Surprise!!

Last week my wonderful husband turned 30 (hehe) and to help him celebrate I got some friends together for what was supposed to be a surprise party...would have been nice if traffic had been better, but we still had fun. It also would have been nice if it hadn't been so windy so that the (30) candles on his cake would have stayed lit, but again...it was alright! I ended up spending most of the party on the playground with the kids, so that's where I got most of the pictures, but hey, it's all about them anyway on here right?

His party was Friday night and then Saturday we drove over to Houston for Trey's surprise graduation party, so we had a weekend full of surprises! In reality, it was a weekend full of really good food and lots of cake and Hershey bar pie (yummy!!) so it was all good! Here are the few pictures I managed to get and happy late birthday Brandon!!!!

A Boy and a Girl

We were blessed to be able to spend time with some wonderful friends this past weekend. Brandon's best friend since childhood, Trey, graduated from his Master's program and his wonderful wife Christi threw a surprise party for him to celebrate so we loaded up and drove over to Houston to help them celebrate. We're so proud of both of them and happy to have them as friends!

While we were getting ready for church yesterday, I took a quick picture of Timothy and Elyssa (the two of them are just just a few weeks apart) and I was telling Christi that I was pretty sure I had a picture of the Timothy and Elyssa from almost every time we've all been together in the past four years...so I had to check today and share them with you all.

Hopefully one day these will make either great blackmail or wedding photos :) They had both grown from cute little babies into cute little preschoolers, love them both!!

Preschool Program

Timothy's preschool had their graduation program tonight and even though Timothy wasn't graduating, his class still got to perform. I got a video of the songs they sang but I'm having trouble getting it to load, so I'll add it in later. I was able to get a picture of him with one of his teachers, but we couldn't find the other one once the program ended. He really has had such a great year there, his teachers were wonderful, and he learned so much. We can't wait for him to go back next year and I'm just hoping I can keep from bawling at graduation next year!!

Brother Sister Photo Shoot

I tried to get a picture of them together, it didn't work out too well...Charlotte didn't want to hand over her half-eaten waffle and Timothy was making a lot of silly faces...but this is as good as it gets around here!
And then we introduced Charlotte to ring around the rosy (which she LOVES) and I got a couple shots of them playing together, fun times!!

Sea World!

We finally got Sea World passes this year and took the kids last week on Brandon's day off. They both loved it and we did too! Charlotte really liked the sea lion show, Timothy wasn't too crazy about any of the shows, I think they were a little loud for him. They both loved the kiddie splash park and Timothy loved climbing up the pirate ship with daddy. Charlotte's favorite part was watching the dolphins, she laid on the wall for such a long time just watching them, I think mostly because she was hot and tired, but she did get excited when one came up close to the wall. They're both excited to go back, and Timothy is convinced that when he's finished with swimming lessons this summer that he'll be able to swim with Shamu, I told him we'll see :)

Watching the sea lions...they both weren't too sure what to think at the beginning!

This is how Charlotte looked during most of the shows...happy to be there and see the animals!

And this was how Timothy looked when he wasn't covering his ears...cautious and not too sure about what to think...but still enjoying himself :)

Look at that whale!! And yes, we sat on the top row, mostly because I was worried about Charlotte sitting for that long and I knew they would freak out if they got wet...and partially because I have a fear of deep water and whales...

Brandon and Timothy climbing to the top!

And while they climbed, Charlotte entertained herself by climbing all over the rocks...not sure why that seemed like fun to her, but she enjoyed it! Can't wait to go back soon!!

This Is How We Do It!!

Apparently, this is how we eat yogurt in our house...Brandon and I fight over who has to clean her up on yogurt nights (and spaghetti nights), and to be fair, he usually wipes her down!!

Her Happy Place

Charlotte's new favorite place to play is on Timothy's bed. She loves to lay down and pretend like she's "nite nite" and play with all his animals. I'm so not ready for her to be in a big girl bed yet though, so she'll just have to be content with playing on his bed for now! Timothy figured out how to climb out of his crib a little before his second birthday and I'm hoping it takes her longer than that to become a little climbing monkey...we do have her big bed already though, still have to get mattresses, but it's in our room, ready and waiting. I'm hoping it can be a Christmas present? I'll keep her in the crib as long as we can!! Anyway, here are some cute pics of her playing on Timothy's bed!