Weekend Recap+Father's Day

Good Monday morning loves! How was your weekend? I hope it was great for all of you! And, Happy Belated Father's Day to all you baby daddys out there! I hope you day was special for you. 

I LOVE this picture. It was taken at our engagement party in 2010. All of our dads in one picture, a rare moment! We sure are lucky to have so many wonderful men in our lives!

The Slaters had another wonderful weekend. My, how I love summer!

Saturday was a bit chilly for the pool or water park, so we ventured off to a local farm to pick some strawberries! T absolutely loves strawberries, and I had a feeling she would love picking them as well. (Picking AND eating them, which she did!) And, would you believe my husband had NEVER picked strawberries before? I know, he hadn't lived until Saturday. I used to look forward to going strawberry picking every year when I was little. Of course, like T, I ate more than I picked, and usually went home with a red mouth and even redder hands. But, isn't that the fun part? We had an absolute blast, and we will definitely make another trip before the summer is over!

After we filled our quarts, we headed to lunch at Quaker Steak and Lube, one of our favorites!

We were so tired that evening, we just relaxed with popcorn and a movie. Had to rest up for a big day on Sunday. :o)

I was so happy with the way our Father's Day craft turned out!

Found my inspiration here

  

Helping daddy open cards and posing with special stickers!

It was a beautiful day out, so we headed to the pool with a bunch of friends to celebrate all of our dads. We started this tradition last year, and I was so glad we could do it again this year!

All the kiddos in 2013

We missed a few this weekend, but it was still a great time!

We wrapped Sunday night up with dinner at home. and snuggles on the couch.

A perfect ending to another perfect weekend. 

Father's Day Gift Guide

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What are you getting your hubby/daddy for Father's Day this Sunday, and how are you celebrating?

Life Lately

This past weekend was one of those weekends that I didn't want to end. Yet, here is it, Friday already, and another weekend is almost upon us! Hopefully, this one will be as fun as the last one!

But first, I have to give a shout out to a special little boy! On Wednesday, we celebrated Colin's 3rd Birthday with a Spiderman pizza party! Perfect way to spend hump day!

We kicked off the weekend with National Donut Day last Friday! I told T she could pick out 2 donuts at the bakery, and what does she go for? The sprinkled-covered star and the bright green, blue, and red iced-snake. Needless to say, we had quite the mess, but we sure had a fun and yummy snack!

We spent the evening at home making pizzas for dinner, and Jamy, the girls and Baby Easton came over. The girls played outside all night, and everyone was exhausted come bedtime. Even Mr. Crew!

Saturday was beautiful so we headed to the beach with our friends, Josh, Brynn, and Colin. The kids played in the sand, spent a little time in the water (brrrrr!), and ate lot's of snacks. 

 

After the kiddos were worn out and we all worked up an appetite, we went to one of our favorite restaurants on the water for lunch. I have to admit, I kind of felt like a tourist in my own town!

That evening, after a quick nap and shower, we headed to Jared and Sarah's to celebrate one inspirational lady. I felt so honored and blessed to be part of such a fun and amazing night. This is truly one special woman with the best family! We love you Sharon!

Thanks Jillian for the pics! Such a fun time!

Sunday, we spent the morning eating breakfast and running errands, then spent the afternoon at Dawn and Drew's house celebrating Baby Dempsey's Baptism. It was a fun filled afternoon with lot's of delicious food and the best company. 

Needless to say, we all slept good Sunday evening!

Happy Friday everyone, enjoy your weekend!

 

Link-Up Party: Summer Recipes

Today I'm joining my friend, Denise from Gratefully Inspired, and sharing one of my favorite yummy recipes. 

One thing I miss about living in the south is good 'ole banana puddin'! It's the perfect dessert on a hot summer day. My mouth is just watering thinking about it!

I've learned to make my own since I can't go out any buy any around here. It's actually very easy, and only requires a few basic ingredients that any momma would normally have in her kitchen. 


What you need:

3 cups of cold milk
1 5 oz package of Vanilla Instant Jell-O pudding
1 box of Vanilla Wafers
Sliced Bananas (I normally use 4)
1 8 oz tub of Cool Whip (thawed)


What to do:

Make vanilla Jello-O according to package, using milk. Let stand 5 minutes to thicken.

Starting with the wafers, layer in 2 qt. serving bowl. Continue with sliced bananas and pudding until you've ran out of all ingredients.

Top with Cool Whip. You can also add wafers to the top to make it pretty. :o)

Refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving. 

And viola! Easy southern banana puddin' that takes only 20 minutes to whip up! Enjoy!

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First Trip to Cedar Point

We finally got our season passes to Cedar Point/Soak City for the summer, so last Thursday night, once Justin got home from work, we headed over since it was such a night evening. 

We went to Soak City a few weekends ago when my dad was here. You can see a few pics from that trip here. 

Anyway, in order to get to Soak City, you have to actually drive through Cedar Point. And when we did, Tinley was going crazy. She was pointing to every ride saying "I wanna ride that mom!" And she talked about Cedar Point all day long, even when we were at the water park. So, I was excited to finally get a chance to take her. She was so much fun last year, and I knew this year would only be better! 

Look at that sky! It was a gorgeous evening at the park!

Dinner at Chick-fil-A inside the park

Riding her favorite ride, the cars

Waiting for the choo-choo train

We are so lucky to live 10 minutes from such a fun place, and I can't wait for many more trips this summer!

Take Me Out to the Ballgame!

Time for Trendy Tot Tuesday! Follow Kelly and Megan, and link up your post! 
 

A few weekends ago, when my dad was in town visiting from North Carolina, he got us all tickets to an afternoon Indians baseball game in Cleveland, which is only about 45 minutes from our house. He and Justin were excited to watch some baseball, and T was just excited to go to a baseball game. I'm pretty sure she even know what it was, but regardless, she couldn't wait to go. Justin even bought her a little pink baseball glove to take; you know, in case a foul ball came our way. (It didn't!)

Anyway, once my dad bought the tickets, the first thing I thought about were the kid's outfits. Sad, I know. Don't judge. 

I found two shirts for T, and couldn't decide on which one I liked better, so I got them both. We'll be going to another game, right? She'll wear them both. (Well, after our last experience, I'm not sure if we WILL go again, but that was my reasoning at the time!) I even got Crew Man the cutest little onesie. We were ready! 

Until it came time to get T dressed. Then, I couldn't decide which outfit to put on her...

Classic navy and red? After all these are the Indian's colors.

Or her signature color, pink?

I opted for the pink, thinking it might be a little cooler. I didn't think about her and I clashing (my shirt was red). Oops.

The I put Crew's onesie on him. With his baseball blankie and navy bucket hat, he was ready to go!

Seriously, how cute are they?!

We sure look like professionals, don't we? We actually ended up staying until the 8th inning, which was a lot longer than I thought the kids would last. (I have to mention the fact that RIGHT after we left, the Indians won on a walk-off home run! Are you kidding me?)

Oh well. It was a great fun-filled family afternoon at the baseball stadium!