Dad's Day

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

to the the most amazing dad's and papa's I know!!

LOVE YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH!

I LOVE MY FAMILY!

This past week was awesome! Kaleb had his birthday, Hailey finished up school, and we just did a lot of fun things all together. Wednesday we had the whole fam over to celebrate Kaleb turning 5! We had pizza, and thanks to a last minute pickup from grandma, a pinata, presents and cake. Kaleb loved it. I think the pinata was everyone's favorite, all the kids were having a blast hitting the thing. Kaleb's favorite gift by far was his new Nintendo DS, and the Lego Indiana Jones game. He has been playing that thing like crazy. I am just so glad he had a great time and I still cannot believe my little boy is 5!

Seriously, I have the best family. My husband is just wonderful and my kids are so loving and fun. Yes, we do have problems now and then, but there are so many AWESOME moments that make the not so good ones, disappear.

For Example:

Blake eating an ice cream cone all by himself

The kids playing at Monkey Joe's and totally having a blast!

watching Hailey play SUPER at her t-ball games

Playing all together at Marbles

I am so blessed to have such a fantastic life!!!

Happy #5

LOVE YOU KALEB!!

Graduation

I should have put this with last week's post, but decided it deserved it's own. My Kaleb graduated from preschool on May 20th. Kaleb loved school and enjoyed going the past two years. He did so good singing the songs during graduation and I was very proud of him. I just cannot believe he will be 5 on Wednesday and starting Kindergarten in Aug. Time sure flies when you are having fun!

GOOD JOB KALEB!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!

A Birthday, A Road Trip, and SOLD

The "birthday boy" on birthday morning enjoying cinnamon rolls and his new present!

enjoying his other gifts at his party in Asheville, NC eating yummy pizza and LOVING his cupcake!

Blake pretty much had a birthday weekend. He actually was a little sick, but was a trooper and had a fun time being the center of attention. We love our Blakers!

We had a lot of fun in Asheville. We watched my beautiful cousin graduate high school, took walks, went to the park and just have a wonderful time being with my aunt ellen, meg and Anna.

taking the dogs for a walk(the kids LOVED the dogs) and enjoying the amazing view

Just having fun playing at the park!

more fun at the park (can you see Karly's grump face in the smaller pic)

On the way from Asheville we went through Chimney Rock, NC. We had a lot of fun climbing on the rocks and walking around the river. Only Kaleb and Hailey fell in:) It was so much fun.

Everyone getting their feet wet

We had such a fabulous time on our trip. I love being with my family. Thank you Aunt El for letting us stay with you, you're the BEST!!

Hmmm, what could SOLD mean?? WE SOLD OUR HOUSE!!!! After 10 long months we finally did it. Everything closed on the 21st and we are so happy. Our agent was a friend of mine that I a grew up with and she was great and we really are so thankful we worked with her.

#1

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY BLAKE!!!

Thanks for bringing lots of smiles to our family! We love you so much!

Good Times

We have had a busy and fun week.....

Last Saturday:
Hailey had another t-ball game and did great. She loves running the bases and tries to slide every time. It was so hot that day, but she goes right out and does her best.

After the game we got ready to head out to Holly Springs to celebrate Derek's birthday. I just have to say that my older brother Derek is AWESOME!! He is very caring and always willing to help out when needed. He is such a great example to me. He is a wonderful father to his children, a super fun uncle to my kids, and again an AWESOME brother to me. Love you Derek, our family is lucky to have you!

We had a really fun time at the party with the family. We all got together to play Beatles Rock Band, and it was a blast! This was the first time I had ever played Rock Band, and of course now I want it. Hailey loved to sing and Kaleb loved the drums. Stephen did great on the guitar and singing. I think my favorite was the drums.

Sunday:
Mothers Day was great! My husband and kids totally spoil me and I love it! I am so thankful to be a mom. It is very challenging at times, but also very rewarding and I am blessed to have such wonderful kids. We had a nice big dinner with everyone including Amber's parents. The husbands got the meal together and it was delicious, steak, potatoes, salad, and rolls, with a yummy chocolate pie for dessert!

Tuesday:
Stephen and I celebrated 8 fantastic years together. We had a nice evening out to the Cheesecake Factory and then Stephen surprised me with my favorite dessert, cookie cake, that we ate by candlelight outside at North Hills. He is so romantic and sweet! It was a fabulous anniversary I look forward to spending eternity with my handsome hubby!

Thursday:

Kaleb had a field trip to a Amante's Pizza. The kids all got to make their own pizza's. He loved it, and I loved it to b/c we got to eat pizza and they have the best pizza. Every Monday is kids night, so we will probably go back for an FHE.

Saturday:

We be jammin! My mom, Amber, and I (with some help by the kids and Stephen) made a whole bunch of delicious strawberry jam. This was awesome, the house smelled like sweet berries and it was fun to be with everyone. I love strawberry jam season.

Whoa! That was a lot, but I hope you made it all the way through:) This week is a busy one as well, so hope you come back for more updates.