Memorial Day Weekend

We have had a great weekend!

Friday Night:

Rea had a friend over to spend the night. So cute to listen to little voices playing...

Freezing cold but requested popsicles...

Saturday:

Reagan and I had a fun mommy/daughter day... shopping and pedi's. I caved on a stuffy since I love the Kohl's Cares program-

Saturday night:

We had friends over to grill out and then the mom's checked out a local concert while the dad's had kid-duty...win/win.

Sunday:

Reagan had fun at a birthday party and then played on the slip and slide with neighborhood friends!


All ready for the party...

Let's slide!

Today we are thankful for the freedoms given to us... Land of the Free because of the brave!  Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

There's magic in the air...

Rea's school hosted an end of the year magician to close out the school year.  Of course she quickly raised her hand when he asked for volunteers. She loved being on stage to do a magic trick!

The magician did so great with the kiddos and everyone loved it! Fun times with magic!

Ready for Summer!

Sprinkler fun!

Popsicles!

2016 Dance pics!

This year's recital theme is "Let's go to the movies!"

Rea is dancing as a hip hop girl in Chipmunk's Road Chip, a mermaid in the Little Mermaid, a bird in Rio, and a chef in Ratatouille.

And she still hates the mascara wand!

Silly Selfie!

We are ready for recital time!

Life on the go...

May has been a whirlwind!

We had a few close friends over to the house to celebrate Andy's birthday.  Always a fun time with a disco ball, right?!

Blessed with friends like family...

We are in full swing for recital prep and Rea has dance pics today!

We got to meet our new nephew/cousin!  So sweet...baby Alexander!

Adventureland!  Open for the season and we are ready! Lots of fun with friends...

Our favorite is the bumper cars...lots of laughs!

Enjoying Spirit Night at Over the Top- she loved seeing her old teacher and friends!

Impromptu play date with good friends... we are ready for summer!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Mother's Day 2016

Reagan surprised me with a special handwritten note and potted plant from school for Mother's Day this year. I loved reading her letter and seeing how hard she worked on it.

I also got another surprise when Andy and Reagan showed up after church with flowers!

We enjoyed a picnic in the garage and a great day spent together. It was the perfect Mother's day!

Firsts~ Field Trip Fun

I accompanied Reagan on her first field trip last week- to the zoo and the park.

She was so excited as was I to be able to take time off work and go with her. Little did I know, the rest of the surrounding area schools would also be headed to the zoo for a field trip.  I was so naive. :)

Despite two thousand plus kids and the heat and the 'no snack' rule and the 'no train ride' rule...I think we managed to have a good time. It's interesting how I have these certain expectations in my mind of how things will go and when they don't actually go as planned, it doesn't mean it's horrible- we just need to take a little detour. After all, we're dealing with children and that is never predictable!

Number Nine!

Happy number nine to my one and only!

Our wedding day was and always will be such a special memory for me.  We loved celebrating with our family and friends. I'm so grateful for our love that we share together.