Civil War Reenactment!!!

This Memorial Day one of my brother's dreams came true .... he got to participate in a Civil War Reenactment! Yes, my 13 year old brother is in love with the Civil War. He has been so excited about this day and I wasn't going to miss it. So I packed up bright and early, drove 45 minutes, and spent the day watching a bunch of history nerds act out a Civil War Battle. I have a ton of pictures of my kids playing that I will post later, but for now I wanted to share these with my mom :)

Ummm...

That's one way to use the stroller ....

Trains and Uncle James!!

Every now and then I have too much energy and do funny things :) like take the boys to the local train show and out for McDonald's Shamrock Shakes!!

Valentine's Day

We kept the celebrations small this Valentine's day, just a quick trip to the zoo and cookies with friends :)

Adorable little faces

These faces are so adorable!!!

Happy Anniversary!!!

This January my parents celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary! It was the first year that we didn't have a large event going on, so my parents took this opportunity to renew their vows. They renewed their vows on a Thursday morning during 8:30am mass and it was beautiful! We didn't all make it to the mass, but we were all able to meet up for a lovely breakfast.

My parents have been a wonderful example of marriage! I'm not going to say they are perfect or that they never fight (because I would be lying) but I will say that after 32 years of marriage my dad still grabs my mom's rear-end (I didn't feel right saying butt) and my mom still blushes .... that is love!! 

Family Day

Every now and then I get really overwhelmed and decide we need a day off! On this particular day I decided the zoo would be the perfect escape, so we packed up and headed to the zoo. I honestly didn't think Little Man Cub would remember it much since we hadn't been in a year, but he totally remembered!! He literally squealed with excitement when he saw the penguins and kept asking for the bears. So adorable :)

Man Cub found the bears :)

Tiger/Lion Feeding!

Poor tired DH

 We were so lucky to have Uncle Jt and Auntie Jessica join us. I am pretty sure both the boys have a huge crush on thier auntie ;)