Zoo America

We went to Zoo America in Hershey...which wasn't all that..but the kids liked it. Easton got all his curls cut off...I miss them now and want them back!!! Oh, and Ryan and Amanda moved into an upstairs apartment so they took our sectional couch because theirs wouldn't fit. Now our other room has become a playroom...Tristan threw a FIT because I took our 32" tv out of there and bought a 19" for them...the 32" is now in my bedroom and everytime he goes in there he gets mad haha!

Hotel & Hershey

More pics of our trip...our hotel had a nice pool for the boys to swim in while Mommy & Brin hit the hot tub lol. We wanted to go to Hershey park, but it doesn't open up until May 1st. So, we went to the Hershey Factory...which was a money pit really...so we did the free ride that was really cool and learned how Hershey chocolate is made.

Cabelas

We left the day after tax season to go visit Jimmy's parents in PA. We stayed there Fri. and Sat. and by Sun. we were on our way to Cabelas!!! Let's just say we got there at 11am and didn't leave until 6pm!!!!

Brinley was giving me kisses..or at least trying to lol.

My adorable Brinley "whoo"...she got dressed up to go out to dinner for her mommy and daddy's 7th wedding anniversary at Tassones for all you can eat crab legs!

My not so little ones <3

Easter Sunday 2010

Sunday

It's been nice to actually go to church together on Sunday. Jimmy always had to be in church for meetings, so I would have to get all 3 kids ready and meet him there. Life is so much easier having him home in the morning! I took the kids to my field trip at the YMCA last Friday. We were the first in line to get these balloon swords, and somehow we were STILL standing there 20 min. later!
I don't know how appropriate this picture is, but I swear, it's a SWORD hahahaha!

Finally I have carpet!!!

Well, we put our addition on 2 years ago and cost WAY more than expected! As many people know, we had NO carpet in our bedroom...which wasn't terrible because we just kept the door closed all the time LOL. We decided to use some of our tax money and buy carpet!!! Woohoo :) It's the simple things that make me happy haha! Our house is slowly coming together, we still need to put trim inside..UGH...at least the majority of the new addition is now finished...oh and we still haven't touched our ceilings yet LOL...that'll be a while! I still laugh when I look at our closet/bathroom!!! It definitely was NOT planned that way...it was supposed to be a nice, big walk-in closet...after it was framed in, we decided to put a sink and toilet in..then have the closet in the back...well...last minute we said...let's put a stand-up shower in too...which made things hard because the only place the shower could go was against the back wall...needless to say..now you have to walk through a closet-type area to get to the bathroom LOL...at least it's just our bathroom and no one uses it but US!

My kiddos are growing fast STILL...Brinley is now 13 months old and not walking yet! Over the past day or so she has been taking little steps by herself though. She is so high-energy that she just stands and tries to RUN or drops to the floor to crawl as fast as she can to get to something because she's nosey. Easton is talking WAY too much now! He is still shy in public though...but at home he's getting annoying haha! Tristan is a spoiled little boy....way spoiled..I shouldn't complain because I made him that way. He's the king of the house because Jimmy is barely here during tax season from Jan. to April...so Tristan runs the house pretty much. Tristan and Easton are just starting to fight over things and argue..I'm in for it! Brinley is not talking yet...she just babbles and yells...then screams when she wants something..like FOOD!

We are planning on celebrating Easter this year at Austin and Crystal's house with the Drake fam...tax season is ALMOST over and then our lives can be back to normal...with a Daddy that's home on Sat.'s and and more during the week...since he leaves the house by 5am and doesn't get home until 11ish at night...so the kids will be excited to actually see their Daddy other than on Sun. That's all I got for now, Syracuse plays in the NCAA tournament tonight at 7pm and miraculously Jimmy will be home to watch it...so we're taking advantage and ordering some Mama G's :) Go SU!

Kiddo Updates

I was in Brinley's room & I kept hearing sounds like something unwrapping, so I went out and found Easton with a whole bag of chocolate!!! He is the most mischevious kid I swear. He's into EVERYTHING!!!

Here's the kids opening Brinley's presents on her birthday.

Brinley's real First Birthday was Saturday. My friend Lynn made her a cute giant cupcake LOL. So, since we normally go to dinner for birthdays...we took her to Ruby Tuesday's for lunch..I mean..hey she is only ONE haha! My Mom, Ryan & Amanda came with us minus Jimmy because he was working. We decided to let her have her cake at Rubys and everyone probably thought I was nuts! This little outfit is almost identical to the one she wore home from the hospital when she was born...except her newborn one had a cherry and this one had a strawberry.

Tristan & Easton got new bedding...and Easton finally got his big boy bed. Tristan is obsessed with Batman..and all Easton kept saying was "Spi-aa-maan"..so here they are with their new beds.