Mother's Day Fun

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!  

This year a friend of mine planned a maxi dress brunch downtown at Max's Wine Dive, a perfect opportunity to take our mothers out for mother's day.  The company and food was great, I really liked the bourbon french toast.  :)  We also tried their chicken and waffles, not bad at all!  We didn't get back home until almost 2pm, so the rest of the day was spent relaxing at home and loving on my little boy.  The next evening the hubby and kids took me out to Morelia for a mother's day dinner.

Happy Mother's Day!  With Jenn and her mom before brunch. 5/12/2013

Max's Wine Dive for Brunch.  Jenn, me, Moni 5/12/2013

Cheers!

Family Photo Session

New family photos are in!  We should have had them back at the beginning of April but unfortunately the disc with our pictures was lost, so we had to reschedule the shoot at the end of April.  Thankfully Kaoni put a rush on them and we had them back in a week.  I'm very happy with how they turned out, especially considering when we arrived at Mueller Lake Park it was super busy.  I love our color scheme too!  :)

Austin Steam Train

This past weekend the Austin Spartans rented the entire Santa Fe car on the Austin Steam Train for a discounted price!  We couldn't pass that up, plus we've never ridden the train.  It was a quaint train ride from Cedar Park to Burnet, they even provided snacks!  Once in Burnet we ate at the Highlander restaurant and wandered around the town.  Emma and I volunteered to star in the Wild West Shoot out as town folk, we even had speaking roles!  Everyone had a great time and Ry was in a great mood despite only taking a 15 min cat nap in the car ride back home at the end of the day.

Come join the Austin Spartans for a historic train ride into the Texas Hill Country. We have booked the Santa Fe 1343 car aboard the Hill Country Flyer for a great trip on Saturday, April 27th, 2013. This popular train ride departs Cedar Park at 10:00am (arrive by 9:30) for a two hour journey through the Texas Hill Country to Burnet. Passengers can enjoy lunch and shopping at their own leisure during stopover. The Burnet Gunfighters present their wild west gunfight, weather permitting, at the train station in Burnet before the trains leaves at approximately 2:15 pm to return to Cedar Park.

At the train station 4/27/2013

all aboard!

Ready for our journey to begin

We're moving!

Mommy and Ry

Waiting for the show at the Wild West Shootout town

We're proper town folk

Having a spat with a saloon girl

Relaxing before the shootout

Picture with the sheriff

Ry on the engine

Blake's 2nd Birthday

Lots of birthdays in the month of April!  Ry's cousin Blake celebrated her 2nd birthday the weekend after Ry's party. The theme was paint and Ry loved the pebble pit and bounce house.  Happy 2nd birthday niece Blake!

Birthday Girl 4/20/2013

Ryland's 2nd Birthday

I can't believe our little guy is 2 years old (as of 4/18)!  How time flies.  He's a curious, loving, adventurous, rambunctious, clever, sweet little boy and we love you so very much.  Happy 2nd Birthday Ryland!

We threw Ry a jungle safari themed birthday party the weekend before his birthday.  I found some great arts n crafts and a game for the kids as well as cute cupcake cake ideas, decor, favors and a face painter!  I'm super excited how everything turned out and Ry had a blast.


Head on over to My Mom's Memos for a full recap of Ryland's birthday fun.
Click here to view the party pictures uploaded to FB.

Birthday cake!

The birthday boy! 4/13/2013

Happy Birthday Ryland!

Mommy will help blow out the candles

Emma's Birthday

Emma's turned 12 at the beginning of April and we celebrated with family at Mighty Fines.  I happened to come across a picture of this amazing cake online and decided to make it for her. It was perfect as it included everything she likes; chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate, Kit Kats and piggies!  Happy Birthday Emma!

Cupcakes at Mighty Fines 4/4/2013

smash, Emma and her mom

Happy as a pig in mud!  The cake I made for Emma.

Here's a picture of the cake I found online...I think I matched it fairly closely.

All I had to go on was the picture.