Aunt Amber's Baby Shower

Aunt Amber & Macy

Cissy & Macy

Diaper Cake that the girls helped me make. We were pretty happy with how it turned out.

Rainy Day at the Beach

After coming home from girls camp my girls have done nothing but ask to go to the beach. So today we thought that it would be a great day to go. It is going to go rain the next few days so off we went. Little did we know it was going to rainy today also. When we got there it sprinkled a little bit. I was not so sure about the girls swimming with the bad weather. Jade had a good point right about then... Are the girls going to get anymore wet in the rain at the beach then at the beach when it is not raining? Ok, he is right wet is wet. They loved it and I loved not having to reapply sunscreen every hour on the hour.



The First Brant Family Sand Castle!

Macy with her perfect beach hair!

This is Hanna's I am smiling because you asked me to face.

Addie did not want to stop to take any pictures. She just wanted to run and play in the waves.

Afternoon at the 577 Foundation

Addie and Ben just looking at the water. They look so sweet and good. What you might have guessed is that in about 10 minutes from when I took this picture they were both wet from jumping in the stream, Ben a little more then Addie . Three year olds are the best.

So cute and willing to let me take 50 pictures of him and do nothing but smile.

Addie on the other hand would not smile!
This is her " Mom I just saw a bug!" face.

This is how you get a Addie to smile... Just let her hang on a bridge rail!

Best buds that went to the zoo together

They do like each other!

Off to the zoo

My really good friend Emily called one day and asked if Addie and I would like to go to the Zoo? Hanna had school that day so I thought that it might be fun to go with just Addison. It is not often that I go anywhere with just one kid.

Ben and Addie looking at the ants.

Best Buddies!

" Look mom there is a bee in the tent!"

First nice spring day

It was one of the first nice spring days that we have had and Hanna and Addie wanted to go for a walk to the libary. So they got all bundled up in their sweaters and hats and off we went.

Poor Addie looks just like her daddy with those ears,

Snow

After school one day we had gotten a lot of snow and the kids were so excited to go out and play in it. I have always wondered how they can play outside when it feels like 10 below and have so much fun!

Hanna, Uncle Adam and Addison. Adam came over and played in the snow with the girls. He is such a big kid!

Addison is the smart and lazy one!

A Wicked Good Time!

Two weeks ago Macy, my sister Susan, myself, some other ladies from church and their daughters all went to Cleveland to see Wicked. Macy's birthday is two days after Christmas which is not so much fun as the mom because what do you get a 7 year old two days after Christmas that she has not all ready gotten from my very large family? You get her tickets to go see Wicked in November! With Macy's love for anything musical this was the perfect gift for her. I did not tell her till the night before where we were going. We both got all dressed up. Macy got a new dress and I did her hair. She was so excited. Her eyes lit up when we got to the Theater. It was a such a nice theater with large crystal chandeliers. It was what you would think that a fancy theater would look like. It was so fantastic. We all loved it so much. I would go see it again if I had the chance to.

This was one of Macy's favorite parts. She love how the witched looked like she was flying!

Anyone that knows my Macy knows that she is the most girlie girl there is so of course she loved Glenda's gown!

The music, costumes and lighting were all so fantastic. If you get the chance to see it I would try to go. I told Jade that once Hanna is a little older I really want to take her to see it also. After the play we went to the cheesecake factory for dinner. The food was great and the cheesecake was out of this world. We had such a great time on our Mommy and daughter day!

Macy and I after the show

Susan, Macy and I

Emily and Macy with Emily's cute little wicked dolls. Emily and her mom Kelly rode with us. We all had a great time hanging out together.

Addie's 3rd Birhtday

Do to the fact that they are having a really big birthday party after Christmas this year we have had low key birthday party's at home.

Addie got a new Cabbage Patch doll this year.

I remember when I was little my dad looked every where to find me a cabbage patch doll that looked like me. When went to pick out Addie's I had to make sure that it looked like her also. So after looking on black Friday for one with blue eyes and blond hair I was out of luck... then I turned around and this lady put one back that was just what I was looking for!!! We pointed out to Addie that she had hair like hers. She was so cute when she looked at her hair and then said " She does just like me!"

She loves her new baby. It goes every where with her.