March Happenings!

March was another busy month with activities, Spring Break and Mommy's birthday.  Here is everything in between :)  Dancing with Toby!

DQ popsicles are Ashley's favorite.  Mama promised her a few boxes of them when she gets her tonsils and adenoids out on 4/10 BUT we learned she doesn't need them out anymore!!!  God is Great!!!!!!!!!  When we were seeing Dr. Black for Trevor's 6 month check he took a look at Ashley's tonsils and he was perplexed, they shrunk!!!!  And she's not having her sleep apnea episodes anymore so surgery is off!!!

Daddy got a promotion at work!  He is now leading the wine team!!  So it brings him back to leading a business and merchandising!  We are so so proud of him!!!!  

While Daddy was at YBM in Orlando the kids and Mommy checked out the new Dave and Busters!  Turns out Trevor's buddy Jack and his Grandma were there too!

Trevor chose a craft from his book fair and took a lot of time making little 'squishy' cookies for all of his classmates.  He was SO excited to give them out and then guess what?  Nobody wanted one.  A hard lesson for this little giver but he took it in stride and said 'well more for Ashley and me.' Good attitude buddy!

Ashley is into wrapping 'presents' :) 

Still like building forts or whatever this is!

Ashley's directed drawing of Cat in the Hat at preschool!  Way better than Mommy's drawing skills!

More school fun with Brian!

And Amaya!

And a pizza party because her teacher Mrs. Kylie is going out on maternity leave soon!

We headed to High Rise one day after school.  Ashley is fearless!

Dinner out with the 'Breakfast Club' from Mommy's gym.  Sara might be the youngest but these workout buddies are young at heart and great motivators!

Getting nice out!  Quick walk before dinner so Ashley could ride her scooter!

When Ashley is home from preschool her #1 sidekick is never allowed to be too far away.  Toby's look is like 'help'!!

Just chilling!

Practicing our backward roll!

Lunch with Trevor and buddies at school!

Ashley and all of her babies!

Such a good Mama!

Family date night at Dave and Busters so Daddy could see it!

Night before leaving for AZ Toby was all cuddles with Mama!

Lunch at Chick Fil A.  Of course Cuddles had to come and eat too!

So this is random thing that happened to Mommy and Ashley when we were out running errands one day.  We were stopped at a stop sign facing north, waiting to make a left turn.  This truck was driving East and went to take a right turn into a parking lot about a block down from us.  Well as he turned his front left tire pops off and comes barreling down the road.  Mommy had no where to go because there was a car or two behind her at the stop sign and cars coming East so she couldn't leave the stop sign and just had to wait for the tire to hit her car :(  So with a big thunk it did.  :(  But when Mommy got out of her car to see where it was hit, there was no dent!!!!  It hit her front tire!!!  So Mommy took the car in and it needed an alignment but that was it!!!!  The poor guy driving the truck had just borrowed the truck about an hour before the tire came off.  Read his response from when Mommy let him know that we would cover the alignment.  So glad we did.  :) 

Ashley loving life and cheer still :)

And ice cream from Walton's Five and Dime!  Turns out Sam Walton was born on Mommy's birthday  and would have been 100 this year so they were giving out free ice cream!

But the month ended with a big boomer for this girl.  Trevor, Sophia and Ashley were outside playing while the parents were inside celebrating Sara's birthday (final celebration ;)) when we heard crying.  Turns out Trevor on his hovercart crashed into Ashley on her scooter and she hit the pavement hard.  45 minutes of crying and all she wanted to do was go to sleep.  So it was concussion watch all night for Mama.  Zzzzzz but she was a little better in the morning.  Still a slight headache and tired so we kept Easter Sunday low key to make sure our little munchkin was 100%.  

Sara Turns 40!

Lordy, Lordy look who's 40! LOL!  Sara has had quite the birthday month and the fun just is continuing back in Arkansas.   On the day before her birthday Sara had set up brunch with some of her MOPS friends and so that her friend Tori who just moved here could meet everyone.  Well somehow it got out that my birthday was the next day and it turned into a birthday brunch!

