Trip to Indiana - Memorial Day 2013

Since Caroline was in the hospital in December, we didn't get to go see Aunt Phie and Grandpa Hull with the rest of the family - SO - we used up our Memorial Day weekend to go visit them!  We were so excited that Amy, Jeffrey and their sweet kiddos were going to be there, too. 

 

Not long after we got there, the kiddos raided Aunt Phie's house and found all the fun toys around!  These masks were a hit for sure.

 

Aunt Phie has an AWESOME tree in her front yard that is perfect for climbing! 

While we were there, we visited the Versailles State Park and had so much fun!  Aunt Phie packed us a picnic lunch and we stayed and played all afternoon.

Uncle Jeffrey had fun playing, too!

Aunt Phie had fun playing with Thomas!

Pretty Campbell Anne posing for me!

Catherine and Caroline are sweet buddies.

The next day we headed to the town where Chris and Amy lived for a lot of their childhood.  We went to the farm they grew up on and went to the little creek where Amy and Chris used to feed the fish every day.  We let the kids get out and feed the fish some bread... it was a really cool experience for Chris and Amy to see their kids doing a memory they remember so fondly.

 

 

 

Another afternoon we headed to Cincinnati to the zoo!  This is our second time at this zoo and it was great!  We even tried Skyline Chili this time and it was great!

The polar bear was our fave attraction! 

Caroline called EVERY SINGLE ANIMAL "a puppy... woof woof?"

Park loved Mr. Gator!

My idea.... not his.

We got to see Grandpa a few times.. he was pretty frail and tired so we didn't keep him too long but we had fun with him while we could!

Caroline was sweet as ever to him... precious memories here.

So glad I remembered to get some quick snapshots everyone with Aunt Phie before we left on Monday morning! 

Mother's Day and End of year programs GALORE

Mothers day was a little hectic this year!  Caroline was being Caroline after church and was not cooperating with the camera but Parker was a ham as usual and begged to take pictures of us!

Later that evening, I got a smile out of my girl!  Love her.

He ain't so bad either...

Not so easy to hold them at the same time!  It's a good arm work out at least!

Park had his end of the year program at church and was so cute!  This really freakishly tall girl stood in front of him (UGH!  I WAS SO MAD!) so we could barely see him for more than half of the concert but we managed to get a few glimpses! 

We stayed for a quick end of the year part afterwards and got some pictures of Park in his classroom.

He loved his teachers, Ms Erika and Ms Marie!

Park's best friend was Taizo - best buds!

That same night we had his end of the year program for Awana!  Busy day! 

 

Park got to stand right next to his best buddies Alex and Peyton!  They were so cute together.

 

Park and Alex playing their air guitars... Peyton was more interested in what was going on behind her!

So proud of our little Awana Cubbie!

We had a junk food celebration in front of the church after their performance.  Caroline was ALL about Park's plate of food!

Whew!  May was so busy with all this end of the year stuff but we were so excited to get our summer started!

KK and Garrett visit - and more

Whitney and Doug had a last minute trip in May so we invited their kids over for the weekend!  We had a blast hanging out with them - we love our cousin time!  We went to McDonalds one afternoon (yeah it was actually rainy and chilly - in May!) and the kids had fun playing in the playground and eating chicken nuggets.

The outfit Garrett is wearing was one that Parker was wearing only 6 months ago!  He's a big guy!

Caroline looking rather chubby in her turtleneck!

Park and KK peeking out of the playground.

We went to wake up Garrett one morning and Caroline insisted on getting in his crib with him! 

Park and KK making brownies one night... a tradition while staying at Aunt Hillary's house!

One afternoon, we headed to Zaxby's for a dinner that was supporting Will Abernathy, a 4 year old boy in our church who was fighting cancer.  It was chaos and absolutely nuts - but fun, too!

The "babies" in the bath... their fave time!

Park and KK rode around the house like this all week! 

They've been begging to sleep together forever and we finally decided they were old enough.. it took them a long time to fall asleep but when they did they were out!

May began our crazy rainy season in Atlanta!  It was rainy all the time!  The kiddos were always begging to go out and play in the rain but with all the thunder and lightening we had had, I was scared to let them - but they were excited to play in the shower - the next best option!

Caroline started becoming a snuggle bunny in the mornings!  We used to spend our mornings outside playing but thanks to all the rain, we were forced to stay in most days.  She started going to our blanket basket, pulling out a blanket and bringing it to us and saying "up peas!"