MARCH 2014 WRAP UP

Crazy hair day at school

 We were blessed with free passes to the water park at Great Wolf Lodge.  Oh my goodness....the kids were SOOOO excited!!  Maggie had never been and she wasn't sure what to expect at first.  Once she figured out how much fun it was, she was unstoppable.  I think she went down the slides about 943 times.

 On the first day of Spring Break, we went and got the girls ears pierced.  Grace's had been pierced for a while, but around Christmas, she got a really bad infection in one of them.  So, we let them grow up.  

Grace had a sleepover with her friend, Greta.  They got to visit the American Girl store...where Grace's doll got her ears pierced too!

While Grace was away, Bennett had a day with his BFF, Madi.  We went to see The Lego Movie and then hit Snuffers for a snack.

The next day of Spring Break, we had a girls day with Aunt Jen and Emily.  We went back to the American Girl store where Lulu got a new hairdo.  We had lunch in the boutique.  It was so much fun to have some one-on-one time.

While the girls were at American Girl, Uncle Sam took Bennett and Logan to play at a fun park.

 Maggie loves to "help" me fold clothes.....

We got to go see The Wizard of Oz thanks to HopeKids.  We love to hang out with our friend, Jasie.

I always take the girls to ADTS Nationals to see our friends.  This year, they got to meet the Rangerettes!

Some random funny pics of Miss Personality.  This girl keeps us on our toes.

Helping Daddy in the yard

Cake.....YUM!

WISH NIGHT PHOTO SHOOT

Grace was asked to be one of the featured kids for Wish Night this year.  This was one of our favorite days of the whole year last year, so we were very excited to have the opportunity to do the photo shoot.

We were told to bring a couple of different outfits of solid colors....and Grace ended up in what we were wearing to school that day!  

Make-a-Wish had the studio stocked with snacks and drinks.  They have the Frozen soundtrack playing when we got there so Miss Grace was feeling like a supermodel!!

It was amazing to see how they turned her sitting on top of some white boxes into a masterpiece!!

Getting everything ready

Showing her what she looks like

Amazing that this turned into........

THIS!! 

MONSTER JAM

Thanks to Beads of Courage, we were able to attend Monster Jam for the 2nd year in a row.  I never thought that I would enjoy sitting around watching huge, loud trucks driving in dirt....but I loved it!!  And the kids loved it too!!

I was sooo excited to see Dennis Anderson was driving Grave Digger.  We used to watch him on a TV show and really like him.   

We had AMAZING seats!!

Grave Digger

This truck cracked me up!!!

Dennis Anderson

Our heart buddy, Pierson, who is a total cutie pie!!

Hard to see, but Outlaw carried a Courage the Tiger stuffed animal for  Beads of Courage

Gotta love a good wreck

No worries....everyone was safe!

Grave Digger lost all of the outside of his truck on his last run

HEART WEEK 2014

Heart Week is a very special week in our household!!  It is the time we celebrate Congenital Heart Defects!  We always have a big party with Amazing Little Hearts at the hospital.  We also try to spoil our favorite doctors and nurses.   This year, the kids and I decided to do a random act of kindness on every day of heart week.  (Thanks, Jane, for the awesome idea!!)  They had so much fun planning what we were going to do every day.  It is my greatest hope that they grow up loving to give back as much as I do!

Treats for our doctors and nurses

Bennett, Grace, and Greta delivering goodies to the hospital

Face painting is always a favorite activity

The man who has literally held my daughter's heart in his hand.....the amazing Dr. Mendeloff.  I will never begin to thank him properly.

Dr. Kathy....Dr. Mendeloff's right hand (wo)man!

Grace's heart buddy, Sarah.

I know that I took pictures of our daily acts of kindness, but I can't find them on my computer.  Grr... Here are the things I can remember that we did: breakfast burritos to my lunch buddies, bought Starbucks for car behind us, bought Chick-Fil-A for car behind us, left treats in the mailbox for our mail person, donuts to the office staff at the kids school and at my school.