Spring Break

We are so far behind on our blog because we have been so busy, but we went home to Birmingham for Spring Break and had a great time! We got to visit everyone while we were there and here are a few pictures from our trip....

The first full day we were there, we headed over to the new Bass Pro Shop in Leeds to check it out. We thought it would be a good way to get out and do a little shopping without boring Dylan to death!! Plus, they have lots of things for the kids to do there.



I think this is Sutherlan's favorite part of Bass Pro Shop. She loves watching the fish. They couldn't get over this big one!



This is definitely Dylan's favorite part of Bass Pro Shop. He got to drive in a NASCAR simulator! I thought he did a great job!! Sutherlan rode shotgun for this one..she's so little you can't see her in there. I think he came in 24th.

We went out to dinner with Andrea and the kids to see them since her kids had their Spring Break the week before we did, so they had school the next day!





We went to visit my grandmother on Thursday and my Aunt Sandra came over to see us. It was so good to see them both! I don't get to see them as often as I would like!



Dylan took this picture of all the "girls".



Brandon came down on Friday and met up with us to head over to Kiki and Pop's new house!!! It is so beautiful..we loved it! We got to see Aunt B, Uncle John and Will while we were there. The kids loved the goldfish in Kiki's backyard and going to the park with Will.

Bridge Bed

Brandon has done it again! Sutherlan had gotten to where she was waking me up all through the night saying her bed was "just not comfortable" and other things to try and get me into her room. Well, I asked her if we got her a "BIG" bed like Dylan's would she be happier and she said, "Yes". So, we went in search of a twin size bed instead of the toddler bed she had. Well, we found out very quickly that they are expensive!!! Just a single mattress without the box spring was $100.00, so I started thinking....Brandon can build her a bed like he did for Dylan. For those of you who don't know, Dylan has a race car bed that Brandon made him when he was about 4. So, I started thinking what kind of bed should we do? Then, it came to me!! She has this huge castle on her wall and I thought how cute would it be to have a bridge leading up to the castle and that could be the bed???? I told Brandon my idea and he had in mind just what he wanted to do and this is what he came up with......



Needless to say, she loves it!! She has really gotten into Hello Kitty lately, so we went and got Hello Kitty bedding. It turned out so cute!!

For those of you who have kids, I'm sure you will understand...keeping them in bed all night can be somewhat of a challenge. I found out that Build-A-Bear Workshop has Hello Kitty, so I took her to pick out a Hello Kitty "Sleeping Buddy" and she picked out some pjs for her. It was a lot of fun and now she has her new bridge bed and Hello Kitty sleeping buddy to keep her company. She has actually slept really good in her new bed!! She told me she has the BEST DADDY EVER! She has thanked him so many times I can't keep count and she constantly tells me that her bed is "Comfee Cozy".