Girls Night Out

Monday night my Mom and I, along with some friends, went to see Darius Rucker and friends benefit concert at the Wildhorse Saloon. The concert benefited St. Jude's Research Hospital.

There were six of us total. We had a great time. However, I failed to get a single picture of all of us. This is my friend Amie and I, not the greatest picture, but oh well.

 

Amie and I sat on the floor so we could see through the rails. We felt like little kids, but we were able to see.

 

Luke Bryan was one of the friends at the show. Most of us didn't realize he would be there, so we were a pretty excited table of ladies. I looked it up a while ago, but forgot who all would be there, so it was like being surprised again. I did manage to get multiple pictures of Luke. Priorities.

It was a great show. Each artist sang about three songs. Darius sang back up to at least one of each artists songs.

Darius opened and closed the show with some of his popular songs. The amount of people yelling "Hootie" was entertaining.

It was a great night of fun, laughing, and girl time.

Sleepover.

We had a special guest last  Saturday(4/27)  in our house. Noah spent the night while his daddy had some friends over to play video games for his birthday. 

 

My sister dropped him off around noon.

 

Brady and Noah immediately began playing together.
 

 

Somewhere around 2 or so, I decided they needed a nap. By 3, they finally both fell asleep.

After nap, they enjoyed a quick snack and jumped right back into playing.

They played and played.

Caleb grilled some chicken and veggies for us.

They had baths and got ready for bed.

We had thought we would let they boys camp out in he back yard. However, it was raining and storming so we had to have move the camp out indoors.



 

Caleb read them some books in the tent by flashlight.

 

 

Brady, Noah, and Presley had a great time! These two boys love each other so much! Noah was ready to come back immediately!

Color Run 2013

Last Saturday morning(the day before Easter) a few friends(and friends of friends, now new friends) and I participated in the Color Run in Nashville. We had "trained" some, but had really slacked off the past few weeks. We were not sure we would be able to run the entire thing, but were fine with that.

My friend Ana picked me up and we headed to Nashville. We were equal parts excited and nervous. This was our first 5K and we didn't know exactly what to expect.

 

We got there super early. It was good because we didn't feel rushed, but it was FREEZING! We were so ready to start moving, once we did, it was fine. But we froze waiting.

 

The entire team before.

 

 

 

My friend Stephanie and I ran together and managed to run until the finish line. We had to slow down during the color booth/check point things due to crowds. However, we ran the rest. We were so proud! Between the cheering staff, the colors everywhere, and high of completing it, we were so excited!

They give you these little packets to toss up at the end. We had to leave to get to Easter festivities. So Ana, Stephanie, and I had a sweet lady take some pictures of us and our color baggies. These are some of my favorite pictures.

 

 

 

We each wanted excited pictures in front of the finish line.

 

 

 

We found the rest of our friends and took an after group picture! We went over to the stage and after party for a minute, but like I said we had some Easter festivities to get to. So we snuck out. Next time hopefully it won't be Easter weekend and we can hang out a little more.

 

 

When we got back to the car, I looked in the mirror and the total ridiculousness of my face set in. The other girls didn't have it  all over their faces like I did. I shielded my face at each check point, or so I thought! Ha! I had to take a shameless selfie to capture the complete craziness.  I had already changed my shirt in an attempt to keep Ana's car clean. :)

 

All of our group did great! We had so much fun! We can't wait to do it again! It really is the happiest 5K on the planet!!!

 P.S. all of the color came off fairly easy, except for one pink patch in my hair. It is still there, nearly a week later! Ha!

Life

Here is some proof of recent happenings around here.

An upset Presley. I have no idea what was wrong, but for some reason I took a picture of this. Maybe to prove she isn't always a sweet, happy girl. She has moments of drama and when they come you know it! Just trust me on this.

One night last week, we had some severe weather with tornadoes. I was woken up very early(3-4 am) with the dreaded decision to decide to wake up the kids and take cover or let them sleep. Some of you may know/remember, our town had a bad tornado when Brady was about 4 months old. I killed a young mother and her new baby. I am not one to get scared, but I tend to be more cautious now with tornadoes. I woke them up and we took cover. Brady kept asking if he could just go back to bed. When I finally let him, his exact words were, "It didn't even thunder or lightening." The look on his face was hilarious and screamed crazy, paranoid lady. We didn't have any trouble, but some surrounding counties had some tornadoes.

