Mother's Day

Mother's Day 2011

Mike did a great job to make it my day. The kids were sure that donuts in bed would be a great start so that is what we did (Mike and I went to bed last night w/ sprinkles all over the sheets). We went to church then Mike made a great lunch off the grill. We spent the rest of the day hanging out and playing outside. My kids are amazing and I love them so much. I am truly blessed!My sweet precious Landon

Take from a card Landon made at school:

Five words to describe my mother:
1. fun, 2. nice, 3. cool, 4. funny, 5. athletic

Four things my mom does best are:
1. sewing, 2. cooking, 3. running, 4. planning parties

Two of my mother's favorite things to do are:
1. read, 2. sewing

My mom really likes it when:
I read to her

Two things I want to tell my mom are:

"you are a good party planner. You are nice"My little princess and gal pal

Mr Cool Cat all decked out for church

Spring in the park April 2011

My sweet angels

Lauren 6yo

Landon - 7yo

Big and Little brother

Laken was distracted by pointing at the water

The picture I wanted..... it has "our verse" that we say each morning on the way to school
This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24

Easter 2011

Easter 2011

It is raining outside but we continue to enjoy and celebrate this GREAT day that reminds us of God's INCREDIBLE love for us.

We attended church as a family at Asbury and then our families came over afterwards for dinner. It was a wonderful day.

Our Family

Landon

Lauren

Laken being silly

Hooray for Easter Baskets

Kids looking through Easter baskets

My handsome boys

Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Egg Hunt 2011
Lauren 6, Landon 7, Laken 22mo

Landon is a pro and ready to go with his new Easter basket
Lauren all dressed up for the funLaken wasn't sure what to do at first but caught on real quick and then began strutting around and picking up his eggs. It was adorable

Loves his girl

Daddy and Lauren

Mike adores Lauren and it is a relationship I don't think he could have ever prepared for or dreamed of. That little girls just thinks the world of her daddy and counts on him and looks up to him and plays with him and LOVES him. She will always take care of him and I tell him that is his ticket out of a nursing home one day.

Example of good ole daddy-daughter time

MORE CANDID SHOTS

For 2011, Mike has asked me to start taking more "candid" shots and not so posed. Well this is what that looks like..............

Basketball 2011

Upward Basketball

Landon and Lauren are both on Upward basketball teams this winter. This is Landon's 3rd season to play and Lauren very first one.Coach Dad and Landon (The Nugget team)

Landon - This year he seems to be playing a little less timid and has made several baskets.

Lauren Lauren has 5 girls on her team (4 on 4). Her 2 good friends (Kirsten Clary and Gentry Baldwin) are also on the team. The first game was one of my most memorable days ever. At the beginning of the game, both teams went down and back on the court and seemed pretty clueless on how the game goes. After a few minutes, a light bulb went off and the girls started getting the gist of the game. It was so sweet to see Lauren hug Gentry after Gentry made a goal and for Lauren to be equally happy for her friends to score as herself. I was sitting under the goal (along side grandparents) and when Lauren made her first goal, she looked right at me with the biggest smile and look of achievement. She ran right over and hugged me and then started to hug each grandparent beside me. After that, she had a "fire" in her eye that I could tell she meant business. It was a great day! It was fun to share with Gentry's whole family because we all know then and they are know us and Lauren.

I will admit that I had given Lauren and Landon some tips from my old playing days since basketball was my passion for many many years. We worked on rebound, fast break, and shooting the ball. I think my lessons paid off (don't tell dad i am taking the credit, after all he is there coach).

The DREAM TEAM