Camping Trip!!!

Well our camping trip went something like this....bugs, rain, frogs, tubing, food, bugs, rain, sun, rain, sun, bugs, hiking, crying, showers, bugs, rain, sun, sleeping, a random fever of 104.7, food, ice cream, cookies, cookouts, smores, hiking, rain, bugs, more food, laughing at 3:30 in the morning, waterfalls, rivers, tubing, scrapes, more food, boo-boos, more bugs, tubing, 12 people sleeping in one camper, bugs, laughing of little voices, 12 people trying to sleep a second night in a camper, bugs, more tubing, swimming, food, bugs, hiking, more hiking, swimming...did I mention bugs??? WOW did we have fun!!! Well, the trip started off a little rocky due to a major oversight on my part...but it all worked out lovely in the end. We stayed at a beautiful camp that had a lovely river that we could tube down, fish in, swim in and try to swim in the waterfalls!!! We had so much fun. We are so thankful for Scott and Nat and their four girls who travelled along with us. We are SO thankful for mom and dad's camper. It came in very handy during the few times in rained a little.

Olivia turns 2 and Maddie turns 1

It is hard to believe that last year this time Maddie was just born and Livvy was turning 1!!...NOW a year later I have a one year old and a two year old!! Time flies!! It was so nice to spend Livvy's birthday with my parents. We could not ask for a better Nana and Papa!! They were able to come over for supper and dessert. We are having a birthday party for all three of the girls in June since their birthdays are so close. Livvy was so excited to get Happy Birthday sang to them so many times on the phone by her friend Anna Kate and then Nana and Papa. Maddie was quite thrilled also when nana and Papa called and sang to her. What a joy to celebrate their birthdays. We have so much to be thankful for!! Such healthly, fun, energetic children!!!

Marissa and Cassie's graduation

We have had a busy time of graduations over the past few weeks. Marissa and Cassie both graduated!! Congrats to them!! We had their drop in party here at our house last week. We had a great turn out. Here are just a few pictures of the time we all had together!!

Cinderella!!!

Aleeza did get her dream come true when Nana bought us Cinderella tickets....I have never seen a child's eyes light up as much as hers did that night. She was thrilled beyond words. We went out on a girl's night just Nana, Aleeza and I. Out to eat first, then to see Cinderella then we ended it with a tradition that my parents did when I was little- after a performance we would go to the donut store and treat ourselves. So Aleeza and I did just that!! The play was amazing and the cast did a fabulous job!! Cinderella even went to Aleeza's future school- Bob Jones. Thanks Nana for a very memorable evening!! And thanks to Papa for picking Aleeza some gorgeous flowers to have on her first night out with the girls!!

Trip away....

A few weekends ago Brandon and I enjoyed celebrating our 6th anniversary in Pigeon Forge. We had a great time. It was very relaxing and much needed. His parents came down from NY and were able to spend some time with the girls while we were gone.

We visited Cades Cove and saw bears up close.. :), went to Dollywood and Dixie Stampede and did a lot of relaxing. Here are just a few pics of the trip.