Grayson & Liam ~ April Photos

Grayson and Liam had a fun April with birthday parties, spending time with friends from out of town (Katelyn and her boyfriend Nate, Paxton), building Magnatile structures and coloring themselves with markers.  Liam had fun at a friend's train themed birthday party.  Marta (his nanny) dressed him up in the cutest outfit.  Grayson had fun coloring his belly with markers while I was on a business call.  These boys are a blast and definitely keep us busy.   

Girls Weekend ~ Nashville

We had our 11th annual girls weekend in Nashville April 26 - 29 with the usual crew: Denise, Cathy (mom), Kim, Mia and I.  I look forward to these trips every year.  We rented a cute house about 10 minutes away from the Gultch.  Thursday we had dinner at Adele's, which is a farm to table restaurant and had delicious food and then headed to Ryman Auditorium to see the Opry Country Classics.  The show was amazing.  Afterwards we headed to some bars in the Gultch.  On our way home we stopped at a gas station and picked up a bunch of snacks and got a good laugh at what we came home with.  Friday we had lunch at The Marsh House at The Thompson Hotel which was so good.  Afterwards we went up to the rooftop and had fun taking pictures of the view.  Afterwards we toured the Johnny Cash Museum and watched a band play at FGL House.  The Johnny Cash Museum was amazing.  I have always loved his music, but it was really interesting to learn about his life.  That night we went to Tootsie's Lounge to listen to music before our dinner at Merchant's Restaurant.  It was fun to order a lot of food and share so we could try a lot of different food.  Afterwards we went home and played chicken foot (dominos game).  Saturday we went to the Country Music Association (CMA) museum and had fun learning about all of the country artists from the beginning to all the new ones today.  That night we had dinner at a restaurant close to home and then went out for ice cream and sundaes.  I always have the best time with these ladies.  They are not only family, but some of my closest friends.  I hate to say goodbye and I'm already looking forward to next year.  

Spring Break - Cancun

We had such a nice time on Spring Break 2018 in Cancun.  Daddy, Mommy, Grayson, Liam and Oma stayed at the Ritz Carlton in Cancun.  We went Thursday, April 5 - Thursday, April 12th.  The first day we were sitting on our balcony and all of a sudden I heard someone yell my name.  I thought I was hearing things and then realized it was our neighbor.  What a small world!!  Our neighbors who live across the alley and 4 houses away were at the same hotel.  They have 3 kids ranging in age from 3-8 and the boys love them.  

The first night we had dinner at the hotel.  The second night we had a nice dinner at Harry's (and another night when we had a babysitter).  We also Italian food at Cencola, Mexican food at Porfirio's  (with our neighbors) and had seafood at Crab House (Daddy got a limo to take us to the restaurant and the boys thought it was so cool).  The food was great and very conveniently located.  

We spent most days at the pool throwing balls to each other and hanging out.  We met several other couples from Chicago that lived within a mile from us.  We spent one day at the beach jumping in the waves and making sand castles.  The boys found a lizard running around by the pool and Daddy helped catch him.  Grayson spent hours holding him and taking care of him.  He told us he was it's mommy.  I'm not sure exactly what happened, but the poor lizard was either dead or playing dead to escape.  We are hoping it was the latter and told Grayson that was most likely what happened.  He was really upset, but later felt better after we told him they play dead as a survival technique.  

Overall we had a great time on our family vacation in Cancun.  It's always so nice to spend time together and we love making new memories.