Beautiful roses Tori brought to Sara!

On Sara's actual birthday Sara went to her gym but then Tori invited her to 9 Rounds, a new gym by our house.  Aye caramba!  It was hard!

But oh so fun!

When Sara got home she had flowers delivered from her friend Alexis who recently moved away!  So sweet!

After Trevor was home from school, Mommy took the kids and neighbor Kellan to TCBY for a treat!

Then Daddy got home with more flowers for Mama!!!  LOVE!

Obligatory selfie!  This is 4-0!

Daddy also brought home fun celebration poppers!!

Then it was off to Old Chicago for dinner!!

As is becoming a hilarious birthday tradition, Daddy fell asleep with a kiddo while putting them to sleep so Mommy had a glass of wine, watched some TV and called it a night!  She needed rest too because the next night was her birthday party with the neighbors!  We started at a Mexican restaurant.  When we walked in the room we reserved was all decorated!!!  

Our neighbor Amaris totally should be a party decorater!  Made the room and the party!!!

Going to be a fun night!

Mommy had a gluten free cake made for the occasion!

The Stones, the Boyles, the Hills, us and the Lewis's!

Before heading out we did a quick karaoke to 'Don't Stop Believing' by Journey.  We totally livened the place up ;) 

After that we headed to Bolt NWA to escape the room (jail)!  It was SO hard!!!!!!  We did not make it.  Argh.  But we sure had a lot of laughter and fun!

One of the best parts of Sara's birthday month though?!?!?!  Her sweet Mama emailed all of her friends and relatives letting them know that Sara was turning 40 and asked that they send a card to surprise her!  Boy was Sara surprised when the cards started showing up!!!!!  So so so fun to hear from all of these people - old teachers, old neighbors, old friends, family members!!!  Memories are Sara's thing so you better believe she'll be keeping all the cards to look back on!!!  Thank you Mama!!!

And probably the best card goes to Sara's Aunt Alice!!!  Look at that young cowgirl!!! 

Spring Break in AZ for Kids and Mommy

Mommy and the kids decided to go to AZ for Spring Break.  At the time we booked Daddy thought he would be able to come but given he is transitioning to a new job within Sam's Club (more to come), he wasn't able to come this year.  :(  Luckily the kids are excellent travelers for Mommy!  We flew out on Saturday.  

Grandma and Grandpa Hillins picked us up from the airport and we headed to Chompie's for some corned beef and cabbage.  On Sunday we went to church and then Sara headed to the LPGA tournament by their old house.  Her friend Kristen was hosting Hee Young Park, who we hosted last year so the two of them went to the tourney where HY was on fire!

HY came off course when she saw Sara.  HY was squealing in delight and giving big hugs to Sara and Sara was giving them right back!  We've missed HY!

As you can see on Friday she was at the top of the leader board!!

She did awesome on Sunday too!  Her new boyfriend JJ is definitely her good luck charm!

After the tourney we met back at Kristen's house (right next to our old house!) so HY could see the kids!!!

Was also fun for the kiddos to see some old friends!  Gabriella!

On Monday Pauline, Sara and the kids headed to Gilbert for the kids to get their pictures taken with our favorite photographer!  The day before on the kids day of fun with Grandma and Papa you can see the new doll Ashley got (and no Cuddles as she is now called was not in the official pictures!)

After some shopping at Evereve!  We ate lunch at Red Robin!

Later that day we went back to our old park so that Ashley could see Remy!  These two pick up where they left off (even with months in between) like no time had passed.  

Trevor was back at his favorite spot!

Remy's nanny captured these perfect pics of the girls!  They would randomly hug and hold hands all over the park!

On Monday night Mommy met Erica out for dinner and was sure to make it an early night because Tuesday was a jam packed day.  We started by visiting our favorite La Casa teachers - Mrs. Harvey and Mrs. Costolo both kids mini 3s teachers.

Then we met Sharon and Connor for coffee.  Trevor and Connor were in the same class for all 3 of their preschool years.

