Sexton's Maternity Pics

My friend Stephanie asked me if I'd snap a few pictures of her and her husband before they deliver their first baby this month.  I was thrilled to!  Picture taking is one of my favorite hobbies!  Here's some of my favorites :)

Weekly Happenings: June 27-July 3

I am so happy to see the month of July!  I will get to meet two very special babies this month, my sis is moving back home, and we have our calendar packed full of fun celebrations, things to do, and friends to see!

One of my favorite parts of the week happened last night!  Our friends Candice and Casey came to town and we got to visit with them, have dinner with them, and then go get snow cones together.  The only pictures I have are the dozen or so the kids secretly snapped while we chatted here at home!  Since I value that friendship, I won't post any of the candid pics, but it definitely was a highlight from the week!

Allie wanted to hold Cutie Pie this week. We haven't held the chickens much since they moved into the coop, so they are pretty skiddish around people.  Cutie is always the first to come to people but still is a little uncomfortable getting picked up.  She always does really well though.

After Hayden saw Allie hold a chicken, he couldn't be shown up by a girl, so he went and chased them until he rounded one up!

Charlie is adorable. I love his personality.  I love his quirky behaviors.  I love all his weird poses.  I'm hoping to get a good picture of him doing his kangaroo pose soon!

I made my sisters cinnamon roll recipe this week. I doubled it (since the original recipe makes 6) and we ended up with a tasty breakfast!  I'm anxious to make them again! (The pic below is the cut up version for one of the kids! I forgot to take a picture of it before it was chopped to pieces!)  

Krissy woke up while I was working on the rolls and wanted to help (by playing in the flour).

I also baked up some 4th of July sugar cookies with Krissy!

Kevin has a week off that started yesterday so I'm looking forward to getting a lot checked off our summer fun list this week!  Hope everyone enjoys the holiday weekend!

Cooking with Krissy

Hayden & Allie went to see a movie with their grandparents last Friday.  It was during nap time and Austin went right to sleep, but Krissy has been fighting naps for a few weeks.  I decided we'd make some cookies together and she loved it.  While I was making the dough she played with some measuring cups and spoons on the floor.  When it was time to roll them out, she jumped right in to help :) 

She couldn't wait for the icing and decided to go ahead and try her cookies.  I'm looking forward to our next baking adventure!

Weekly Happenings: June 20 - June 26

Here's some stuff that happened this past week!

My niece Addison got baptized last Saturday!  We were all so excited for her and I offered to make a cake to celebrate afterwards.  Addison was so sweet and complimentary of  the cake and I was thrilled she liked it!

Krissy and Austin got wrapped in their favorite "ni-night" and "naw-nee".they both just giggled and smiled at each other.  They also had a jibberish conversation about dada that I wish I would have gotten on video!

Kevin's Father's Day request was chocolate chip cookies.  I keep tweeking the Tollhouse recipe and these tweeks made my favorite version yet!  

We had lunch at Christmas Lake then dinner at Hacuenda.  No pics from dinner because Krissy and Austin were in melt down mode most of the evening.

A little doe came to see us at CLV

Hayden, Allie, Krissy, and I all ended up with tons of chigger bites! I've never had them before and neither have the kids.  They itch like the dickens.

Kevin planned a date night for us in Owensboro. We are anxiously awaiting the reopening of Shylers, but Kevin heard great things about this BBQ place and we decided to give it a try.  They are ranked 8th in the nation by Southern Living magazine, they have been voted Kentuckys best BBQ and are the current grill master champions in KY. Quite a reputation! 

We both got a combination plate which included 3 kinds of meat and 2 sides for $14.50.  I picked a mutton, shredded pork, and ribs.  The sides were amazing and I loved two of the three meats!  I'd never tried mutton (which is Kevin's favorite) and I wasn't a big fan.  But Kevin happily finished what I didn't eat.  We both were miserably full when we left.

In the lobby they had a map and you could mark how far you'd traveled for their BBQ.  It was amazing to see all the different countries and how many places had been marked!

One evening we took the kids + our neighbor out for ice cream.  We like to rotate between snowcones, DQ, and Lics. Lics was where we ended up that evening. 

I was able to get a lot of cleaning done this past week.  Our bedroom and the hall closet were my goals and they are both clean!  When Hayden saw the hall closet, he exclaimed, "You can actually see the floor!" It's sad to say it was really that bad!  But it's cleaned and organized now ;)