4 am is not a good look for me. Wow!

Presley loves to get a hold of Brady's toys!

We spent a lot of time indoors, so Brady worked on his reading and writing.

I am not a preschool teacher nor do I want to be. Brady and I often don't do well in a formal "school" situation. We did well this particular day. Sometimes when I start to introduce "school" stuff, he pretends to be asleep. Not kidding, true story!

He got a little creative with some of his letter placement. He was able to sound out each word and "read" it.

Brady is always a superhero. You never know who it will be...

We had a play date last week with a friend of mine from High School and her sweet kiddos. Presley enjoying the baby area! In a month or two, she will LOVE this!

Brady and the trains.

The boys at the water station. Sweet Sophie was off playing house by herself. Girls will be girls.

Sweet pajama babies after bath one night. She is just crazy about him. Love this about them.

Same week of 70 degree weather and tornadoes, we had snow. Gotta love Tennessee weather. Brady was so excited, he had to get out in it. He couldn't even wait for breakfast.

It didn't last long, so we got out for an afternoon cookie snack! It isn't much, but it brings a little extra fun to our day.

The next day we got more snow and Caleb was home to play with Brady in it. Brady was so excited. He actually got to watch this snow fall. His excitement grew with each snowflake. So sweet.

We had to get a first snow pic of Presley. I took her right back in after this. She watched the boys play from the back door. She was more than content with that.

Brady is almost always the first person to hear Presley wake from her nap. He rushes in to check on her. This is what I found the other day. It warms my heart how much they love each other!

 

This is just a little glimpse of our life. Some days are crazy, some are long, some are fun, and some are over way too quickly. It is no where near perfect or easy, but I cherish each day I get to be home with my babies, even the ones where I want to run away screaming. Ha! Ha!

Weekend.

We had another busy, fun weekend.

Presley handled it like a champ, except for one not-so-little meltdown Saturday night. She can be my little diva baby sometimes, but most of the time she is super happy and sweet!

Brady, Presley, and I went to a birthday party Saturday morning. We made it and were only 10 minutes late. Success.

 

They had a backdrop and props. I had fun with the kids with this!

Brady had a blast at the party. It was a carnival theme. He loved the games. He was really, really good. You never know how a 3 year old will handle another kid getting gifts and all the attention, but Brady did wonderful. He even ate really well. That never happens at parties.

Presley also had a big time. She just took in all the big kids and getting to be outside. She loves outside. She and my friend Stephanie hung out in the shade for a while. Stephanie was 2 days past her due date at that point, so she was happy to sit with Presley. I thought I took a picture of them, but I must have not.


Saturday night Presley, Caleb, and I went to some friends house for some devotional time. Brady stayed with my parents by choice. We had a great time and Presley did so good until the ride back to my parents. Enter meltdown.

After church Sunday, we spent the day with family at my parents.

Quick picture of Presley before church. I always forget to take pictures of her before church. :(

Caleb was off work Monday and my friend Stephanie finally had her baby very early Monday morning. We went to visit them and meet baby Claire. She is so tiny! It makes Presley look so big!! It is amazing she was that small just a few weeks ago. We ran a few other errands before coming back home.

The rest of the day was recuperating from the weekend. I am always thankful for Mondays at home after busy weekends. :)

Play Date, Birthday, and Football

 We had a play date Friday morning. Stephanie had us all over, she is 39 weeks pregnant!!!! I think she was hoping it would encourage baby Claire to make her debut, but it didn't. The kids had a great time and we had some yummy lunch.

Saturday afternoon I was invited to 2 baby showers and 1 Birthday party. They were all at 2-4 pm. I didn't make it to the baby showers because the birthday party was for our niece Carleigh.

 

Brady, Presley, and I made the short trip to the party. Brady got to swim a little, we ate snacks and cake, Brady played games with the big boys, and we all watched Carleigh open her gifts. She is so cute and funny!!!

They had these petit fors last year at her party and they were so good. I was so hoping they would have them again and they did!!! I have waited all year for these. I may have taken one home with me. ;)

Carleigh loved all the attention. Last year she cried! Ha Ha! It is funny how much can change in a year.

We all came home to watch the UT/Florida game with daddy. I made some finger foods and we spent the night in cheering on the Vols! Unfortunately we lost, but it was still a good family night in.