A few weeks back, during spring break, my mom came in to town for a 5 day trip. We squeezed a ton in, including Gracyn's birthday party, shopping for Disney and Easter. It was a busy few days. Gracyn's 4th birthday fell on a Saturday, so she had a party at Go-Play-Cafe with 19 of her favorite friends. She felt so special and loved and we all had fun. She had a busy day from a decorated house and streamers that morning, to dinner at Red Robin that night. I still think of her as a baby, but every now and then I catch a glimpse of her, where she looks particularly big and it takes my breath away. Love this girl so much, she is the perfect baby for our family.

Disney 2013!!!

Magic Kingdom, 8am

Magic Kingdom 9:30pm, We packed it in!!! More to come after I catch up on all the previous blog posts.

Reagan's 6th Birthday

I am blogging out of order, because these pictures happen to be ready to go. Soon, I will have to go back and catch up on Gracyn's birthday and Easter. Spring is busy around here.

Tonight was Reagan's 6th Birthday party at Skatetown! We went for a skate night with their school a few months back and she was in love and ready to have her birthday there. Between the games and the skating rink, good times were had by all. More than once, you might have been able to spot parents out on the rink, while the kids were off doing something else!

They did the chicken dance and a birthday song.

She had a birthday sash, plenty of tokens for games and all her favorite families.

More chicken dance!

Reagan and her Olivias. Olivia L. lives two doors down from us and they play all the time. Olivia B. lives a block over and is in Reagan's class. They all three ride the bus together and are in the same dance class. They are the first two friends we made here and have become so special to us.

More dancing, this time with Rolo the mascott.

Skating on their own.

Her cake turned out adorable! I took her invitation to a local bakery and asked them to make something to match. I love how it turned out.

Gracyn posing with her favorite twins.

Present time.

It was hard work keeping this one up, and I ran over her fingers once, but she still had fun! I can't believe my middle baby is 6. She is just precious and I would love to freeze her at this age, right now, before first grade takes her away to all day school! Tonight was a precious night celebrating her with the amazing friends God has provided for us here.

2nd Grade Spring Concert

A few weeks ago Addison had her annual spring concert and art show. We had a fun family night going to see her perform. She was very into it! She loves putting on a show!

Sweet girls Addison and Chloe.

Reagan snuck in the picture.

She showed us her art on display.

Addison with her teacher, Mrs. Dunlap and her baby Addie.

Disney Surprise

We have known for several months now, that Tommy had a week long MARS Sales Convention at Disney's Yacht Club and Beach Resort in April. We hadn't really given any serious consideration to the girls and I tagging along until last Thursday. The weather here has been so BAD and Tommy has been traveling ALOT. The combination of those two things had me on the computer playing with flights. I was shocked to find a great deal on non-stop plane tickets to Orlando. There are never any decent price flights from here and non-stop flights are rare, so I knew it was meant to be.

Within 24 hours I had it all booked. Tommy took the girls to gymnastics Friday afternoon and I made the reservations. We leave in 17 days and as of last night, Mimi and Austin have decided to meet us there. We are so excited!

Tommy wanted to tell the girls in a fun way and I couldn't keep it secret for one second, so what you see is a surprise in a pinch....Mickey Mouse punched out of bread and cards printed from Daddy. Don't mind my leftover spaghetti.....not a meal I am proud to share on the internet, but I wanted to document the surprise!

Slices of Life

We had one warm day so far this "Spring". I think it might be the only day in a very cold, windy, wet month that we saw the sun and had decent temperatures at the same time. We spent the entire day playing outdoors.

Cool temperatures = Static hair

I went to a Bachelor final rose party. So fun!!! I hadn't seen a single episode, didn't even know who the Bachelor was, but since the final episode was 3 HOURS, I had plenty of time to get on board with the drama. It was a great night of laughter and fun with a great group of ladies.

Reagan and Olivia. This picture melts my heart. These two adore each other. This was on a warm day in an intense game of neighborhood kick-the-can. I don't fully understand the game, but the kids do. It spans the entire cul-de-sac, front and back yards (most homes here don't have fences) and kids ranging from 5 to 14 are usually involved. Reagan and Olivia are the youngest so we make them team up and stay together. They are adorable! In this picture they are "it" and on the hunt for the other kids.

Gracyn and Cody. He is her neighborhood and school buddy. They get sweeter together all the time. On this afternoon, he had come down to play with us and we walked the babies to the bus stop to get the big girls. 

Pictures don't do it justice, but this girl has a major black-eye! It happened on our warm day. We made our first trip to the park since winter. She was playing tag with her Daddy, running full speed ahead and collided with the rooftop of a small playground structure. She could run right under it last year, but I guess has grown. It turned red, then blue, then black, then green and now it is a lovely shade of yellow. We are just thankful that cut didn't break the skin and we didn't need stitches.

Let the orthodontic work begin. She has had 2 appointments of 4 to get an expander installed. Those teeth are growing in every which way but straight! 

Look at this cutie. She's quite the fashion diva! She put this outfit together one day and looked super cute. 

Daddy Daughter Dance

Tommy and the girls went to the 2nd Annual Daddy Daughter Dance at Lifetime Fitness. They transform the basketball courts into a magical ballroom. They have dinner, play games, do crafts an dance in the lights with music from a DJ. 

The girls and I love shopping for the dresses and then getting them dressed with perfect nails and hair, although this year, with Gracyn old enough to go, I felt like I might need a personal assistant to get them all ready! They wanted to get dressed perfectly and they didn't want Tommy to see them until they were all ready to go!

We got a few pictures here and then I followed them there so I could get a few more pictures before I got kicked out. I left from there with a few other Mamas of 3 girls and we took advantage of a night off with dinner and pedicures. The girls had a great night dancing with their Daddy and some of their best friends.