A Touch of Spring

The other day I noticed our bush sprouting some buds. The next day they were blooming and beautiful. Oh, how I long for spring. It cannot come soon enough this year.

Lucy's Blessing

Our family gathered together at my parents home for Lucy's blessing on March 19th.

Lucy Jameson Ridd was blessed by her grandfather, James.

My cute cousin Becki and her adorable little baby, Addy.

It was so nice of her to be a support on this special day, especially coming

with three young children all by herself!

Morgan loves his cousin Lucy. He was completely content

holding her for a majority of the evening.

My mom made a yummy strawberry ice cream dessert with

little hippos on top!

Carly, Chloe and Lucy

{I just love having them a part of our family}

Carson was fascinated by Michael's beard! haha

Malia,

just as cute as always.

Michael and I

Carson's Birthday Party

Carson's birthday party was on Wednesday, March 9th...

....the theme was Dragons

(from the movie, "How to Train Your Dragon")

Jess photoshopped Caron's head into this picture.

Isn't it hilarious? I couldn't stop laughing!

The kids had just started eating when we got there. They had pizza bites and edamame.

All of the children ate the edamame, I was shocked.

Morgan helping Carson put together one of his presents :)

Finally, my parents showed up with the cake and all the children flocked to it.

{When asked what kind of cake Carson wanted for his birthday, he told my mom that he wanted a dragon but it had to look "real"} I thought she did an amazing job. More importantly, Carson loved it!

Jess & Malia's Birthday Celebration

It seems that every time Malia is in Michael's arms, she always falls fast asleep. He has the magic touch. What a wonderful father he will be one day.

(Notice how Carson is snuggling up as well; he always wants to be close to Michael when he's around)

In February, we got together at my parents to celebrate Jess and Malia's birthdays. (They are only four days apart) My mom made the most adorable Tinkerbell cake for Malia. I just loved it; so whimsical! After Malia devoured her cake, we sang to Jess and ate delicious chocolate tarts.

Valentines

On Valentines Day, I came home to these cute heart cookies and Keva Juice gift certificates that my sweet mother had left on our counter.

Ziggy got a Valentine too, from his girlfriend Macie! He was quite excited.

Since Valentines Day was on a Monday this year (and I have night school Mondays), we celebrated the weekend before. Michael made reservations at Tuscany and we enjoyed a romantic dinner out. There is something I just love about Valentines. Maybe its all the candy :) or just the extra amount of love in the air.