CHER

Saturday night at 7:30 I will be getting ready to see:
And some may think no big deal. I would say the same about Celine Dion as lots of people go out to Vegas to see her. Although I don't have a problem with spending money, I think it's a total waste to spend it on concerts.....until I saw CHER about 7 years ago. Been talking about it ever since! This will be my third time out to Vegas and we are mainly going to take Aunt Lou which I am excited about. But then Matt told me that this was her first weekend back from a break...I was pumped to say the least when he booked our tickets.

Vegas, like the rest of the economy, is struggling right now and Matt got us 3 free nights at the Venetian so that should be neat. He stayed there last June with his company and said it was great. Other than that I am looking forward to relaxing and lounging by the pool. I've had several people ask if we were taking the babies. Um. No. There are many people out there that do take their children to Vegas. We are not those people. Thanks. But we'd rather not.

And here's to having a great trip with Louie(Aunt Lou!). She's the best.

Happy Easter

We had a wonderful Easter despite the fact that Landry Grace woke up with her eyes matted and red. We went ahead and put some Vigamox(sp) in her eyes and they looked better by lunch. Since Matt's family was coming over from Bossier after early church, he stayed home with LG and I took Jake to church. It was a wonderful message in both Sunday school and church. I must say that we love our family at FBC-Ruston. I believe that what you put into a church and your faith is what you will get out of it. We have made some really good friends there and appreciate them so much!
After church we came home and ate with Matt's mom, aunt, and brother along with my parents. After naps we hunted eggs again(with minimal candy!) and then went out to Lincoln Parish Park later this afternoon. We absolutely love going out there and are planning to get Jake his first fishing pole so that he can catch some fish. I am sure with his fishing pole will be another one for LG. Having 2 so close together means you have to get 2 of everything, preferably the exact same thing or they will argue over it. Fun times!
I have posted 3 posts tonight so scroll down after this one.
Had to document their Easter baskets....plan to get all of my blog entries published into a book so that the babies will have pictures to look at. Seriously...haven't developed a picture in about 2.5 years. That's digital for ya!

Family pic after church and all I can think about is how much work our house needs on the outside....YIKES! Motivation triggered: I am off one more day and guess where I will be???

Not a great pic but here I am with my sweet babies.

Gigi baking cookies after nap time.
Best I could get of Gigi with her grands.

Loving that I only have a TWO day work week as we are flying out on Thursday to Vegas. Hope all of you have a great week!

Egg Hunts and Birthdays

We celebrated Sarah Kate's 2nd birthday on Saturday morning and the kids had so much fun. I was thoroughly impressed by Angie's party ideas and the fact that she did everything herself. The kids hunted eggs at the beginning of the party and I think 100 eggs were still out in the yard AFTER the hunt. Thanks Sarah Kate for a great time!
After naps we headed to our pal Bella Grace's grandmother's house where we met up with lots of friends from church to hunt eggs again. The outfit changes were only due to messy clothes at stop #1 that morning! They had a great time there as well. I was totally done with candy by this point...to put it nicely!!

Daddy was teaching Jake how to gather the loot in a pile and discard the eggs quickly

Landry Grace would rather stop after she found each egg and find out the prize rather than find them all so quickly. She totally has a mind of her own.

This was right before the hunt with her friend Bella Grace Yates. They were having a ball being silly.

Angie and Sarah Kate at the birthday party

Some of the crew including Ava and Caroline James.

Da Beach!

So my friend Katie asked me right before Spring Break if I wanted to take the kiddos to Orange Beach and stay at their condo....and of course I said yes! Her son Landon is 3 and Kennedy is 18 months. The weather was a little cool but for the most part they loved the beach. Jake has been to the beach every summer since he was born and had never had much to do with sand or the ocean. Well he didn't swim in the ocean water but he did play in it for a bit and I consider that a breakthrough! LG loved the ocean but wanted to be carried in it a lot. We went shopping in Foley one morning for about an hour(fastest trip EVER but we didn't need much!) and then went to the zoo another morning. Thanks so much Katie for having us!!

Katie, me, and my running buddy Sarah

Jake on our first day at the beachLG is my daredevil child. The only mishap of the beach occured when she got on the condo elevator unattended. 4 elevators(didn't know which one). 14 floors(bottom 3 opened up to car garages). Panic almost set in but she was found on the fifth floor within 5 minutes and when asked WHY she got on the elevator by herself? "Cause I want to".....for the love!!!!

