Craig's Birthday!

Happy Birthday!
April 15th (tax day) is my step dad's birthday so we went out to Le Nonne's to celebrate! We had such a wonderful time! It is so nice having him and mom home finally!! (In case you didn't know, they've been in California since before Christmas and we sure did miss them... Skype just wasn't cuttin it anymore!)
Happy Birthday Craig!!!!!!!

Our little family


Em with gwanma and gwanpa... CHEESE


He's a big boy now, he feeds himself haha. Man my kiddo is crazy about puffs!

Boise, Easter and Yard Work

Game Time
The Llama's had their first tournament for the season a couple of weekends ago up in Boise, Idaho. It was an entertaining drive up with me, Sky and Oly in the front seat of the truck and Shawn, Keno and Em in the backseat! There is never a dull moment with those boys! :)

The tournament was fun but the weather could have been better! It was chilly and overcast pretty much all weekend. But it sure was nice to be outside! We watched games and hung out and really enjoyed a laid back weekend.

Em ready for some ball games!

Daddy warming up

Swimmin
On Saturday after the boys were done playing we went to dinner and then over to Sky's parents hotel and went swimming. It was Em's first time and he really had fun! He's my little fish... but I wasn't too surprised, bathtime is his favorite! We are looking forward to many days at the pool this summer!

Let's go swimmin dad!

Promise he had fun.... my camera died before I could take pictures of him splashin around!

Easter
We went up to Mel and Vicki's for Easter and had a fun time! Em got a cute Llama's sweatshirt, some yummy yogurt melts and a Dinosaur book from grandma

Cute boy


Easter boy with his goodies


Yard Work
Now that spring is FINALLY here we've been excited to get our yard in! So first things first....

Last weekend we started putting in our sprinkler system. Thank goodness for our friend Jeremy (Evans Concrete) and for Craig who came over and trenched!!! That would have taken a month by hand! Then Keno and Mel helped us put all the PVC in and get flex pipe run for the sprinkler heads. We're blessed to have such amazing friends that are always here to help and for Sky's dad that is down every time we need a hand with projects! THANKS GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!


Diggin!


Water break!


Our lil supervisor! He made sure we were doin it right :)

Today Lance (LC Paving) came and poured our decorative curbing for the planter beds. It turned out wonderful and I can't wait to plant some flowers! Jeremy dug out a hole for our future fire pit (cannot wait to sit around it at night and roast marshmellows and feel like we're campin in our own back yard)

We will being doing concrete work the next few weekends then plantin seed! Oh man I can't wait til we have a lawn!!!!!!!!

Long awaited updates!

Yep, I stink at updating our blog!!! But I promise, it drives me crazy and I AM trying to get better about it! :)

Where to begin.....

Last month was one of the hardest but best months we've had in a long time. Emmery had his first ever plane ride(s) when we took a trip back to Arkansas. Em, Sky and I flew back to be with my family and my grandpa as he passed away. Like I said, one of the hardest things ever. The silver lining? Being with my family. It was truly wonderful to be with all of them! I was so grateful we were able to be there with grandpa. He got to meet his great grandson and that was one of the most special moments for me. Even though he wasn't able to open his eyes or talk to us, we knew he knew Emmery was there. It was a beautiful moment for all of us.

Em was a trouper for the entire trip! We had two plane rides each way and it was only on our las flight home that he declared that he was DONE! :) Can't blame him.

Here are some pictures from our trip....

Emmery and Grandpa at the Airport

We had lots of catchin up to do


Emmery and Great Grandma, he sure loves her!!!!

My cousin Dan trying to show Em how to "real" crawl :) Which he mastered by the end of the trip... Thanks Dan, now its not so easy to keep up with him! hahaha


The two loves of my life! Catching a quick snooze while mom finished getting ready. We had a long drive to McCrory where my grandma grew up and where my grandpa's funeral was held.


So wonderful seeing my dad and my son together. Really made everything in the world seem ok!


My grandma and dad


My grandma, one of the strongest, most loving, amazing women in the world. I love you so much Grandma!

My boys! Oh my goodness aren't they so handsome?! I'm one very lucky girl! I cannot thank my amazing husband enough. He was my rock and I don't know what I would have done without him.

Don't mind my puffy face, there had been lots of crying prior to this picture, but I had to post one with me and my sweet baby.

Me, dad, Sky and Em

After the funeral, before we headed back to Lakeview, we took a little drive to where the house that my grandma grew up in used to stand. Grandma and dad relived stories and it was fun that Sky got to know so much more about my family.

Grandma and Sky

Me and grandma


The night before we flew home, Em, Sky and I went to the lake by my grandparent's home and watched the sunset. It was so peaceful and the best way to end the trip. While we were sitting there watching the sun set I saw this fishing boat, it brought up so many wonderful memories of my grandpa. He was truly a wonderful man! He made us all feel so loved. He made everything fun! And he will be VERY VERY missed. Love you grandpa!