Mother's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's Day! We spent the day at mom and dads and it was great! Daddy's family came over for lunch, so that was a lot of fun. I felt very appreciated and loved as I always do. Sadie and Dakota gave me an adorable pandora charm that says "MOM", so I was excited to add that to my bracelot. My mom also gave me a really cool summer flag to put up in a few weeks! I am so blessed with such a great family and to have learned so much from my wonderful mom!

Sadie's 4th Birthday!!

Sadie had a great day celebrating her birthday! She got to spend it with all her friends and of course Nana, Papa, Nannie, Aunt Manda, and Uncle Thomas would never miss her special day! We had her party at the park and the weather was PERFECT! We couldn't have asked for a better day! She loved her Belle Cake that Nannie made for her and of course she loved all her cool gifts. At the end Daddy put together a fun game for everyone to play, "HUMAN CANDYLAND". This was a big hit and the kids loved playing this game. When you got to the end, you could get your goodie bag from Sadie! We look forward to many more memorable birthday with Sweet Sadie! Thanks so much to all who came out to be a part of the special day!

Happy Fourth Birthday, Sadie!!

I can't believe that Sadie will be four years old in a few hours! She is the light of our life and we love her so very much! The years have gone by so fast and she is so special to us and always will be. She is a great BIG SISTER and we look forward to seeing her grow up with the other little ones! Happy Birthday, Sadie!!!

27 weeks Pregnant

I can't believe I am already 27 weeks pregnant. Anyway, here is the tummy shot! I go a feeling I will be huge before this is all over!:)

Strawberry Patch

While we were at Nana and Papa's we went to pick strawberries at Mr. Jerry's! They were very yummy! Sadie and Amanda picked most of them! Yummy to my Tummy!!!

Easter!!!

A fun filled weekend is was of course. There were egg hunts, pig pickings, family time, and most importantly focusing on the death of Christ and how he is ALIVE! We were at mom and dads all weekend and we of course had a blast. Sadie had fun egg hunting and two different churches, as well as Dakota. He really started to get the hang of it at the second egg hunt. He was actually picking them up and putting them in the bucket, and then of course dumping them out! We really focused a lot on the true meaning of Easter with Sadie and she really gets it. People would ask her what Easter is about and she told them "It's about God son. He died and went to heaven and came back out of the grave" We were proud that she seems to be getting it and hopefully she will see the special relationship that she can share one day along with Dakota and Chloe! Guess we will have to wait and see! By the way, the adorable Easter outfits were of course from Nana and Papa! They're so cute on these precious kids!!!

Family Time

We decided to do something as a family over spring break! The break started off busy for my wonderful husband JJ. He repaired a hole in the ceiling where someone stepped through. It was such a tough job, but it over with. The the next day he painted Dakota's room. He now has a "BOY" room in which I am very proud of (pictures will come at a later post when I am finished decorating it....don't worry....almost done). After a day of chilling and daddy taking Sadie to a movie, we decided to take a trip to the Durham Life and Science Museum. At first I was like, whatever, a museum is sooooooooooo boring. After looking at it on the internet and realizing we could go for really cheap thanks to a coupone, we decided to give it a shot. I packed up a picnic lunch and we were off. The kids had a blast and I couldn't believe how much there was to do there. I would highly recommend others taking their kids there. There are lots of recreational and educational things to do!!!

Gran-gran and Nana

While we were on Spring Break we decided to spend one day with Nana and Gran-gran (JJ's Grandparents). They have both been so special and infuential to JJ throughout his life. Gran-gran has recently been diagnosed with cancer, so we are not sure how long he will be able to battle this disease! They loved having the kids around and it was very encouraging spending time with them and helping them out!

Pirate Fest

Pirate Fest is an annual festival they have downtown. It's basically just lots of vendors with some huge blowup toys, lot's of food, and different entertainment. I basically went for the puppet show that my friend was doing and the title was "Pirate Nasty Ned and picking his nose". Well since Sadie loves to do that on her boredom time, we decided maybe this would help. It was really good and she said she doesn't want to be like Nasty Ned, she wants to be like Neat Ned. I guess we will see, only time will tell. It's was overall pretty fun. Everything cost money, so we just walked around and then this random lady gave us her punch card to jump in the blowups since they were done. You had to buy 12 on a card and she had only used 4, so Sadie loved that. There was even one that Dakota could get in and that was hilarious. He couldn't stand up because he was laughing to much and so hard. Getting him out was another story.....

Spring Decor

Well the spring is officially here! We had our decorations out for over a month now, but I just thought I would share them with you. I have really enjoyed doing it with the kids. It's also been neat explaining to Sadie the true meaning of Easter. This morning in church I was able to see that she is beginning to learn a little about God. She sits in church with us and she was playing with her Barbies and then out of the she shouts, "It's about God's Son". I was little embarrassed, but also proud that she was listening. It had nothing to do with the message, so I am not quite sure where she got it from (or maybe I wasn't listening very well either). Anyway, enjoy our little decorations. The placemats in the kitchen came from Kohls (I have been saving a store credit ever since Christmas because I knew I wanted these). Everything else was things given to us or I just made up. The pictures in the frame are of my adorable kids at the daffodil fields. I loved how they turned out. Take care and keep in touch!!!