Lacey's Baby Shower

Saturday evening was Lacey's baby shower which was hosted by Gigi and I

Gigi, Lacey with her adorable bump, and me

We had a ducky themed party

She had some great help with her presents from Ali, Sydney, and Cara

The baby shower gang posing for a picture


After the guests had all left Derek, Matt, and Scott were rocking some tunes out

And Lacey and Cara were twirling together


We can't wait to meet Baby Wyatt!

Graduation

Waiting for graduation to start

Congratulations to the Class of 2009

Daddy and Cara after graduation

Saturday morning was graduation at Daddy's School! This is the last performance by the band for this school year! We are looking forward to daddy's relaxed schedule this summer!

New Patio Part 1

Wanted to share this funny story with you...

This week they started on our new concrete patio in the back yard. The other morning they came and got it prepped and formed. After they left I told Cara I wanted to go check out the new patio and see what they did. So we walked and looked at it and she said "it's just beautiful". Let's jsut hope the finished product is more beautiful than this :)

Memorial Day with Friends

Monday evening we were invited over to Larry and Dendra's for a cookout! Zaina and Cara enjoyed the time to play together!

Yummy kabobs!

Cara had been playing in Zaina's play jewelry and stopped to model it for us

Dendra's fluffy kittens turned into big cats! They got so big since we saw them last!

Cara holding Cream Puff

And the rain subsided so the girls were able to play on the trampoline, a first for Cara

So Much To Do...

For the long weekend we headed to Grandma and Grandpa A's house for some fun and rest and relaxation


Cara playing with bubbles down by the boats

On a paddle boat ride with Grandma and Grandpa

Swimming, well wading in the alligator pool, but it was very refreshing to cool our feet off in the pool especially while we ate lunch outside

More bubble fun

Chasing Daddy's bubbles in the yard

An evening cookout with friends

After dinner it was fishing time. Cara wanted a closer look at a fish caught by Chris

Daddy caught this blue gill

We had a nice relaxing time playing at Grandma and Grandpa's house. It was great spending time with friends and family whether it was swimming, boat rides, or fishing. We also got to watch the Indy 500 live on tv for the first time in years, which is way better than listening to it on the radio like we usually do (For the non-Indy readers of this blog it is blacked out on tv locally but shown later in the evening).

Face to Face

We finally went to meet Baby Lydia on Tuesday. She is the beautiful baby girl of our friends Lindsay and Travis. Cara was pretty excited to hold her!

And more holding!

Then on Tuesday night we went to the Face to Face concert with Billy Joel and Elton John!

Waiting for the concert to start

Sing us some songs Piano men!

Great concert! Although we liked Billy a lot more than Elton, he was much more of an entertainer! We had a great date night!

New Clothes

Last time we went to American Girl we were disappointed in the clothes selection to match the dolls. Grandma F even said "that pattern is so easy, I could make that". Soo.... that is what she is doing, making matching outfits for Cara and Baby Cara! Grandma brought this one over for a fitting, so we had to take pics! So cute!! Thanks Grandma!!

Park Fun

On Tuesday we met Kitty and Ali at the park for some fun and a picnic! The girls had a great time. This park had some great walking trails!

Walking around the big pond, the girls had buckets (thanks to Kitty) to pick up flowers, sticks, rocks, whatever they wanted. They decided to hold hands and it was cute and picture worthy!

I should have taken a picture of this big hill we had just climbed, but they girls got to scale these giants rocks like the one they are standing on.

And a goodbye hug! Thanks for the fun day friends! In Cara's words "we'll have to do it again someday"!

Getting So Big

On Monday afternoon Cara and I were playing outside and I looked at her and realized she looked like a little girl, no longer a baby or toddler! So I ran inside and grabbed the camera and started snapping away.

Smelling the flowers

She got her pen and paper to take my order for dinner

And a special thank you to my two most favorite people in the world. Thank you for my roses and special picture for Mother's Day. Also thank you to my in-laws for the new pictures of Cara wearing her Princess dress! What a great surprise!

Yeah For Daddy

For the past month Daddy has worked really long days with rehearsing for the school musical. It has been hard (especially for Cara) with not seeing Daddy at all during the week. Some weeks we would spend Sunday together and not see each other again until Friday because of our work schedules. But it has finally come to an end with this past weekends performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Everyone did a wonderful job and the show was so entertaining.



Grandma and Grandpa F joined us for the Friday night show

Daddy in the orchestra pit

Cara was so fascinated to talk to Daddy and look down at all the instruments in the pit. As soon
as intermission started Cara took off for the pit to tell Daddy "good job".

Daddy and Cara after the show


We went back for the Saturday show with Grandma and Grandpa A

When Grandma arrived on Saturday she brought Cara this new dress. Mommy absolutely loved it! We had the most perfect hairbow to match the bows on the dress! So cute!!

Cara and Mommy waiting for the show to start

Again fascinated with the pit and what was going on down there

Most of the cast on the stage at the end of the show!

Great job students and directors on a wonderful show. All your hours of rehearsing paid off!!