HAPPY Birthday...well...SIck Birthday to Ben...

I will blog Ben's Birthday soon, I hope... Poor little guy was sick on his birhtday and for the party....
Here is a sneak peek from the party...

Sugar and Spice...

Katie and one of her sweet dance friends before the big dance!!! How sweet!


This was their ballet song :"Put on a Happy Face"... they looked awesome up their in their hot pink and black tutus!!



Strike a pose! This is Katie's jazz outfit... her favorite and mine too. and Yes, that is a bite mark so lovingly given to her by her little brother... Have I mention how hard it is raising a 3 year old boy????? Someone mentioned that it looked like a tattoo, I was very tempted to write "mom" in the middle of it for today!! hee hee



During the jazz performance.



Mimi and Pop and their girl!!! Thank you for coming!!!!



Ben supporting his big sister... despite the bite mark, he really adores her... thinks she is the best thing ever!!! He sat through the whole thing and just beamed when he got a glimpse of Katie... sooo sweet... He did say that when he starts baseball that we would all be in attendance to watch him!!! hee hee..

All in all it was a great weekend and a great Mother's day! I just LOVED watching my girl dance her little heart out with such confidence and JOY!!!

More Birthday Weekend Pics....

Saturday we spent hanging out and fishing at Grandmama's house and then we had family pictures at the Grand HOtel in Point Clear. I will definately post them when we order them. Ben and Katie were the perfect models and I am positive we got some really good shots. After pictures, we headed over to Ann and Todd's house to cook out. We have a GREAT meal of grilled chicken, shrimp and veggies... it was sooooo yummy!!! The kids just played and laughed and really enjoyed each other. We had a chocolate cake in honor of Craig and then headed in to watch the video I made with 40 years of pictures from Craig's life. It was a great weekend, exhausting, but great!!



THe cousins hanging out, eating and having a blast together!


Everyone watching Craig's birthday video!


Uncle Todd and all the kids... Ben loves his Uncle Todd!!!


Me and my fabulous sister in law, Ann. I just love her!!!

Happy 40th Birthday, Craig!

We headed down to Fairhope, AL to celebrate Craig's big 4-0! We arrived on Friday afternoon. Ann had set up for a babysitter to keep the little ones while we big ones went out to eat! We went out to a place called Jesse's. It was a darling little place with great atmosphere and we had a very unique server which made the evening more comical! Below are pictures from the night... All night I wanted to get a picture of Craig and his mom and still, I did not get one... maybe next time!!! Thank you Mary Ann for the the dinner treat, it was very yummy and the company was even better!



Me and my 40 year old Cutie


Mary Ann and Harold


Ann,(Craig's sister), Todd and Caroline


Todd making Craig get a picture... I love this one!


Craig and his "first and fav" niece, Caroline... What a beauty she is!

I will post more of the weekend later... off to the bed... *yawn*