SUMMER is coming...

We have been enjoying our Spring days...because we know that SUMMER is coming...and it will be HOT!!

Most days we play outside...bouncing on the trampoline, playing with the BIG legos, and inside the playhouse. As of late we have found a fun little splash pad and took one of our last trips to the zoo until Fall.  My parents played hooky last week and enjoyed a day at the zoo with all of us!

Waiting for the water...

 

 

 

Catching the water...

Tristan, Morgan and Ben at the zoo

 Every year for Easter my mom takes Morgan to Build-A-Bear and let's her create an Easter animal. The past two years we have gotten out of the store without having to dress the animal...this year...not so much! :)

Deciding what animal to get...

Picking a sound for her Bunny...she picked the giggle!

Waiting to stuff her bunny

Giving Bunny a bath

Picking a name and printing a birth certificate for her bunny...Morgan named her Jasmine.

All packed up and ready to go home!

These are the accessories Morgan picked

My mom's Aunt and Uncle were in town from Wisconsin this past weekend. So we were able to meet up with them and have lunch. This is Morgan's Great-Great Aunt and Uncle...what a special visit we all had!

Aunt Margie, Dad, Morgan, Mom, Uncle Russel and Cousin Scott

 Shawn has also been staying busy with a few custom metal orders.

A side gate...still a work in progress

Top of the date...Shawn drew and cut out these designs.

Peace sign wall art for a child's room...still needs paint.

We are preparing for VERY busy months ahead...with birthday celebrations, trips and school ending. Although SUMMER is coming...we are excited to escape the heat with a few trips planned!

This is a MUST to check out if you have kids...

I follow this blog: 

 She Wears Flowers

and she is hosting an AMAZING giveaway. 

How would you like to win this? I know I would and Morgan would be ecstatic about it!

These are just 2 of the MANY she has to choose from. Check out the blog and enter to win!!

The joys...

Although my heart was extremely happy while teaching children. I knew that I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom once we found out I was pregnant...but I also knew I would HAVE to be doing something to allow me some adult time. So...that is where my Mary Kay business comes to play. I cannot even imagine my world without this AWESOME opportunity that fell at my feet. So I am going to share my story with you. 

When I was told "You would be great at this"! I thought well okay why not...so January 8th, 2010 I signed my agreement and off I went...pampering, helping, building confidence in women. How fun! As I started to attend events and became surrounded by many women who were following Mary Kay Ash's golden rule, 

"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you"

I found myself wanting what these women had...not just the free cars and beautiful diamonds...but the peace and joy about them. So I began doing what these women were doing...putting God first, Family second and Career third. I did most of that anyways...except the God part. I went to church, I served at church but I was not fully putting God first in my every actions. 

I am sharing this because after just spending this past weekend surrounded by 2,000 or more Mary Kay women I was blessed with an opportunity to help someone in desperate need, and when I read the post my response came without any hesitation at all...I just knew that this is what God wanted me to do. Then I realized that this is why I started this business...to Enrich the Lives of Women! 

This business is NOT about me or the amount of money that I make. It is about the women I am helping...whether they just want to learn how to apply make-up or take care of their skin, or build confidence in themselves to begin their own journey of helping others, or best of all to run silent auctions and donate ALL my profits so a woman who I do not even know can raise money for her sister who needs a lung transplant NOW!! Time is of the essence and we do not know when today is OUR day. But I do know that with everyday the Lord gives me I have this AMAZING opportunity to help others!

Here are a few pictures from my event this past weekend!

Melissa and I

Holly and I with this VERY YUMMY Cotton Candy

Me and Cami

All of us at lunch

My future!

My current goal! This is the Pink Cadi that I will be driving first...

  When I got home, Sunday night a friend of mine posted a comment on her facebook page sharing a link that was asking for donations for her friend's, sister to be able to have a lung transplant. I am happy to share that I am running a silent auction for this family and donating my profits to them to help her out! I do not know them or know if I will ever have the opportunity to meet them, but I do know that this sister is doing something amazing for her sister in need, so NOW I get to help in ways that some never knew where possible!

Parks, Bunnies & Fairies...OH MY!!

Morgan and her friend Sierra.

Playing at the park has been one of our favorite things to do these past few weeks. With this wonderful weather we have packed up our lunches and met up with our friends for some outside playtime!

One of the parks by our house has a lake so we go there often to feed the ducks. Morgan took her cousin Ashlyn to feed the ducks for the first time the other day while taking some pictures for Easter of the 2 of them. Morgan LOVED her bunny ears and was hopping like a bunny...Ashlyn...not so much! And of course we finished the trip off with some Mini M&M's.

After eating M&M's this is what happens!! :)

Next stop was just around the park to Morgan's friend Emma's birthday party. It was a Fairy Princess theme...so all the little girls got fairy wings and princess wands. Morgan and Emma were pretending to fly like fairies. 

Now that the school year is coming to an end...our calendar becomes more full than it has ever been with parties and trips. I am looking forward to the month of April for so many reasons!! I just wish this nice weather would stay around a bit longer so we could play outdoors more!!

Another outing to the Zoo!

We were invited to the zoo this weekend and of course could not pass it up. Morgan LOVES the zoo...but I do have to say, after going during the week when it is not busy compared to a weekend when it is packed...I will stick with my weekdays!

1st stop...the Carousel! One of Morgan's fave things to do!

Such a poser these days!

Ben, Tristan, and Morgan!

Little Sweethearts!

Another fun weekend here and gone! Enjoying every minute!

Busy Bee's

We have been so busy lately I can hardly keep up with my blog!

 Here are a few things we have been up to lately.

Cookies with Grandma at Paradise Bakery

Make-up for dance competition

TuTu Cute Dance Class

A day out for Spring Shopping

Dinner with Shawn's family

Birthday Girl

A bump on the nose...band-aid's fix all!

Dance competition for one on my former 1st grade students

Visiting with friends from Winslow

A girl's day out for a baby-shower.

New life changes!! NO MORE SWEETS...well unhealthy ones!

I could only ask for one more thing...
more time with Shawn and Zach...
Morgan and I always play during the day while they are
working and at school...I never realize, until I post pictures,
how little we all do together during the week!

Praise God for the weekends and for new changes in our lives!

Everyday is PLAY day for us!!

Cheeeese!

One of the GREATEST joys of being a stay-at-home Mommy is that EVERYDAY is PLAY day for us! We took a trip to the zoo the other day with some of our friends from church. I just LOVE watching the kids' faces light up when they get excited!

Alexis, Morgan, Scotty & Reagan

Morgan and Alexis

Cheeese again!!

I am SO grateful that God has blessed my life with this gift of being able to 

stay home and watch every  minute of growth happen!