MUD RUN

Disney and SeaWorld

Mother/Daughter

My eldest daughter and I at the Mother Daughter Tea Party!  These are our Glam pictures after our makeover!

A blur!

March was a blur to me!!!!  We had something going on every weekend (totally our fault and our doings) and it was all fun but I am ready to relax a little!!!  Everytime I thought about writing a post for the blog, I thought to myself, I need to be doing other things.  It was all I could do to keep up with the laundry with us going out of town 3 weekends out of 5!!!  And, my type A personality kept coming up in me in the fact that I knew I couldn't possibly catch everyone up on everything we have done and post all my pictures on here so what was the point....I guess this has come to be a scrapbook and journal about our lives and so I was feeling pressure to post everything but since then...I have left this notion behind!  So this post and the next few will be a quick run down of our last 5 weeks and some of my favorite pics!  It all started in March with the annual mother/daughter tea at church, then our trip to Disney and Sea World, then John's Mud Run in Jacksonville and Molly's 1st Birthday, then Molly's big birthday party, Spring Break, and our Camping trip to Lake Blackshear!  Disney and SeaWorld were awesome.  The kids were amazing, Molly was so good, and we have some great memories!  John Daniel says his favorite ride was the Thunder Mountain Railroad and Shamu Polar Express which is really called Shamu Express but not in his mind.  Emily loved the dolphins at SeaWorld and says that her favorite ride was Thunder Mountain Railroad.  We made her go on it and Splash mountain (where we sat in the front and got soaked) but I think she is glad she went on both.  Molly does not like animals in water.  She cried or fretted everytime she saw an animal coming out of the water or swimming.  It was quite strange!  But the girl liked rides at Disney...never whimpered on Pirates of the carribean.  Our trip to Jacksonville for John to do the MudRun was great!  It was a nice time with my Aunt and Uncle who are always so hospitable and sweet to our kids and then the race was so much fun to watch!  I loved watching all the athletes and loved cheering John on.  John's team, the hershey squirts, ranked 26th out of 117 co-ed teams.  I was so proud of John!  Molly's party was so much fun.  We loved having our family and friends together to celebrate and it was a gorgeous day!The food, I must say, was awesome but John and I decided we will NOT being starting a catering business anytime soon!!!  It was a lot of hard work.  I loved having the kids home during spring break.  We played games and planned our garden and worked on remodeling the extra bathroom.  We went camping for two nights to Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park on Lake Blackshear with our good friends the Brewers.  The kids rode bikes, ran around, and played hard.  We rented a pontoon boat one day and rode around the lake for two hours.  It only cost us $35 each...I think the lady had a crush on John and Jeff b/c she gave us a discount!  Easter came and went but my favorite part was the Sunrise Service at church.  We left the house when it was still dark out and watched the sun rise over the church bell tower...it was foggy and very pretty!  Praise God for His Son!  I have  a new/renewed appreciation this year for my Savior and I am thankful for each day!

Lovin a life....

Without Cable TV!  Yes, I am loving not having cable.  The TV is almost NEVER on.  It is so peaceful, we get more done, kids are NOT glued to something that might not be appropriate and I don't even have to think about it...it is just nice for so many reasons! We get the basic channels and John and I will usually turn it on after bedtime and if we are chillin...but like today....TV has not been turned on since 9 am this morning when John watched a little of the news show and it is 9 pm at night.  I love it!!! 

Then and Now~~Medieval Times

John and I started dating in High School as most of you know...we were in the band together.  During our Senior Year, on a Band trip, we went to Medieval Times theater in Orlando....the very one we took our kiddos to this past weekend...!!!  I thought these pictures were awesome....THEN and NOW..15 years later!!  My, a lot has changed...not to mention the pounds and different hair and clothing style!  The kids had no idea where we were taking them.  It was on a whim...  They absolutely loved it!!!  J.D. could not believe the amount of food they plopped on his plate and Emily and him both were fascinated with the knights and the princess and the music.  They loved that they could eat with their hands.  Our Knight, the Green Knight, threw Emily a rose that he won during one of the battles...she was elated!  Molly loved watching the horses and looking at the action and listening to the music!  We got to sit directly across from the King and the Princess.  It was just us...I asked if they were special seats..the "winch" said.."sometimes for royalty, sometimes for handicapped."  Anyhow, they were great seats!  Emily now says, "My favorite restaurant isn't Bonefish anymore...it's Medieval Times."  She has expensive taste!!!!

Almost One!

Molly is almost 1 !!!!  I can hardly believe it!  I really do feel like I just gave birth a couple of months ago!  She is just precious!  I love every minute with her!  She doesn't go to the doctor until next week but I thought I would give a little Molly update.  Molly is a happy happy baby but VERY busy!  She wants to be on the go, exploring her surroundings.  We can pretty much close both bathroom doors, the big kids' bedroom door, and block off the dog food (yes, she has tried to eat it!) and then she can roam freely in the kitchen (where she likes to pull the tupperware out), dining room, living room (where she likes to pull out all the DVD's), hallway (where she bangs on the big kids' bedroom door if they are in there, and our bedroom without getting into too much trouble.  She eats shoes so you can't leave those around!  She eats pretty much all kinds of food and spaghetti is still a big favorite.  She loves yogurt, chicken, and the baby gerber granola bars.  She likes all kinds of fruits and veggies....hasn't been a big fan of pasta yet except when it has sauce all over it.  She is at a really great age.  She is walking every where...it is her favorite and most preferred method of getting around now.  She dances to any music...sways to lullabys, waves to total strangers, will blow kisses, do a high five, gives big slobbery open mouth kisses, loves loves her siblings and will "run" to tackle them, she is very attached to her Daddy and they do itsy bitsy spider their very own way that is really cute...she likes a pacifier, goes to sleep by herself, sleeps all night except on occasion, takes two naps a day, drinks from a sippy cup, still nurses in the evening and in the morning and sometimes late afternoon, will not keep her cute bows in, likes to "play" with hats but won't keep them on her head, pretends to use a phone, gasps when she sees something cool or new, says bye bye on occasion and says dog.."gog".  She says dada and mama but not all the time...."gog" is basically her most frequent word and every animal (even the polar bear at SeaWorld) is a "gog."  She laughs and smiles and make all kinds of funny faces...loves snack time...and now plays with her baby dolls and will sometimes rock them.  She shakes her head back and forth to say no no no....and has started to arch her back when she doesn't get her way.  She is my smallest baby...she looks kind of funny walking because she is the size of an 8 month old...kind of short and petite.  She has four teeth and will use them on your lips when she gives kisses!  LOVE HER LOVE HER LOVE HER!