday soccer games. She had lots of fun, but she has decided that gymnastics is more her speed. 

Halloween is my favorite holiday, so the kids and I do lots of fall activities!  This year, we went with Mimi and Papa to the pumpkin patch, and the kids had a blast. 

 We also went with Braden, Max and Anna to Lake Arcadia's Story Book Forest to trick or treat.  The kids had so much fun trick-or-treating, playing games, and roasting hot dogs by the fire. 

 We also had a fantastic time at Caroline's class Haloween Party!  Caroline loved dressing up and going to school.  My little kitty was the cutest one there!

 Halloween night was a blast.  We trick-or-treated with all of our neighbors, Braden, Todd, Max and Anna.  It was a fun night, but we were all exhausted and cold near the end.

Our sweet neighbor friends have beautiful land here in Oklahoma, and they graciously invite us out there to "play."  My kids love it out in nature, so they love being on the land.

 

We spent Thanksgiving with Nana and Grandpa and the whole Sexton gang in Enid.  We had a wonderful time with cousins and family.  One special treat was a family photo shoot.  The photographer captured some pretty amazing photos of my sweet kiddos!

We were here in Oklahoma City this year for Christmas.  Momma and Daddy were here, and we had a wonderful holiday!  We had a wonderful Christmas Eve celebreation at Mimi and Papa's house. 

 This winter has been rather mild.  This February day was 70 degrees and gorgeous, so we had to take advantage by heading to the play ground.  The kids had a blast getting a little fresh air.

Liney Lu Is A Reality

For the past few months, I have been working on designs, fabrics, patterns, etc. for our new children's smocked clothing line, Liney Lu.  It has been lots of fun, but it has also been hard work.  I am so proud of every single design that we have created for this private label.  All of my hard work is starting to pay off.  We started selling Liney Lu this weekend from our online store Smock It To Me, and it appears that everyone else loves the designs as much as I do.  The items are selling fast, and people are responding with lots of positive feedback!  I am thrilled.  It is a wonderful feeling to have my hard work pay off.  I will keep everyone up to date on all the good things to come, and I will post updates on Caroline and William soon!

Smock It To Me

It has been way too long since I have posted. Why have I been so busy?  James ans I purchased  Smock It To Me this summer, and we are crazy busy selling adorable smocked kids clothing from our online boutique at www.smockittomeonline.com. I grew up wearing smocked clothes, and Caroline and William have been in smocked clothes since their trips home from the hospital. Needless to say, I love smocked clothes. Running this business has been so much fun, but it keeps me busy. I promise to post more updates on the kiddos soon - they are awesome and getting so big!! Check out our cute clothes at www.smockittomeonline.com!

William Turns One!!

My sweet William turned one!  This has been an amazing year, and I feel so blessed to have William in my life.  We wanted to celebrate my big boy, so we had a few parties with friends and family.  Saturday, July 14 we went to POPS in Arcadia to celebrate with Anne Braden, Max, Tina, Jae, Ava, Vaness, Jase, Cheryl, Roberta, Jeff, Blaise and Brynn.  We had a great dinner, had cake, opened gifts, and played in their back yard area.  We had such a great night with our friends and family.  William had a great time digging in to his birthday cake and clapping for himself when everyone sang "Happy Birthday."  We got up early Sunday morning and drove to Jellystone at Lake Eufala with Jase, Anne Braden and Max for a fun day.  After we got back home, Nana, Grandpa, Grandma Sexton, Aunt Lori, Uncle Jeremy, Aunt Heather and Nick all came over for pizza and cake.  William had so much fun opening all of his presents.  It was a wonderful weekend.  I can't wait for all the birthdays to come.  William is the most special little boy, and I love him as big as the sky.

Busy Summer

Our Busy Summer

We have had a wonderful and busy summer!  We attended several local art festivals, played at the local theme park, Frontier City, fished with Papa, watched Caroline in the M&M Olympics at gymnastics, visited Nana and Grandpa, hiked, celebrated the Fourth of July, camped and visited the beach at Lake Eufala. We also all participated in the first annual Riley's Run 5k that I planned.  It has been a wild summer, but we have enjoyed every moment.

 Caroline loves the Edmond Arts Festival because she can play games, bounce in the bounce house, and ride ponies.  Riding the horse was her favorite activity of the evening!

 Brother was along for the ride at the Arts Festival. 

 We visited Frontier City several times this summer.  Caroline loves all of the fun activities.


One of Caroline's favorite summer activities was fishing with Papa at Hafer Park.  She had a great time casting her Barbie pole, and she was great at it. We all fished for about an hour, and Caroline caught 6 fish.  She loved throwing them back into the water and watching them swim away. 

 First fish!

Caroline took gymnastic classes this past year.  The M&M Olympics was this spring.  She had a chance to show off all of her great skills.  Mimi, Papa, B, Todd, Daddy, Mackenzie, Brother, Carley, Brynn and Blaise all came to watch her.  She is getting so big, and she is becoming so athletic.  I love watching my baby grow up!

We have spent a few weekends visiting Nana and Grandpa in Enid this summer.  We always have such a great time when we stay with them.  Nana and Grandpa are the ultimate grandparents.  They have a million fun activities for the kids, and this visit the kids had fun water play. 

James, Caroline, William and I have visited many of Oklahoma's State Parks this summer, and we have really enjoyed hiking.  James and I enjoy it a little more than the kids at this point, but I think the kids will learn to LOVE the outdoors as much as we do.  This picture was taken at Red Rock Canyon State Park.  After our hike, we had a fun day swimming in their campers pool.  This is a great memory!

Fourth of July is always a special holiday for our family. It was even more specail because it was William's first 4th of July!  This year, the kids and I went peach piking at Deep Fork Peach Orchard in Luther, OK. We had a wonderful time, and the peaches were amazing.  That evening we went to dinner and met all of our friends at a local park in Edmond to watch the fireworks.  It was a great 4th
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James, Caroline, William and I camped in a cute little cabin at Lake Eufala.  We ate dinner on the drive down, so we made smores for dessert when we arrived at the cabin.  It was so hot, but we had a great time.  We stayed up late and played ball in the cabin with the kids.  The next morning, we woke up and grabbed breakfast at a cute little place that had great breakfast in Eufala. After breakfast, we headed to Jellystone, which is a water park with bouncy inflatibles, paddles boats, kayaks, put put golf and a pool.  We had so much fun playing in the sand, swimming and playing until we realized William had a brown recluse spider bite.  We immediately went to the Eufala ER and then headed to Children's ER when we got back into OKC.  Watching my sweet baby suffer through all the squeezing and pricks was horrible.  Even though we ended up in the hospital, we had a great time at Jellystone.  I guess we can say that we made some memories.