Everyone loves Harley!

Michael and Katy came down for a visit (and delicious seafood) and brought Harley with them, much to the delight of Quinn and Tyndale....poor thing! She managed to live through all of the "love," and I'm sure that she will look forward to the next visit.

Lucy's 4th

Quinn and I had such a fun time at her friend Lucy's 4th bday party. She had a Fancy Nancy theme, and her mom Jenny went ALL OUT! It was precious!! She had manicures, a boutique shop where they could get boas, lip gloss, and some candy jewels. The girls made bracelets and then had a visit from Fancy Nancy herself. They also had delicious food and "tea" served to them by Lucy's brother and friend...dressed as waiters, of course! Then they followed that all up by having cake and parfaits...what an "elegant" party, as Nancy would say!

You can call me a flower if you want to......

I LOVE this picture....even though Brad thinks it looks "girly"...haha! This is the look Tyndale gives when he is shy and I think it is darling!! Had to share....

impromptu beach trip

We had a very exciting weekend in Gulf Shores. Quinn, Tyndale and I were on our way out the door to go to the Country Club on Friday morning, and Brad called to say that we were going to head to the beach instead! So we kept our bathing suits on and packed up for the trip. We had perfect weather, a perfect beach, a perfect house and the perfect company! It could not have been a better introduction to the fun summer ahead.

Lily picture 2009

Time again for our Lily picture... this year we have TWO darlings in it! We take a picture every year when this lily blooms because it was a sweet gift from a very special friend!

Tutu cute!

Quinn had a ballet recital last night and she did a wonderful job! She twirled and danced with the best of them! (You may remember the practice recital around Christmas? Where she just stood in one place with BunBun? Well....we have come leaps and bounds from that...excuse the pun) All the girls had so much fun.

Field Day

Quinn had a super fun Field Day to celebrate the end of the school year. They had several different events set up: a race, limbo, ring toss, hula hoop, sack race...and the list goes on! Then afterward, they all sang happy birthday to the kids with the summer birthdays and ate cake and ice cream! Wow...we are going to miss school this summer!

baby calf

Landon's dad brought a calf to school last week for the kids to bottle-feed...how fun! That was one seriously big bottle, and the calf drank two of them! Quinn had been talking about the calf coming for two weeks, so it was a very exciting morning.

Milestones

Tyndale had quite a week this week! First, he started sitting up on his own...look how proud he is! Then we noticed that his first tooth was peeking through! I tried to capture a picture of it, but you can't really tell. I will get a better shot when it is really out. Such a happy boy!

Meme and Gee visit

Meme and Gee came by for a quick visit right after Easter. Elusive Gee somehow was able to escape from the Mamarazzi in our house...but don't worry....we will get a picture of him next time! Quinn had the most fun playing memory and go fish with the new Care Bear cards that they brought her.

Field Trip to Global Wildlife

Quinn's class had a field trip to Global Wildlife in Louisiana and it was so fun!!! We saw (and fed) fallow deer, reindeer, bulls, water buffalo, llamas, and ostriches. We saw giraffes, and usually they come to eat, but this particular day, they were not interested. It was not long before a huge reindeer took the entire food cup out of Quinn's hands (see video), but we had more, so it didn't slow us down!

Easter Bunny...Take Two...

Ok, that's much better! EB had a little issue with the suit...quickly fixed, but we are all still laughing! We had our 4th Annual Easter egg hunt at our house this year, and it was so much fun! We had perfect weather...could not have been better. We decided to have an airhorn start this year, in order to keep the 200 or so kids on the same page. It seemed to work pretty well for most, but it scared Quinn to death...so much so that she cried through the whole egg hunt, and only got one egg! She recovered eventually, and had a ball for the rest of the day.

Easter Bunny...Take One....

Ummmm......

Quinn's Easter Party

We celebrated Easter with Quinn's class yesterday with a fun party! They had an egg hunt and a picnic, and we all enjoyed the beautiful weather. Our family has been getting over the stomach flu, and we are all finally feeling better....just in time for our Easter and our egg hunt this weekend!

Few Random Pictures

I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I would upload a few random pictures from around the house. As you can see, Tyndale is growing so fast! He really enjoyed visiting (and drooling on, apparently) his Aunt Lindy! Quinn tried on her fabulous swimsuit that Uncle Michael and Ms. Katy gave her for her birthday and she can't wait to go swimming in it! Last night was such a beautiful evening, that we cooked out with Big Daddy and Gimmie. You can see them dancing in the video...too fun! Quinn set the table herself, complete with flowers and placecards! I just remembered something funny that Q said to me the other day as we were riding in the car... I was asking her questions, and she said, "Mama, I am trying to do my sticker book and you are ear-in-tatin' me!" Where do they learn this stuff??