Tulip Parade

This weekend we went down to Pearl Street to the Tulip Parade.  Of course it was chaotic and completely exhausting, which most events seem to be with children, but Ashtyn completely enjoyed herself.  She loves tutus, fairies and tulips, so this was SO her thing!

She dressed up in her new tutu her Aunt Kodi made for her and looked adorable!

 They had several Fairies there sprinkling "pixie" dust and handing out tulips and stickers.  Every little girl's dream...

 Brooklyn and Cheyenne looked adorable as usual - Kodi made their tutus too!  Cheyenne cracks me up in this picture - she is such a DOLL!

 Cheyenne eating a tulip...

 The girls got to meet the Queen Fairy - they looked so cute sitting up there together!

 Then we were off to meet several more Fairies and one of them happen to be Tinkerbell but she was not taking pictures, so we didn't get a shot, but we did get plenty of "pixie" dust!

I think the girls definitely enjoyed their afternoon getting to visit with Fairies and prance around in their cute, adorable, homemade tutus!

Great way to celebrate Spring Time!

Dream Come True

On Sunday, Ashtyn's dream of riding on a real horse came true!  I am fortunate enough to work with a great contractor, Bob who owns some horses and offered long ago to let Ashtyn come visit and ride them.  So as soon as the weather got nice, we planned a day and Ashtyn finally had her chance to "saddle up"!  The best thing of this whole deal was how PERFECT it was...

Ashtyn has always LOVED the name Maddie, and typically names things "Maddie" and she has always wanted to have a white horse...

So when we pulled up to the farm and met "Maddie" the white horse, Ashtyn's eyes lit up and sparkled!

 I have to say we learned a ton on our first day at the farm with the horses.  Ashtyn got to brush Maddie before getting the saddle put on...

 Eli got to know Goblin while we were there and kept saying "Hi, puppy, HI!"

 After getting Maddie all brushed, Kayla showed Ashtyn how to put the saddle on and get the bridal situated...and then it was time to get on and RIDE!  With no hesitation Ashtyn jumped right up there with a little help from her mama!

 She looks like a natural up there doesn't she...

 Kayla, Bob's daughter, showed Ashtyn how to guide Maddie around the arena and how to get her to stop and go.  For the 1st day, Ashtyn learned a TON!

 ...and she had the BIGGEST smile EVER!

Our day spent visiting the farm and meeting Maddie was truly a dream come true for Ashtyn!  I am afraid she has fallen in love with the idea of riding horses - which I assumed would happen, so she will start horse lessons this summer with Kayla.  I can't believe at age four she is already riding horses!  We will see how this summer goes, but I see a future getting to know the way of horses!

Yee-Ha!

Here's to you Mr. Jameson

I celebrated my 31st birthday on Friday the 13th this year, and nothing too CRAZY happened - well on Friday anyways...

The day started out normal, taking Ashtyn to school, doing laundry and hanging out at home.  Matt came home from work early so Ashtyn and I went and got pedicures together.  I LOVE that she getting old enough to do fun girl outings with me.  It was so fun getting to spend that time with her!

She picked out her own nail polish - it had sparkles - and did so well getting both her nails and toes done up!

 After getting pampered we walked over to Menchies and Starbucks for our afternoon snacks.  Matt and Eli joined us as well - so we sat around and enjoyed the rest of afternoon on the patio...

 My Aunt Pam invited us over that night for dinner to celebrate my birthday, since my P's were out of town.  Allie and I actually rode our bikes up there and it was so much FUN!  I forgot how great it is to ride a bike - not to great for my butt, but a great way to NOT feel like I am turning 31, which just sounds so old to me!

We of course were greeted with cocktails, yummy appetizers and big kisses when we got there.  I love Pam and Steve more then anything and they always are so sweet to me and my family!

We grilled up some hamburgers and then finished the evening off sitting around the bonfire, sipping on some Irish Creme Coffees and of course roasting some Peeps... 

 We did discover Peeps do not roast very well and they drip something gross while being roasted, but it still was fun!

 All in all, my actual birthday was GREAT! 

Then Saturday came...

My birthday present from Matt was a night up in Breckenridge with our friends, Jason and Stacey, which I was SO excited for!

A night away to PARTY!  and party we did...

We left around noon and headed up to the Outlets to do some shopping, and then after shopping we headed to the condo for a night of fun.

We of course started popping tops right away and then I had the great idea of going to the hot tubs before having dinner...

Another great idea I had was to drink whiskey instead of beer that night - (I guess technically it was still the afternoon)  Allie has been telling me how great whiskey is to drink since you can sip on it all night and it doesn't fill you up like beer does, plus it has half the calories.  So I was sold on drinking whiskey, plus it made me feel like a country girl! 

So I poured myself a glass of Jameson on the rocks and we headed to the hot tubs...

Let's just say high altitude, no food, hot tubs and a glass of Jameson that went down rather quickly kicked my a#&!

By 7pm I had thrown up - in the pool, and was passed out on the couch!

I missed my birthday party.  I missed dinner.  I missed playing cards.  I missed my own dang birthday party.  And the worse thing is I threw up in a pool - who does that?

So my night away that I had looked forward to for so long was over, and the only positive thing out of the whole adventure was I got like 15 hours of sleep!

The next morning SUCKED as you can imagine and driving down a mountain was pretty much the last thing I wanted to do not to mention the three birthday parties we needed to attend that afternoon...

It definitely was not the night away I was wanting to have and I am still pretty bummed I missed out on what should have been a great time - but at least I have a story to always remember my 31st birthday - right?

SO Here's to you Mr. Jameson - you totally rocked my 31st birthday!

Happy Easter

Easter was absolutely WONDERFUL this year! 

I am not sure if it was because of the perfect weather, my kids behaving like angels, plenty of champagne and beer, a great family or the combination of it all - but I really enjoyed Easter this year!

We of course had our traditional breakfast and Easter egg hunt at Mimi's in the morning...

 Eli obviously enjoyed the powdered doughnuts!

Ashtyn was a pro at Easter Egg hunting this year and kept right up with her older cousins...

 Eli did pretty well, but still needed help from a Pro like myself...

 I LOVE my Mimi!

 you can see that Champagne is well enjoyed by my family on Easter morning...

 Ashtyn climbed up in this Cherry Blossom tree and looked beautiful as usual! 

How did I have such a pretty little thing?

 Eli LOVES the Pennington's dog - Bo...

 It was so funny - while we were all hanging outside Eli would jump off the porch step, fall to the ground and then raise up in a "Superman" pose and say "See!"

It was pretty cute - he is becoming quite the little show off lately...

 Mimi and her Grandbabies!

 The Four sisters...

 My four favorite people - EVER!

 These girls are my sisters - LOVE YOU!

 This is probably about the time Jenn has had TOO much champagne!

 After Mimi's we headed home for naps before going over to the Pennington's for Easter dinner!

Did I mention the weather was incredible?  Well it was...

We spent the rest the day sitting out in the yard drinking beer, and shooting bull with the family...

 and of course one more Easter egg hunt!

 For dessert we celebrated Ashtyn and my birthdays - our family has a million April birthdays, and this was a good way to knock two out of the way!

Ashtyn requested Nana make her brownie sundaes with Strawberries - they were Yummy!

Easter was great this year and I love, love my family!

Happy Easter!