Spring Break Odds & Ends....

We've had a very nice Spring break so far...the weather could be nicer but we made the most out of the semi-warm weather! Last weekend Justine & I took a road trip to NJ to our freshmen year roommate's bridal shower! It was very nice to see her and I think she was very surprised to see us too! Tomorrow Jeff, Kenzie & I are driving back down to NJ for Drake's 1st birthday party! Can't believe he's going to be 1!!!! Where does the time go!?!?

Here are some random pictures from the past couple days....

Today Kenzie and I walked to the ball flats to throw rocks in the river and swing!

We stopped by Chuck E Cheese one day to use some of the tokens we've had for over a year!

She had fun playing with some games....

...but had more fun putting "money" (tokens) in the slots and then getting off when the ride started to move!

Yesterday I got out a new toy (Christmas present from Jeff's sister...thanks Titi!). We put it away during the winter months b/c Kenzie would ask to use it everyday! So she was very happy to finally be able to play with it! She would play and tell me she needed to rest...

another rest....

Poor girl got mommy's frizzies! :)

Before Chuck E Cheese, my mom, Kenzie & I ate at Pizza Hut and I won Kenzie this stuffed bunny in one of those claw games! :) I'm not sure who was happier....me or Kenzie!?! hehe....after I won it, she hugged the bunny and said "I love you"....not sure if she was talking to me or the bunny!?

Kenzie also learned out to pedal...finally!

This picture was taken on the way up to my brother's house but I forgot to post....love the supermodel sleeping pose! :)

Syracuse

Today my mom, Jeff, Kenzie & I drove upstate to my hometown to visit my grandparents and my brother's family! Although Kenzie was very shy at my grandparents....I think they enjoyed spending time with her since they haven't seen her since Thanksgiving!! I wanted a picture of the 4 generations (I've been wanting one for so long) but forgot! After...we went out to dinner at Eddies....a great place I use to go to all the time growing up! They have the best haddock and banana cream pie! We had a wonderful time out to dinner with my brother, sister-in-law and my adorable nephew Brayden!

After dinner we stopped by the dad's cemetery and I took some pictures of Kenzie....

We then went back to my brother's house for a little bit before heading home....

Merry Christmas Brayden! Yes I know, it's April but between sickness and snow we have not been able to get t/g since Christmas!! (At least it's good practice for Brayden since his 1st birthday is in about a month!) Kenzie as always looooved playing with Uncle Scott

I so wanted a picture of the little ones in their pjs....but it wasn't too easy. Brayden was sleepy....and Kenzie was being a stinker (hard to believe, right?!?! haha)...

This one is very cute of Brayden...

Looks like B is going in for a hug and K is repulsed! haha

Crazy to think that when Kenzie is 8, Brayden will be 6....barely a difference!

We also got to spend some time with Mika!! She's as crazy as ever but such a sweet dog! Kenzie was so excited to see her but scared once she saw how crazy Mika is! I can't blame her....when I use to come home from work Mika use to be so excited she would jump on me, rip my bags out of my hands, rip my ipod earphones out of my ears, rip my jeans, leave scratch marks all over me, etc....but despite her crazy self we miss her! :)

Spring Is Here!

(all pics from my phone)

What we've been up to...

This past week we've been on the go.....2 bounce houses, Kid's Fair, library, play group at church, Family fun night at church, mall, Easter bunny, playground...

Here are some pictures from the last week....

Today we went to a Kid's Fair at our local community college. Kenzie had a lot of fun....the college had many different stands set up for different hands on play....she loved it!

(I think this was Kenzie's favorite....the big parachute!) They had a whole stand set up of one of Kenzie's favorite books "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"...

After the Kid's Fair we stopped by the mall to see the Easter Bunny...no luck this year of getting a picture of Kenz with him...she was not having it...and Jeff tried bribing her with everything he could think of too! We then continued our day of fun at the park....

Look how high this slide is! Kenzie was fearless as I'm sure most kids are....so how come as we get older we get more wimpy!?!?!

We continued are day of fun with a (2nd) trip to Sonic for soda and then a walk to our new ice cream place in town!

We've also spent some time at home making chocolate chip muffins.....

and watching TV in bed...

and being a little sleeping beauty! We also tried a new bounce house....

And we also went back to Jumping Jungle too....here we are before we left! (I loved her hair in the pigtail braids!) Thankfully, I was able to convince her to trade her gold "princess shoes" for some sneakers that went a little better with the outfit!