may

May has been another busy month in our house.  Here's a quick run down of a few happenings.

It's tradition for us to go out on Cinco de Mayo for some yummy Mexican. 

No one shoots down this tradition.

I've been very busy trying to decide on a new stroller for the baby.  Hudson is always my tester.  You would think with how much research I've done, I would have found exactly what I wanted....not yet.  So stressful.  I'll take any reviews/suggestions.

Boston constantly bugs Kent to take him to play basketball at Kent's friend's basketball court (yes, he built his own bball court--nice to have friend's in high places).  Finally, Kent made it happen and took both boys on a Saturday.  I swear all Boston cares about is sports.  So he was in complete heaven that day.

It was character day at school.  Boston LOVES the Magic Treehouse series so he decided to be Jack.  It was easy enough so I didn't complain.

 And of course, Hudson likes to goof off and be like Bubba.

or just be himself because he's pretty good at that.

 Our pool opened!  The boys were SO happy to get in the water.  It was FREEZING so I stayed on the side while Kent was a little more hands on.

We still take advantage of our splash pad on the week days. 

 One night for FHE, I found what looked to be a cool way to make homemade ice cream in a bag.  Yeah, total fail.  Sorry boys.  Good thing I had fudgsicles on hand in the freezer for backup.

 Hudson got sick and spiked a fever of 103.7.  It was just a virus that lasted a few days but I hate having sick kids.  My kids have been pro's at not getting sick for a seriously LONG time and this one broke our streak. 

 Kent had plans to go with some friends to go camping with the boys.  Well, when the rain came, the dad's decided to cancel that and take the boys to Main Event instead. 

 Costco is my favorite.  Like whenever I need to go grocery shopping but don't want to go because I hate it so much, I make up for it and go to Costco instead.  It's such a happier place to be.  With all the samples my boys never complain either (although this picture would show otherwise).

 I also took Hudson to the zoo.  There's NO WAY I'm hitting that place up in the summer when it's 100+, pregnant and fighting massive crowds.  Sorry Boston.  I should have checked him out to have him come along.  Whoops.  Hudson enjoyed it though and STILL talks about the animals we saw.

Our May weather overall has been VERY pleasant.  Like almost perfect.  We tried to take advantage of that before the summer heat wave comes.  There's a fun new park/dog park/walking trails close by now and we LOVE to take our bikes and scooters on the trail.  Kent REALLY likes to wear Stella out, so she pulls him on the scooter.  I'm actually impressed with how long she will actually do this.

 

May isn't over.  Lots more happening.  Can't wait for the middle of June for life to slow down.

easter weekend

I think this is the first time my whole family has been together for Easter in YEARS.  Pretty sure the more our family is growing the more chaos it is at times but it's definitely a blast (although I'm sure my parents are ready for a break when it's over).

On Good Friday, my dad took all the boy's out to lunch while we prepped for the baby shower.

Pretty sure that lunch was CRAZY and the restaurant was ready for them to leave.

Boys.

 The kid's surprised us all when they BEGGED to swim.  We let them thinking they would be out within 20 minutes.  Not so.  They surprised us and swam for HOURS!

 On Saturday evening, my dad drove CLEAR to the ghetto----really, you know it's the ghetto when you have armed forces guns in hand standing outside this crawfish joint---to get what people say is the BEST crawfish in Baton Rouge. 

 It definitely didn't disappoint.

 Afterwards, the kids got busy dying eggs.

 The next morning was Easter and like always, the kids LOVE to come down to see all the goods the Easter Bunny brought.

 I swear those chocolate bunnies are given every year and never get eaten.

 

 The kids hunted for the boiled eggs before church.

 

And then after church they got to have their BIG egg hunt in my parent's yard.

Chocolate candy melts quickly in the Louisiana heat.

But Boston thought he was the bomb for finding the golden egg with $20 inside.

 My parents with all their grandkids--top row Boston (6), Rylee (11), Sophie (9), Charlie (6), Krew (4) bottom row: Hudson (3), Landry (2), Krew (4)

 I sure love these boys.

kelli's baby shower

Over Easter weekend, all of my sisters went to Baton Rouge.  While we were there, we were finally able to throw Kelli her long awaited baby shower!

 

 We did a crepe bar which I'm SO glad that we decided to go with.  It was a hit and let me tell you, the crepes with chicken and crème sauce were DELICIOUS!

 For favor's we filled boxes with lemon heads.

 

 We asked each guest to fill out these little papers with wishes for Little Dakota and hang them on the ribbon.  All went well until it toppled mid shower and the candies in the jars rolled every where.  Whoops!

 

 Some people love games, some people hate games.  I felt we met in the middle with this little bag game.  It helped break up the monotony of present opening (especially because Kelli opens gifts at a snails pace).  Inside each bag was a baby item that started with that specific letter.  We thought for sure it would be a cinch but surprisingly it was more difficult than we thought.  The winners got Menchie's gift cards.

 Little Dakota was loved on all shower between all the new gifts she received AND the snuggles.

We are so happy to have this little girl in our family!