Happiness is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taking a break from the cool water temps with a Capri Sun

Money see monkey do: Jake took his shirt off and LG insisted on taking off her swimsuit. Cute pic though!

Took them out to the park on Friday to dye eggs. Might be the last time for a while:) but we made it through !!!

Easter at School

Jake and Landry Grace have been attending Temple MDO twice a week since the fall and we have been so pleased there! It's hard to believe that the school year is coming to an end very soon and we will say good-bye to many new friends we have made there. Jake will be going to Montessori next year and LG will be at Trinity 3 days a week and with a babysitter the other 2 days.
Today Temple had Easter egg hunts and small parties for the children and both of mine were so excited about hunting eggs. Jake especially was thrilled that I came...hope he still thinks this way in the years to come.

Landry Grace's class at "school". Her teacher is Ellen Glover(or just Glover as the kids call her) and she is WONDERFUL!!!!! She is the reason why we are at Temple MDO and I cannot give her enough praise. Ms. Susy, their other teacher, was sick and we love her too!

Landry Grace loved hunting the eggs in the gym...always on the go.
my sweet boy....only 2 more years before kindergarten:(

He was in HEAVEN hunting eggs!

Jake's class with the Easter bunny. I was told by the staff and later by LG that she wanted nothing to do with the bunny and therefore we have no picture with her.

One more day before Spring Break!! We may have a last minute trip in the works that involves water and sand. Stay tuned!

Fun Times and Cute Pics!

We have had a fun week and I needed to document before more upcoming events. The pictures are out of order but I have too many and don't really want to rearrange them....so let me just recap the weeks events and you can glance at the pics. Last Friday we hit the town with Dinner and a Movie. The Junior Auxiliary in Ruston puts this on and has different organizations participate. The kids ate and watched several performances and unfortunately we didn't make the movie. Maybe next year.

The weather was great on Friday and by Sunday morning we had snow flurries. Being the carefree mom that I am, they were allowed to play outside before church...why not! Snow doesn't come often in LA. During church Landry Grace had an accident and cut her head deep enough that we needed to take her to the ER(only option on a Sunday in Ruston). The dr glued it together and she was good to-go. I might add that this is her 3rd trip to the ER so she is a pretty tough little girl.

Tuesday we hit the park with the Halls' and fed the ducks among other hilarious events that I might not need to go into but let me just say that Jake is a mess! The weather has been GORGEOUS the last few days and I love that my babies enjoy being outdoors. We have had some wonderful play times in the evenings. Tonight I let them have their dinner outside and they loved having a picnic.

Enjoy!

Having pancakes and biscuits tonight for dinner in the driveway.

Loving their new 2 seater car and Jake insisting on wearing Daddy's college football helmet while driving.

Landry Grace and Kennedy at the park...can only imagine these convo's in a few years!

We ran out of bread shortly after the ducks arrived but they still enjoyed watching them.

Katie and sweet Kennedy feeding the ducks.

The CREW checking out the water below. We had such a fun park visit!!

This was NOT set up...I saw them sitting together and went to take a picture. Jake was telling her about his bobo and she told him she'd kiss it for him. I love these sweet moments! So glad I caught the picture.
Landry Grace shortly after we got home from the hospital on Sunday. She did pretty good not touching her forehead.

And this was before church and playing in the flurries.

Trying to catch some flakes on his tongue

So happy to be outside in the freezing weather with me trying to take some cute pictures........

LOVE this picture!! From last Friday. Need I say more?

Family picture leaving Dinner and a Movie

LG with Josiah and Brannon. Loved visiting with you Kim.

And last but not least is LG pictured with our sweet neighbor Grayson. She loves to come over and play with the babies. Thought this was a great picture.

We have so many fun things planned in the upcoming weeks with the first being SPRING BREAK! So happy that I get to spend a week at home with my babies. And the second weekend in April we are taking Aunt Lou to Vegas...and seeing Cher again! Looking forward these events and more. Stay tuned.

Take 2 of a Great Weekend

I try to be as fair as possible with my 2 babies but Jake won't take a
video like LG will....so here is LG having a blast doing "the freeze"
at Avery's party. Don't forget to read my other post below.

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