Date Night

Ok, so I'm going back through my pictures to Graham's birthday (the last thing I blogged) to see what I haven't blogged about yet!

Back in March, Brent and I got a date night for his 31st birthday. We went to eat at Tupelo Honey Cafe and absolutely fell in love with it! It's definitely my new favorite.

Afterwards, we went to the Art District to walk around, grabbed a hot chocolate and I took some photos.

I think it's about time for another date night! Any takers for childcare?? LOL

Graham's 2nd Birthday Party

Dear Boys,

Please stop growing up.

Love, Mom

We had G's second birthday at the pavilion at Coolidge. We had such a good turnout! Such a good turnout, I ran out of food! Oops!

We ate, played with toys, opened presents, rode the carousel, and played outside. The kids had a blast. G loves Mickey, so we had a Mickey themed birthday. Success! Pics below.

Baseball

This is Logan's first year of baseball. He plays the pitcher most of the time. It's so fun watching all these little boys out there. Sometimes they seem like they've been playing forever and sometimes they play in the dirt. :)

Here's a few pics :)

And here is a video of his first hit. So funny... I only took video because Brent wasn't able to make it and I wanted him to see it if he hit it. He hasn't hit the ball in a game yet, so I wasn't expecting much. But, he hit the very first pitch...but, he forgot to run and was thrown out a first. He just stood there and waited for the next pitch like he would during batting practice. Guess we need to practice running. Ha! He also got an out at home plate, but I don't have video of that. Sorry, I dropped the camera and started yelling for him to run. I don't actually even know where he hit the ball to!

One More Photo....

The boys joined me for a photo shoot for a friend in the Battlefield last weekend. I got one half way decent image of them. They thought this cabin behind them was a jail, haha.

From Snow to Short Sleeves

It was warm yesterday when I picked the kids up from school, so we decided to ditch the housework and head to the park! It was pretty much the most perfect day. It was one of those days where I was able to look past the busy-ness of everyday life and realize how lucky I am to be a mom to these boys. We walked, we blew bubbles, we climbed on the bridge, we ran in circles, we walked more and blew more bubbles...we threw rocks and sticks in the river, we rolled down hills, we climbed on every statue we could. Just perfect.

Snow Again!

Well this time it snowed good! We had 4-5 inches and the kids LOVED it! The first evening it was wet and cold, but the next morning we woke up to a winter wonderland. It was absolutely beautiful!

Before the roads got bad on day 1 of snow, Brent stayed with the kids and I went out and did a few photos.

Here are a few!

The Times Free Press shared one of my photos, which was very exciting for me! It had 1321 likes and 100 shares :)

I didn't really take a lot of photos of the kids this time, but I did take some video! Enjoy!

Weekend Road Trip!

Thursday, I was dreaming of taking the kids somewhere fun for a weekend, when I ran across a special to Wilderness in the Smokies. The only catch is we had to go that day! Brent was at work helping them catch up from being closed from the snow, so I called him up and he agreed to go!

I highly recommend this place, especially with toddlers and elementary school aged kids. There were only 4 big slides. Logan was big enough to ride with us on 3 of them and Nate could ride with us on 1 of them. They had 2 kiddie areas, one for smaller babies and one larger one for toddlers/preschoolers. They also had an indoor/outdoor hot tub and a wave pool. Kids eat free at their restaurants and they also gave us a free ticket to Ripley's Aquarium. Friday morning we spent at the waterpark. The kids were in love. Nate conquered his fear of slides and even went down an enclosed water slide by himself, stuck his head in a waterfall (boy has serious issues with water, especially on his face/head), and floated with a lifejacket, where he couldn't touch, without holding onto one of us. Nate even went down the big water slide with us. It was one where we could all ride in the same float, so Brent and I took turns going down with Logan and Nate while the other sat and played with Graham in the kiddie section. There were no lines and it wasn't crowded at all. Of course the outdoor waterparks were closed, so I imagine it's way more crowded in the Summer when they are open. Friday evening we went to play mini golf on their indoor course. I thought Logan would enjoy it, but it was pretty much a disaster, haha. Then Brent and Logan rock climbed and we played a few arcade games.

Nate conquered another fear that evening, by approaching, touching and talking to the resort mascot. He is usually afraid of anything in costume. He's beginning to be such a big boy.

Later that evening we went out to dinner and went to the boot outlet, where cowboy boots are buy 1 get 2 free. We all got a pair of boots and I got Elsie a pink pair for her birthday!

The next morning we ate breakfast, checked out and headed to Gatlinburg to use our free ticket to the Aquarium before we went home. The kids loved the aquarium. We forgot our stroller, but it wasn't crowded and Graham did great without it.

After the aquarium we got lunch, stopped by the candy shop and headed home. 

This weekend was so much fun. I hope we can do more weekends like this soon!