I haven't updated in 8 months, so here we go...

WOW!  I canot believe how long it has been since this poor little blog has been updated.  It all started with my laptop crashing and losing all my pics.  I at least have them saved at Walgreens, but it taught me to alwasy back up my important stuff!  Anyways, I will try to do a few short and sweet pics of our spring highlights and then go from there!

First up...Tatarus!  We have gone several times, but I only remembered my camera on this particular trip with some MOPS mommies :)

Next up was a fun weekend in Roanoke.  Uncle Jake came with us.  The boys enjoyed some golf. We enjoyed hiking "Dragon's Tooth," which is part of the Appalachian Trail, while Mom kept Colton. 

Another highlight of our spring was a visit from our great friends Brandi, Paden, and Tessa Belle!  Colton and Paden have a blast together, and I loved meeted precious Tessa Belle for the first time!







Lastly, we went to the Zoo for a Moppets outing.  I only have one picture of our fun day!

Looking forward to a little more "catch up" on the here, and then I hope to stay up to date :)



SNOW!!!

It snowed half a foot while we were at my mom's house!

Fun at Tee Tee's House

Some pics of our week...

Mr. Mischievious!!!!

I caught Colton putting toys in Tee Tee's dryer :)

A sweet pic of Tee Tee and Colton the morning of her surgery

Colton giving Tee Tee's "boo boo" a kiss :)

Fun Valentine's Day at Tee Tee's

I was with my mom for the week of Valentine's Day since she had her surgery.  She wanted to make sure that Colton had a special Valentine's Day...so she spoiled him of course :)

His favorite present by far :)

Our sweet litle Valentine!

Happy Valentine's Day!

My Suprise For Josh

My mom had surgery on Monday (the day before Valentine's Day), and I stayed with her for that week.  Since this would be my first year not being with Josh on V-Day (almost 13 years total), I wanted to do something special for him.  I was going to be gone for seven days, so I had seven presents hidden all over the house for him to find...one for each day I was gone.  He was suprised, and it seemed to make the time apart go much faster :)

Early Valentines Dinner

Josh suprised me with an early Valentines Dinner to The Grill at Highlands Row the Saturday night before the real V-Day since I would be out of town.  We always love the special time we get to spend alone.  I love my Pity!

Super Bowl Party!

We had our bible fellowship class and some other friends over to watch the Super Bowl!  Morgan made a super fun game for us to play while we watched.  The food was fabulous and the game didn't turn out too bad either :)

We couldn't fit everyone in one room, so we split between the family room and bonus room.

Colton emjoyed watching some of the game with Ily in his lap :)

Colton and sweet Charli enjoyed playing together!

Colton didn't really watch much of the game...he played with Charli and his toys instead...his new Toy Story Memory Game isone of his current favorites!

Photo Shoot

My great friend Jessica asked me to take a few pics of her adorable little Briggs!  He is such a cutie...here are a few of the pics...

Of course I took a couple of Colton too...

I put this one in a frame for Josh for Valentine's Day :)

 Look forward to many memories with these two boys!

So handsome...

Ready for church :)

Bouncy Playdate!

Some moms/kiddos from our MOPs group had a fun playdate at Bounce House USA and then lunch at Chick-fil-a!  Colton had a blast of course!  I have really enjoyed getting to know so many other moms!  It is great to hear encouraging words from fellow believers about raising kids.

Grady, Colton, & Eli going down the super huge slide!

He really liked the obstacle course this time!

Benelynn emjoyed bouncing with the kids :)

Colton, Ben, Eli, & Paul....not quite playing by the rules....ha

A little tumbling :)

We have a new lover of Chick-fil-a ice cream cones!

We really had so much fun...looking forward to our next playdate!

Fun Dinner Party!

I always forget to take pictures whenever we get together with friends or go on dates...of course because they normally don't involve Colton :)  Last weekend, we enjoyed having a fun dinner with Daniel & Tiffany, Ben & Brittany, Traci & Justin, and Justin's twin Matt.  We had to add a leaf into our table to have enough room for everyone!  After Colton went to bed, we played a great game of Baulderdash and ate some yummy fruit pizza! 

Josh, Daniel, Tiffany, Traci, Justin, Matt, Brittany, Ben, & Colton

Colton decided to steal the show and told Brittany his joke about where the sheep gets his haircut :)

Then he proceeded to use his "microphone" and sing to everyone his favorite song..."Jesus Loves Me!"  We had a great night with great friends!

FIrst Dentist Appointment

Colton made his first trip to the dentist this morning!  We had been talking all about it all weekend so he would be ready.  They brushed his teeth with the spin brush, rinsed them, and applied a flouride treatment.  He has both of his two-year molars on the bottom and the ones on the top are getting ready to break through.  The doctor said that his teeth looked great!  Colton seemed to enjoy his first visit...especially his goody bag!

He was such a big boy while they cleaned his teeth.

Showing me his new toy he got from the dentist :)

Showing me his clean teeth!

Look Mommy!

I heard Colton calling me from the bonus room the other day...I walked in to see him sitting in Josh's desk chair, trying to type away just like Daddy!  :)