10 Month Lucy

Andrew's 5th Cowboy Birthday!

Our sweet buddy Andrew turned 5 today!

We had a wonderful time celebrating!

Andrew decided he wanted a cowboy birthday and it was probably the best party we have EVER done!  I thought about renting a pony, but I usually like to keep my parties to $20-$25 a party, so it wasn't in the budget.  Darin's dad suggested we get a pony, and after some financial assistance, we decided to go for it!  I am SO glad we did!  It was a HIT!  (Thanks so much mom and dad!) The only thing I am sad about is not recording Lindsay's and Andrew's reactions to seeing the pony!  (We kept it a surprise and it was so fun to see and hear their reactions!)  With having a pony, I kept the rest of the activities pretty simple.  I built a little Western town from cardboard (thanks Geoff and Jadi), that the kids used for imagination play.  Then I spray painted a few pebbles to put in a bucket for the kids to "pan for gold."  I was surprised by how much the kids loved that.  But, without question, the BEST part was "Annie" the pony.  There were even a few tears shed as she left.  I even thought an hour later, "I wonder if she misses us."  She was SUCH a good pony!  I LOVED having her!  Such a wonderful fun day!

Spring Has Sprung!

We woke up early this morning to take a few pictures at the capitol before the storm comes in!

It was so beautiful!  I just wish Lucy would have been more smiley, but I am happy what we got with doing the auto timer on the tripod and run method!

Happy Spring!