Smokey Mountains

Jared & I just got back from a little mini vacation to the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee! We love our kids, but man we just needed to get away for a little bit. It's funny we spent most of the time while we were away talking about the kids....

It's been a while since we got away by ourselves and we are very grateful that our parents kept the kids for us, it was a lot of shuffling around but they made it work....Thank You!!

We were gone for 3 nights and 4 days, and if we had the kids with us we probably would have stayed longer because it was absolutely beautiful there. We rented a cabin out in the mountains, it was so peaceful and relaxing and we were the only ones at the resort for all 4 days, there were a lot of cabins around us but the only one rented out was ours!! We went at the right time before it got busy!! The cabin had a kitchen, bathroom, a loft bedroom, living area, back porch with a hot tub...pretty much anything that you would need it was there! It did rain everyday we were there, but stopped just at the right time everyday so we could get out and do some stuff.

We spent a day shopping, a day up in the mountains hiking & visiting Gatlinburg, a day 4 wheeling, and a day doing nothing!! It was the perfect trip! 4 wheeling was the most fun! We ate at some really good restaurants too!! We planned on golfing one day, but the rain wouldn't hold up for us, oh well, we can golf here, right?? So we played 3 rounds of mini-golf!! HAHA!!

Jared and I had so much fun together, but next time we will take the kids! Thanks again to our parents for helping us out....3 kids can be a handful!!

Cinco De Mayo

Jared & I have always celebrated Cinco De Mayo...no we are not Mexican, but we love Mexican food & MARGARITAS!!!! We usually go out to a restaurant and eat on this day, but again we decided to do something here at our house, and save money!!! Hey, those pitchers of margaritas starting adding up!!!

We had all of our parents over and Justin & Tatum as well! It was so much fun!! I made all the Mexican food tacos and a new recipe for Mexican pulled pork...DELICIOUS!! Cheese dip, salsa and bean dip, and homemade margaritas!!! It was just as good, if not better than eating out, I think!!

Well, we weren't very creative in decorating or dressing up, but Jared's parents did and let me just say "PRICELESS".....Happy Cinco De Mayo!!

Easter

On Easter we typically go to my mom and dad's house and they hide Easter eggs for the kids, then we pack up and head to Jared's parents and hunt Easter eggs there. This year we started a new family tradition....now that we have a lot more space we had Easter dinner here at our house, and it was a lot of fun!!

Jared & I prepared the kids baskets the night before and hid eggs, we were quite excited to see the kids faces in the morning.......well this is what we found when we woke up.......

Yep, that's right...the boys went through their basket as well as Kaylee's and then came and woke us up by saying "We're going outside mom & dad, there are eggs out there"!!! So we didn't get to see their faces, but they were ecstatic!!

After all the egg hunting, we got dressed and went to church before our parents came over. We got home from church to find the Easter Bunny had came again...aka Dad(D)!! LOL!! So we all ate a really great dinner and hunted more Easter eggs!! Such a fun day!!

Jordan's The Leader

Oh boy! It's been awhile since I updated this blog!! Lots to catch up on!

Well, in March it was Jordan's turn to be the class leader. I did not go, but Jared did, Jordan liked that alot!! Since I did not go I don't have alot of details about the day, but I have some pictures for everyone to see!!

He's such a big boy, and will be starting kindergarten in August.....he is way to excited about that!!! He is growing so fast, he helps me out alot around the house, he can count to 100, spell simple words like cat, dog, run, etc. and is even starting to read books to me!! I am so proud of him!!

And no little girlfriend like Aidan!!! HAHA!