Louisville, KY

This past weekend El and I went to Louisville, KY to get away and celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary. We had a blast.

 

We went to a bar that had a bowling alley. On our first game, we had the same score (I thought it was funny.....Elliott not so much):

 

We went to the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and got our pictures with some baseball players:

It was pretty cool to see how the bats were made, the history and we got free mini baseball bats.

 

We went to Churchill Downs to watch and bet on the horse races. We didn't know we were going there, otherwise I would have dressed up and would have brought a big hat. Instead, I tried on acouple hats in the gift store:

 We lost more than we won but it was a lot of fun.

 We stayed a block from Fourth Street Live and went to the bars and restaurants which were all fun. It's hard to see but I'm standing in front of Fourth Street Live (wearing green pants next to the One Way sign):

 The only picture we got together (because El said we weren't on some vacation so we weren't taking pictures lol).

Weekend with Grandma Sharon and Grandpa Jim

Elliott and I went to Louisville this past weekend to celebrate our anniversary so Soph spent the weekend with her grandparents. She had a blast.

 

Helping Grandpa Jim change light bulbs:

 Wearing her helmet while playing with the dogs:

 Talking a morning stroll with Grandpa Jim:

 Checking out a rainbow after it rained:

 Having fun in a tent with Grandma Sharon:

 At the neighbors house:

 Grandma Sharon bought Soph these boots and they're similar to a pair Elliott had when he was a little boy.

A big thanks to Jim and Sharon for watching Soph so we could have a weekend getaway!

Dress Like A Pirate Day

Today is dress like a pirate day at Sophia's school. She was soooooooo excited! She had a compass, hook, a skull necklace, patch over her eye, a fake mustache, bandana and I made her a hat. She kept saying how funny it was and kept running around yelling "arrr where's the treasure?"

 

Mother's Day

I had a fabulous Mother's Day today! I slept in (until 7:30), received gifts from Sophia, went to church, then we went to the Beaty's for a delicious shrimp boil. My parents, Aunt, Uncle and cousin all came. It was so nice being with my mom, sister and Aunt. Three women I've always looked up to and who have helped me become the mom I am today.

 

 I am extremely grateful for my mom, she is the hardest working person I know, the first person I call every day, and my best friend. I hope she knows not only today, but every day, how much I appreciate her and love her! Happy Mother's Day, Mom. I love you!

 

Here's our annual Mother's Day pictures:

 

2014

 

2013

 

2012

 I love being a mom and love Sophia soo much!! I hope one day she thinks and speaks as highly about me as I do about my mom.

Olivia and her mom:

 Misty and Addie:

 The kids had soo much fun playing all day.

 Soph and Addie having a dance party:

 Soph loved riding around in Addie and Jaxon's cars:

 The kids had so much fun playing with their older cousin, Olivia:

 How cute are these pictures of Jax driving Soph around:

 Addie and her Nana:

 Popsicles:

Such a fun day!!

Misc.

We had another fun week since Elliott was on first shift again. We're really dreading his new schedule. One night last week as I finished making dinner we heard the ice cream truck so we searched the house for some cash (we never have cash on us) and ran outside so Soph could experience the ice cream truck. She was soo excited. We made her eat her dinner before she got it and I think that was the only night she cleared her entire plate. :)

 

Showing her ice cream:

 I picked her up from school one day and went to the car wash. She loves going to the car wash and cracks up laughing the entire time.

 We went outside pretty much every day after school. One evening she decided she HAD to wear her rain coat even though it was 81 degrees AND she had to wear the hood. I was sweating just looking at her. She was all smiles:

 Last night after going to dinner with some friends we took her to Cold Stone Creamery for the first time. She loved it:

 We found a new trail by our house and went on a hike one day last week. Soph loved throwing rocks into the stream. She kept wanting to walk through the water so we'll be going back this week with her rain boots.

Do you want to build a snowman?

Soph's favorite Frozen song is "Do you want to build a snowman?" She loves singing this song. For some reason my phone stopped recording mid way through but you can still hear some of her singing.

 

Church and Chuck-E-Cheese

Yesterday we went to church and Soph told me "I love church" once again. This makes me so happy. I hope she enjoys church as much as I did when I was a little girl.

 

 

After church we took Soph to one of her favorite places, Chuck-E-Cheese. She talks about this place all the time. If we drive past it she see the Chuck-E-Cheese mouse and screams "Chuck-E-Cheese." As soon as we walked in she wanted to see Chuck-E-Cheese the mouse. Once she saw him she couldn't wait to give him a high five and a hug. After she hugged him, as we walked away, she said "I love him!"

 They always do a dance party and then he throws tickets for all the kids to pick up and keep:

 She prefers riding the rides over playing the games:

Such a fun day! We're really going to miss having Elliott home on the weekends when he starts his new schedule.