A little of this and a little of that

We all ventured to Winchester, TN with Chris this past weekend! He had to work and we decided to go with him...to check out the town. They were having their annual Dogwood Festival. We had a grea time!



We had a great time at the festival! Once we were done with our funnel cakes and petting zoo...we got a little silly! We had a great time making silly faces and the boys became "TP Ninjas"!





Last but not least, our sweet Tucker is starting to try to talk/sing more! This video just melts my heart.

May 2010

May has been a VERY crazy month for us! First, Cooper has started his swim lessons and has been doing AMAZING! We are so proud of how far he has come. Tucker and Cooper think that the goggles are the coolest things ever, so they where them all the time! The pic of them with them on is one of my favorites!







My parents came up for a week and we had a great visit! We got to enjoy some wonderful family time and get to listen to some great live music.





Nashvile unfortunately suffered from devastating floods!! Many people lost all of their belongings and their homes. We were so lucky that we didn't have any flooding or damage! We are SO thankful. Here are some pics of how bad it really was. If you look close at the picture with the horse, that is a barn in the background. The water was almost to the very top of the roof. The other pic is of my bank!

April 2010

Easter was so wonderful! We traveled to St. Louis to spend the holiday with Chris' brother Jimmy and his family. My in-laws were able to come up too. The kids had the best time.....but we were so busy I forgot to take pics! LOL....this is the best I have. Ha!

The weather has been so BEAUTIFUL here that we have had many days of playing at the park. The boys are too cute! They are really starting to play well together and becoming such little buddies.

March 2010

We have been MIA for so long! I have tons to update you with. So...pardon the GAZILLION updates tonight! In March we were fortunate enough to visit our best buddies, The Egans, in South Bend! It had been a few months since the boys got to see eachother, so it was so much fun! They of course picked up right where they had left off. I don't think Jen and I stopped talking the entire time I was there! We are counting down the days til we can see our "family" again!

Videos......they speak for themselves! So cute

We are SO proud to announce that Tuck took his first steps today......on his 15 month birthday! We are so excited and can't believe how far he has come!!!! YEAH Tuck!


Tuck is starting to try and say some words. Some of them are much easier to make out then others. I think I try to turn them into something that they remotely sound like. LOL!

Thankfully Tucker is still small enough to fit into our kitchen sink. I think he looks so cute in here! I never want him to grow up!


Until our next funny adventure,
Amanda

Bed head and snow!

Tuck's hair is starting to get pretty crazy. It is very thin and whispy, so in the mornings it is SO funny! All over the place. Take a look for yourself.

• He will probably kill me for this when he is 15, but I thought it was hilarious!
  
  It has snowed here for the past couple of days. Roads are very icy, so we have been on house arrest! We are all getting a little stir crazy, but we did have some fun in the Winter Wonderland. Tuck wasn't too sure about the cold on his hands, but Coop and I had a great time throwing snowballs at eachother!
  

Latest Cooper Funny Moments:

Cooper is very infatuated with his penis lately (hope I am not offending anyone, just too funny to pass up posting). He is constantly naked playing with himself. So one day I asked him, "Why do you do that?". His response was "Because God made hands". It was so matter of fact and he seemed shocked that I didn't know this. VERY funny!

Cooper and I were sitting in front of the tv the other day. He looked at me and asked. "Mom, do you know how to say ravioli in Spanish?". I thought, wow, he is really learning a lot from watching Dora and Diego. I said, "No ,Coop, I don't know how to say that. How do you say ravioli in Spanish?". He says "Chef Boyardee!". I was laughing SO hard! Don't have a clue where he learned that, but he had me rolling!

Until the next funny thing happens,

Amanda

New Year's Resolutions

I know.....I know.....I set these every year and they end up getting broken! Some right away and others I make a valiant effort and then eventually succumb to giving in. For some reason, this year feels different. I don't know if it is because I am another year older (and MUCH more mature LOL) or I am realizing that the older I get, the faster time seems to go. So I don't want to waste another moment! Carpe Diem! So, with that said, here is my 2010 list:

• Give more to my church
• Have more patience with my children (not only am I getting older...but they are too in just a blink of an eye)
• Get back to our roots of date night at LEAST once a month...hopefully more
• Doing things right away. I have a big problem with "doing things later". Later just never seems to come.
• Eating healthier! Both for me and my children. The quick fixes are SO easy, but not necessarily the healthiest.
• Letting people know I am thinking about them (making phone calls and writing little notes)
• Being more organized....and MAINTAINING it! I feel like I am forever organizing, but that I am continuously doing the same thing, AGAIN AND AGAIN!
• Get back into hobbies (running, reading, etc) and trying new ones. I just signed up for a sewing class and I am really looking forward to it!
• Cooking a new recipe once a week. Got any good ones?

I know...the list is crazy long. Might not be realistic, but I am going to give it a try!

What are your resolutions? Maybe I can get ideas from you to add to mine! Ha Ha Ha!

Until next time,

Amanda