Maddox's Birthday Celebrations

I can't believe he is finally one!! This past year has gone by so quickly! We all had a really good day on Sunday celebrating Maddox's 1st birthday. Once everyone woke up Sunday morning, Maddox opened his presents from us. Then, we went to church. Finally, after a much-needed nap, we had a birthday party for him with family and friends. It was a great day!

Here is Maddox opening his presents from us. He really enjoyed this!
A band set!! The kids all 3 love this new toy!

Playing the drums

Maybe we woke up too early??

I see more presents!!

Maddox wasn't too sure about these decorations. He didn't really like the fringy stuff.

Kelsey feeding Maddox his dinner. She is so helpful!!!

Time for cake!!!

He definitely liked his cake, but he didn't want to get messy! He sat and picked at it nicely for a while.

Yum!!

We tried again later but he still didn't really get messy - he's so funny!

It was such a nice day that we were able to be outside for a while. Here is Maddox enjoying his bubble mower.

Karter and Maddox were so cute playing together!!

Happy 1st Birthday Maddox Lane!!!!

Kindergarten Here We Come.......

Kelsey had her preschool graduation last night. She has been looking forward to this for a long time. She loves to be on stage and sing - she had a great time!! I can't believe it's over and now we wait for Kindergarten! She is very excited to go to Kindergarten, so that's good:-)
Here is Kelsey before the program. I told her to smile pretty but last minute before I took the picture, this is what she did. Why am I surprised??

Kelsey and Camille waiting with their class.

Landon and Linsey waiting patiently.

Waiting to get their diplomas

She has graduated!!

Kelsey and Linsey. Linsey really liked Kelsey's graduation hat - it was so cute! She asked her mom if she gets one when she goes to preschool:-)

Maddox and my mom at the cookie reception afterward. Maddox was loving those cookies. He gets it honestly:-)

It's Finally Warming Up, and the Kids Are Finally Feeling Better!

Here are just a few random pictures from the past couple of weeks! It seems like we've been pretty busy. The kids have been sick with various things, but they are finally starting to feel better! We've seen our fair share of the doctor's office lately! It's finally getting nice out, so we're all excited about that! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
I gave Maddox an apple the other day, and he thought it was the greatest thing! He walked all over with it just eating away. He kept going to the rug to eat for some reason. It was so cute!

Landon likes to be just like his daddy

Silly string fun (although Landon didn't like it!)

Kelsey is always asking if we can go see Lucky (our dog at the farm), so we finally took her out there. She LOVES Lucky!

Landon has been having to take medicine because he has been sick, and as you can tell, he hates it! The poor guys has to take 4 tsp. 2 x day!! That's a ton!! The first time I had to give it to him I had to sit on him to get him to take it!! Lucky for me, he has gotten better about it! Thankfully, today is his last day. He hasn't really been the same, sweet Landon since he has started it, so I'm glad we're almost done!

He takes a little bit, then takes a drink of milk. It takes about 10 minutes, but I'm ok with that! He has actually gotten even better and can take it much quicker now!

This picture is because he thought it was so funny that he put his cup in his boot to drink out of it!

Easter Festivities!

We had a pretty busy Easter Sunday, but it was a great one! We woke up (early!) and the kids got their Easter baskets and had a little Easter egg hunt. Then we got ready and went to church. Kelsey had her Easter program there, and it was fun watching her and the other kids. After church (and a much needed nap for Maddox) we went to Nanny and Papa's house (Lance's parents) where we had dinner, another Easter egg hunt, and a relaxing evening with family. It was a wonderful day!

Landon and Kelsey got a new baseball bat, and Maddox thought he needed to play with it too!

Kelsey with her new baseball mitt

Maddox was so cute walking around with his basket!

Landon found a lot of eggs!

So did Kelsey

She had to have her picture taken with her baby in their matching dresses!

Isn't he handsome??This is the best picture I could get of Maddox - he wasn't feeling very photogenic!

All the kids before their Easter egg hunt. Left to right - Landon, Ava, Linsey, Kelsey, Karter, and Hudson.

Maddox would have been happy playing on the stairs all night!

One More Thing!

I forgot to put in my last post that Kelsey and Landon were able to enjoy another ride in the plane with Papa! They really love to go flying with him!

Lately at Our House.......

I feel like we've been so busy lately, but nothing has really happened. Here are a few random pictures from the past week!

We babysat for Lynn and Jennifer Johns' baby Hayden. He is 3 months younger than Maddox. He is SO GOOD!! He sat here and played for the longest time. We all enjoyed having him with us!
I can hardly do dishes anymore because a certain someone wants to "help".

Kelsey, Linsey, and Landon playing in all the snow we got the other day! They insisted they needed to go play in the snow before it melted! They were SOAKED when they came in the house!

Maddox really loves playing in the tunnel.

So does Landon:-)

We were having fun the other day making words out of Legos. Landon liked Kelsey's name so much he didn't want to take it apart to make his name!