Mother's Day

This Mother's Day was special because I actually was able to spend it with my mom.  That hasn't happened since I got married 15 years ago and moved to Texas.  Scott and I are going on our anniversary trip tomorrow to Charleston, so my parents flew in today.  We went to church, then I dropped Scott off at Cracker Barrel to put our name in, then went to the airport to pick up my parents.  By the time I got them and got back to the restaurant, our table was ready.  It was perfect! I also love watching my Mom be the best Grandma ever!  The kids love her so much!

I'm so lucky to be Mom to these two kiddos! 

Girl fun in Austin

Tuesday evening Molly and I headed up to Austin to Uncle Brett and Aunt Carman's house.  Carman is having a baby girl and is due in August.  I'm giving her a shower the end of June, but being a first time mom, she was feeling overwhelmed on what all she needed to register for.  So Molly and I headed up there to help her get all set.  Wednesday morning we went to Target to register.

 

 

Photo taken by Miss Molly

Next we went to a fun little shopping center.  We looked at a party store for ideas for her shower, Molly spent her giftcard they gave her to Claire's and we had a yummy lunch.

 

 If it was hot and sunny, Molly would have loved running through the water here.

Back at their house, we played a few quick games, took some pictures, and then we had to head home to pick up Tyler.

 

We had a fun time and can't wait to throw Carman a baby shower and meet her new baby girl!

It's Pool Time

Today we went to the pool for the first time.  The water was freezing, but the kids still had fun and didn't seem to mind.  I, on the other hand, did not get in.  Just got my feet wet and worked on my tan.  Really-the high is only 75 and over night it was 55, so that water does not have time to warm up.  Tyler and Molly have been dying to go.  Luckily, Molly can touch in the 3 feet and is fine staying there and playing.

 

 

 

Growing Up

Last week, Tyler started walking home by himself!  The crossing guard is there and there are plenty of others walking home, so I'm not too worried about him.  This week, his friend, Kyle walked home with him too.  I think they thought they were pretty cool.  When he told his friend, Colby, he said-really!  You get to walk home by yourself!  Now, I tried to get a picture of this, but Tyler doesn't want me to.  The day Kyle came over, they had even discussed their plan to put their backpacks in front of their faces as they got closer.  This week, I didn't try at all until today, hoping that would throw him off.  I hid behind our neighbors truck.  As he got to that house 2 doors down, he started walking backwards just in case!  This crazy kid! This is the best I have so far.

The Masters

A few weeks ago, Scott was able to go with his brother to The Masters.  His brother was given tickets from a vendor his company uses.   It was a pretty sweet deal.  They also put them up in houses they had rented.  The houses had a maid along with a house mom that make sure everyone had anything they needed.  In the evening, the company guys would grill out steak and salmon.  They got in Wednesday and went to the tournament all day on Thursday.  The flew home Friday evening.  Scott said it was amazing and just wonderful to be there.  Jordan Speith won-we had seen him here at the Valero Open.  Tyler had his Valero flag signed by him and a ball.  No phone or cameras are allowed at the tournament, but they did have one complimentary picture.

The guys that gave them the tickets got along really well with Brett and Scott.  They liked that they knew all about golf and follow it.  They "said" they'll invite them back next year, so we'll see. 

Molly's Birthday Day

For Molly's birthday, she woke up super early and was ready to go.  She watched a show in our room while the rest of us got up.  Then she was ready to open gifts.

Molly loves to do "hairstyle"

 

Molly has recently gotten into horses and Unicorns

Her basket came with stickers for her to decorate it and we got her a princess bell for her bike.

Since her birthday was on a Tuesday, it was my day to watch Evan.  I took the two of the bowling and then we met Daddy at Chick-fil-a for lunch.

 

 Back at home, she spent lots of time playing with her new toys and riding her bike.

After we picked up Tyler, we went to get her cupcake cake.  She wanted a horse cake.  I showed her several on Pinterest and she decided she liked the cupcakes made to look like a horse.  So after dinner, we had her cake.

Tyler wasn't impresses with the cupcake cake. He didn't think it looked like a horse.  Molly loved it so that was what mattered.  I think it's ok,maybe more like a pony.  It was supposed to be 27 regular cupcakes, but that was too many for just our family.  I had the lady make it with mini cupcakes. 

 

Right before we had dessert, her friend, Payton stopped by to wish her happy birthday.  They were headed to the school parking lot for Payton to practice riding his new bike.  We decided to go with.  I wasn't sure how Molly would do since she'd only been riding inside, but she was a pro and didn't need any help.

 As she went to bed that night, I asked her if she had a good birthday and she said-"it was great and so much fun."

15 Years

Today is our 15 year anniversary!  It's hard to believe it's been 15 years already!  We're looking forward to our Charleston, SC trip next month.  Tonight we're just going out to dinner and a movie.