It was so good to see Sharon!!!

Grandma and Papa met us at Starbucks after awhile and took Ashley to the train park!

Trevor opted to come to lunch with Mommy and her friend Camela.  (Camela's daughter and Trevor were in the same preschool class all three years too!)

On the way back to the Hillins Mommy caught Trevor soaking up the sun :)

The kids went for a quick hot tub dip before we left to meet Nana Jeanne and Papa Steve.  They were taking the kids for a special overnight while Mommy met her friends for a courtyard wine night like old times!

The kids were so excited to see Uncle Don!

And work on puzzles!

And Mommy couldn't believe it when these close friends surprised her with a birthday gathering!

Complete with a special Erica cake flavored like Pink Champagne.  It was DELICIOUS!

With the time change Mommy was up early (even going to bed super late) and was at Nana and Papa's before 7am!  The weather warmed up so we hit the pool!

After that we had happy hour on the patio where Trevor fished for palm trees!

The adults did puzzles!

And we celebrated Mommy's birthday!  The kids put together a treasure map for Mommy to find eggs.  Each egg had a number that corresponded with a gift from Sara's parents.  So fun!! 

One of the many great gifts was that a masseuse was coming to the house the next day at 10am for Sara!!!!!  So while Sara was getting a massage, Nana and Papa took the kids to play bocce ball with their own special set of rules.  

Nana is the best at taking cute pictures!  Spring!

That afternoon we went to the pool and the kids spent hours diving for a Shopkin that Papa would throw and they would have to find!

Speaking of Papa - check out this fun shirt he got!   Perfect for him :) 

That Nana always knows how to keep the kids busy when she is around.  Clay was certainly a hit with Ashley!  She made a butterfly!

Thursday night was a special night because Uncle Don slow cooked brisket all day for dinner!  YUM!!

On Friday Nana and Papa headed into the city to get the results of Papa's MRI.  He went down in Pickle ball a few weeks ago and this day they learned that he ruptured his Achilles Tendon and tore another tendon.  Ouch!  While they were doing that Mommy took the kids to another pool!

Friday night we were invited to Charlotte's birthday party at a rollerskating rink!  So fun to skate and to see our friends!

On Saturday we had a day of fun with Grandma Pauline and Papa John.  Trevor's request?  Top Golf!

Man is he doing well connecting with the ball!

Ashley got in on the fun too!

After that we swung by Buy Buy Baby because we heard the Cooltech Car Seat Coolers that Daddy and Mommy helped bring to market were finally in retail stores, not just online!  Exciting!!  Mommy and Ashley have just aged a little bit since the packaging photo :) 

Lunch at Chick Fil A!

Games at Peter Piper Pizza!

And then Mommy and Trevor headed to Fireside so that we could meet some friends at the park and then Trevor would have a sleepover at Gabriella's while Erica and Mommy would go out for dinner, wine with Katie then Sara would end up at Lisa's for some late night chatting and sleeping :)  

Our Godson Maddox was NOT into having his picture taken!

But the three amigos sure were :)

Ashley sure soaked up her special time with Grandma Pauline and Papa John!  Park time!  Brave girl is doing by herself things she couldn't do a year ago!

On Sunday Mommy and Trevor woke up at 7 and drove to the Hillins' house!  Beautiful sunrise over Pinnacle Peak!

After Palm Sunday mass we went to Troon Country Club with the Hillins' friends.  Of course Cuddles joined us too!

Then we spent a good 3-4 hours in the hot tub!  We were prunes!!!

Then we headed to Rosati's for pizza and drinks before coming back and celebrating Sara's birthday with some yummy cake bites!

Trevor skipped dessert for 6 shrimp (this after he ate 6 jumbo wings at the restaurant!)

Our last sleep in AZ.  Lots of wonderful memories for each of us to bring back to Arkansas.  A big thank you to everyone for their hospitality!  We were able to see everyone and do everything we all wanted!  Almost 10 days of pure happiness in our hearts!  XOXO