Easter 2019

Happy Easter! We had a fabulous weekend filled with family, friends, and BEAUTIFUL weather!

Walker and Kasen, at an egg hunt last Thursday (just before Easter).

Easter baskets!

At the Cook's house on Easter Sunday, we celebrated all of the April birthdays! Cally's 17th, Lainey's 11th, and my 41st. :) 

birthday girls

Cally and her friend, Connor :)

The Cascarone hunt is about to begin...

So many funny expressions were made! :)

I love Walker's face in this one!

As a special treat this year, Yiyia bought some silly string for us to use.

Walker loved wearing all of the silly string. It is SO unlike him!

A wonderful time was had by all! :) Happy Easter, everyone! 

Hamilton...SURPRISE!

We surprised Lainey with tickets to see Hamilton! Seeing Hamilton has been on my bucket list...and Lainey has been interested in seeing it ever since we started listening to the soundtrack a couple of years ago. I think we purchased the tickets before Christmas...and we saved the surprise until Thursday, April 18th. We went to see the show on Friday, April 19th (Good Friday)! It was well worth the wait. The show was incredible. 

Figuring out the surprise...we put Hamilton-themed pencils on the stairs leading up to a mini biography of Alexander Hamilton. She sat and read each pencil...trying to figure out why her neat-freak of a mom scattered pencils all over the stairs. 

The "reveal" was a success; she had NO idea! 

blurry picture of us

We saw friends at the theater! We saw two friends from dance and another couple that Ben and I know. I would go back and see Hamilton at least two or three more times; again, the show was incredible!

Lainey's 11th Birthday Party

Lainey is (almost) 11 years old! Due to a VERY busy spring season, we celebrated her birthday early with friends on Sunday, April 14th! She had a wonderful time with her friends at Obstacle Warrior Kids in McKinney. She specifically wanted an "active" party and "active" was what it was. I didn't get a lot of good pictures, mostly because I couldn't keep up with the girls. Happy (early) 11th Birthday, Lainey! We love you!

She is ALL of 10 years, 11 months, and 20 days. I am not sure I'll be able to handle her teenage years. :)

Rainy Weekend and Resonate's Spring Show

Walker and I did one of his Kiwi Crates this past weekend as it poured rain outside. This one was so cool!!

I think he's putting the brain in place right here... :) 

On Sunday, Lainey's tap company, Resonate, had their spring show! They did so well! This picture of Lainey, Eva, and Allyson was taken just before the show began. Eva was there to support Lainey and Allyson.

with her director, Ms. Katlyn

with Lucy, a friend

with Emmy

Brooklyn, Kherington, and Lainey

Emma, Brooklyn, Lainey, and Allyson

with Bud and Yiyia

with both of her grandmothers :)

And this photo of her studio's Mini Company was taken back in September. Lainey is on the top row, looking particularly grown up! 

Friends and Baseball

Walker played a couple of his BEST EVER games a couple of weekends ago! We were so proud of him! And having a couple of good games helps build confidence!

Lainey and (school) friends at a sleepover! She is always a WRECK after those things! The only kid missing from this photo is Rylie - she was there, but I have no idea where she was during this picture! ;)

 

While Lainey was at a sleepover, we sent Walker to Yiyia and Bud's house and Ben and I went with friends to see Robert Earl Keen, Jr. in concert. It was awesome and he sounds EXACTLY the same as he did 25 years ago! He also sounds the same as he does on the radio. I love that! 

On Sunday, Lainey went to her (dance) friend Emerson's birthday party at an escape room! They had a blast. 

And they took some action photos...inspired by Jordan Matter, who is a photographer known for taking action and/or unusual shots of dancers in the real world. :) 

And yes, this is a photo of a rat. It is a white rat that we found in our front flowerbed in the middle of the day. It was so strange! We thought it must be someone's pet as it allowed us to get very close to it and it showed no fear of us. Go figure. We're always attracting the strangest animals!!