Random Happenings

Random happenings around our home recently...

 

Lily loves these glasses!  She thinks they are hilarious (which I admit, they kind of are!)

 Mia rockin' her cowgirl look!

 Liz, Mia and I had lunch at McEntyre's Bakery one day; Mia couldn't resist this cookie for her dessert choice.

 The girls were excited to go bike riding one beautiful day.

 Zooming all around!  While watching them, we realized Lily's bike was way too small for her.  We picked out a new one for her that afternoon, and had it shipped to the house.  When it arrived, we tried putting it together but realized one of the pieces was bent and wouldn't work; they are sending a replacement piece.  Lily, however, was devastated. She cried for several minutes in her bed and then explained to me "I was so patient for it to get here and then it didn't work!  I don't know if I can be patient again!"  Poor, sweet girl.  We're still waiting on the new part, but I have promised her it will be worth the wait.

 Mia's drawing last week of Dr. King.

 Lily is servant of the day tomorrow, and they are supposed to bring a favorite fruit/vegetable to class, explain how it grows, have a fun fact about it and bring some for the class to sample.  Lily is very excited to bring carrots and tell everyone how royalty used to decorate their hats with carrot tops.  She also drew this picture today to explain the growing process.  To explain...first a small seed is planted, then it rains which helps it grow a little...next the sun helps it grow a lot then a girl digs it out of a hole and then enjoys it with her meal.  Pretty cute huh?

 Mia painted this picture while home with Liz one day.  It's meant to look like the beautiful lanterns that light up in the Rapunzel movie.

 Don't know why I can't get this picture to rotate,but I wanted to put it in because I just love that it says "To: My Mom."  Love when Lily writes "my mom!"

I also love that she is practicing her handwriting!  Who wouldn't love coming home to a note like this?!

A Visit with Grandpops and Grandma Jan

We were so glad that Grandpops and Grandma Jan came to visit for a weekend just after the new year.  The girls couldn't wait for this special treat!  They arrived late Thursday evening, but we picked them up from their hotel on Friday morning and headed down to the Children's Museum.  The girls had been asking to go for awhile, and this seemed like a great time.  There were few people there which was nice; I think everyone enjoyed it.

Lily was stuck to Grandma Jan.  She wanted to stay right by her side.

Mia wanted to wander into different areas than Lily, so I stayed with her most of the time.  We would all circle back around to David and Ryan every so often.  She had a blast fishing, grocery shopping, milking the cow and playing in the weather center.

Both girls enjoyed the mechanical area of the museum this time.

After the museum we headed into Midtown for lunch at F20 but it was ridiculously packed, so we headed next door to a little pizzeria and enjoyed that.  We headed home for nap time, and then met up with them a little later for dinner at South City Kitchen in Smyrna.  It was a great day!

On Saturday morning, unfortunately David wasn't feeling well, so they actually spent the morning resting.  They came over later in the day though, and we enjoyed spending time together and eating dinner at home.

The girls were quite excited when they learned that we got to have another Christmas celebration with them!  The girls loved all their awesome gifts.  Lily was super thrilled with her new Rapunzel tower where you can paint with water on the wall.  Mia was beyond happy about her new Bucky boat and Jolly Roger boat (both from Jake and the Neverland Pirates).  She also got a fireman truck set that she loved.  They received several other gifts too (including the most adorable cowgirl hat, belt and boot sets); we have had too much fun the last couple of weeks enjoying all these gifts!

What a wonderful weekend!

Happy Anniversary to Us!

Today marks 11 years of marriage for Ryan and me.  We have a pretty low-key celebration this year; we enjoyed going to see the movie Lincoln earlier today, and we're heading to dinner at Rathbun's pretty soon.  This has become our favorite restaurant, so we're looking forward to it.  Liz took the girls to Birmingham for the weekend, so she could work at a church event which we greatly appreciated.  Ryan actually had a deacon's retreat last night, so I enjoyed a nice quiet evening and morning at home by myself.  I'm glad we're together and able to celebrate today though.  I am so lucky to be married to my best friend.  I look forward to seeing what's in store for our family this year!