Ally's ears...

Adam and I had decided that we would let the girls get their ears pierced whenever they decided they wanted to get them done. Last night Ally randomly decided that she wanted to get hers pierced so we took her to the mall this morning after breakfast to get it done. I thought there might be some drama involved after they did the first ear and before they did the second one, but she did so great! She cried, but sat still and was quiet about it. We were so proud of her and she looks so big now!

Adventures in Photography!

Okay, although the title of this post is Adventures in Photography, there will be no pictures posted today. I do, however, have great news! I've gotten my photography business up and running along with my official website and would like all of you to see it! There are still a few little things I'm working on for it, but it's out there now and I've already started getting some business! Check it out and give me some feedback. :0)
www.tungatephotography.com

Easter Egg Hunt

Yesterday there was an Easter egg hunt at the park by my parent's house and we took the kids. They were SO excited! The Easter Bunny made an appearance and the kids had a blast despite the ridiculous wind! ;0)

Another milestone!

Our weekend in Ft. Worth was great, but I was horrible and literally only took 2 pictures. Oh well. Luke's birthday party was so cool and the kids had a blast. It was at a gym that had trampolines, a bouncer, and a foam pit that the kids vaulted into. At one point in the party the workers there got out one of those big parachutes and all the kids held onto the edges and they played "cat and mouse." One kid got under the parachute and one got in the middle on top of it and the kids around the edges shook the parachute so it was hard to see where the kid underneath it was and the one on top had to find the "mouse." Anyway, they were letting everyone have a turn and it was Bran's turn so they asked him if he wanted to be the cat or the mouse and he said, "Ummm...I want to be Spiderman!" Hehehe. Anyway, it was a fun trip.
So, Ella climbed out of her crib a few weeks ago and we've been procrastinating moving her into a big bed because it's a big deal and nap times at our house will never be the same again, but we finally moved her last night for the first time. She was so excited when we told her that she would be sleeping in a big girl bed. She was SO tired at bedtime and had just had a little melt down so that's why she's got the red eyes and face in the pictures. I'm happy to say that she fell right asleep and didn't hardly even move at all through the night. She woke up this morning at 7:30am ready to go. I just put her down for her 1st nap in the big bed and so far she seems to be doing well and hasn't gotten up! We'll see how long this good transition lasts. ;0)

Fun times with the cousins!

Well since it's Spring Break my mom has been keeping my older sister's kids during the days and we've gone over there the past couple of days to let the cousins play together. Today I brought my camera and we attempted to get some good cousin pictures, yes, I did say attempted! It was mostly Ella's fault and since she wasn't cooperating it sort of made the other kids not do as well either. Here are some of my favorites. They're not professional grade, but they're fun snapshots for my mom to have of all of her grandkids.
This weekend we're going to Ft. Worth for our nephew, Luke's 5th birthday party and to see my best friend from high school, Rachel! Rachel is due with her 1st baby boy on Monday so I'm hoping he will come sooner so I can meet him. I'll post pics from the trip when we get back. Please pray for our safe travel and for Zeke to get here quickly and safely this weekend!

Moving on...

Well, it seems that I've slacked off to the point where I don't think I can catch up so I've decided to cut my losses and forget about trying to catch everyone up with what's been going on in the Tungate household since Christmas and just hit some small highlights. There are a billion pictures I could post, but I'll just post a few for now.
January was fairly uneventful for us, but we've had several things going on in February. February 1st was the 2 year anniversary of Adam's mother's death. Although we still have some open wounds from her loss, it's progressively gotten easier to cope with and a lot of those wounds are finally starting to heal. Branson picked out some pretty gerbera daisy's for her grave and the kids picked out some pinwheels that they wanted to put out there too. It was a sweet way for the kids to honor her memories. February 6th was my dad's 55th birthday and was also the date of my first wedding photography-wise. The wedding went great and I really felt like I was in my element and didn't forget anything! I'm now working on building my official photography website. I've ordered some business cards and have already got 4 "gigs" lined up for senior pictures. It seems to all be coming together; praise God! On February 20th, we all went to Winfield, KS for Adam's 2nd cousin's wedding and Ally and Branson were both in the wedding party. I was so proud of their behavior the whole trip and they were the best flower girl and ring bearer I've ever seen! It was great to see family and to get to be a part of Ashton's special day! I've been taking Keely's picture every month and will continue to do so until she turns a year old. Yesterday she turned 9 months old and I took her picture. I was really proud of the way the scene for the picture turned out and had to get some of Ella with it too.
I'm sure all the pictures will be out of order, but you should be able to distinguish which ones go with each occasion. Next month begins our birthday season and I expect things to be crazy busy, but I'll try to do better about posting. I hope I still have some readers out there! :0)

Ho! Ho! Ho!

I know I'm terrible and have fallen WAY behind on blogging, but things never cease to be busy with 3 kids even when we're not doing anything at all.
My parent's have Santa come to their house the week before Christmas every year to visit all their grandkids and Adam has been the one behind the white beard for the past several years. We found ourselves in a fix last year when Ally told Adam's dad that Santa sounded like her daddy and thought we'd better go back to the drawing board for this year. I've recently re-connected with some old friends of my parents and remembered that the husband used to come to our house every year as Santa when I was a kid so I asked him if he was still in the business. He happily stepped up to the plate for us and even took it a step further asking his wife to come along as Mrs. Claus. They asked me for a list of naughty/nice things for each kid and brought it along as 'the list' and specifically talked to each kid about the things they had done. It was SO hilarious to see the looks on their faces when he called them out on the naughty things! Anyway, we had a great time and the kids can't wait for Christmas morning! Merry Christmas everyone!!!