Visit to Muscle Shoals

Friday was my mom's 60th birthday & Sunday was Father's Day so we went up to Muscle Shoals to visit family. Saturday morning we went to Allen's mom's house to swim. The kids had a great time. Neither are scared of the water. Trey loves to jump in & never cries when he goes under. He comes up smiling. Madison is perfecting the "skills" she learned last week at swimming lessons. She can swim better than me!

We had a surprise birthday party for my mom Saturday night at a local Italian restaurant. She was so surprised! We all had a great time together.




Sunday we visited with Allen's dad & my dad before coming back home. We enjoyed our time visiting but it sure is nice to get back home. The kids were so off schedule. It will take me a week to get everyone back on track but it was worth it.

My dad with the grandkids, including Ayda (Katherine's baby)

Disney World

We survived another trip to Disney World. Kids loved it. Madison prefers the pirate ship pool & waterslides at our condo over going to the parks. Probably because it was soooo hot! It was so crowded the day that we went that it was hard to enjoy the park like we had in the past. Neither Madison or Trey enjoyed waiting in lines. But they still had fun. She especially enjoyed Tyler & Marlee going with us. They all had so much fun together!

Waiting in line

Enjoying Dumbo!

Trey cooling off with his mister fan

My favorite meal, Lobster & Crab Claws from my favorite restaurant, Fulton's Crabhouse in Downtown Disney. YUM!!!!!

Marsha & me at Disney WorldFUN TIMES!!!!!!!

On our way!

Friday we drive to Tallahassee, half way to Orlando. Saturday we hope to be here by early afternoon. Our resort has a huge pirate ship with lots of waterslides & water cannons for the kids to play with. There is also another pool with a water slide & a huge water play area.


Sunday we plan to go here, Animal Kingdom.


Then, the park the kids are dying to go to, Magic Kingdom.

Should be a fun trip. Marsha, Joey, Marlee Grace & Tyler are going with us. Even though they have had the worst week ever (see Marsha's blog http://mommyroach.blogspot.com/), we will still have the best time. Pray the rain moves out of Florida SOON!

Recital & Party weekend

Madison had her dance recital Saturday morning at the BJCC. She did pretty good considering the lights & crowd freaked her out a little. She didn't want her hair rolled but I finally talked her into it & it looked so good! She even let me put make-up on her. She looked so grown up! All of our family came for the weekend to watch her dance & she was so excited to have everyone there.

Saturday evening we had Trey's birthday party. He had so much fun! He played in the sand with his trucks & jumped in Marsha's jumpy thing until 10:00 p.m. He got lots of presents & loves them all. I'm not sure who gave what so thanks to everyone for his gifts! Special thanks goes out to Marsha for her potato salad and to Dan for his crack dip (YUM!). And thanks to Dan for taking pictures of both events. I got a new camera & he knew how to adjust the settings to take the best pictures.

Sunday after all of our family left we took a long & much needed nap & were lazy all day. It was great! Now I have to pack us for vacation. We leave Friday for Orlando. Kids can't wait!

I hope to have pictures from the recital & party posted to the kids website later this evening, if it works.

Busy, Busy, Busy

Is it vacation time yet? The last 2 weeks I was busy preparing for Madison's birthday party, out of town guests, shopping for Mother's Day, shopping for Trey's birthday and going to school programs. This week I am busy planning Trey's birthday party for Saturday (pray it will not rain), getting ready for more out of town guests and Madison has her dance recital rehearsal Friday night & the recital Saturday morning. Whew! After church Sunday I'm sure I will start packing for our vacation that starts end of next week. It can't get here soon enough!

One of Madison's favorite things to do when playing outside is to ride her Dora hot wheel from the main level garage down the driveway & end in the grass. Since it's downhill she goes pretty fast & loves it. I keep thinking I will put a stop to it before she gets hurt but I haven't yet because she has so much fun. Well, tonight I had to put a stop to it. Trey decided he would do the same thing & ride his bike down the hill. I couldn't catch him & he veered off into the front yard, flipped off of his big wheel (which went flying over him) & rolled a few times in the yard before coming to a stop. He barely cried but you could tell he was scared. He rubbed his head then wanted back on his bike. I can't imagine what would have happened if he had landed on the concrete. I can already tell that this summer will be full of bumps & bruises. He is such a boy!

Happy 2nd Birthday Trey!

Hard to believe that Trey turned 2 on Sunday! We got him a big dump truck, a Cars big wheel (he loves to ride Madison's Dora hot wheel & boy do they fight over it), puzzles, t-ball set, tool box with tools, a set of "power tools" that really work, clothes and a Bob the Builder movie. We are going to have a construction themed birthday party next Saturday. He LOVES to "fix" things like his daddy. He immediately went to work on his dump truck as soon as he opened his tool set. Too cute!

I had a great Mother's Day! Allen & I got a lot of things done around the house in the morning then we spent the afternoon outside with the kids. Saturday night Danielle kept the kids so that Allen & I could do some shopping for our upcoming trip. We went to dinner at Bonefish & it was sooo good! It was nice to actually be able to enjoy a meal in peace & quiet. BIG thanks to Danielle for keeping the kids. You rock!

K4 Mother's Day Program

Madison's K4 class had a Mother's Day program today for all of the mommies. They were all so cute! They sang songs then we went to the gym for a reception & to look at their art work that was displayed on the walls. Madison made the flower that I am wearing & she was so proud! It hit me today that she has only 4 days of K4 left then she will be at big school for kindergarten in the fall! Sad!

These are some of the pictures Madison made for me this week. I love that she thinks I weigh 30 pounds!