Happy 40th Birthday Randy!

Happy Birthday Babe! I hope you have a great day......I'm excited to spend the weekend with you and celebrate!

happy easter!

Coloring Eggs

Tonight we colored eggs for Easter. We've had such a crazy day and we will have such a crazy weekend, I wanted to get these pictures posted real quick. The kids LOVE coloring eggs....Anney was so funny and cute this year. She made randy help her with everything and she was amazed at the results. It was a fun night!

daddy's home from china!

YAY! After 11 days of daddy being gone, he's finally home! Randy went to the Philippians for a little while and then onto China. He went to train some guys from work and he had a great time. He has tons of pictures that I will post as soon as I get them all! The kids and I missed him so much and we are so glad he is home....(well I'm probably the most glad, but we all missed him)

the kids waiting for dad.....

Travis sees him first!

Hi dad!

I love this picture...anney was SO excited to see daddy. She is loves her daddy so much and asked about him every single day. She would tell everyone that daddy was in an airplane in china!

Megan twirling as we are walking down to the baggage claim

waiting for dad's luggage

Anney was determined she had to pull randy's suitcase....it was heavy and she took forever, but she was determined to do it.

Randy brought home so many souvenirs for the kids....he made them close their eyes and would place in their hand their gift. These are real fans from china....anney broke hers in 2 seconds!

A steve nash jersey and shorts....travis was thrilled!

Randy brought home pearl necklaces and bracelets for all the girls....he even brought me a beautiful necklace and some gorgeous earrings.

Anney's necklace which she broke right away also!

Here she goes.....pulling it like crazy till it snaps!

thanks dad for all the toys, jewelry and candy you also brought....we love you and missed you so much!

Just some cute pictures......

Megan got this hat yesterday at her American girl party and she is very possessive of it. Before Megan left for preschool this morning she asked me where a very safe place would be that she could leave it so Anney wouldn't get it. Not five minutes after Megan had left for school, Anney comes running into the family room so happy she has megan's hat on! She looked so stinkin' cute that we had to take a few pictures.....I know the pink hat and red dress aren't the best combo, but she still is cute!

An American Girl Party!

Megan got invited to my grandma weight's home today for an American girl tea Party! Megan had to bring her American girl doll and make sure she was dressed all cute for the party. My grandma had some other girls there also that love American dolls and she put on the funnest party. Megan had a great time. For those of you who don't know, my grandma LOVES dolls and especially American girls. In fact my aunt gave my grandma her own doll for Christmas this past year and she loved it. She carried it around all day like Megan carries around her baby dolls. When Megan got to the party my grandma had her go to the backyard and she had it all set up like a tea party. It was so cute...she had all kinds of finger foods and yummy things to eat and drink. After the tea party they watched an American Girl movie and Megan LOVED it. My grandma is amazing and loves her grand kids and great-grand kids so much. I'm so grateful that she has such a neat relationship with me and my kids, she is so special and fun!

All the American Girls lined up on the bench!

A 5K for A Good Cause!

Last Saturday the kids and I participated in a 5K to benefit
Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance. Our good friends baby was diagnosed 6 weeks ago when he was born. He is their 7th child and his name is Nash....hence the "Team Nash" and number 7! We raised money for them to find a cure. It was such an incredible and fun experience. We joined many walkers along with their friends and family and walked! Thanks Merrills for letting us be a part of this.

The back of the shirts....

Getting ready to start the walk.

Anney loved the balloons, she didn't quite understand that the balloons were there to mark the course.

"team Nash!"

the Merrill Family

after the walk we got to play at the park, and Anney was in heaven!

WEEEEE! She calls the slides the wees!

Meg with her capri sun drink

Anney climbing up the rock wall to go down the slide

taylor hanging from the monkey bars

Travis and a friend walking.....

Meg pushing Taylor, shouldn't it be the other way around?