Easter 2012

This weekend was jammed back with an Easter Egg Hunt at Kiesel, a couple of hours at the Playground and riding bikes, Jeremy grilled hamburgers last night, church this morning, breakfast the Hilton, our annual family pictures in front of Samford Hall, and then on to Hickory Dickory park for some more fun in the sun.

This year was different at the Easter Egg Hunt because Kai was in the 4-6 year old age group and Kaden was in the 3 and under. However, this worked out OK because Kaden was having absolutely NOTHING to do with the Easter Bunny (or the Chic-fil-A Cow for that matter). Kaden could care less one way or another if he picked up any eggs at all. Kai on the other hand picked up all the eggs he could carry (and then some for Kaden). There were a lot of people there and we got to see Evie and Azlin for a little bit.

This morning after church and breakfast we headed to Samford where we were pleasantly surprised to run in to The Malone Family! Kai thought it was so cool that his friend Ava and his Godparents came to meet him (ha!!). It was a great chance to see them for a bit and let the kids run around a bit.

I am loving this weather and how we were able to enjoy it out at Hickory Dickory today. We usually don't go to this park because it is normally so crowded that there are no parking spaces left. However, the kids loved it! The just ran around and around until we had to force them to leave.

All in all a great weekend and can't wait to have another fun Easter weekend next year.

Christine's last HOORAH as a single woman!

Last weekend I went back to Pensacola Beach to celebrate my best friend Christine's last big hoorah as a single lady!! Her sister, Lauren, Alex Colley, Nikki Bell, and Rebecca Arnold started the weekend off with a little lingerie shower at the hotel room at the Margaritaville Hotel. After a few cocktails and hanging out in the room we headed over to Hemingways for a nice dinner! This was a great time for all of us to catch up. We haven't had a night together in years it seems! After dinner we went over to the Shaker to see Kristy (another fellow bridesmaid) at work. It was good to have her take part a little even though she had to work. A short while after we headed back to the Margaritaville to meet the limo. The limo was great and we took it downtown to Intermission for the first stop.

Intermissions was fun. We started off the bar hop with having some good laughs at the bunching bag machine. After a few rounds and a lot of people watching in awe that some girls could get a score probably higher than a 500 (Christine was in the 800-900's and me and Alex in the 700-800's---the highest score being 1000) some guys challenged us in a friendly match. Girls WON! :)

Next stop was the piano bar where Christine sat on top of the piano in her bachelorette get-up and was serenaded to! So funny!

A little while later we ended up heading back out to the beach where we made a quick stop by the Shaker again before calling it a night!

The weekend was so much fun and I miss all of the girls. It has been WAY TOO long since we have all gotten together. Thank you to all of them in helping me put together a fun night out! I can't wait for all of the wedding festivities to begin in a couple of weeks! Much love to my best friend, Christine!

Happy 4th Brithday to Kai

After a quick move into our new place. Two weeks later we planned a birthday party at the house for a small group of friends and family. It was perfect! The kids had fun playing and Kai loved having his friends over for an "oversized" play date! Papa, Nana, Gigi, and Aunt Sarah were able to come up from Pensacola/Daphne and some of his closest friends.

It's hard to imagine that it was 4 years ago that we were sitting in the hospital taking bets to see who thought Kai was going to be a leap year baby or not. He was ALMOST a leap year baby, but he and the doctor had other plans, and after an emergency c-section Kai had made his grand entrance at 9:26 PM on February 28, 2008. We have never been so blessed to have a little addition to our two person family. He has changed Jeremy and I for the better and we couldn't be more proud of him in all of his little accomplishments at school, being an amazing big brother, and the excitement to learn how to play different sports.We are looking forward to many more future birthday celebrations!

Thank you all for coming to help celebrate his big 4th birthday!

We MOVED!

After being in the same house for 3 years we decided to move. We moved back in to an old neighborhood of ours. We love being back on this side of Auburn. It is slightly closer to my work and the boys daycare and we are closer to friends! We are excited to be over here again!

We were fortunate enough to have my parents come up and help us move. After a long weekend of moving boxes and organizing the new place we were settled in! Thank you Mom and Dad for all of your help! We couldn't have done it without you!