Bouncin' and Sliding

I had an awesome Mother's Day weekend...Saturday morning Kevin let me sleep in and cooked a huge breakfast for us. Then he took the kids off to run "errands", so I slept some more, which is totally unlike me to do...if you know me well! They returned with cards, flowers, and chocolate covered strawberries....so sweet. We started off yesterday with an amazing church service, which was really neat because Francesca Batestelli was our guest vocalist. She is one of my favorite christian artists, and has some amazing songs out right now....so that was a special treat for me. After church we headed over to Keith and Jana's to let the kids play on Kaitlyn's new water slide/bouncin' house. Let me just say this thing was awesome! When he told us about it, I was picturing something much smaller. Not so. This thing was huge! The kids loved it, I think that was the most fun Hannah and Hunter have had all year....it's all they talked about today. I definitely think we will be spending a lot of time over there this summer!

My little project....fresh herbs

This was my little project last weekend...I've been wanting to start a little herb garden for a while now. I had some a few years ago and let them fry in the sun because I didn't water them enough, so this time I am vowing to do better. I've got a ton of recipes I want to use that call for fresh herbs, and I'm sick of having to buy them at the store all the time. First off, they are expensive. Secondly, I always let them go bad before I get to use them. I'm hoping this will be a good investment for us...they were about $3 dollars a piece at Lowes, so you can't beat that. Another perk....they smell amazing! I know I'm a dork for being excited about these, but I don't care:) So far I have rosemary, dill, basil, cilantro, oregano, mint, and italian parsley!

I had to include these pics just because I thought they were cute. We had dinner with my Dad and Kim afterwards and then went for ice cream at Marble Slab....can you tell the kids were having a good time?

Easter 2011

We had a nice Easter last weekend, it was a wonderful reminder of what Christ did for us.....I know the kids don't fully comprehend the meaning of Easter, but they are beginning to understand more and more, and it is neat for me see them taking everything thing in. The kids got Easter baskets with goodies from all their grandparents which they loved. We kept it pretty low key this year...did a little Easter egg dying the day before, had breakfast together Easter morning, then off to an amazing church service, then to Kevin's parents for lunch and to let the kids hunt Easter eggs. Here are some pics:)

dying eggs (totally forgot how to do this)

Kaitlyn showing off her glasses from Gammy

more glasses...

showing off their new hula-hoops

Pam getting creative with the hula-hoops.....she'll get me for this

hunting eggs

showing off his loot....he didn't kid around this year, he was an egg hunting master

confetti egg cracking on Kevin's head...so fun!

he must have had a hard head...

swinging at the pinata that Uncle Mark brought

no comment on this one:)

family shot...minus Brady, he was napping

This was the highlight of the kids day I think....catching goldfish that Papa got them. They had so much fun doing this, maybe I should just get a bucket of goldfish to keep on hand....poor goldfish though:(

Katy's 30th Bday Party

Last Saturday before Easter we help host a party for Katy's 30th birthday. We had a great time celebrating and got to see a lot of friends we haven't seen in a long time....and had crawfish! Here's some pics of the party...in random order:)

Katy and James

Hunter passed out on dads lap (after the party was over)


Hannah and Maya

amazing texas chocolate sheet cake and cookie cake

Katy and Adalee

Ashley, Jenny, Katy, and me

me and Hilary

Lauren, me, Hannah, and Lundy