Madera Wine Trail

For Mothers day Neil got his mom and me tickets to do the Madera Wine Trail. He also got his Dad a ticket and Neil was our designated driver so he got to come along for free.

Our good friend Michelle offered to watch the kids so we were good to go!

We hit up 4 wineries.

The first stop was Ficklin

Next we hit Cru, then on to Quady Winery

And our last stop was Château Lasgoity

Thanks Neil - it was a great time!

Toes

Whenever my mom comes for a visit she always treats us girls to a pedicure. It is my mom, myself, my sis and two nieces - Kaleigh and Ali- that go.

This time, I felt Haven could come with us for a polish only trip. She really enjoys having her nails done at home so I knew she would at least be able to sit still for a little polish change.

Well, when we got there, they sat us all in our own chair with foot bath including Haven - all in a row. When Haven saw that all the big girls were getting bubbles in their foot bath, she wanted some too.

Thankfully my mom didnt mind paying for a pedicure for a 3 year old, so Haven indeed got a pedi and not only that, but a mani too (with sparkles!). My this girl....spoiled indeed!

So she did great sitting there like a little princess being taken care of. :)

Pics of Haven

Big girl toes (Haven was in quiet time)

Thanks Mom!

Happy Mothers Day

Today we celebrated Mothers Day and I have to say it was a GREAT day.

Neil took good care of me this morning as I rushed off to church since I had greeting duty. My mom came with him and the kids so we got to spend the morning worshiping together.

Afterwards I went with my Mom, Sis, Kaleigh and Ali to Afternoon Tea. We always enjoy getting to do this together - I think its one of my Moms favs.

Then after a relaxing afternoon, Neil finished up preparing our dinner and we celebrated with Neils mom AKA GiGi.

What a wonderful day!

Happy Anniversary - #6

A tribute to the Man of my Dreams. Today - 6 years ago - my many prayers were answered and I was married to Neil.

My prayer was Matthew 7:11:

If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

I prayed for Gods good gift in a husband.....and along came Neil. Praise the Lord!

Eclipse Party

Last night Rhianna and I hosted an Eclipse party.

I really just forgot to take pictures once everyone was there, but I did get lots of the decorations.

Pretty much we ate...

Drank....
Played games...

And took home some favors.
Oh and watched the movie too. Good times!

Getting crafty - chocolate style

Neil was so nice to volunteer my services to make some cake pops for his works Admin Appreciation day.

Neil did help me with some steps, most importantly with the rolling of the balls. That was a BIG help.

So I watched an online video and read lots of articles on how to make them into pops. Id done just cake balls before, but never pops.

I found the key is to make sure to dip the stick in the melted chocolate first before inserting it into the ball.

The other key is patience. Not my best virtue when people are not involved.

I thought they turned out pretty good if I do say so myself!

Easter Day

This was the first year I put Haven in a fancy dress. Other years she of course was super cute, but this year was the itchy, fancy dress year. And she looked so cute!

Justus is always dapper.

After some picture taking we headed to Church.

Then on to Aunt Katies house for food and fun.

The Big Hunt that the Mendenhalls put on is eggs filled with $$$. Money money money!!

Some eggs had up to $20 in them - Oh my!

Haven scored a $5 bill, but overall each of my kids got about $10. That is a pretty big haul for a 3 and 5 year old.

My favorite was when after Haven put all her change in her piggy bank she asked if she could put her dollars in my wallet. Yes, yes of course Baby, thats perfect ;) We have a Starbucks date planned for soon so they can spend their $5 in dollars they got. Im sure they will be getting a small toy as well.

Haven had a little drama at the end of the day. Time to take these kids home!

Happy Easter!!!