HAPPY 37TH ANNIVERSARY MOM & DAD!!!!!!

You guys are my heros. 37 years is such a wonderful accomplishment!! You've given so many people so much to look up to, especially me! Thank you for being who you are and for the unrelenting love and help and fun you give us EVERY SINGLE day.




37 years has brought so many memories, I'm glad that I've been part of 33 of them! Here is a montage of some amazing times that YOU GUYS have brought to our lives:
First just a few of your earlier pictures! ( I wish I had more with me )



A family picture before there were grand-kids!

37 years has brought you many things:
Like Friends:




And in November 2003, your first grandson, Aiden Jack to carry on the Chapman name


In December of 2003 you gained a son-in-law


Who would give you a 2nd grand-child a girl named Kyla Michele, to play with your grand-son in May of 2004




After another year of being pregnant:

You were blessed with your 3rd grand-child, Kade Robert in June of 2005



Then after ANOTHER year of being pregnant



You would have your 4th grandchild in May of 2006 - a little boy who would proudly carry the name Jack Travis




In 2008, our family grew again with a belly and your 5th grandbaby - a gorgeous little boy named Gavin Joseph!






In between all of the belly's and baby's we have had SO much fun as a family. I know I speak for all of us when I tell you that we have enojoyed every single second of the:

Carnivals!!

And the yummy BBqing!


The night swimming!


And the
parties after parties and jumpers after jumpers!




Whether you are building tinkertoys

Or being smothered by kids on the 4th of July


You have always taught us how to be a family. I am honored and truly blessed that we spend so much time together. Halloween has quickly become one of my favorite holidays to be with you.

Halloween 2005


Halloween 2006


Halloween 06 at the pumpkin patch!


Riding trains at pumpkin patches!


Halloween 2007



You two have created a family. You've raised a son and a daughter and gained a son-in-law who are raising your grandchildren. Without you we would be nothing.

Your sons are so proud of you dad ( as am I )



The boys love their PAPA


And mom, you have made us what we are today.


With all of the love I have in my heart, Happy Anniversary! XOXO

When he's ready, he's ready ( apparently )

Kade now is peeing and pooping in the toilet - and went the entire last night with no pull up on and woke up dry. He now HATES the thought of a pull up and declared 2 things today:
1) he doesn't want a chart anymore, he just wants to use the toilet.
2) he doesn't want pull-ups ever again. "I'm done with diapers meme, I'm big now"

If anyone needs a story to back up the theory of " they will go when they are ready " have them call me. I have a doosy. ( how do you spell doosy? )

That's it for today. I have PMS and I'm jealous of all of you that don't ever get PMS. XOXO

Lipstick, Plays, camping, and "take me out to the ball game!"

Over all, it was a great weekend! Kade peed in the toilet all weekend, and even started to tell me when he had to go as well as well as begged me to not put a pull up on him last night when it was time for bed. With some gentle convincing, I finally got one on him because he wanted some water before he fell asleep and I knew he wouldn't stay in his bed with the nice waterproof mattress pad on it! He ended up waking up dry though - yeay!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday night when I was getting ready to go out Kyla got into my makeup. Normally she just asks what it is, but not this time. This time she put on mascara and pulled out the only lipstick in my bag that is the kind that does NOT come off - you know the "all day" ones. She came out to me looking like this: ( she did pretty good with the mascara! )



What I was getting ready for was to go have a "free night at the Theater " We got tickets to the Carpenter Center and My mom, Becky, Cathy ( Sydney's mom ) and I saw the funniest play I have ever seen! It was a local group doing: Alice in One-Hit Wonderland 2: Through the Looking Glass. I highly recommend you check out the reviews, it was GREAT!! I don't think I stopped laughing for more than 2 minutes.

Of course Becky and I had to down a glass of wine before it started!

Me and Becky waiting for the show to start!

My and my beautiful mommy! We haven't had a good picture together in a long time!


I got another really cute video this weekend - I'm always too late to get the good stuff.... before I took this one, he sang the entire song with no interuptions - but this is the basic idea. This is just a touch of why I'm so addicted to him. I love his little voice and his gorgeous face and when he can be so sweet. How exciting... a positive Kade blog post!!!

Just a cute picture of Jack!

There is something I just love about this picture of Kyla.


My mom took Kyla to a boutique and bought her a dog, complete with a certificate of ownership and everything. She named it: Jewel. I walked in to her with my camera taking pictures of the dog. She knew how to turn it on and take the pictures (o:

Robert brought in the jungle gym Saturday night and we still have it in the playroom. It's amazing how toys are like new when they are put in a different spot. Kyla can now hang upside down on her own and Jack climbs to the top and jumps in the middle. ( This really freaks Robert out as you can imagine! ) At one point I put a tent on the top so they could go camping and got some really cute pictures!!

This was my attempt to have them all sleep together for their nap. It didn't work. Only Kade made it.

I miss them TERRIBLY today.