Memorial Day Parade

This Memorial Day Ryan was in New York for a tournament. Brayden and I spent the majority of the weekend in Denison with my mom and Dave and had a great weekend but came back Sunday night to be able to go to our neighborhood parade. Dad and Jackie came over Monday morning to come with us. It is always such a great time. Brayden is getting so big - can now ride his tricycle to the parade. (this is killing me by the way -- he needs to stop growing!)

My Dad and Brayden

This is one of my favorite photos taken of my Dad and Brayden - had to share.

Mother's Day

I love Mother's Day because it reminds me how blessed I am to be a mother to a very special little guy. I love being a mom more than anything in this world and Brayden brings me such joy every day. Granted being a mom is a super tough job and has its daily challenges but I would not trade it for anything in the world. I was able to go to a Mother's Day brunch that his school hosted all of the moms in his class which was very fun. And then I loved spending the whole day with him on Mother's Day. We went to an art festival and it was a gorgeous day. We celebrated Mother's Day with my mom and Ryan earlier on Saturday...I was able to even get a photo of the three of us which is very rare :)

Easter

Easter! Easter was a good day. Ryan had to work during the day with a soccer tournament, so we had a bunny hop/scavenger hunt with him in the morning before he headed out. Brayden and I went to Denison to go to Easter service with my Mom and Dave.

Decorating Easter Eggs!

We dyed and decorated Easter eggs on Sunday. Ryan is going to be busy this week with soccer stuff so we thought we would do it while Daddy was home and could do it with Brayden. We had a good time and Brayden loves watching the eggs turn colors. He can't wait til the Easter Bunny comes and he gets to find the hidden eggs.

Cousin Charlee's Birthday

It was my sweet niece Charlee's birthday last weekend and we celebrated at the Arboretum on Saturday. It was a gorgeous day - sunny and perfect. The kids were running all around so I managed to only take a few photos during cake time. Her cake was precious, perfect for her. Quite yummy too, but I am a sucker for anything with icing :) Happy Birthday sweet girl! Can't believe she is two already.

Easter DIY Project

I was surfing a fun home/children/design website (ohdeedoh) and came across this great Easter craft project and couldn't turn it down. I had to do it this past weekend. It entailed running by Home Depot, grabbing a stackfull of paint sample cards, tracing an Easter egg cookie cutter on each sheet, some cutting, hole punching, stringing and voila! Adorable Easter Egg Banner for our mantle. I thought it turned out cute. :) Here are some photos:

Happy Easter!