Sandbox Fun!

Macie & Bethany

Bikes, soccer, 30 and a visit!

Friday started a very hectic weekend! Friday Brady had a birthday party to go to, it was one he was looking forward to for weeks! It was a bike party for his friend Emily. Off we went Friday evening to go. Oh, Kirk was on his way to Cleveland to meet up with some friends to go see the Indians game. Well, wouldn't you know it the Durango started acting up-BIG TIME! I hurried up and pulled into the McDonalds parking lot. We were already running late for the party, I called Kirk and I decided I should call Scott & Amber to see if they could take us to the party. Lucky for us and gracious of them, they let me borrow their car for the evening so we were able to get to the party and go to the store to get some diapers that I desperately needed(for Bethy). The party was a lot of fun for Brady and he really enjoyed it. Of course as I got home I did flip out just a tad, and was really upset about the whole Durango situation. I took Scott & Amber's car back in and as Amber was taking us home we decided that I would try and get the Durango home at least. She followed me and I made it home with little problem. I figured this way it's safe and Kirk can deal with it in the morning. The rest of the night went fine, got the kids bathed and to bed and I chilled out for the rest night.
Saturday we got up and hurriedly got ready for Brady's last soccer game. He did really well this game. He got into a little more and had some contact with the ball. He played goalie for awhile too. He got a medal at the end of the game, which of course was really cool! :)

Brady's got the ball!

The soccer player

We came home really fast and changed and then off we went to Ashland for Nate's big 3-0 party. It was so much fun. I was feeling good! We were able to see some people that we hadn't seen in awhile and it was nice to catch up! The kids had fun playing with Nate & Jen's daughter Sofie and we got to meet their new edition Jonah-SO CUTE!! You know what was another good thing about the party-I kept reminding myself I'm still 29!!!! hahaha :)

Sunday Kirk decided to go into work for a bit, other than that nothing too exciting on Sunday.

Monday my grandparents from IL stopped in for a visit. It was really nice to see them. The kids loved it! We hadn't seen them since Christmas so it was nice to catch up face to face. You forget really how much you miss someone until you see them and they have to leave again.:( Hopefully we will get to spend some more time with them this summer.

Well, that wraps it up. I'm looking forward to a couple of downtime days. Brady and Kirk have some t-ball practices at night but other than that its relaxing time.

Brady's preschool graduation

Today was Brady's last day of preschool ever! It was a little somber in the hallway this morning. All the parents were oddly quiet. The looks on their faces showed the bit of sadness of this day. It seemed we had to wait forever for Mrs. Myers to open the classroom door, I guess it really wasn't that long of a wait, but to us parents it was. The hardest part of the day for me was watching him walk into his classroom for the last time. He gave me a hug and kiss and said he loved me and off he ran.

Later that day instead of picking them up on the playground, we all went down to the fellowship hall and sat in our seats as we waited for our big preschool graduates to come. I tried to dress Brady nicely for this big day; I was wondering how he kept it up during the course of the day. They finally came marching in. Brady walked in, all smiles, his shirt was untucked on one side. :)They all lined up on the platform and sang us songs. They did so great!!! They all did the movements too. You couldn't help but laugh they were so cute and looked so grown up!! After they sang their songs they all sat down and then one by one they walked up on a platform and received their diplomas and hugged their teachers. They were so excited and so proud, which they had every right to be! They all look so different than they did the first day of preschool. It was definately a bittersweet day.


We are so proud of you Brady!!!!



Brady's Class



Best Buds! Brady & Christian

The weekend

Friday, Kirk took a comp day and we were able to go to IN and visit Bonnie for a couple of hours. It was so nice. We hadn't seen her since Christmas. Robin and Liz got there later and Brady had a fun time with them, it was pretty funny when he told them that their rooms were messy and they needed to clean them. It was a really good visit.

Well, once we got home things took a turn for the worse with little Bethany. She had been acting a little off the whole day, but I knew she was teething and one of her 2yr molars was starting to pop through. As I was getting dinner ready, she was crying a lot and Kirk was trying to soothe her and hold her. Just as I was getting ready to sit down with my food and Oops! Up it all comes out of Bethany. She never got sick again after that but the whole weekend she was battling a 104 temp off and on. So I stayed home with Bethany on Saturday while Brady and Kirk went to soccer and T-ball. Saturday night was hard, Kirk ended up sleeping with her in the rocking chair. I decided to stay home with her Sunday morning too. She still had a high temp and the Motrin hadn't kicked in by the time we needed to go. She slept a lot yesterday, which I think helped. She finally ate some applesauce last night and also some crackers. This morning she was doing a lot better. No more temp. PTL!!

Other than a sick child, my Mother's Day was relaxing. I got two pots of flowers that Brady planted himself from Brady and Bethany. They are very pretty. Since we were unable to go out to eat like what Kirk had planned, Kirk ordered some Chinese food which I had been wanting. It was SOOO yummy!

Who's 30? Not me...

BUT MY BEST FRIEND CAITLIN IS!!!!!

Happy 30th Birthday Caitlin!!

Far back we go, and the journeys we have took together have been wonderful! I miss being close to you but always know you are just a crazy phone call away! You are an awesome mom and an amazing person all together! I love you!!

Thought I would post some pictures of Caitlin and me:

Attractive, I know! Your mom will be proud! hahaha


Church picnic


No we did not buy these shirts at the same time,
we always seem to buy the same thing and then find out later!




Cait, I'm sorry that I'm still young and you're not!!! I'll help you with your walker, don't worry! heehee

Fighting the tears

Well, today I took Brady to kindergarten registration. I have been dreading this day for the past month. I can't believe it is already that time for Brady to go to "big" school. Him starting preschool was emotional for me, not only was he starting school but I was on bedrest when I was pregnant with Bethany so I missed a lot of the new stuff. Now here is kindergarten. Now he's in school all the time, until he graduates HS. We get summers but they're just summers that fly by. This is it, I have a big boy whose trotting off to school. After I dropped Bethany off at Amber's, I was driving to pick Brady up from preschool, just thinking about where the time went. I didn't cry though. Once we got to school and we were walking in I was nervous and he was not at all, I took his confidence and went in feeling good. I didn't cry. It was a very smooth process, of course the parents had to wait while our little ones went off by themselves and were tested. I turned to watch him a few times, he was always laughing and talking in response to the teachers. It made me proud that boy was mine! He did very well on his tests! So phase 1 down of this new adventure for us, I survived it! Wonder what's going to happen with phase 2? Actually letting him go on that first day of school. It will probably be a bit more traumatic for mom then Brady.

We came home, Bethy napped, Brady went to play, and Mommy cried.