My Sweet Valentines

A few pictures of my sweet Valentine's.  They were in such a silly mood when we met Mrs. Betsy to take pictures but she captured some cute ones! 

They are so precious!  Happy Valentine's Day!

Daddy/Daughter Dance

Tonight Justin and Kate went to their first daddy/daughter dance at Roberts.  Kate has been counting down the days!  We went a couple weeks ago to Dillards to pick out a dress for this special occasion.  We tried on eight dresses and she twirled in each one to see if it was dance worthy.  I felt certain one would be the perfect dress and she finally decided on a beautiful red - perfect for Valentine's weekend. The bonus was that it was on the sale rack!

 

I left work a early this afternoon to meet Kate at the house and help her get ready.  I pampered her with a bubble bath, painting her nails red and I even had time to curl her hair (for the first time ever).  As soon as they were ready, they took off for dinner at Red Elephant before heading to the dance.

 She's ready to dance (cast free)!   

I think she gets her dancing gene from Granddaddy.

 Dance hair!

My favorite picture:

So special - I wish they had daddy/daughter dances when I was little. 

I can't wait to hear all about their night!

Fun Filled January

I can't believe January is already over and it's the middle of February.  This year is already flying by!  It was off to a great start with lots of fun with friends.

Starting the new year off right with my first 5 mile run with Natasha and Jessica - these girls pushed me but I survived!

Mason carried around a shirt tag one day calling it "taggie".  So odd that I had to document it!

We had to sad goodbye to Chase who lived a couple houses up the street.  He was the only other kid in the neighborhood but they recently moved into a bigger house here in Tallahassee.  We are going to miss him but maybe some new friends will move in.

We also had to say goodbye to the Jones family, who flew back to Australia.  Maybe one of these days we will save up enough money and go visit them!

Marleni and I ran the Trent Trot at Roberts in 30 degree weather!  It was cold and windy but we finished!  Neither of our kids/husbands came to cheer us on (something about it being too cold - lol) but hopefully they will the next one we run.  It was a record breaking turnout for the run and I'm so thankful I can be a small part of a great cause - raising money to help local families that have children fighting cancer.

Kate enjoyed celebrating Quinn's 6th birthday! 

She saw Hayden (above) and Noelle and Quinn (below).

A recent portrait of me drawn by the lovely Kate:

We also helped Aunt Mailin celebrate her birthday by bringing her a cupcake that morning.  Birthday girls always need a cupcake!

Kate wrapped up the month going to Hayden's 6th birthday party at Skate World. She wasn't able to skate because of her (second) cast, but I was proud of her for stopping by and wishing Hayden a happy birthday.

Fun times!

Here Comes Pinkalicious!

Friday was Book Character Dress Up Day at Roberts.  I had concentrated so much on the 100th Day of School shirt that this event snuck up on me! Despite the short planning, we decided on Kate dressing up as Pinkalicious!  She has a cute book about Pinkalicious dog sitting a little poodle, who accidentally turns pink.  Kate even had the perfect stuffed poodle in a pink purse to use as her accessory (Gaga gave it to her when she was little). 

 Kate "Pinkalicious" Evers. And her new cast matched perfectly.

I had read that there was going to be a parade at school.  I try to make it to as many things as possible but wasn't able to go to this. I hope to next year!

 

At school during the Character Parade...

 Thank you Aunt Katie for these pictures!  

Cast Free on the 100th Day of School...or so we thought!

Last Wednesday, I took Kate to her doctor appointment to get her cast removed. She was so excited and after an hour wait and a couple of x-rays...she was free!

 

Before:

 After:

 Yipee!

 After the appointment, we did what us Evers girls do to celebrate and made a special trip to....

The Cake Shop!

 "Mom, it smells so good". (Note - I do not smell my cupcakes)

 She did what I usually resist doing - licking the plate.

 

Kate enjoyed a long bubble bath before church and the next day she was off to school to celebrate the 100th day (by the way - when did that become such a big deal?!)

100 thumb prints for the 100th day of school. 

 Mrs. Pettway (who got married over Christmas break and changed her name from Ms. Hughes) said that day the kids were bouncing off the walls, more so than Christmas.

That might explain how I got a phone call later that day from Aunt Katie - Kate had fallen on her foot (after jumping over a water puddle) and couldn't walk.  *Sigh* I left work and headed out to Roberts to pick up little boo and then on to TOC.  I grabbed her "crunches" and the kindle on the way to TOC and there we sat for the next three hours. 

 

She ended up getting the cast back on for another week or so to immobilize her so her ankle can fully heal.  Thankfully she didn't re-break it. I think we set some kind of record - cast off and back on in less than 24 hours!

Happy 80th Birthday Nanny!

Recently, we celebrated Nanny's 80th birthday.  We enjoyed a delicious steak dinner and yummy birthday cake from the Cake Shop.  The kids had a lot of fun singing Happy Birthday to Nanny and helping her blow out the candles. 

 I love Kate's determination:

 And Mason's expression as he attacks the last remaining candles:

 Helping Nanny open her gifts:

 Mom spent weeks putting together a photo book of all the pictures we had of Nanny for her big birthday present.  My cousin's and I helped by supplying photos and mom did the work pulling it together; it turned out beautifully! And ironically there were exactly 80 pages!

Here was the picture Kate drew for Nanny of the two of them horseback riding:

 Happy 80th Birthday Nanny!

We love you!