Who Needs Disney?

Don't you just love a hardware store?!!

Me too! 

Recently...

I had 3 of the munchimunchkins in Lowe's.

Do they ever outgrow the racing car shopping carts?

I hope not.

"MiMi! Are you sure these are free?"

"Look at me MiMi! Are you kidding me?

How many can I have?"

Within the last year,

I painted the kids room pink.

I wanted teal to go along with all the other teal in my house

but NO! Abi had to have pink.

 "MiMi, Pleeeeeeze let me have this color for my room!"

Educational reading materials while we wait for Pops.

I'm not kidding you.

This is late at night.

These kids were way passed their bedtimes 

and look how happy they are!

You just don't get that at Disney World!

Take my advice...

Take the kids to Lowe's.

Grandkids At Wedding

I have been wanting to share about the grandkids at the wedding that seems only weeks ago but guess what?!

It's already been 6 months.

Kristen & Felix's wedding was so wonderful.

All the family together makes for a happy mother.

We all flew out to Texas.

Can you imagine how excited the grandkids were?

They love flying.

They were thrilled to be in Aunt Kristen's wedding!

Add the fact that they were getting a new uncle.

They think Felix is a prince.

They even call him Prince Felix.

Joyful is how I describe the whole occasion.

I have a katrillion pictures.

I thought I'd share a few of my grandkids.

No one looks all too happy in the picture below but I had to document Abigail.

Her dad pointed at his eyes to remind her to look forward.

She cracked us up when she pointed at her eyes and told him to look forward also.

Really funny if you know how weddings 

are not my sons favorite thing. 

Elijah feels like his Pops.

Mark always said he wanted to find the inventor of the tie 

and hang him with it.

I'm not sure how the tie came about but they sure look handsome.

Hope you are having a wonderful week.

We are expected to have cooler here in Florida this weekend.

Halleluiah! 

Love to ALL!

Jacksonville Zoo

Abi took me to the zoo this week.

"MiMi, I want to see the long-neckers!"

Can you see the lion?

We had so much fun that we decided 

to bring the siblings the next day. 

The zoo currently is staging a dinosaur exhibit.

The dinosaurs exhibit is strategically placed 

in the zoo's swampy area. 

The realistic features do not disappoint.

From startling movements to alerting screeching sounds.

One surprising creature spews water at by passers.

Elijah was willing to protect his sisters.

Dani was quick to remind me that dinosaurs are extinct and these were just replica's. 

It ended on a lighter note

which allowed the kids to climb and see they were in fact, 

just replica's.

 The zoo has several places for the kids 

to jump, climb, slide and play.

It was a perfect week here in north Florida 

to make use of that seasonal zoo pass.

Hope you are having wonderful "zoo weather" 

wherever you may be.

Fun With Grandkids

Elijah has recently begun taking piano lessons.

He is so smart and a quick learner.

He says he is more of a dancer than a music maker.

Cracks me up.

If you saw his dancing, you would know what I mean.

He does have some moves.

He plays basketball with a program at the church and

while he is playing,

the girls are cheerleading on the sidelines.

This stage of the kids lives is so enjoyable.

I am so blessed to keep Abi this year.

She begins VPK next Fall.

(sniffle, sniffle)

Mark's job has been taking us to Miami every other week.

Abi and I have enjoyed playing by the pool this winter.

We've stayed in some nice hotels on Miami Beach.

I had forgotten how beautiful the ocean is in Miami.

On our last visit,

we stayed in a charming hotel

in which Billy Joel was also staying.

He was so nice.

Abi loved playing with him in the pool.

I've been singing Piano Man for a week.

I leave you with a video 

showing how fun hotel rooms can be.

Hope you are having a great week.

Bring on the Spring!

Grandkids at the Beach

The Great Wolf Lodge

We spent two amazing days at The Great Wolf Lodge.

This all-inclusive hotel offers so many options 

to keep the kids busy and happy.

The main attraction is the water park.

While the weather is still cool outside,

this provides a great opportunity to play in the water.

Several water slides for kids of all ages.

The hot tub was perfect to warm up.

The lazy river is always fun.

Here's Kacey zooming out of the slide tunnel.

Abi is looking at the bucket spill over.

A close second in popularity is the Magi Quest game.

The game is basically a souped up scavenger hunt 

that is played throughout the whole hotel.

Eli & Kacey both had a wand.

Elijah recruited Pops.

It was obvious that he was having as much fun as them.

This was Elijah's second year and he advanced quite well.

Here he is checking his score.

Yeah Elijah!

There are people quite older than him playing this adventure.

  

Kacey was scoring well also.

Dani & Abi chose to get a 

little pampering at Scoops.

They are such girly girls.

The hotel schedules games and fun activities all throughout the day.

Karaoke anyone? 

Balloon animal fun.

Who doesn't love a glitter tattoo!

Two fun filled days

and four happy yungins

make for two happy grandparents.

Easter Pictures

We made precious memories

all week with Daniel & Danielle and the kids.

I kept reminding myself to enjoy every minute

because I knew it would be over way too soon.

Before they headed home,

Danielle and I wanted to get some pictures 

of the kids in their Easter outfits.

We started with the hope of getting 1 good group picture. 

Sounds easy enough.

Yeah, not so much.

The best shots turned out to be solo pictures.

Abi loved her twirly dress.

Dani looks so sweet in her blue dress.

Kacey is growing up too quickly for this MiMi.

She is wearing my pearls and looks like a little southern belle.

 I love this happy boy.

He has the best personality.

I am pondering the fact that he beat me 

(more than a few times)

in a couple card games we played.

Turkey!

Oh well,

Happy Easter!