Casey's Graduation Party

Linsey's brother, Casey, finished his masters. This is a picture of Linsey and I from the dinner party on Saturday.

Peanut Butter Face

This is what happens when we get to eat peanut butter...

Happy 4th

Mr. A is all boy

Aden went to Dr. Cheshier's on Monday for his 18-month well check. He just keeps growing - 34" tall and 28.3 lbs.

He's so full of energy... This week Miranda watched him during my tennis league. She taught him "ring around the rosies". Aden just loves the 'all fall down' part. He got a little too excited later in the week and fell down on the tile. We ended up with a busted and bleeding lip.

He also had a climbing accident at Jessica's and bumped his little head.

Hawaii Bound

Well, its official! We're going to Maui in August. James and I are both really excited. I'm not sure if baby A will be joining us or not. We are still contemplating the pros and cons. It would be such a long time to be away from him, that's for certain. James and I will be going with my mom and my friend Linsey and her family. It should be an amazing time and I can't wait!

Wild Wilderness Safari

Today James, Aden, and I went to the drive-thru zoo in Gentry, Arkansas. For those of you who aren't familiar with the zoo, they also have a petting area. In the petting-zoo area, there were several baby animals that you can hold and play with. They even had kangaroos! Here are some pics from our day.

More Animals...

Kangaroo's! Can you see the baby kangaroo's legs hanging out of the momma's pouch in the second photo? Too cute.

Lazy Saturday

We had a very lazy Saturday. I actually did try to work on the house some - organizing and cleaning out closet, but only left once to go to Starbucks. Here's a picture of Aden playing with his toys.

Houston/Galveston Trip

We took a family mini vacation to Houston and Galveston 5/27 - 6/1. It was also Aden's very first air plane ride. We flew first class on the outbound segment, so that was a special treat.

Here is Aden at the airport and then with his "cat" on the plane.

We stayed in Houston the first night both because we had a late flight in and I really wanted to go to the Galleria the next morning. After spending several several hours at the mall, we headed to our condo in Galveston.

Fun Outdoors

Our condo in Galveston

Juggling

So, lately I have been trying to juggle all of life's daily obligations (*working, mothering, playing wife) and adding a few more into the mix. I will be so happy once J is finished with school so that he won't be working nights anymore. Only about another year and a half.

Anyway, I found a great site for recipes and I'm looking forward to trying all of them out. There are a lot of interesting and yummy new things to experiment with. You can find a link to the blog at the bottom of my page. It's called Picky Palate.

Hope everyone is doing well. We're looking forward to next Tuesday when we head off for Houston/Galveston!

Meinardus Photography Photo Session...

We had our pictures made on May 3rd. Here are some of the proofs from the session!