Margo's 2nd Bday!

Must eat cake.

Lil' cutie.

Birthday girl and a younger suitor.

Sleeping Beauties

For awhile there, Jude was winding up in our bed most nights (no idea how that happened :) )  And this is what the next morning looked like.  It's amazing how big a 3 foot kid can get when there's 3 people in bed... and occasionally two dogs too.

Thomas the Tank

Thomas the Tank Engine was one of Jude's first favorite kids' shows.  As annoying as that song is, it's so cute for Jude to love a fictional character so much.  Jude thinks he was named after Thomas, I'm sure, since whenever we call him Jude Thomas Gardner, he giggles and says, "I'm not Thomas."  Silly boy.  Well, Thomas came to Bardstown, and we thought he would love riding a train, and getting to see Thomas in real life.  We ventured to the country to meet the famous train.

Here he comes!

Don't look so thrilled buddy.

Waiting patiently to ride him.

Riding Thomas!

Wanting to climb into an exhibit.

Playing golf.

Riding some strange, little creature.

Playing at the train tables.

The photo op.

Rain + Nunu + Car Ride =

May 2012 Photo Dump

LeBron in the making.

 New favorite thing -- costumes!

 Church.

 Dancing after church.

 Knock off Grippos.

 Celebrating Mimi's birthday with the family.

Celebrity status

 Mowing

First swim of the summer

 Napping peacefully

 Finger painting

Balloon Glow Bust

I thought this year that the balloon glow would be really cool to Jude...wrong!  It must have been a combination of too many people, a not so good nap at daycare, and lots of strange flying objects with fire.  Here are a few pictures from our balloon glow bust.

An attempt at being happy.

Scared of the balloons.

Let's go home NOW!

Okay baby, you win.  I hope we didn't traumatize you too much.

Golfing with Daddy

Lonnie has discovered golf in the last couple years, and he is obsessed.  Whenever the weather is nice, he's trying to figure out how he can escape the madness of our house to go play a round.  We decided he couldn't escape anymore, and that Jude and I surely wouldn't be a distraction if we tagged along.  So, we joined him one day for golf, and brought along Jude's golf clubs (thanks Laura!) so he could play along.

I know Lonnie is looking forward to Jude getting old enough to play golf with him. They'll have many hours of father/son bonding time with this sport.  Guess I need to start?

Easter 2012

Cousins from afar

In the Spring, we got to spend some fun time with Jude's 2nd cousins from both sides of the family.  First off, a visit from Lonnie's TN family.

Trying to keep up with the big kids.

Ice cream break.

Then visits with the Stevenson cousins for Kaya's 1st bday.  Hanging with Micah.

Cute 'lil Waller

And the precious birthday girl.  She is such a doll!

Not too sure about this??

We were so happy Jude got to spend some time with his out of town cousins in the Spring.  We can't wait until next time.