farewell ms. holly!

Ms. Holly has been Maryn's music class teacher since she was 7 months old. Over the last several months, Maryn has become quite fond of Ms. Holly and is always super excited to go see her on Tuesday mornings. She talks about giving Holly hugs and kisses...so sweet! Sadly, Ms. Holly is moving on to new adventures in life and we will be adjusting to a new music teacher. Thank you Ms. Holly for being so sweet, so much fun, and for building a love for music in children's lives! We'll miss you!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Just this past Sunday I celebrated my 33rd birthday...wow! It was a great weekend spent with all the people I love the most! On Friday night, we had pizza with Jeremy's family at Bazbeaux's...yummy :) Saturday was a beautiful day so Jeremy, Maryn and I spent a few hours enjoying at the zoo. Then that night Jeremy and I had a fabulous dinner at Capitol Grille and did a little wine tasting at a place called Tastings downtown. Love date night! Sunday I awoke to two lovely voices singing me "happy birthday" and a tray full of muffins, granola, yogurt and fruit to enjoy in bed. Breakfast in bed was a family affair!! We hurried to church and then spent the afternoon relaxing. The night was topped off with dinner at La Piedad and a family movie, Olivia, and a big bowl of popcorn. I managed to stretch my birthday one more day and on Monday we had dinner with my family at Kona Grill.

It was such a great birthday and I am so thankful for the all people in my life that show me so much love!! Love you all :)

My hot date and I at Tastings :)

What better place than church to get a family photo!

Yeah...a new porch swing!!!

Daddy's little trainer :)

In just a few short weeks, Jeremy will be running the Mini-Marathon downtown so the training is in full gear. Of course every good runner needs a trainer and it just so happens that Maryn is up for the job. She loves to stretch with Jeremy before and after his runs. I couldn't resist snapping a few pictures of them! Love it!!

love, love, love

Maryn & Duke

Maryn giving Cupcake a hug :)

Maryn's first time eating peanut butter & toast...finger licking good!

loving the outside!

love this cheesy smile!!

Easter...2010

On Easter Sunday we had our own little egg hunt in the living room before going to church. After church we headed north for lunch with my parents and brothers. Maryn loved looking for eggs outside and her uncles did a good job hiding them! We then made our way to Jeremy's parents house for dinner. His brother's family was out of town so it was just us, but we went back up the following weekend to enjoy Easter part 2 :)

Egg hunt inside before church

Egg hunt at Mimi & Grandpa's house

Maryn with Uncle Brad & Uncle Scott

Maryn with Mimi & Grandpa

Maryn with Mamaw & Papaw

The cousins were out of town for Easter so we went back to Lapel the next weekend for Easter part 2 :)

Maryn, Quincy, Turner and Stone

Searching for eggs at Mamaw & Papaw's house

Butler in the Final Four!!!!!!

What an adventure the Final Four was for our Butler Bulldogs!! So awesome that the Final Four was in Indy this year :) We made a few trips to campus to get t-shirts, went to a pep rally in the neighborhood, attended practice with 30,000 other fans, had a blast hanging out with friends, plus Jeremy and I were lucky enough to be able to go to the games. So proud to be a Bulldog! As Maryn says "Go Dawgs, Go BU!!!"

Maryn and I went to campus to get t-shirts and she loved the bulldog

Go Dawgs!!

At the neighborhood pep rally we picked up a yard sign

At Lucas Oil Stadium for practice

So much fun that about 10 minutes after we took this picture Maryn fell

asleep during practice :)

Lucas Oil Stadium

Jeremy, Scott, Peter, and Johnny before the Semi-Final game

-they all drove down from Chicago for the game

Tip-off between Butler & Michigan State

Decked out in our BU gear :)

Waiting to go in for the big Championship Game!!!

Warm-ups before the Butler & Duke game

A bittersweet ending to the game....

there is always next year :)

welcome to the family cupcake!

Move over Duke...there is a new pet in the house! Maryn has a new fish named Cupcake :) Our dear friend Kate has been eagerly waiting to surprise Maryn with a little pet and we decided that a goldfish would be the easiest take care of and replace if necessary. We ventured to Petsmart to pick out just the right one and Maryn was super excited! It's been few weeks now and Cupcake is still swimming happily in her bowl...hopefully that lifestyle continues :)

Maryn and Cupcake

Kate and Maryn getting ready to surprise Jeremy with Cupcake

Watching Cupcake swim around

Cupcake and her new home