Weekend with Grammy and Papa

Before I do a big update of the past few weeks, I wanted to make sure to post some of Grammy and Papa's pictures from their weekend with the kids when we went to Asheville. They had such a good time from the looks of it - and the stories they told us of course. Grammy even made the kids a book of their weekend and included pictures and info on the dinosaurs they saw at the museum! So fun. Here are the pictures and some of the stories I heard about...

This was lunch at the park the first day. I LOVE this picture!

After it rained one day at the house, these teeny frogs were all over the place. My parents told us that Noah was so excited about them and was being really careful and then Kylie walked right over and stomped on one!! She just cackled and thought it was the funniest thing and Noah just cried and cried.

On Saturday, they took the kids to the NC Museum of Life and Sciences in Durham. They had a dinosaur walk and obviously, Noah LOVED this!

Then, they dug for fossils - Noah found a sharks tooth!! Kylie got super dirty. :-)

Checking out the bugs!

Playing music

Saturday night, they took a trip to the pool. Papa was being really silly!

I think Kylie got a little chilly at the end....

Walking home

Then Sunday morning was some playtime at the mall and then lunch and ice cream! :-)

They had such a great time!!! Thanks Grammy and Papa!

Memorial Day Weekend

And here's the update for Memorial Day weekend! We took off on Friday morning and drove out to Asheville. As soon as we arrived, the guys took off to the bar and the girls went to Megan's room for chocolate covered strawberries and champagne compliments of her dad. We hung out for a while and then took off to the rehearsal. I tagged along with Anise to help in whatever way I could. So I played DJ and photographer. :-)

Megan and her dad walking in

Practicing vows

Mother of the bride and one of Megan's nephews

After the rehearsal, it was off to the rehearsal dinner at the Grove Park Inn! Wow. I had never been there before and I wish I would have taken more pictures of the grounds cause it was amazing. I did get a picture walking in...

The very happy couple!

Another happy couple! :-)

And yet another happy couple! :-)

Megan got Anise a Kate Spade bag for being her wedding coordinator and Anise was beside herself

The girls!

Wedding day was busy. Megan, Jennie and I helped Anise with set up while the guys spent more time at the bar. :-) It was fun though and we got to have a sneak peak of Megan before she walked down the aisle.

We got a sneak peak of Dave, too! :-)

Jennie and Megan about to get escorted down the aisle by their hubbies

Self portrait before the ceremony

Practice makes perfect - and perfect it was....

At the reception

Love this picture of the guys

and the girls!

Cake cutting time - it was so delicious. The dinner was also! Yum!

So sweet

Father/daughter dance

Mother/son dance

After the reception, a trolly took us downtown to continue the celebration. So much fun!

It was a very late night Saturday night so we didn't get much sleep and the drive home was tough, too. We were very happy to get home to our kiddos around 2 or so. They were napping when we got here so we were able to relax a bit and hear about their weekend from my parents. They had a great time - went to the Durham Life and Sciences Museum where they have a Dinosaur Walk so Noah was obviously beside himself about that. They also spent some time at the pool and just had so much fun. My parents left their pictures from the weekend so I'm planning to get some of those pictures on here in a new post soon, too cause they got some great ones. I think they were pretty tired and ready to get on back to MD - they left soon after the kids woke up on Sunday afternoon. My mom hadn't been home in a week and a half!

On Monday morning, we ran some errands and then after the kids got up from their naps, Nana, Grandad, Andrea, Sean and Savannah came over to celebrate Nana's 60th birthday which was the previous Friday. We all went down to the pool together and then came back here to grill out for dinner. So fun!!

Kylie was killing me in her pigtails and new bathing suit! :-)

Nana and Kylie

We got Noah a water shooter and he and Grandaddy had a blast with them! :-)

Back at home after dinner - Mom and son

Cake time!

Helping to blow out the candles

Presents

And we almost always end the night with a pile-on-Sean party

Kylie found the AC vent in the floor - Marilyn Monroe style.

She thought this was hilarious! :-)

A fun night to end a fun weekend. Back to work yesterday so it's been typical weeknights so far. Tomorrow should be fun though. We are planning to have dinner at the pool with some neighbors after work!

A quick update

I got these pictures together for a blog post before we left for Asheville before last weekend but never got the post done! So here is a quick update up until our previous weekend. Going back a few weekends -

Several of us hosted a bridal shower for Megan at our house. Waylon took the kids to Grandaddy's house (Nana was at the beach with her friends) so they had a great time. The shower was really nice and we had fun, too!

All the hostesses and Megan

(Kirsten - Megan's sister, me, Anise, Megan, Jennie, Megan)

Presents!

Megan with her family

The next day, we had a playdate with Savannah. Always fun!

I also went to a movie later that afternoon with my friend Jenn. That was a nice afternoon away for me!

The following week was pretty typical except that Waylon took Wednesday off and took Noah to the Durham Bulls afternoon game. They had so much fun and it was such a special father/son thing for them to do together!!

That Thursday evening (May 19th), my parents came into town and the following day, the Steiners flew into town! We were so excited to see them. They are our really good family friends (more like an aunt and cousins) and we hadn't seen them since we went to Disney World two years ago!! Noah was not quite 2 and I was pregnant with Kylie so they'd never even met her.

Jimbo was acting like the snake was getting him and Noah and Kylie thought it was hilarious!

We went to dinner and then they went back to the lake with my parents afterwards. A really fun but short visit with them.

The following day was our 6 year anniversary so Waylon's parents came to babysit that night. We went to a nice dinner in Chapel Hill. We don't usually go out that way since it wasn't too close to our old house but we are now more central so it's fun to try out new areas!

That Sunday, we decided the kids needed to get wet cause it's been so hot so we set up some water toys in the front yard (the back yard is still not quite ready to walk on after being sodded a few weeks ago).

Ready to play!

I absolutely love this shot - and gotta love the construction site in our next door yard! :-)

The following week, my mom came back to town on Thursday to stay through the weekend (she and my dad kept the kids last weekend when we went to Asheville for Megan and Dave's wedding). Thursday night after school, we went straight to our pool for the opening party! We are so excited that the pool is open now. It's so great and we are going to spend lots of time there this summer!

Friday morning, my dad flew back into town and we took off to Asheville.... another blog post to come for that trip!