Ben's Early Birthday!

Happy 4th Birthday Ben! (a little early) Ben wanted a birthday party with his friends from school so we had 10 boys over to our house on Tuesday after Vacation Bible School. (We had it so early because we will be gone on his birthday to Oklahoma.) It was only about 1000 degrees outside, but I was NOT having that many boys in my house:) Ben wanted a Transformer party, so I did the best I could with decorating.

He is 4! (almost)

Sam had to be a part of the pictures!

Ben and his friend Luca as Tranformers!

We had a pinata that did NOT want to break!

Finally Daddy ripped it open and they all went CRAZY!

Birthday boy with his loot!

Sambo made out too!

This is trouble.

They all wanted to help!

Gammy gave Ben a piggy bank.

"Mommy, that was the best birthday ever!" He really said that!!!

End of the Year Activities

This was at Ben's school before the performance, and Sam can't wait to be a part of it next year!

This is the 3 musketeers, we are going to miss them next year:(

They sang "Down by the Bay" and "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands".

He was so excited!

Afterward we went to dinner and Marble Slab.

This was at Ben's end of the year party. He had such a good time!

Pool hopping!

How many 3 year olds can fit in the pool?

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms! I had such a special Mother's Day, especially after Sam's big scare he gave us! The day after Sam's scare Ben's school put on a Mother's Day performance where he sang a "Mommy I Love You" song, made a handprint vase and a homemade card. It was so beautiful. I had tears in my eyes, and my mom was also there to share in this special event! After they sang he also said Happy Mother's Day in Spanish! It was a very proud day for this mommy! I am truly blessed to experience this miracle of motherhood. Here are a few pictures from the Mother's Day program.

Apparently, we did not sleep enough.

My proud boy!

He was so excited when he saw us!

This was when he was marching in.

This was the card, vase, hand flowers, and a recipe holder.

Easter Activities

So we have been very busy these last few days. On Thursday Ben had an Easter parade at school and each class made their own Easter hats. I was worried Ben wouldn't "march" since he was too scared at Halloween, but he did it! Then today we had our friends over to dye Easter eggs. The funny thing is our friends have never dyed eggs before! Needless to say 5 boys and 3 moms, 2 of which didn't know what they were doing; made for an interesting playdate!

Ben's precious class.

Marching in line!

Best bunnies!

My handsome bunny!

The finished product.

They were over it at this point!

Sambo wanted a "je'llow" egg.

My Latina friend learning too!

It kept them busy!

Long Time....

Gammy's little helpers.

Future bride and groom!

How cute are they?

This was an interesting ride!

This was all our strawberries we picked!

They LOVE pickin!

Ben told his class he had another baby, and people came up to me and asked if we had had another baby!!!

Georgia's first beach trip.

Wish I looked that good in a swimsuit!

I apologize for the delay in posting, but my camera broke, and I just got a new one. These pictures are actually from March, but better late than never. I promise to be more current with my posts now that I have a super-duper big girl camera!

Disney World Take 2!

Andy and I decided to take a mini-vacation to Disney World last weekend, and it was the best decision we have made in a long time! If you have not taken your kiddos there, you MUST! We stayed at a hotel where you can ask for pirate ship beds, and well needless to say the boys were yelling, "ARRRR!" all night long!
Sunday night we went to EPCOT and Monday we went to Magic Kingdom. It was great weather and not crowded so we rode ALL the rides by 4pm! Sam even rode his first roller coaster. At EPCOT there was no line to get your picture taken with the characters, and Sam is obsessed with Mickey, and to meet Mickey in person was the highlight of the trip for him! (his face was priceless when he saw Mickey!)

Here we are at EPCOT in front of the Nemo ride.

We love "ishies"!

Our very cool pirate beds! "ARRR!"

Sam was in awe of Mickey!

Apparently Donald is no where near as cool!

Our future astronaut!

And we are exhausted!