This Past Week

Here I am a little behind once again.  However, a week behind is better than my posts have been in the past. This past week has been great. Lots of warm weather, outside activities, and friends.  Have I told you how much I love Summer and everything that comes with it?  No? Well, I do, and if we ever had an opportunity to move South I would take it in an instance. Winter is for the birds, and this year the Winter lasted a little too long for my liking. This post will once again be random, but those are the best posts....right? :)

Last Saturday was Caleb's very last basketball game.  He was feisty when we first arrived, but then the coach asked him to play for the green team since they were missing some players, and he was in HEAVEN!! ***Note to self, make sure he is always on a green, blue, yellow, white, or orange team...NOT RED! After the game they had a little awards ceremony, and he got a medal.  He loved it.

His basketball pictures came in.  HAHA. I am sure 10 years from now these kids will look back on this picture and asked what was wrong with my child......gotta love his stubborn, shy side.

Caleb and Kinlee also finally got to meet sweet baby Landon.  Caleb and I have prayed for Landon every night since he was born, and Caleb was so excited to finally get to hold him.  I blame the Hartke's for Caleb's fascination with me having "2 baby brothers in my belly named Lucas and Collins.  He wants them to come out so he can play football with them when they get big".....Oh boy!

We have taken advantage of living in the country by hiking a lot as a family.  The kids LOVE it.  It reminds me of my childhood, and it is so fun to watch them explore.  Caleb loves walking on the rocks at the river, and Kinlee enjoys throwing them in. Walking across the tree bridges is also a HUGE hit with little man.

They have gotten a lot of use out of their race car.  Bella likes it to.

Park days with friends are always a great time.  The duck face on little miss is her new pout look.  DIVA!!!

These two are also becoming more and more smitten with each other every day.

Just because they are cute I will leave you with one more.

So, I am caught up once again.  Lets hope it stays that way this time!

Easter Weekend

I know I know, I am a week behind on the times.  Better late than never huh?  Easter this year was a great time.  Grandma and Grandpa G came up form Florida to visit over Easter, and it was great to spend some time with them.  The kids really took up with them.  They painted Easter eggs together, Caleb and Grandpa loved playing the Kindle train game, and the kids made sure they gave them kisses goodnight each night.

On Saturday we got up and ready, and I got the kids all excited about going to an egg hunt.  The egg hunt was suppose to start at 12, and when we arrived at 11:55 ALL the eggs were gone!! There were so many people there, and it ended up being a complete bust.  We did take the time to play in the park for a bit, but the kids were unable to hunt for any eggs.  Thankfully the day was gorgeous so we spent some time outside playing with the new toys Meemaw and Paw got them for their Easter basket this year.

Sunday morning was a little rush rush.  The kids awoke to find their Easter baskets, and had fun playing with those. Kinlee was more interested in her snacks than her toys. Caleb was ecstatic about his purple and orange ninja turtles!

I attempted a few shots of them before church, but that was a fail.  We did not get a single picture of them together, looking at the camera.  Oh well, such is life with a 2 and 3 year old.

After church the R clan came over for Easter celebrations.  Caleb had a blast playing with his cousins, and the kids were able to hunt eggs!! Kinlee really enjoyed this activity once she caught on.  Caleb was an old pro.

After egg hunting we counted and sorted the money from their eggs, and just hung out with family.  Caleb was so excited that Tony was home for the day, and did not let him out of his sight for too long.  He misses him when he is at college.

Hello Spring

Today was beautiful, and I am crossing my fingers that it is a sign that Spring is here to stay.  I'm not holding my breath, but I am sure wishing.  Since today was so gorgeous we decided to head to the Zoo with the Pickett's for this first time this season.  Apparently we were not the only ones with that agenda.  Upon arrival we realized that the first parking lot was full at 10:30 am.  I have never been there when it was full, especially on a weekday.  We were directed towards the 2nd parking lot, and it took a million years to park.

It was crazy crowded, at the entrance, but since we are members we only had to wait in the short line. Surprisingly once we got inside the zoo, the crowd was not so overwhelming. Of course the train and the carousel were a no go due to the long lines, and the bathroom lines were interesting, but other than that it was all good.

We were able to catch the Cheetah encounter show, and Caleb was on cloud 9.  He always says, "the cheetah is mine and daddy's favorite animal because it is really really fast".  The show had 2 cheetahs chasing a toy to show how fast they were, and it was awesome.

His reaction when the cheetah's first started running! 

The kids ate their lunch, and loved looking at all the animals.  Caleb waked 95% of the time we were there, so I only had to worry about pushing Kinlee, which was nice. Towards the end Caleb was tired, so I put Kinlee in the ergo on my back, and pushed Caleb.  They are now both knocked out!! It was a great start to the Spring season.