Happy 1st B-day Skyler!

So this past weekend we celebrated Skyler's 1st Birthday! She had a Princess themed part at our church. The theme deemed her personality, because she is a Princess according to my boys! Here are a couple pics that I took for her memory!!!!

The pink cake.......

and her very own cake.

and she thought it was delicious!!!!

all her presents....

then her present from the boys, which she LOVES!

I will let this picture close out this blog!

Mickey Mouse Pancakes!

Well tonight the boys wanted pancakes for diner, so since I am very sick, I agreed! Once we mixed up the batter, Riley said that he wanted them to look like his Mickey Mouse pizza's and hamburgers! Which I might add, you can purchase at your local Kroger and WalMart. So I tried it. div>



Not bad huh! Hope you enjoy!

Skyler's First 4-wheeler ride!

So since today was such a beautiful day, Craig took the boys to Mom's and let them ride their tractor and 4-wheeler. So Hayden gave Miss Sky a lift. She LOVED it. Of course, we all loved watching them play. Thank goodness for beautiful weather so they were able to get out of the house and play!



Look very close at the pedal, yes that is duck tape. Hayden isn't tall enough to reach the pedal so Daddy duck taped it down so he could still ride it!!!


Then they decided to give Bubba a lil push, since he got in their way!


Things must have got a lil rough because she is hangin' on for dear life! She is already a pro.


Can't you tell that she loved it!!! She is just beautiful!!!


This picture was taken right after Riley completely flipped his tractor down the hill!!! "I'm ok, just a lil dirty"!

Karin's Masquerade Ball

Happy 60th Birthday Karin!!!!!

Well Friday night, we had been invited to attend a close friend's Masquerade Ball. Karin turned 60, which by the way she doesn't look like it, on Friday, February 29, which is Leap Day! So in her honor they planned a Masquerade Ball for her birthday celebration! She had people traveling from all over to attend her Ball, when I say all over I mean it (England and LA)! We had such a wonderful time! I had lots of fun preparing for the ball. I love to dress up and it seemed like I was going to prom again. The fun of shopping for a dress, shoes, Craig's suit and mask was too much fun!!!!! Then again I love to shop for anything!

We want to thank Karin for inviting us to celebrate her birthday! We will never forget those memories, and Karin, I only hope that I look as ravishing as you when I am 60!

Ashley and Andre Boyd!

The Hurley's

and The Girls, Leah, Me, Kristin and Ashley!

Me and Kristin!

Me and the beautiful Ashley!

Me and Leah aka Dirty!

Thomas the Train

As I have mentioned in previous post, my sons LOVE Thomas the Train. They own almost all the trains and has approximately 100+ pieces of track. So Dad and I have mastered the ability to assembly random train tracks at any given time and any room of the house. Most of the time we have one in the playroom and the living room. Here is a picture I took the other night when Dad, Kristin, myself and they boys put one together in the living room floor.

Another Sunday evening get together!

We love to cook, entertain and invite our closest friend over to have a good time. We spend all morning cooking, cleaning and shopping to get those couple hours of laughs, giggles, and sometime even tears. Then by the time that everybody leaves with their extremely full bellies, the house is a wreck but all the memories are worth the clean up.

This Sunday we had Ashley, Andre, Bennet, Kendal, Kristin and Emma over to watch the race, even though Andre isn't a nascar fan! We hate homemade burgers, hot dogs, baked potatoes, mac-n-cheese and chips. Then the kids had Mickey Mouse hamburgers (that you can get in the frozen food section as your local Kroger's), hot dogs, ketchup, mac n cheese and chee-toos! Doesn't that sound delicious! Wait, we haven't got to the best part yet...DESSERT!!!! Which was a New York style cheesecake topped with strawberries and whipped toppings. YUM YUM!

When all the guest started arriving it was still daylight of course of the kids had the play outside and yes I said kids, just look at the pics and they tell the rest of the story!!!

























So all in all I think EVERYBODY had a good time, What do you think?

Riley and Hayden's First trip to Wasabi's

Well, this past Saturday night we were doing some shopping in Knoxville, actually we were shopping for Craig a suit, yes you did read that correctly a suit. We will be attending a Masquerade Party at the end of this month and Craig still didn't have a suit, I had already purchased my gown, which is gorgeous, and our masks. So I decided that we should eat at Wasabi's, which Craig and I love to eat there, but hadn't taken the boys yet. So of course on our way there Hayden fell asleep. The parking lot was PACKED when we arrived so Craig went on in and put our name on the list, when he came back he said, "There is an hour wait, do you just want to leave and come back another night or do you want to stay." So we decided to wait, it would give Hayden time to get his nap in. So sure enough Hayden woke up about 15 minutes before our buzzer went off.

Riley was ready because he loves to help Daddy cook, so we had been telling him that the chef cooks right in front of us.



They LOVED the fire, even though is sorta of scared them!
Then Riley yelled "DO IT AGAIN"...lol, so the chef did! Then he told Riley to make sure he didn't try that at home, thank god he told him, or he would have.
Then the famous volcano....
Riley was just amazed with the fact that the chef could throw some rice balls in the air and it land in my mouth!
But then Daddy missed the first time!!!!!
Then he finally got it!
All Hayden could say was WOW!!!!

Needless to say, they had the time of their lives. As soon as we got them buckled in, Riley ask if we could got back tomorrow. They talked about it the rest of the night and told Nana all about it the next day. It is another priceless moments!!!