Got Glasses?

Grant has been having headaches at school and so I decided he needed to get his eyes thoroughly checked out.  I didn't know if he needed them or not.  I wanted to find out the cause of all his headaches....  So we went to the eye doctor Springhill Eyecare and had him checked out.  Come to find out he needs glasses.  He sits in front of the class at school and looking up at the board or screen  has been causing his headaches so now he will have glasses to use when looking at the screen and board.  Hopefully his headaches are over!  They added Grant's picture to their  Pinterest Page.  He looks very handsome in his glasses and very natural.   Grant did a great job picking out his frames! 

Dollywood Spring Break 2014

Spring Break part two.....

We just decided we wanted to go to Dollywood over Spring Break, so we left on Thursday morning and came home on Saturday evening.  We went to Dollywood for the first time last year (me and the kids) Eric has been many many times before.  We enjoyed it so much we decided to get a Season Pass.  We got there on Thursday around 1:30 and they were packed.  Grant wanted to ride the new roller coaster (Fire Chaser Express) so we waiting in line for over an hour to ride and it was a lot of fun and worth the wait.  After that the other rides weren't too long.  We rode all the coasters and then headed to the other side of the park to meet up with Eric and Madison.  We stayed till it closed and then went back on Friday, but got there when it opened and left at 6:00 pm.  It was not busy at all on Friday, I think the weather held everyone off, it tried to rain all day and did sprinkle just a bit.  It worked in our favor because we rode all the Coasters multiple times!  I know I will pay for it this week, I am not as young as I use to be!  My body feels a little beat up today!  I have lots of pictures to share!

 

This is just a collection of rides with a little music!

Grant getting ready to ride Fire Chaser Express!

Fire Chaser Express!

After ride 4 or 5 of Fire Chaser Express!

Getting ready to ride "The Wild Eagle"

Grant on Shooting Star!

Whee!

Grant on the Spinning Disc

Bumper Cars Video!

                                          

Grant and Madison on the Lumber Jack Ride!

Thunderhead!  Fast Coaster!  Grant and I LOVED it!

This is a video of Grant and Madison on the teacups.

Grant had fun spinning the cup!

We had a great time and can't wait to go back!  

Adventure Science Center

Spring Break Part One...

At CA we get 2 weeks for Spring Break on the first week we just stayed close to home and had some much needed lazy days!  I got through with Books 1-3 in the Divergent Series and did some much needed house cleaning.
Eric worked the first of the week and then we headed to the Adventure Science Center since we have a membership and let the kids have some fun there.  They had a Workshop in the hands on room for you to create anything you wanted with wood, pipes etc.  So Grant and Eric decided our Gerbil (Dale) needed a little shelter for his cage.  They made it for Dale and then they had fun running around and exploring the Adventure Science Center. 
I have some pictures to share from the Science Center.

Grant ready to get this put together for Dale.

They are hard at work!

Madison working with her Daddy!

Grant and Madison built the arch with the squares.

Grant is getting too tall!

We also headed over to the Nashville Zoo after the Science Center since we are members there too!  I only took a few pictures...  We had a good time and the weather was perfect!

Imagine This Winner!

At Columbia Academy they have a writing contest each year and participants can write stories, poems etc.  Madison and her friend (Kaydence) teamed together and wrote a Fractured Fairytale, which is they take a know fairytale and put different characters etc.  They won 3rd place in the whole 3rd grade class.  They were both pretty proud of themselves.  Here is a pictures of Madison and Kaydence.

Madison and Kaydence

 

 

Madison with her Trophy!

Basketball Time!

This year Grant decided he wanted to play basketball with CA on their Saturday Rec. Team.  This was his first year ever to play basketball.  He loved playing basketball.  He now comes home and after school he wants to play to unwind before starting on his homework.  I play a little with him on Saturdays and then I pay for it for 2 or 3 days afterwards.  They had a great season and enjoyed it and will probably play again next year!  I have a few pictures to share of Grant playing basketball.

January Fun!!

We have been crazy with parties, school, dance and you name it!  I have lots of pictures to share from our fun filled month!

We started off the month with celebrating Abbi's birthday at her house.  I have some pictures of sweet Abbi as she is turning 1!  I can't believe she is already ONE!

Abbi with Uncle Eric

 

Abbi with Granddaddy

Abbi getting ready for her cake!  She is ONE!

Abbi's cute theme from her party!

Abbi eating cake and she is happy!

She looks full now!

Lilli helping Abbi put on her birthday hat!

Lilli and Madison getting ready to eat! Yum!

Abbi and her Uncle Eric ending the night!

We had a great night celebrating Abbi's first birthday!  

Can't wait to get together with them again!

Lilli & Abbi's blog

Here is a picture of Grant and his friend Jared having fun at 

Sky High in Nashville at a Youth Group Night!

Sky High Jump

They had a blast and are hot and sweaty!

Eric had a birthday too!  We celebrated at O' Charley's with some free pie!

Happy birthday Sweetheart!  We love you!

Here are some fun pictures of Madison doing what she loves!!

She is loving dancing and handstands!

 

 

This is from her Ballet Class!  Getting ready for recital!

CDA Dance Academy

Here are some pictures from a Cancer Free celebration for our dear 

friend Caroline Darden!  2013 was a long hard year for Caroline!

http://carolinedarden.com/ 

 Caroline had two cakes and her brother

 "Logan" helped her with this cake.

This was a picture of just the kids!  We love you Caroline!

This cake had 2013 so she blew out the candles and all 

the trouble she had in 2013!  Blessing for a great 2014!

Here are some pictures of Madison and her friend Addison at a birthday party having fun!

Madison ready for the birthday party with her new headband!

Madison jumping on trampoline and doing splits!

 CATS - Tumbling

Madison and Addison!  Sweet friends!

We had a fun filled January and look forward to the same for February!

We are blessed with God, good friend, health, happiness and a great family!!

Frosty the Snowman on Ice

The kids had a fun day today with their cousin Lilli and their grandparents at Opry Mills to see Frosty the Snowman on Ice!  

We went to the mall first and visited Build-a-bear and ate at the Rainforest Cafe before they headed to Ice.  

I hung out at the mall and had an adventure of my own!  I decided I would have my eyebrows threaded.....  Wow, that was an adventure in itself!  No pain no gain!  My eyebrows are beautiful but it took a little pain!  I am still undecided if I am going to stick with wax or try the threading again.....  

I have pictures to share from our adventure today.

                                     Build-a-Bear

Waiting in line to get their animals filled.

Ready to fill their animals!

Madison and her Princess Bear (Bella)

Lilli and her Bridal Rainbow Bear (Purse)

After they were all stuffed!  Cute!  Grant named his dog "Jack"!

 

Frosty the Snowman at Opry Mills