M-I-C----

Over the Memorial Day weekend we got on a plane with our sweet, precious family friends and headed to the Mouse's House! WE HAD A BLAST!!! --minus the few meltdowns of tired children! :) --we did cut the a little slack since we did close the parks down with them a couple of nights. :) Some of the few things we did were ride, EAT, play, ride, swim, ride, and laugh--did I mention we rode rides?!?! Because MWC and her friend AEH (also 6 by the way) rode as many things as they could--whether they went backwards, fast, high-whatever!! If you ask MWC what her favorite ride was~it is one of the several roller coasters they rode. :) One thing we did not do much was relax! But we realized that is not going to happen with 4 precious children around. We will save that for an adult only cruise!! We did have a great time hanging out and fitting as much as we possibly could in our 5 day trip. We have already thinking about what we will certainly do next time or things we spend more time on.

Waiting to board our plane!

LOVE that sweet smile!!!

SO fun and so sweet~~~love

them!! :)

he concentrated VERY hard making sure it was JUST right.

Celebrating JDC!!!

I realize I a little behind in posting about how we celebrated our precious little man turning 3!!!

As all birthdays go in our house ~you get to

pick ALL day long!!! What and where you want to eat, what kind of cake~you name it!! =) There was NO doubt to RDC and I where we would be eating lunch. This little boy LOVES Chick-Fil-@!! So we ate there and let him play.

Then that night, he wanted a "football" party! So we invited the family over for pizza, popcorn and peanuts!

We LOVED celebrating our little boy!! He is so fun and ALL BOY!! I am VERY blessed that God has allowed me to his mama and to be a part of this very special family!!!

I love you, JDC and have enjoyed EVERY minute of watching you grow and learn and can't wait to see what this next year brings for you!!!

AND she's off!!!

On her birthday in December, MWC decided she was ready to take her training wheels off and learn to ride her bike~~her Daddy and I were not so ready. :) But since it has warmed up she asked again when riding her bike. So off they came!!

She did really well the first time she tried! She was even able ride without RDC holding onto her some. (Daddy got a good work out running beside her. :) ) Unfortunately, at one point after he let go, she ran into a mailbox. :( That was the end of day one. After that, we just tried to get her out there a little bit each day. By the 4th day she tried~~she got it!! :) She still gets nervous when realizing she is doing it alone, but can get her balance on her own. We still need to practice turning and catching herself when she stops but we are VERY proud of her hard work!! :)

And she is VERY EXCITED!!! **and yes~~I teared up a little. ;)

We LOVE birthdays!!!

And today we have another one in our family!!!

Uncle WLG~~we hope you have a GREAT birthday!!!! We know Kay~Kay will spoil you rotten on your special day!!!!

OUR LITTLE MAN IS 3!!!!

Today our sweet (ALL BOY) little man is 3 years old!!!! He is SO very ready to turn 3!! For the last few days he has been asking, "I three??"

JDC,

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

You are such a fun, lovable, busy boy. But you make us

laugh all the time!! ~~even if it is when MWC asks you to share something, the way you say, "nope" kinda makes us giggle. :) You are the typical little brother who LOVES when she is home from school and loves to play with her most of the time, but you have your fair share of time when you are aggravating her. JDC, you are certainly all boy. I can't leave you alone very long before I better go and look for you. :) You would stay outside all day if we had the time and energy. You are a DADDY'S boy!! You ask all daywhere he is and when he is home you are his shadow most of the time. Some of the favorite things I hear you say are, "I mi' you (I miss you~

you are still working on your "s") or if I say "I love you, sweet boy" ~you say, "no-I "J". And if we are having a hard time understanding what you are trying to say, you put your finger on your chin and say, "I tink." Your favorite things to do are dress up as Superm@an, play with cars and trucks, football or soccer or anything outside, and do puzzles. Of course your daddy and I think you are so VERY smart!! :) We love you to pieces and not a day goes by that you don't make us smile and that we do not thank God for you!! We love you JDC and hope that you have a GREAT 3rd birthday!!!

Here are some of our favorite pictures from the last year :)

Wordless Wednesday

Our Stay~cation

Since Daddy had to work during spring break we weren't able to get away this last week~but we wanted to do something different and fun. Well the kids LOVE to play hotel and lately have been asking A LOT about swimming~~so we googled "indoor pools" in our town and made a reservation!! The kids LOVED it!! After RDC got off work, we had our bags packed and drove across town. :) We swam some then everyone got to pick what they wanted for supper. RDC and JDC had W*ndy's and MWC and I had cheese dip from a Mexican restaurant!! We ate in our pajamas in the room. Then this morning, RDC and the kids ran home, checked on the dogs :), picked up donuts and Chick-Fil-@ for daddy while I slept in. Then we went back to the pool and swam until check out time!! It really was a GREAT time. It was so nice to just watch them play and laugh with them giving them our FULL attention and not have to worry about laundry or the yard for a little while. I am sure there will be more stay~cations in our future!!

Flipping Daddy over! :)

This was taken at the end of the 2nd round of swimming so their eyes are a little tired. :)