He's the best of the best.

When I met Seth and fell in love with him, I knew he'd be an awesome husband. But it's hard to imagine just how good of a parent someone will be until they are in the throes. But he's the best of the best of dads. The kids are so lucky to have a dad like him. He selflessly gives to our family, serves us when he can, plays hard with the kids, teaches them important life lessons, shows them the love of Jesus, and loves me well. So it's only fitting that'd we'd spoil him for Father's Day. We let him sleep in, gave him gifts and went to church. After church, I made steaks, mashed potatoes, garlic green beans and crusty bread with garlic oil (his fav!).

I also took the kids to run a few errands to Target in the afternoon to give Seth a chance to relax and rest. Then for supper, we went to one of his favorite pizza places around here that has his absolute favorite buffalo chicken pizza ever. And--ice cream for dessert.

We love you babe!

Happy birthday(s), Addison and mommy!

Little Miss is 6 years old (and I won't share how old I am!). Addison woke with the traditional decorations -- streamers on her door, a giant balloon and her choice of breakfast. Because we're gluttons for punishment, and because we let her brother do a fun activity with friends, we let her choose two friends to go to Build-a-Bear and for a play date back at our house after. She was VERY excited. But first was presents at home from mommy and daddy! She got mostly clothing, shoes, and hair accessories...ALL her wishes! Such a girl!

Once the friends arrived, it was off to B-a-B! Carter and daddy stayed home so that it could be a girls' day out. There was MUCH excitement in the car, as you might imagine. My ears are still a little broken. ;) 

We let each girl pick a bear and clothing/accessories. I thought they'd take forever choosing a bear, but they each picked one in 10 seconds flat! (Choosing clothing was a different story. The worker was so very patient with us/them as they painstakingly dressed the bears and then promptly undressed them again because "that outfit isn't right."). Addison named her colorful bear "Cutie Pie."  

After B-a-B and a play date (complete with cake and ice cream), we had some "down time" in the afternoon before heading out for mommy's portion of the birthday fun....Houlihan's! It's 30 minutes away in Hershey but we didn't care because mommy NEEDED those amazing fish tacos! HA! 

We had great birthdays and we even managed to snap a pic of the birthday girls, too! Love my sweet birthday surprise. :) 

Ferry boat with Gramma and cousins!

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!

Wow, that year went FAST! Carter completed his second year of second grade, and Addison completed kindergarten. Both had awesome years! Carter is excelling at math and science, but also had great grades in reading, too. Addison learned to read, and is doing amazing at writing and math.

Because I love a good comparison shot, here are the kids on the first days and last days of this year. 

That's a wrap on sports for the spring!

...and that's a WRAP! We had a fun (and semi-exhausting) sports season this year. Carter played baseball and Addison played soccer. Luckily, there weren't very many times that their schedules overlapped. This was Addison's first year of any sport, and we were really surprised by her. She hustled and was super aggressive. Carter had an awesome season of baseball, too. He earned the game ball (shown below) during one of the games for some seriously awesome hits and catches. Here are some pictures of them throughout the season. After each game, Addison holds up fingers for the number of goals she scored because Gramma and Pa pay her for each goal. ;)

We're so proud of these kids!