Allie's 1st Volleyball Game!

Allison decided to join a volleyball team at a church rec. center this year. It is for 3rd and 4th graders. She and three other classmates are on the same team so she was very excited for this activity to begin! We have tried other sports with her in the past (soccer, basketball) but when it came time for the games, she was never fond of the sport and complained of either sweating too much or being bored! : ) Daddy just loved it when he coached her basketball team back in 1st grade and during the first time-out, she was in the other team's huddle because her best friend was over there! Anyway, she has had a couple of volleyball practices and last night was her first game. She has played a bit in gym class at school and has more recently been practicing at home with either myself or Daddy so she's getting pretty good for her age. Well, they played the best of 3 games and although the other team was much bigger than her team, they ended up only getting beat by 5 pts. the 1st game, 1 pt. the 2nd game and then won the 3rd game! And, Allie got 5 serves over the net, which for their age, is a pretty big deal. In the photos, she is the one in the bright pink shorts and blue jersey, kind of hard to see her but she warned me that she did not want her mother out on the court taking pictures of her, that would just be too embarassing! : ) Lauren enjoyed cheering her on and Katelyn liked watching the balls flying everywhere. And, of course, both of them just liked hanging out in the bleachers eating snacks during the game! Allie loved it and had alot of fun. After the games, we told her how proud we were of her and how hard she's working at this and asked her if she enjoyed being out there and she said "Yeah, I was kind of mad that we had to stop at 3 games for the match tonight!" : ) So, maybe she will be a bit of an athlete after all....there might be hope! And, her mama played volleyball in middle and high school so let's just say she's carrying on the family tradition! ; )

A busy but wonderful Easter weekend!

We had a very busy but also wonderful Easter weekend. Friday night was family fun night for the Massey family so we spent some time at the mall, letting the older girls pick out new tennis shoes for their upcoming sports activities (Lauren soccer / Allison volleyball). They also enjoyed eating dinner in the food court where they get to pick what they want to eat! Saturday we started the day with Lauren's first soccer game, Daddy being the coach. She did great and had alot of fun. Nana surprised us and came up to see her play and take us to lunch afterwards! We had quite a bit of rain last week so the soccer field was soggy to say the least so the kiddos (and Coach Massey!) were pretty much full of mud by the end of the game. Allison enjoyed cheering for her sister and even made a sign to hold up during the game for her little sister! Katelyn just liked watching all of the action. Saturday afternoon, the older girls and Mommy went for a special treat to the movies to see the new Hannah Montana movie. We had a ball! We were able to get posters from the movie that they were handing out and of course, what's a movie without that popcorn full of butter???!!! Mommy has to admit that we ALL loved the movie and right afterwards, we headed to the music store to purchase the CD as part of the girls' Easter treats! Saturday night after bath time, we spent time coloring Easter eggs (Allie and Lauren loved it, Katie didn't quite see what all of the fun was about!), making our "resurrection" cookies (Allie did a great job reading all of the scriptures while we put the cookies together) and baking a bunny cake to take to Easter dinner at Grandma & Papa's house. Sunday morning we spent time worshipping our risen Savior at church and then headed to the lake house for our family dinner and egg hunt. We had a great sunny day to spend some time outside (a bit chilly but great for sweatshirt weather!) and everyone had fun being together, eating yummy food and relaxing. Daddy enjoyed getting some time to watch The Masters golf tournament on TV w/ Papa while the girls and their cousins played together. What a wonderful family time made even better knowing Christ has risen and is alive today for each of US!

More spring break fun!

We rounded out our trip to Columbus, OH with a day of shopping and eating out for the girls (while daddy worked!) and then on our way out of town on our last day, we grabbed lunch to go and spent some time at a park outside. It was 70 degrees and sunny so the kiddos obviously had a great time just running around and enjoying the nice day. As you can tell from the pictures, Allison loves to pose for pictures, Lauren could care less and would rather me leave her alone so she can run and play and Katelyn just wants to walk around and pick up as many tiny little things off of the ground as she can while we aren't looking! All in all, we had a great stay and really enjoyed our few days away!

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! ; )