St. Patricks day 2011

Haven woke up this morning with St. Paddys on her mind!

We love GREEN!

I love when we get to get together with friends and celebrate. Today was a day just for that!

Mrs. Ashley hosted us this year as we celebrated St. Patricks. We had many friends and it was so fun to see everyone in their green.

We made rainbow cupcakes to eat after lunch.

We Tie dyed Tshirts

Ate our green lunch. Ashley did a great job - the kids had rolled sandwiches using spinach wraps, cucumbers, grapes and veggie straws. The adults had split pea soup. And since Ashley is such an amazing cook, her split pea soup had everyone wanting more!

Rainbow cupcakes for dessert

And fun times playing with our friends!

What the Boys were up to

Besides celebrating Justus birthday, the boys were busy playing.

Justus got lots of new Legos, some of which were Ninjago Legos. Neil said he really enjoyed playing with them.

Neil also decided Justus was ready for a skateboard so he ordered him one. They had lots of fun playing with it

And with the box too, apparently :)

During the Super bowl party Mr. Jeff taught Justus how to use a juicer

Super fun times!

Justus Birthday Celebration

While I was gone, Neil and Justus got to celebrate Js 5 year old birthday.

We were blessed to have some friends offer to have a mini party for J. So Neil and Justus headed to Mrs Ashleys house and friends Reece, Merrick, Keegan and Josiah helped Justus celebrate.

Ashley cooked them dinner and Neil brought the cake.

Presents were opened.

There was a little bit of Pinata action (thanks to Gigi) and a whole lot of boy fun!

Then on Js actual birthday Gigi, Papa and Neil took Justus to Johns Incredible Pizza for some incredible birthday fun!

And as Neil said, Justus is officially a "hand-full!"

Some fun stuff about Justus

Since Ive been home, here is what Ive witnessed that Ive found really cool or super cute:

- on our way to Aunty Katies house, he randomly busted out a little jingle that went like this

I totally rock

I totally rock

I might be small

but I totally rock

- when I told him I signed him up for Kindergarten he started saying "KKKKKKKindergarten" with a cute little smirk on his face

- This morning he sounded out Crest on the toothpaste tube. All by himself. So cool!

More of What the Girls did

The first week of my moms appointments were all over the day. One day it was at 8:45, the next 1pm and so on. After that first week, all of the appointments were at 1pm.

One of the days that was early we finished up and headed to the big mall that is near her doctor. While there Haven got to ride the carousel. That is one of her favorite things to do!

Haven also colored a lot and I mean A LOT. We made Valentines to send to Daddy and Bro.

She was doing a good job writing her name.

More Valentine fun. Making and decorating a heart shaped cake.

We played outside - even when it was chilly

One night it even snowed. So we woke up to snow on the ground.
Happy Valentines!!



Lunch at Cracker Barrel - Yummy!
And cant forget our time with Friends. Here is a pic of Haven and her friend Zayden. They are super cute together. He is 6 mos older.

What the girls did

While in Alabama for 5 weeks, we went every week day with my mom to the doctor. Her doctor is an hour away. So each day we drove an hour there, went to the food court to have lunch. Sometimes we had to wait on my mom but mostly her appointment was finished by the time we were done eating. Then we drove the hour back home.

Haven watched lots of movies on my phone and I do believe she can quote much of the movie from Bambi, Lady and the Tramp and Beauty and the Beast.

When we got home Haven would go for quiet time and I would go for a run around my parents neighborhood while my mom rested inside.

In the mornings, Haven would play while my mom and I drank coffee and chatted.

Toward the end, Haven and I didnt go with my mom every day. The days were nice so we would stay home and play outside. My parents have deer that frequently walk by their house so we would look for deer tracks and do other fun stuff outside.

We are back

Haven and I flew in from Alabama on Saturday afternoon. It was such a nice day that our family had a great time hanging out outside just enjoying being together! Ill try to catch up on what was missed, but I have so much on my plate right now. Most importantly, getting J registered for KINDERGARTEN!!!!!