A new chair and some sod...

Nothing like spring cleaning and freshing up to make a gal feel good! We participated in the Ashland city-wide garage sale today and thanks to Rick and mom, we managed to clean out a good portion of our garage and get rid of a bunch of unnecessary stuff that was taking up some very necessary space! And to top it off that clean home feeling we got our sod and seed in this week and a chair reupholstered that belonged to grandmother and aunt. Tomorrow I am going to freshen myself up with a massage and mani/pedi with Lori... so despite the crummy weather and a cold, it's a pretty great spring weekend!

Date Night...

Rick and I had a rare opportunity to get dressed up and go out last night. Rick's school, Cedar Hill, participated in a fundraiser for a charity called, HALO (Helping Art Liberate Orphans) which aids orphan children, particularly girls, in places like Africa and India. Rick's art classes made paper flowers to decorate tables at the auction held at the Capital Hotel in Jefferson City last night and so we got to go. It was a interesting experience as we had never been to an auction before. There were some pretty amazing people there who spend their life, time and money helping others and then a lot of very wealthy people blowing through money like it grows on trees- I guess that's how charities work. In any case, although we didn't buy anything, there was some pretty great art and yummy food and we had a very nice time.

Grandma Sandy came over to entertain Kieran. Sounds like they had a lot of fun playing trains, watching DVDs, eating pizza, splashing in the tub and staying up late. When we got home, Kieran was sacked out on the sofa and Grandma was paging through a cookbook- I think they were both wore out! Thank you to Sandy for taking such good care of our little man, it is so nice to have family near by.

Mommy, daddy and Kieran. As you can see, he wasn't all that interested in being in the photo ;)

Mommy and daddy all gussied up!

This and that from late March-early April 2011

Kieran trying out his new wheels... mostly he gets the car to spin in circles, but he has fun doing it

Look at our big boy, isn't he such a doll?

Watching TV in his Buzz Lightyear chair and drinking from his car's cup... this is the life!

Channeling his inner godfather...

Contemplating... hmmm....

Kieran thought mommy's bunny would like to get out of the bedroom and see a little train action, he was even kind enough to share his favorite seat.

Not sure what's going on here, but I love it!

Saturday lounging at it's best.

Strike a pose!

Kieran and what's left of a sucker.

Again I say, what a little doll ;)

Testing out his Thomas ride-on birthday gift in his PJ's

Okay, so not a Kieran pic, but still pretty darned cute- here the girls are caught napping together.

Waking up and realizing who they are waking up next to...

Anger and apathy- priceless.