Happy Memorial Day!

This long weekend was jam packed FULL of stuff!
Thursday Adam took a half day off at work and we drove up to Kentucky and stayed at a Bed & Breakfast . Friday was my birthday, I entered my late 20s. We spent the day at a winery and Adam took me to a 1800s themed restaurant for dinner. Saturday after an amazing breakfast we headed to Nashville to see my brother, Nico, and Lindsey. We stayed the night there and everybody came over to David's house for a cookout on Sunday after the kiddos played in the kiddie pool outside all morning. We got home yesterday afternoon and got ready for the week. Today we woke up and spent the afternoon at the pool, came home for naps, and then our small group from church came over for a cookout this evening. We need a weekend to recuperate from our weekend!! Happy Memorial Day!

Pictures from all of these festivities will be posted soon(er or later)!

Smell of Summer

Swim Lessons

We are doing swim lessons religiously during this summer on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Adam doesn't know how to swim and is too terrified of water to learn so that gives me A LOT of motivation to make sure our kids know what to do in water.

baby birds
It is what the talk is about around our house these days
4 baby birds have hatched outside our kitchen window and we get excited to see the Momma bird feed her babies.

We have lots of trips planned... some family trips and then some just me and the kids. you would think Adam would like the break? No, he pouts and says its lonely :(Happy Summertime!

The Beach

Me and my friend Jessica went down to the beach for a week with my 2 kids and her 3 kids... that equals 5 kids!!! We met my friend Stacy down there that had 3 kids... that equals 8 kids!

we were bsy to say the least!

Gulf Shores Zoo

My kids played hard... and slept harder!

We had lots of fun with our friends!

Our Dancing Tumbling Diva

It is the end of the year at The Little Gym and Emma got to show us her stuff last week at Show Week! She did awesome and we are so proud of her!

Mothers Day

I hate to brag.... but my Mothers Day was awesome.

My husband cooked me a quiche and made me a homemade strawberry yogurt parfait (with strawberries cut into hearts) for breakfast and gave me roses with the sweetest homemade card from the kids! I felt truly appreciated! He also took me to lunch and cooked a wonderful dinner!

I feel like this is what God has called me to do. Be a stay at home mom to my kids. I have my moments where I wonder if I am doing the world any good and if I would contribute more by working. The answer is no. It feels so great to feel appreciated by the father of my beautiful children! Thank you Adam!

End of a chapter and the start of another

It's the end of the "school" year for our kids. Last week was their last week for the school year. Eli will go back to MUMC preschool next year, but this is the end of a chapter for Emma. She will start going to Little Madison Academy next year!

I am looking forward to getting out of our strict routines and having some fun in the sun this summer with my babies!

Pictures are from Emma's end of the year concert at preschool= she did awesome!

Hopper

Last week we had a lady come to our house who was part of MARF- Madison Animal Rescue Foundation to look at Hopper. He had been aggressive with our kids if they came close to him and then also other people's kids that were visiting. The lady was very nice and agreed with me that Hopper did not like kids and needed to be put into a home that was kid free. She found him a new home with an older couple in Harvest. I cried. Emma cried. Adam was very sad. Eli... well, he still thinks Hopper is outside and will randomly ask me when Hopper will come back inside. It was sad but I really think we made the right decision.

It was something that I said I would never do. The lady from the MARF also assured me that I was doing the right thing because he had not yet bitten a kid and once I dog bites, nobody wants them. He will be deeply missed, but I hope he has a less stressful life with those crazy kids running around.