Weekend Fun

We had a very busy and fun weekend this past weekend. Ford attends playschool and this weekend was the annual family fun festival at his school. It's a fund raiser for the school where they have food (Satco-yum!), pony rides, a rock climbing wall and lots of fun games in the gym. The theme was "whole world in your hands," hence the picture of us standing in front of all the hands.
Here is Ford checking out all of the fun stuff when we arrived:

Ford was flirting with an older girl in the pony line. I heard him say, "Look how fast I can run," and also, "Do you smell the ponies' poo poo?" He's really going to have to hone his skills with the ladies.

Riding a pony:

There were lots of fun activities in the gym:



On Saturday night, Scott and I had a date night. We went out to dinner and then to the Dave Matthews concert at Vanderbilt. The weather was perfect and the show was great.

Sunday, we went to church at my sister's church in Hendersonville with my entire family and then to Rainforest Cafe to celebrate my niece Audrey's 5th birthday. I forgot my camera, so I'll have to get some pictures from my sister to post. I can't believe Audrey is five! She's such a big girl.

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

For Easter weekend, we went to my mom and dad's house in Kentucky. My sister came for the weekend, too. On Sunday, we went to church and then to my Mamaw's house afterward. My Aunt Jan and Uncle Bill were there along with my cousin Zane and his family. Zane and his wife, Haylee, have two cute kids, Lane and Mylee. We hid Easter eggs in the yard and let the kids hunt them. They had tons of fun hunting for eggs and romping around in the yard.

Coloring Easter eggs:

Waiting patiently:

Ford's attention span couldn't take it anymore:

The eggs:

The Easter bunny came and brought Ford some loot:

Ford racing with Lane in the parking lot across from Mamaw's house:

I really like this picture because you can see my Mamaw's antique shop in the background:

The cute cousins waiting to hunt eggs:

I think this is the only picture we got of our little man in his Easter outfit:

I like this picture, too, because this little outbuilding in my Mamaw's yard was built by her father, my great-grandfather. Oh, and my talented Uncle Clint painted the cute little barn quilt hanging on the building:

Me, Mamaw and Leigh Ann:

Aunt Jan, Mamaw and mom:

Last but not least, a family picture. I usually don't change the pictures from color to black and white. But, the color just wasn't quite right and this was the best family picture.

That's all for Easter weekend. I hope all of you had a Happy Easter!

What's Going On

I wanted to post some April pictures before Easter arrived. I'm trying not to get behind on my posts this month. I'm really tired right now, so please forgive me that this post isn't very well written. It's kind of all over the place, but you get the idea, right?

We moved Ford from his crib to a twin bed a couple of months ago. We finally got my twin bed from when I was younger. My sweet mom painted it navy blue and brought it to us. Thanks, Mom! My sister-in-law was asking where we put the bed in Ford's room, so here it is. Ford's new bed and a picture of Ford's room.


For a special treat, Scott makes pancakes on Saturday mornings. On this Saturday, Scott made chocolate chip pancakes and Ford helped make them AND helped eat them:


We gave Scott a Saturday off and went to Marche', a neat little breakfast and lunch place in East Nashville. Ford and I had a nice breakfast with Scott and his iPhone.


Pawpaw came by to visit us and brought Ford some foam animal hats.


I just thought this picture was funny. Ford is kicked back with his aligator hat on.

Ford's into being naked these days. I guess it's good that he's going through this stage now so maybe he'll skip it when goes to college.



Last Friday, I had dinner with my sweet, cute friends, Mary Ann and Jennifer. It was wonderful to get to spend time with these girls. If only our other sweet friends, Abby and Jennifer, could have joined us.

I went Easter shopping last week and I couldn't resist buying this outfit for the new baby. This may be the only new outfit this baby boy ever gets!

We are in Kentucky for Easter weekend at my parents' house. I'll be posting Easter pictures soon. Happy Easter Everyone!

St. Patrick's Day

I really am behind, so here is one last post for March. On St. Patrick's Day, my brother had outpatient surgery on his wrist to clean up an injury that was causing him trouble. My sister and mom went to Bowling Green to help with the kids while Tiffany and Allen were at the hospital. I didn't want Ford to miss out any of the fun, so we headed to Bowling Green, too. We weren't much help, but Ford sure did have a fun time playing with Granny and his cousins.
Cute baby Luke:

Sweet little Amelia:

Playing with bubbles outside with Granny (my mom is like the Pied Piper with the kids):

Audrey and Ford watching TV after playing outside:

Ford loving on Audrey:

This is what happened to Ford when the neighbor girls came over to play with Audrey:


Ford was sacked out on the ride home. He had a fun and exhausting day!

Visit from Grana and Papa Forest

Last month, we were very excited to have Grana and Papa Forest visit for a long weekend. The weather was cold and rainy, but we managed to have a good time indoors. Papa Forest came in wearing a hat and Ford, of course, had to put it on.


On Friday night, we went to this yummy pizza place called Mafiaoza. They have an area where you can watch them make pizzas and they even give the kids dough to make their own "pizza" and then bake it in the oven. Ford loved it!


Here are some more cute pictures from the pizza place:




On Saturday, Forest's daughter Jennifer and her husband, Michael, came from Jackson to spend the night with us. We loved that they were able to come and had a great time playing games after Ford went to bed. Ford wanted Aunt Jennifer to read him books before bedtime:

Lefty decided Jennifer's suitcase would make a good bed. Thank goodness Jennifer and Michael have cats. They didn't think twice about it, and we all thought it was funny!


We enjoyed having Grana, Papa Forest, Jennifer and Michael in Nashville. We only wish they could have stayed longer!