Memphis

Call me crazy but I took my two energetic kiddos to see Nana and Papa Ginn in Memphis. It was such a fun trip and overall the kids were great. We did so much and had a blast just spending time with family and friends. My favorite part was watching my kids interact with my parents and siblings.
Here are some of the highlights of the trip:

kids watching a show on the plane

Just got to my parent's, don't worry,

by the end of the trip McKay and Papa were the best of friends =)

movie night with Nana and Papa

calling for "Brownie" to come home

Uncle Bill was tons of fun!

helping Papa mow the lawn

traditional saturday morning McDonald's run

cheesin it up

Mac and Mac Wil-bird, (long story)

gotta keep in shape even on vacation

Nana was tons of fun!

too busy pickin flowers to smile for the camera

Naomi's favorite attraction at the zoo

cute picture

Naomi the pilot

she was making us laugh so hard-she was driving really crazy and Papa was pretending to fall all over

the place and Naomi kept telling him, "you just have to hold on tight." It was pretty darn funny 

The Main Event-We celebrated my mom's 50th birthday the week we were there. I misplaced my camera the night of the big party but the night of her actual birthday we went to a family friendly restaurant (cause of the kids). The tradition there is the birthday person gets a pie in the face, but the guys were really nice and just gave mom a dab of whip cream on the nose. 

The Birthday Girl!

It was such a fun trip that we didn't want it to end, but it was nice to be home, in our own beds and it was very nice to see Adam again.

Mac

We love our Mac. That's all.

"Garfing"

Naomi loves whatever Adam loves. Isn't that how it goes with kids? Whatever dad does or wears or watches or sings or says is what the kids think is the coolest? Well, maybe til they get to the "too cool" stage in life, but in the case of Naomi and Adam this is how it is.
Adam is an avid golfer and so Naomi thinks the world of it, too. She got a Minnie Mouse "garf corb" (golf club) set a couple months ago and for a week it's all she wanted to do, for hours and hours, after Adam got home from work. He's taught her a little about the game, (just the basics, of course) and since she recently turned 3 he decided to take her golfing with him one afternoon.
They were both so excited and I made them stop to take a picture...I'm glad I did.

I love the looks on their faces. Adam tries to teach Naomi so many things, and I love that about him. He said she had a blast golfing with him and was really obedient, and even putted the ball when they would get to the green.
I love watching the two of them interact.
(The End of my saga about Adam and Naomi.)
(P.S. Try to say garf corbs like Naomi does and you most likely won't be able to say it correctly the first time. No one in our family has been successful on the first try.)

Chuck-E-Cheese's

For Naomi's actual birthDAY, we went to chuck-e-cheese's. Naomi has been talking about going there for a while, so this seemed like a great time to make the trip.
It's fun to have kids at the age where they really enjoy outings like this!

Naomi loved the rides and games

McKay loved the pizza

playing games with dad

ski-ball with mom

these girls played so hard! the would ask us, "can we have another penny?",

 when each ride was over. it was pretty adorable.

aunt lynsie came to see us!

one tired girl

We've realized that since both of our kids' birthdays are in the same week it kind of turns into a party week. not a bad thing and we sure had fun this year! can't wait for the many great years to come!

we sure love our kids!

Texas Roadhouse with Joy School

Naomi's Joy School class visited Texas Roadhouse where they learned how to make rolls! It was a blast! They did so many fun things and were so patient with the girls.

Cowgirl

washing hands before we got started

ellie and naomi

getting creative, and chowin down on m&ms!

creating her own bread

taking the bread to the rack so it could be baked

The whole group, (minus Miriam who was sick=( )

Any pre-school type class can go and do the tour. It was so much fun and they even fed us lunch!

Party Time!

This past Saturday was a major party at The Chase House. We had so much fun all day celebrating out awesome kids! Naomi and McKay's birthdays are so close that we decided to have combined parties this year. The friend's party was first, then we had a family party.

I'm never good at remembering to take pictures but I got a few throughout the day...

Some of Naomi's cute friends that came to party....I love Na's face in this one

Blowing out the candles

another funny Na face

two suckers at a time

mac in mickey ears...

McKay usually takes his morning naps from about 10 to 11:30 or 12. And of course on his birthday he would not go to sleep! He finally went down at 11:30 and slept through most of the party.

Mac and mom

I love cute Naomi smiles

Mac and Nana Chase

Divin' in to the cake, there wasn't much diving..

covered in chocolate

The Chase fam

Birthday boy, just about in his birthday suit

the kids got so many presents! thanks everyone!! this mickey and minnie couch was a favorite

Na and Nana Chase

Sorry that my kids don't like to look at the camera and Naomi won't smile for the camera very often, so these aren't the best pictures, but they're "real life" i guess. enjoy!