Spring Break....we're headed to sunny Columbus, Ohio!

Turns out that Jason had a trade show scheduled for his work during the same week as our spring break so the girls and I decided to take advantage of the time off and go with him. Not sure how excited he was since he would have normally had a few days of peace and quiet on the road by himself (haha!) but we are making it a family trip anyway! ; ) We arrived in OH on Monday early enough to visit their COSI museum (Columbus Ohio Science and Industry museum), rated #1 in the nation by Parent's Magazine. We were all very excited to have a day of fun together at this place. I had read on the internet alot about this museum so I knew there were a lot of great exhibits we would need to fit into our time there. We got to see rare frogs from around the world, learn about space from a kids' perspective, view a movie titled "The Wild Ocean" on their GIANT (6o foot!) movie screen, play with all kinds of gadgets and walk thru a history exhibit, taking the girls from the pioneer days, to the 1950s to the present day. To sum it all up in one word, FUN! We loved our time there and have already promised we would go again in the near future. Needless to say, it also wore us all out by the end of our first day. Tuesday the girls and I are planning to spend time just hanging out in the room, playing with some of our toys we brought and taking advantage of our time off together! We'll be sure and update more as our week unfolds......

13 years and counting!!! ; )

Jason and I celebrated 13 years of marriage this past Monday (23rd)!!! Woohoo! He is an absolute sweetheart and surprised me with a getaway for us. He planned everything, down to getting his mom up here to watch our girls overnight, to reserving a beautiful room at the French Lick resort. He also had an appt. made for me at their spa for a manicure and then had dinner reservations for us at their really nice restaurant in the hotel. It was absolutely wonderful as we got time to reconnect, relax, eat some wonderful food and get in some golfing together! Here's a pic of our wedding, 13 years ago. We've aged a bit and have had lots of memories made (good and a few bad!) during the years but wouldn't trade any of it for anything! Sounds a bit cheesy but I can honestly say, I love him more today than I did that day we said "I do" and cannot wait to see what God has in store for us for the next 13....and many more!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Here's the latest picture of our littlest leprechaun in the family! She is such a ham and seems to really turn on the charm when the camera comes out......we have no idea where she gets that! ; )

Daddy's Birthday!!!

Jason had his birthday over the weekend so we ended up surprising him with a party at our house. Not a huge shindig but our immediate family, with Grandma, Papa, Aunt Amy, Uncle Jim and the cousins joining us. We decided to give him his presents at breakfast on Sunday before church so he wouldn't know that we had something else planned for him later in the day. The girls got him a new pass for the driving range that he likes to practice his golf game at and I got him the new Tony Dungy devotional book. He enjoyed his breakfast and gifts and said he was having a great birthday. Then, after church, we came home and I fixed a mexican fiesta and everyone came to surprise him with more presents and some great family time together. It was an absolutely beautiful day outside so he was able to enjoy spending time outside playing with the kids and shooting some hoops. After everyone left, I asked him if he was surprised and he said he definitely was and it actually ended up being one of his favorite birthdays! YEAH!!! : ) Here are a couple of pics from the celebration. Happy birthday to my sweet hubby....you are even cuter than the day we met! ; )

Allison Renee turns 9!!!

Holy moly! I cannot believe that our first-born has turned 9! WOW! Where does the time go???? We celebrated Allison's birthday on Saturday with a very full day. We started the day with her favorite breakfast of blueberry pancakes and bacon. She opened up her presents from us, which of course included some new High School Muscial boots, a "rock star" sweatshirt, a Hannah Montana watch, new perfume and a new computer game. Then after cleaning up from that, we hosted a "horse-themed" party for her and 9 of her friends from school during the afternoon. That was alot of fun and very busy to say the least! : ) She decided on a horse theme this year. She loves reading horse books and just decided that might be fun. So, she and I worked together on it. I ended up painting a large horse on a sign that they used to play a game at the party. And we had the girls decorate horses for a craft. They loved that. She had a horse cake and Mommy had fun and made chocolates in the shape of horses for each girl at the party. We even found horse keychains and horse stickers for the goodie bags! I think I might have enjoyed this theme more than the birthday girl! After the party, we had our families over for a birthday dinner of pizza before all heading out together for some bowling, requested by Allie! What a packed weekend and so much fun. We are so proud of our Allison and how she is growing up into such a wonderful young lady! Jason and I both commented on our drive home that night from bowling of how much fun we are having with her as she gets older and how blessed we are to have her in our family! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET ALLIE, WE LOVE YA!!!!

A "normal" day in the Massey house....

Just a few pics of the last couple of days here in the Massey house. Lauren is discovering that she is quite the "girly" girl and loves to have Mommy do her hair. She doesn't like me picking out her outfits though and comes up with her ensembles daily, usually going thru 2 or 3 outfits in one day! Don't mind that as long as she remembers not to put each one into the laundry hamper when she takes them off. No wonder I have so much extra laundry lately! : ) Katelyn is heading everywhere in the house on her own and loves to discover all kinds of things that she really shouldn't! ; ) She is still crawling and only taken about 2 steps by herself so far. But she gets far and fast in her walker. I can't turn my back on her for a minute. Here are a few pics of what happens when I do! And, she loves to look at herself in the mirror. Must be a girl thing! (haha) I don't have any pics this week of Allie on here. She's been busy at school lately, especially learning her multiplication tables and testing over spelling words like "adolescence"....holy moly! She's been doing a great job lately and continues to be growing up so fast. She'll be celebrating her 9th birthday in less than 2 weeks and is very excited for her birthday party here with her friends from school. I've been really busy with my bookkeeping work lately (it's tax season already!) and some church stuff. All is well in the Massey house, just ready for some spring weather already!

Katie Grace's big birthday bash!

Well, although the birthday girl has been running a fever for the last couple of days (from teething!) and just not a very happy camper lately, we still went ahead with our plans of having a big family birthday party for her. After all, some sugar and presents should get her better, right??!! Actually, after a good dose of motrin, she did seem to brighten up a bit and decided opening all of the presents was pretty fun. Mommy made her a special teddy bear cake for everyone to enjoy and then she had her own baby bear cake all to herself. Great idea Mom except for the minor detail that when she decided to try her cake (and with this fever and the teething, I should mention that she didn't want to eat anything until the chocolate cake was sat in front of her...imagine that!), it just made her mad when the icing from her hands got on her face. She really showed us how mad it made her too! : ) She is still quite the cutie and seemed to have a great time celebrating her first birthday. Allison and Lauren loved every minute of her party and just couldn't get enough of their baby sister on her special day! They especially loved the shirt we picked out for her special party. It was pink (of course) and said..."Her royal highness is turning 1!!" Too cute! All in all, some more great memories of our baby girl!