Dora, Horses & Fishing

Crazy title, huh? Life has been so jam-packed the past few weeks! We have been on the go non-stop but have enjoyed every minute. Ok, maybe not every minute, not even close. But we have had some fun! Our weeks have been busy and our weekends have too! And we are gearing up for an insanely busy week coming up! Simms has two dress rehearsals for her spring dance recital which is Saturday, and Friday evening is her preschool's end of the year program. It is a 50s sock hop theme and Sissy and I are in charge of the reception afterwards, which is a soda shoppe. At times I feel like we've bitten off more than we can chew, but things are coming together and everything is going to be so cute, if I do say so myself! So that is why I haven't blogged in forever, but I'm here to catch up, starting with Simms' preschool's visit to watch the local high school's drama department put on Dora Live (what a sentence). It was such a great play. I was very impressed, especially considering they do all of the props and costumes themselves!

Simms and her precious preschool class..

I had such a fun morning with my sweet girl..after the play we walked across the street with her class to our local delicious chicken place, Big Chic..they serenaded the workers with songs about chickens they'd learned at Easter. One of the creative moms had made all of the kids maps, like the map from Dora, to help them find their way to Big Chic, and their food was waiting for them in bags that looked like Back Pack. Have I mentioned the awesomeness of the Lime Light?? Not only do the teachers go above and beyond but so do the parents with their creativity, time and effort. I am so thankful Simms has been able to experience this preschool!

A few nights ago I had a meeting at church so I took Simms and Cope to the farm to meet Dru. He was thrilled because Simms is just so comfortable around the horses. Dru said she did such a good job riding. Cope was a little timid. He is my son, so I am not surprised.

Oddly, we were having a cold snap. She dressed herself. Hat and sunglasses were a must. She even crammed her feet into boots that are too small.

Simms and sweet Buddy..

And Fishing! Lots of fishing going on around here! Simms finally caught her first one all by herself a few weeks ago!

We had a fun night catching fish and frying them afterwards at the Waddell's pond and cabin. They have been so sweet to let us use the pond to take the kids fishing! The fish was delicious..so were the hush puppies!

Little Dru Goodwin..my sweet little boy.

He wanted to drive so badly!

Kiddos with the daddies..

Beautiful sunset..

Escaped child..go figure which one..

And there have been lots of Jeep rides lately. This was at a local historic covered bridge right down the road from our house. We even took the Jeep to Sunday school and church last Sunday. Dru was thrilled. I was freezing and we all looked wind blown when we arrived, but it was fun! And much warmer and more pleasant on the ride home! OK...got myself caught up and I'll be back soon!

A-Day & a B-Day

We celebrated Dru's birthday this weekend! He turned 32 on Sunday, but the celebrating began in Auburn on Saturday. We headed over for the A-Day game and for dinner with Dru's family. The game was fun...tiring with Cope going non-stop, but thank goodness we were able to sit in scholarship seats where he could be bribed with all of the cookies his fat little hands could hold. Simms had a great time seeing Lilla and Emiline, and I know there is nowhere that Dru would rather be than the Auburn stadium, watching our 3 Heisman winners be recognized and watching our team play. The day was beautiful!

My two favorite boys walking the sidewalks of one of my favorite places in the world!

And there they are again!

Taking it all in..

The one thing that would cause him to sit still for one minute..

Simms & Lilla having fun together..

We had dinner at Mikata after the game. Dru was serenaded..

He was embarrassed by that..it was funny though!

We enjoyed delicious cupcakes for dessert..

Uncle Dru and baby Emiline

The cousins after dinner
It was so much fun celebrating Dru's birthday in Auburn! It took me down memory lane, to the first birthday I celebrated with him, which was his 21st birthday at Bourbon Street! Times sure have changed! We came home after dinner, and bless Dru's heart, I woke up so, so sick on Sunday, his actual birthday. He was such a trooper. Had both kids bathed and ready for Sunday school and church, took care of me and the kids all afternoon, and never, ever complained. I truly don't recall ever being that sick. It was bad. I did make myself perk up though so we could attend a cookout with the Kirks and Parhams. The Parhams were so sweet to host such a fun night and I am really glad that Dru got to do something fun on his day, not just take care of me! Here is Dru celebrating with his peanut butter pie that Simms and I made Saturday morning. Sunday after church she put all 32 candles on the pie. She was super proud of it!

Now I usually don't put mushy stuff on the blog. I save it for cards. BUT..I do have to say how blessed we are to have Dru as the head of our family. He takes such good care of us, and loves us unconditionally. I am so lucky he is my husband and our kids are so lucky he is their Daddy. He is not only a wonderful family man, but just an all around great guy and a super hard worker! We thank the Lord for Daddy every single morning on our way to preschool! Dru has a little girl that is a true daddy's girl and a little boy that wants to be with him 24/7. And a wife that loves to be with him all of the time too! He doesn't get much of a break from his family but I like to think he is ok with that ;) Happy Birthday Dru! We love you very much!

Finishing up Easter..

Well, I 've learned a lesson. Don't wait and do one big post on several different things..but I have to finish Easter, so I am making myself do this post with a million pictures! Starting with Easter Sunday, then going back to a fundraiser Simms' preschool sang in, dying eggs at home (I promise we tried to let Cope participate, but as you will see he had other things to do) and then of course Simms' preschool Easter program and egg hunt, and a Tea Party they had before getting out for spring break. I've had no time to do this though because Simms had spring break from Friday, March 30 thru this past Monday (7 days, and I loved having her home each morning but she was so ready to go back), so we've been outside all the time and going non-stop! Tons of pictures, little if any words.
Easter Sunday

A few pictures from the Children & the Arts Fundraiser/Egg Hunt

Dying Eggs at Home (speaking of, I should probably throw those out now)

Preschool Easter Program and Egg Hunt (so adorable by the way..so thankful for her precious school)

beautiful boy
Tea Party at Preschool

whew..glad to have that done! I'll be back after A-Day and Dru's birthday!

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter. After Sunday school and church we enjoyed lunch at Meme's with over 20 of us there. Great times with family! I will be back with a more detailed Easter post soon! Hope everyone enjoyed this special day!