my kate is two

...happy birthday kate...

lara's girlie shower

i finally had my house clean enough and presentable enough to have people over...our first big event...lara beth's lingerie shower...

chocolate cake from another tough bakery...oh my

a little decor...

a very full house...

thankfully, joey knew how to cut a round cake...

banana punch!

the honoree! my future sis-in-law...

ps. she is wearing bertie b

daddy's day!

the mall at johnson city let children decorate cookies from the great american cookie company as a father's day "card"

here is kate and her friend "g" "decorating" their cookies!

this was totally free...

we didn't really take any father's day pictures...i know i am a total slacker!

lara's family came to visit, girls went shopping, kate napped, guys played golf, then we had a bridal shower for josh and lara..s0 it was a busy day...

faux easter

since we were traveling in the car on easter sunday, we decided to have a "faux easter" the next sunday...so kate and i dyed easter eggs on saturday, the easter bunny stopped by and left some goodies saturday night. kate wore her easter dress to church. i hosted an easter dinner and egg hunt out our house.

the loot

kate's favorite things from her easter basket were rubber boots, boots the monkey and the glitter ball...

"lucy" brought kate an easter "basket" with all kind of goodies...and yes, it is a potty, luckily it was clean and brand new. candy in the toliet, i know, a little "different!"

my sweet little kate...21 months old...

cookies

kate and i decorated some sugar cookies to take to her great-grandparents!

she was a little partial to one cookie!

i am not sure she was totally ready for this activity...

i am still finding sprinkles!

finally kate got what she wanted most...tasting the product...

we paid dearly for this later...

the effect that much sugar had on her, not a good thing! ha!