Aimee my love...

have you ever seen such a cuter future sister in your life???

My helper

Night goggles in the middle of the day are a must in our car!!

St Jude reunion

St Jude had a reunion for anyone who has ever gone there so Allen and I went to it. I wasn't sure if we would have any fun so i told Allen we could leave if we didn't know anyone. We actually had a great time!! I talked to a few of my old teachers and then Thomas and Christine showed up!! We had a great time with them!! I ran in to several people i knew that i didn't even know graduated from St Jude's.
Thomas and I (both St Jude graduates!!)
Christine, Thomas, Me, and Allen with my old Art Teacher....
Mrs Waidlich and I....
It was so much fun to walk through the school and see all my old classrooms!! Allen had fun looking at all the class pictures on the wall...he tried so hard to find David Hasslehoff's picture but i just couldn't remember what year he graduated.

Day 4 of spring break

Noah and I braved the weather and went to the zoo. It actually turned out great because it was cloudy and cooler so all the animals were out!
Noah was not enjoying the smells of the elephants...




We had to open our umbrellas only for a second before it stopped again.



Noah is so brave....i am not a huge fan of the petting zoo but Noah just jumps right in...

Day 3...

Day 3 of spring break was spent hanging out at the park with our friends....
we enjoyed a great picnic....

even Mimi came to join the fun!!
Bonnie and Madeline...
Patrick enjoyed the great outdoors...
as did Beth and Hall...

gotta love good friends and good weather!!

Spring Break day 1 and 2

First, let me start off by warning you that this post has a TON of pictures and almost all of them are of Noah. So if you don't like looking at pictures of my child, this is not the post for you. Second, i apologize for not posting sooner. i have been BUSY!!!! Whew!! Very busy!!

Let me start with spring break...days 1 and 2. Poor Allen had to miss out on all the fun since he had to work but Noah and I had a week of fun!! We started our spring break week by joining Nathan on a college visit to Belmont Abbey in North Carolina. We drove up with my mom, Archbishop, Nancy, Sandy, Nathan, and Sophie on Monday afternoon. Nathan's appointment was Tuesday morning so we got to explore a little while we were there. I have actually been there before. I applied and was accepted to Belmont Abbey but had not been there since MY college visit.

I was very excited to visit Dean & Deluca and made my mom take a picture...
we had a late dinner and Noah got to stay up WAY past his bedtime. It was after 9pm when we left the restaurant and i had promised him he could go swimming in the hotel pool...


the water was FREEZING but Noah had a blast!

the next morning we woke up way too early and headed over to the college. Noah was on Murphy duty while Nathan took the campus tour. Noah was glad to be on dog duty...he and Murphy are buds!

The campus is so beautiful...













I had to get a picture of my poor mom like this. She slammed her own head in the car door...
I know I went a little picture crazy but it was so beautiful out i just couldn't help myself!!









We went into the adoration chapel to pray...
Fishboy and Fishgirl....
Before heading back home, we had lunch outside...


















What a beautiful city!! And what a great start to our week of fun!!