#8

I have been married 8yrs. to the most wonderful, kind, hardworking, loving, strong, handsome, thoughtful, and AMAZING man!!!

two young kids in love

still two "young" kids in love

I love you, Stephen!!

HAPPY #8!

Happy Mother's Day

I am pretty sure that I know the two most amazing mothers...

My mom is just absolutely fabulous. She has taught me so many wonderful things and I treasure the time we get to spend together. She works so unbelievably hard for the family and I am so proud to be her daughter. I love you mom!

My mother-in-law Elaine is wonderful. I still don't know how she raised 10 kids!! I can barely handle 4. I don't get to spend a lot of time with her, but when we are together she is such an example of love and kindness. She is a great mother and I am thankful to be apart her family.

Happy Mother's Day!

A Few First's

Hailey had her first T-ball game and did great!

Kaleb gave Blake a bath for the first time, and says "Mommy this is my first time giving a baby a bath! You have to take a picture!"






Karly buckled her seat belt for the first time all by herself!! Making things a little bit easier for mommy:)

Blake has learned how to go downstairs and out doors left open by the kids, sorry no picture of this b/c I am usually trying to catch him as he runs outside.

Park... again

Well, I didn't blog last week because in my mind I can't blog without pictures( I know crazy), and I didn't take any. This week we went to the park a couple of days and I actually brought my camera on only one of the days, but at least I remembered:) Hailey has her first t-ball game tomorrow, and we are excited about that. I am finishing up my basketball season this month, and I hoping that we win our tournament game tomorrow. Other than that not much is going on. May will be pretty busy so I hope to be able to remember it all. I am going to try and post a few things during the week, but we'll see how it goes;)

Ok, enjoy the pictures of my super cute kids and our adorable friend Delainey who went to the park with us.

what are you looking at??

oh, the geese with the babies

WHEEE!!

Beautiful Days

The weather has been so nice here, we can't help but be outside. On Thursday, Kaleb's preschool class went on a field trip to Blue Jay Point. It is a beautiful park and learning center. The kids learned all about animal habitats and then got to check out a cool pond where the saw salamanders, turtles and a snake. Kaleb was in little boy heaven! After there little pond adventure they played on the playground and had a blast. Kaleb was playing in the sand when he found a toad, which of course he immediately picked up and showed everyone. He loved it.

On Saturday we took a family outing to a yard sale, where the kids picked out books, and then we headed to Shelly Lake Park. I go to Shelly a lot, b/c the have a great walking trail and playground. I typically go after I drop Kaleb off at preschool and walk pushing the little two and then let them play when I am done. On Saturday we all went and let the kids bring their scooters or bike. I was so proud of Hailey and Kaleb, they rode their scooters all the way around the 2mile trail. Karly rode her bike about half way, which is awesome. Blake did great riding in the stroller:) We just had so much fun walking, riding and playing.

Spring Break

We had such a fun Spring Break while Hailey and Kaleb were out of school. It started off with a little mini vacation down to Holly Springs (30 min. away) where my fabulous brother Derek and his amazing wife Amber live. We stayed down there Monday and Tuesday playing and having a good ole time. Derek and Amber's boys are so great and my kids just LOVE playing with them. Thanks Derek and Amber for letting us stay with you:) On Wednesday the kids and I went to the Zoo with Amber and the boys. We have a blast at the Zoo. I think our favorite animals this time was the giraffe and ostrich, they were kinda of chasing each other. On Thursday when Stephen got off work we headed to the BEACH!!! It was FANTASTIC!! We went down to Emerald Isle and played. The weather was 80 degrees and perfect. We spent all day on the beach Friday and Saturday. The kids swam in the freezing cold water and built castles in the sand. Blake really liked the sand, so much so that he couldn't help but put it in his mouth. We also went the aquarium, and they had an egg hunt there where you had to find eggs in the different exhibits (my camera died while there). The kids loved it. Oh, and we played putt-putt one night after dinner. AHHH, I LOVE THE BEACH!! It really was such a great trip, and just a great Spring Break.

Happy Easter

We had a wonderful Easter with the family and enjoyed listening to conference.