Ice Cream Social

Danielle had an ice cream social at her house last week so the kids could get together and play and have ice cream. They loved it. They jumped in the bouncy house, rode Sam's cars and ate lots of sweets. It was a good time.

Mommy's 30th Birthday

I can't believe that I am 30. Life goes by so fast and I am truly blessed. I have awesome parents, siblings, friends, husband and of course two beautiful children. On my birthday mom and Kelly took me to see Sex in the City 2 and then we met the rest of the family, Jason and the kids, his parents and my friends Danielle and Donna at the Mexican restaurant. Of course Brady was all about the cake! It was a nice birthday.

We lost a dear friend

This past week we lost a very dear friend, Tara Cooper. Tara was in our Bunco group and she was always at our kids birthday parties and Tick or Treating on Halloween. She was such a sweet person, always smiling and never had a bad thing to say about anyone. She will be truly missed my many people. We love you Tara and we'll see you again someday!

Our little dare devil the swimmer

I have given swimming lessons since I was fifteen and have taught many kids how to swim, but never thought that my child would be the biggest dare devil I have ever worked with. I have never had a two year old that could swim and Brady is already swimming. He makes us all a nervous wreck because he is not scared of the water at all. He jumps right in and will swim under the water to you. The only problem is that he doesn't realize he has to come up to get his breath. He thinks he can stay under all the time. He holds his breath and doesn't get choked too often. We make him wear his "shark" life vest when we aren't in the water with him and he can go all over the pool by himself. He is such a dare devil, but hopefully we'll have him swimming by himself to the side by the end of the summer.

Playing in the Creek

Mom and dad's new thing with Brady is to take him to the creek by their house. Although he loves the pool, he is all boy and he really likes throwing rocks and getting dirty in the creek. He was so funny as he was walking down the creek with dad. He said "Pappaw we're in the jungle." One of his favorite movies is Jungle Book so all the trees over the creek made him think they were in the jungle. He's too funny!

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a busy Memorial Day weekend. On Saturday we swam all day with the McDowell families and their kids. Brady, Kinlee, Kase, Owen and Emma all had a great time in the pool. Emma looked so cute in her bathing suit and hat. She was even laughing. She is starting to smile anytime you talk to her now. She is a doll baby!

That Saturday night we went to Nana and Pop's house for a cookout and Brady got to play with Jason's cousins kids and Jessi. We got a pic of Mammaw with all the kids.

Happy Birthday Grandpa Yuda

We celebrated my Grandpa Yuda's 84th birthday and Brady got to play with my cousin Jessica's girls. He really liked riding on the pink Jeep. What a mess!

Our new friend Davis

The Propes family welcomed a new baby boy, Davis, on April 29th (a few weeks early). He is doing great and we are so excited to have a new friend.

Our little Amish boy

These are some random pics of Brady and Emma over the past couple of weeks. The first ones are of Brady at my parents house naked with my dads mowing hat on. We are still working on the potty training and he had just gone on the potty and was out the door grabbing the hat on his way out.

Niki's Wedding

We went to my friend Niki's wedding in Columbus, Ohio this weekend. It was a long way to take two kids, but my parents also went and Brady and Emma were wonderful. We had a great time and it was so awesome to see my girls. We haven't been together in forever and it made me realize how much I really miss them. The wedding and reception were so nice and Niki was a gorgeous bride.

Past Few Weeks

Well, we've been busy lately. Of course life is always busy with two kids. Two weeks ago Emma had her first bottle and loved it. Brady wanted to feed her so that was interesting. Derby weekend my cousin Carrie came home from Colorado so Brady got to see his second cousin Madeline. They are both very active two year olds and they had a blast together. We also have a new baby in the Yuda family, Devon Rose, my cousin Jessica's new little girl. We haven't seen her yet, but can't wait to meet her.

Emma 2 Week Pictures

We had Emma's 2 week pictures done with Kirstie Goodman and they are awesome. You can view the slideshow at: http://www.kngphotography.com/slideshows/tabell/
Enjoy!!