Sunday, February 22, 2009

Mardi Gras Party

We went to the Saint Elizabeth school fundraiser Mardi Gras party this past weekend and had a great time!! The band was good, and we had a fun time visiting with friends!!
Sarah and me
Anu and me

Monica, Me, and Julie


A cute shot of the girls

"Shunshine" Fun

Grayton and Riley Kate have a new hobby-climbing trees. Well, at least it's only a Crape Myrtle, so if they fall, it is only like 2 feet off of the ground! Good practice for later on when they'll be climbing big trees and making forts!! Hopefully they will have better precision than their mother who had a tendancy to fall out of trees when she was little!!

Riley Kate is probably saying "Gid da ball, Mama" or "MINE"

Two little monkeys!


Everyday when I get home, Riley Kate will look outside and say "Shunsine, mommy?" Which means can we go outside? Boy, I love those little munchkins!!

Junk Food Junkie!!

Ok, so I left Riley Kate unattended for like 2 minutes, and she decided to help herself to the cupcakes for our Superbowl party we were getting ready to go to!!
This girl loves food!!

I could not really fuss at her for laughing!


Icing all over her face!


Oh well, enjoy it while you can!! Remember those days, when you could actually enjoy junk food and not be calculating how far you will have to run to burn it off--haha!!!

Best Buddies

Riley Kate watching her movie very intensely!!

Riley Kate is her daddy made over!! It is unbelievable--she looks so much like her daddy! She adores her daddy!!

I mean really--in this picture they are even making the same face!

OUR ADDICTION!!

OUR ADDICTION!!
After the birth of Grayton, Jason and I began running and became highly addicted!! I soon made my first jogging stroller purchase, The Tike Tech all terrain single jogger. It was wonderful until I needed another seat for Riley Kate. I got this Dreamer Design off of ebay, and I love it! I call it my freedom and my sanity because I can load up the kids and go running whenever I feel like it! The kids love to stroll. They usually ask to go. We have run several races just for fun--Delta Jubilee 5K, Juke Joint Festival 5K, St. Jude 1/2 Marathon, Double Decker 10K, 300 Oaks 10K, etc. We love to run and if there is a race we can make it to, we'll run it!! We are running about 4 to 5 miles a day now with long runs of 7 to 12 miles on the weekends!

A LITTLE HOBBY OF MINE

A LITTLE HOBBY OF MINE
Since Grayton's 1st birthday, I have ventured out a bit and started baking and creating my kid's birthday cakes each year. Also, I am the homeroom mother for Grayton's class, so I am trying to get creative with my baking. I am not very good at it, but it is so much fun!! If anyone has any new cute ideas, share them with me.