What a Week!!!

What is my problem! I just spent like 30 min uploading all these photos and thought I was doing such a good job- I did them backwards????!!!! Anyway! Please enjoy the backward sequence of a GREAT week!

Monday- Rangers Opening Day with Miss Mindi! We had a blast and got super sunburned!

Friday- Dave and I celebrated our TEN year anniversary! Exciting! Rick's paid for our dinner! Have to give them a shout out!

Saturday- Samantha's Fifth Birthday Party!

Sunday- Easter Sunday with a special furry surprise!

Monday- Mommy is tired, but it was worth it!!!!

Thanks for sharing in this special week with us- we hope you all had a blessed and wonderful Easter with your families!

The Easter Bunny (Aunt Kat and Uncle JP's dog, Major) brought us a wonderful Easter surprise- two baby bunnies. They were sooooo precious! Sam named them White Spot and Ali Girl.... We put them back in the bushes last night, and they were gone this morning. We are hoping Mama Bunny came and got them. hmmmm...... Too sweet!!!

Aunt Kat, Sam, and Emily (not me, Emily- I have been replaced by and American Girl!)

Sammy Bear in her Easter Dress- we ran out of time to curl hair- I will probably regret that forever, but I am going to have to get over it!

Aunt Kat and Uncle JP- aren't they so cute!!!

The Youngblood Fam!

Looks like mommy ate a little too much birthday cake in this picture!

On the hunt!

Sleepy Girl checking out her Easter Basket!

Samantha's Fifth Birthday Party!
For Samantha's Birthday (this Wednesday!) we took a couple of her friends to Benihana, and when we came home, we had arranged for a few of our close friends/fam to be here to surprise Sammy Bear and sing, "Happy Birthday!" We were so grateful for all of our friends who came all the way to McKinney on Easter Eve to help us celebrate! The Morriss, Wells, Harper, and Hornsby Families, Aunt Kat, Uncle JP and Major, and Miss Becky, who represented all my girlfriends with a gift card to the American Girl Store-yee haw! Thank you all so much!

Sam's party was Hello Kitty, so everyone wore pink (even some of the guys!)- that is true friendship!

I wish I had thought to take pics of all the kiddos, but I think mommy's brain was fried at that point!

Miss Samantha, Jada, and Macie before we went to Benihana! Aren't they so PURTY in their tiaras! Needless to say, they got a lot of attention at Benihana!

The Wells Family! They lived across the street from us in our old house- they mean so much to us! Paige babysits Samantha! They all wore pink for Miss Sam!

How sweet is Landry- I think wearing pink was a little too much for him, but he did wear Hello Kitty socks for Samantha! He is going to wash him and then pass them onto Sam- too girly for his sock drawer! Thank you for our book and sweet pic, Landry and Ryder!

I am so mad that I did not get more shots of this! Miss Sam blowing out her candles! FIVE of them! Wow!

This is right when we walked in and Samantha had 18 people there to wish her a Happy Birthday! What a fun surprise!

Sam and Macie playing in the color-changing fountain at The Shops at Legacy- too sweet! As you can see, it was VERY exciting!

Our sweet waitress took this photo- she wanted it to be girls only- sorry, Dave!

Yummy ice cream surprise! The Benihana staff sang the "Happy Song!"

These expressions are priceless!

Yummy soup!

"YAY!" for Hello Kitty! How pretty are these little girls?!?

On our way! Lots of giggling!

I love this picture (I think it's on here twice, and that's why!). These girls are so close because of Mama Di!

Thank you for our Easter Goodies, Miss Amber!

Miss Amber sent Samantha a special Big Sister package full of all kinds of goodies- we have all had a great time with the bunny ears!

Samantha posing with her Hello Kitty cake- she put all the little Hello Kitty treats on all by herself!

Five Years Old! What a big girl!

Samantha helped decorate her Hello Kitty table! Didn't she do a good job!!!

Aww.... I love this pic! Sam and pups have become so close! He loves to lay on her belly- Sam can't stand it too long because his head weighs about 25 pounds and he has yucky breath!

Love the Minnie Mouse dress, by the way- The Ates Family gave that to us a long time ago, and it we have gotten PLENTY of use out of it!

Rangers Opening Day!

What a great day!!! We had a blast and Sam really enjoyed her first REAL baseball game! It was freezing and super windy that day, but hot inside the stadium. Poor Sammy got a sunburn! Yummy hot dogs, peanuts, and nachos!

Sam LOVES her some Miss Mindi!

Aunt Kat and Uncle JP got this shirt for Sam- she made it clear to them that she did not like it because it looked like a boy's shirt. She wore pink leggings and a pink t-shirt under it, so that helped!

President George Bush! We love him! We can't help it!

Sammy the day after the Rangers Game- we are still sunburned a week later- bad mom!

What an awesome week full of fun memories and great friends!