Easter

This Easter, my cousin Chad and his family were visiting from Thailand, so we went to my aunts house and had a birthday party/Easter egg hunt and cookout! It was Chad's son and daughter's birthday recently, so we celebrated. The kids had a great time! I remember hunting eggs with my cousins when we were little at my grandmothers and now our kids are hunting. We also spent Easter at my Granny and Papa's house eating dinner. The boys decorated eggs at our house. They loved dyeing them and putting stickers on them.

Ben at his school with the Easter bunny

Dyeing eggs

Finished eggs

Jake and Ben's baskets

Granny and I

Ready for the egg hunt with cousins

Sarah, me, Wendy and Candice

Somchai and Amy's cutie Lex!

Cloe, Jake and Ben

Spring Break Destin

I have been very behind on blogging, so I thought I would try and catch up!

In April, we took a little trip during Spring Break. We thought we would head down to the most beautiful beaches ever in Destin, FL. The sand is so white and the water so blue! IT was gorgeous, but a little chilly too! We had a great time! The boys loved playing in the waves and swimming in the indoor/outdoor pool. We also went to a little carnival, a playground called Pirate Island, and we even fed alligators!

Beautiful beaches

Fudpuckers

Feeding the alligators

Jake playing on the beach

Playing at Pirate's Island

At the Carnival

Jake's birthday!

I am so behind on the blog! We celebrated JAke's 5th birthday February 16th. That following weekend we had his party at Chuckee Cheese's. He loves the games there, so that is where he wanted to have it. I can't believe he is 5. He is such a sweet, funny, smart, well behaved little guy. I could go on, but you get the message. We love him so much!

Birthday boy with Mommy and Daddy

Mimi and Papa

Nana and Daddy

Jake with his wood making projects from Mimi and Papa. He loves making things.

In the token capsule

Singing Happy Birthday

Monster truck cake

Party Time!

Jake with Chuckee

Ben riding a ride with his cousins Dylan and Cole

Jake opening gifts from Nana

Here we "snow" again?!!

What a crazy week to live in Georgia! Late Sunday night, we started getting snow and it snowed all night! The next morning we had about 5 to 6 inches. I know my northern friends are laughing, but for Georgia, that is a big deal! For some reason we still don't know how do deal with the snow/ice on roads. The stores become packed and even run out of items. It was a beautiful snow, but it has been 3 days at home now. We went out the first day and tried a couple of homemade sleds, but not much luck with that. We stayed in yesterday since it was sooooo cold! I did make some snow ice cream, which was delicious. I don't think we have had this much snow and this many day out of school/work since 1993. It iced over on Monday and Tuesday. The sun has finally come out today! so maybe this stuff will melt and not freeze over again. The temps. are still very low though.

Ben in a box

Outside our front door

Ben loves picking up the snow and throwing it. He then yells "snowball"

Jake and Lee trying out the diaper box sled.

The Pink Pig!

If you grew up in Atlanta, then you have heard of The Pink Pig. It has been around since my parents were kids. I rode it when I was little. It used to be downtown and the ride was much different then. Now it is at Lenox Mall every Thanksgiving/Christmas time. This year we finally made it down to ride with the boys and my parents. It was the last day it would be there. It isn't really that great of a ride, but it is a tradition I wanted to start with Jake and Ben.

Jake with his ticket to ride

Lee, Papa, Jake, and a sleeping Ben in front of the sign telling the history of the Pig

This man is sitting in the ride. The pig behind him is the original ride.

I rode it as a child.

Priscilla the Pig

Waiting in line for a 2nd time

Happy New Year 2011!

On New Years Eve, Mimi and Papa kept the boys while Lee and I went out to dinner. Lee's mom gave us a gift certificate for La Grotta. It was soooo good! I highly recommend it. Our dinner was on the late side and since it was 4 courses, we didn't get out of there until around 11:30. Then we just came home to catch the very end of Dick Clark's special on tv.

The restaurant gave us noise makers and these hats.

I knew the boys would love them!

White Christmas

It snowed on Christmas day this year! The first time in over 100 years! It was beautiful, white, powdery snow! We went out and played for a bit the next day at Mimi and Papa's.