Recital 2014 :)

So my sweet girl has officially completed her 2nd year of dance! That sounds wild to me (she's only 4 so that means half of her life she has been in dance!).She was super excited about recital this year! Friday night we had rehearsal and Allie thought she was some hot stuff getting to dance on the stage :)

Allie thought it was pretty cool that we wore matching t shirts :)

The girls with their cookies we got them :)

they were SO cute!

Cuties :)

After practice that night Gran and Papa kept the girls so me and Heath could go to a marriage conference at church...it was good but it lasted until 11pm! And we had to be up early and back to the recital the next morning by 8:30am (and that was completely ready). Allie was excited and did so good :) I am so proud of her and how outgoing she is! She does not get that from me (the thought of going up on a stage in front of a bunch of people makes me want to hide!). She had the sweetest/happiest smile on her sweet little face...pure bliss :) She was so proud of herself :)

Mrs. Beverly was sick with pneumonia but she still made it to recital...this lady is amazing!

She was so excited to get flowers from her daddy :) She wanted to show them to everyone and pulled several off and gave them to her friends!

So proud of this little beauty!

"Stupid cupid you're a real mean guy"

Besties :)

She was so excited to get another trophy!

the original 3 :)

Little besties...these girls mean the world to Allie Kate :)

Ava had a good time at the recital too :)

Gran, Papa, Nap and Pop and Nana came to watch her dance :)

this was our attempt at a family picture...in a crowded hallway with the girls fighting over Allie Kate's new stuffed pig :)

After recital we came home and changed clothes and headed up to the lake for a surprise birthday party for the baileys and when we came home we rested for an hour or so and me and Allie Kate headed back out to watch the big girls at the recital that night :) We met Ami and Maci there and the girls had fun watching the big girls!

Sunday we skipped church...I know I know...priorities out of whack but I felt like I had been run over by a bus :-/  We had Emma's birthday party Sunday afternoon and Allie Kate was excited to get to see all the girls! We went on a LONG walk...they live on an old golf course and we walked for atleast an hour (with 5 little girls). We were pretty tired by the time we got back!

She needed the base ball bat to use as her "cane" to help her walk and in case a "pit dog" got after us :) Goofy girl!

Mother's Day and dancing in the rain :)

Happy Mother's day!!! I love being a momma...it's the best feeling in the world! I love my girls to the moon and back they are my whole life! So I am thankful that I even get the privilege to be called "Mommy" :) And I do not take it for granted I know that it is not something every woman gets to experience. I had my troubles getting pregnant with Ava Grace and I know how heart breaking it can be wanting so badly to have a baby!

Allie Kate made herslef me this vase with rocks and a picture of herself and a flower pen at school...she LOVED it and immediately told me it was for us to share since we were besties haha! 

I would much rather have something like this that I know she made and is so proud of than just about anything! She did color me a card and her and Heath got me a book and tshirt... (Heath said that they almost got me a plant but decided that I would kill it...very true...good call).

She even got her daddy to show her the letters to write "I love you" :) 

Me and my precious girls :)

Me and baby "Hudson Judson" as Allie calls him :) 23 weeks

After church we went to eat at Stix with both grandmothers...

After Stix we came home for naps and then went over to Nan and Pop's to visit.

Everything is coming to a close...school, dance, choir...at first it made me sad but now I'm just ready to have a lazy (haha yeh right!) summer and play with the girls and do fun stuff and not have to worry about a schedule! 

We had our last dance class of the year (we have recital practice and recital this weekend) and I cannot believe that Allie has now completed her 2nd year of dance! That just sounds crazy!

the original 3 :)

After dance on Tuesday we kept Olivia for a few hours while Julie taught a class...she was so good and has so much fun with me and the girls 

Allie has been begging me to wear her cowgirl boots to school and since it's the last few weeks....why not??

After I dropped Allie off I saw her with her class getting paint or something and I LOVE getting to see her with her friends when she doesn't know I'm watching...yes, I'm that mom that would love nothing more than to creep around the school and follow her without her knowing!

When I picked Allie Kate up from school we went to our place (just me her and Ava) and had lunch :) And when we left it was starting to rain...so I knew when we got home there was only one cool thing to do....DUH, play in it!

She wanted out there with her sissy!

they were both having the time of their life until it started thundering and ruined all the fun :(

I am really working on not being so anal about some things and so today when Allie Kate asked me if she could paint I made myself say "yes of course" when I really wanted to say "nope, let's wait until it gets warm and I will take it outside and you can paint so you don't get it all over the house"

they're only little once, right?

And Ava discovered her love for Oreos...she woke up in the middle of my healthy snack so I had to share...

one more mom please!!!!! :)