Happy Birthday Daddy!!

We celebrated Josh's birthday with a day at Devil's Den....hiking, climbing, a picnic lunch, skipping rocks, and playing in the water!!

Off on our first hike of the day...

 Me and my sweet boy!!

Ava Kate was quite the trooper and walked most of trails!

a little rest break...

one of their favorite parts....collecting rocks and throwing them in the water!

standing under the water fall.... cold but refreshing!

a little balancing act...

Daddy and his baby girl in the cold cave...

building a rock tower....

a little rest break for a picnic lunch....

Little Miss

After lunch we decided to let the kids play in the water...

Ava Kate started with dipping her toes in the water...

....then she got a little braver

throwing rocks is serious business...

....and in the end she decided to just lay out in the water!



Owen loves making birthday cards....such a sweet boy!

We ended the day with a delicious dinner and daddy's favorite chocolate pie!  

TEAMworks Art Show

TEAM Talent is a local program of extra curricular activities for children with special needs.  The spring program focuses on art, with an entire semester spent help each child develop individualized works of art!

The TEAM Talent masterpieces were presented in an art show at the Botanical Garden.

Josh and Ava Kate 

A Crayola art piece...

It was so fun to see the excitement of each child as they proudly stood by their artwork....

Checking out all the fun art...

And an art show wouldn't be complete without face painting....

She Said Yes!!

Aunt Amanda is ENGAGED!!

After a romantic proposal, Parker surprised Amanda with an engagement party with family and friends.

the soon to be Mr. and Mrs. Watkins....

One happy girl....

3 cousins all engaged to be married!

We are so excited for Aunt Amanda and Parker!

Our little life...

A few random pictures from this month that sums up our life....fun, busy, stressful, loving chaos!

Saturday morning waffles have become a ritual...

giddy up Honey....

a little sibling tug-a-war....

sister can hold her own...

always happy with her 3 favorites...paci, lovie, and baby!

such a happy girl in the morning...especially when Owen's the first one to come in her room!

ALWAYS has a baby in hand these days....

they have officially mastered the art of dipping cookies in milk....thanks to mommy!

a little bathtub art...

apparently Owen thought it would be fun to paint Ava Kate as well...

a masterpiece....

story time with Daddy....

patting her babies to sleep while singing "night night baby" and saying "shh, shh"

Such a little momma...

A little picnic on the driveway....

lounging in mommy and daddy's bed...

our silly girl...

ridding in daddy's truck with the windows down....their new favorite thing!!

everyone in our bed....this seems to be happening more and more these days...it's so hard to say no to these sweet babies!