Girls Trip

At the beginning of April I went with a bunch of friends down to Nashville for a weekend girls trip! We had a blast and enjoyed every minute of it. We did lots of

Relaxing,
Shopping,
Eating,
and chatting.
All the things that girls do best!
Here are a few pictures from the trip!At the Grand Ol OpryDowntown

The Blue Bird Cafe

Relaxing!

Shopping!

Eating!

Grandpa and Grandma Steel Visit

Right before Mason's Birthday, Grandpa and Grandma Steel Came out to visit us. We got to celebrate Grandpas Birthday with him and also mothers day with Grandma. We had a great time and are so glad they came to see us!!

Preschool Graduation

Here are a few pictures from Masons Preschool Graduation! He has LOVED preschool this year, and we are both sad that it is all over. He has had the best teachers and the best experience. I am so grateful for the great year he has had and for all that he has learned!

He was the last one in his class to be called down. I love this picture of him sitting so proud all by himself!

Grandpa and Grandma Steel got to come out for the big Day!

Here is a short video clip when Ms Karen (the preschool director) was talking about Mason!

Derby Festivities

So I am a little behind with blogging, so bare with me as we back track a month. To kick of the Derby time here, they have all sorts of fun events around town. Here are some pictures from a few of them.

Thunder Over Louisville is the official opening ceremonies for the two fun-filled weeks of the Kentucky Derby Festival. It is also the nation's largest annual fireworks show. It is rated as one of the top 100 events in North America, and more than 500,000 people attend each year!

(I did not take these first two pictures)

It really is amazing to watch!

This is another event we went to, The Balloon Glimmer!! The kids love seeing all the balloons light up, so much fun!

The Girls!!

For the Derby we got together with some friends and had a little Derby Party. We had all the traditional derby foods (Kentucky hot browns, fried green tomatoes, derby pie, and virgin mint Juleps). It was fun to watch and cheer on our favorite horses.
One of my friends had fun crafts for the kids. She made these darling stick horses for all the kids to have races with. I know, so cute, thanks Becky!!

5 years old

A few pictures of our 5 year old boy!

A few pictures of our 5 year old boy!

Birthday Boy

The Mason Boy Turned 5 years old yesterday! This has been a much anticipated day, and was full of fun, fun, fun!! We started the day with breakfast with a request from Mason of Waffles with strawberries and whipped cream! Next was preschool where he got to bring birthday treats to share with his class. Later that afternoon was his party. He wanted to have a "How to train your Dragon" party, so that is exactly what he got.

Party Favors!

I looked and look all around for viking hats for the kids, but had no luck. My mother and father in law were in town and my MIL had the great idea to do viking helmets out of paper mache. It was a fabulous idea and I think they turned out so cute. It ended up being a LONG two day process, but with LOTS of help from my mother and father in law, we got them done in time for the party. Thanks grandma and grandpa, the kids loved them!

Blowing out the cake.

The cake did not turn out how I had invisioned it (it was suppose to be toothless the dragon from the movie), but it was yummy and the kids liked it!Happy Birthday to my Mason Boy!!
We love you Buddy and are glad you had a great day!
I was talking to Mason last night and I said the worst part about birthdays is when the day is over hu buddy. He said no mom, it will be fine because I will still be 5 years old tomorrow!
So true buddy, so true!!

We've been spending lots of time running and playing around outside, can you tell?They have the bumps, bruises, and scratches to prove it!

Fun with Visitors

We had so much fun when Aunt Ashlee and Bowen came to visit. We had such nice weather and spent a lot of time outside enjoying it. Here are a few pictures of what we did.

We had to get a picture of them in their Church outfits!

Lots of Fun in the Bath!We had lots of fun playing in the sand!

And don't assume that it was easy to get the sand out of those rolls!

This is how we rode everywhere. It was not an easy task to squish these guys in the car every time, but we made it work, and Mason and Tanner loved having someone to play with in the back seat!

We took Bowen on his first trip to the Zoo! I think he liked it!

Snuggling with Aunt Michele

Ashlee and I worked on lots of fun projects. Hopefully I will have some pictures of the stuff we did soon. Thanks Ashlee and Bowen for coming to see us, we LOVED having you here!