A Welcome Weekend

After non-stop traveling and a couple of weekends filled w/ showers, parties, and events it is a nice welcome to have nothing going on this weekend. The kids and I were able to just take it easy. We had dinner and visited w/ friends and even had my nephew Ethan over last night for a slumber party. Kaden and Kendall have enjoyed snuggling and have started a new morning ritual of drinking their juice/milk on the couch together while watching toonies. Keith is out of town at work and will play in a golf tournament all day tomorrow so it will be a nice welcome to have him back home on Tuesday. We will start to plan for our upcomming trips to Phoenix, AZ and Charleston, SC.

Kendall turns 9 months

Kendall turned 9 months old this past Thursday. She went to the doctor for her check up and weighed in at 18lbs 8oz. (50%) and was 29" (75%). She is now on the move...scooting, crawling and pulling up and has cut her third tooth and the fourth is right behind that one. Such a sweet baby girl and she gets complements wherever she goes as she truly looks like a living baby doll. She has started to say more, bubba, and no in addition to mama and dada. She also gives kisses, especially to her brother bear.

Annual Steeplechase

My girlfriends and I attended the Kingston Downs Steeplechase again this year. It is an annual event that kicks off the spring. The weather was perfectly hot this year and it was a great time. We all got dressed up and put on our big floppy hats. It is fun to see so many people...its kind of like a big reunion. This year we started the festivities at Jay and Veronica Frazier's w/ breakfast and mimosas and after the races were over we headed back to their house for a cookout where Keith joined me. In the picture: Veronica, Kim, Shay, Michele, Brittany, Jessica, Amy, Suzanne, myself, and Chivonne.

Kaden's 1st Soccer Game

Kaden has started his second sport....soccer. He plays for 45 minutes on Friday evenings. It is with the Clash Crashers. It is mainly learning the basics with other 3 and 4 year olds so not too competitive yet. Although, Kaden thinks everything is a competition. His friend, Olivia, from school is also on the team and her mom Angela and I get some good laughs just watching them run around.

French Quarter Festival

Keith & I spent our first weekend away from the kids since Kendall was born as we celebrated Keith's 33rd birthday with a weekend in New Orleans for the French Quarter Festival. We stayed at a hotel along w/ our good friends Jeff and Sarah Glynn. We were then joined by many more friends who still live in the New Orleans area. The Festival was awesome w/ cajun food, local drinks (aka Hurricane's), street vendors, local artists and of course music. We had a great time and there were many good memories made. The stories will be told for years to come!

Kaden's 1st Golf Lesson

Kaden has now taken up golf. He received his own clubs and a mini golf cart last year for his birthday. He has been going outside and putting in the yard w/ Keith and the plan is that when Keith leaves all day to play golf.....he can eventually bring one of the children w/ him :) Since Kaden has turned 4 he has started taking lessons and will be going to golf camp at the country club this July. He is super excited and loves his inctructor.

Seaworld & Disney Vacation

We just got home last night from a week long Disney vacation in Orlando. It was non-stop activity but the kids were wonderful and enjoyed every minute of it. We visited city walk at Universal Studios, Seaworld, Downtown Disney, Magic Kingdom, Portofino Islands Bice Restaurant, Rainforest Cafe, T-Rex World and even got in a little leisure time by the pool. Kaden rode his very first roller coaster at Seaworld, which was followed by three more at Disney. Kendall was a perfect angel at the parks and really enjoyed all the fish at Seaworld and the characters at Disney. Her favorite ride was by far Its a Small Small World and Kaden's was a close tie b/w the Buzz lighyear and the race cars.