Seaworld and Orlando Fun!

Our daughter turned 5 years old in March and we celebrated with our family at Sea World!  Allllll she wanted was to see Shamu, and it just happened that Busch Gardens AND Seaworld gave out their FREE Preschool passes for children 5 and under!  That's a big deal for a BIG family.  My Aunt came down from Georgia and joined my parents and us at the park.  I also had super cute t-shirts made from http://www.etsy.com/shop/QteePa2teesboutique that were orange for the boys, pink for her, and had all of their names embroidered on the back.  SO CUTE!!!  Below are some photos!  It was beautiful weather, we had zero meltdowns and a fabulous time was had by all!



Super fun times!



I LOVE this photo of the 4 of them...thinking back, I should have draped the baby on the Orca or something ;)



We stayed at an Orlando Condo for the night!



Sweet baby at 4 weeks old



Wiped out!


Happy birthday!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We looooove St. Patty's Day around here!!!  The delicious dinner of corned beef and cabbage rocks our socks, and yes, ALL the kids love this Irish dinner!  We celebrated at my parents house with yummy food, cool desserts, fun crafts for the kids and a grand time all around.  These little Holidays are always so much fun!


Fun dinner set up!

Like our headpieces?  :)


The boys!


Sweet little helper!


An's first St. Patrick's Day!


Kids Table

A Handful of Date Nights for the Parents of 5 {yipee!}

My husband and I are so incredibly blessed that not only do his parents live an hour or so away, but that MY parents live less than 2 miles from our home!  And with that close proximity comes major grandparent involvement :)  As school teachers, my parents schedules are jam packed throughout the school year, but during spring break this past week, they had the flexibility to help out a TON.  They offered, we accepted, and a flurry of date night fun ensued!  It's always challenging getting out of the house with such a young baby (currently 6 weeks old) and nursing full time...but when there's a will, there's a way! 


Date Night Out at local Yogurt Shop



Hot Air Balloon Ride {more on this for next weeks Try New Adventures Thursday!}



Jerry Seinfeld Show (my gift to him for Valentine's Day) and Dinner at PF Changs!

Hieu Turns 5 Years Old!

Our only daughter, Hieu, turned 5 years old.  Seems like only yesterday she was a teeny tiny little baby born the Year of the Pig, and now she's a big girl with four brothers.  We are so proud of the caring, intelligent, observant young lady she has grown to be.  We love you, sweet Hieu!

The Surfing Flowrider {Try New Adventures Thursday}

For Christmas, my mother again out did herself with super creative gifts!  She presented my husband and Minh with 3 sessions on The Flowrider.  The what?  Well, turned out our local beach shop had recently installed this huge and super cool wave machine, called The Flowrider.  My husband and son went last week and had a blast and with one extra session, we packed up the 4 little ones and went back during the day to watch dad again...and I was able to snap some pictures.  It was so cool and after about 20 minutes, my husband really started to get the hang of it!

Strawberry Picking 2012

This past weekend we loaded up the kiddos and made the hour plus trek to go Strawberry picking!  Last year was our first time and although everyone had a great time, we ended up going to U-pick season on the very last day...



...So obviously the strawberries were less desirable.  However, I was ready AND organized this time so off we went!  Everyone had a marvelous time (I mean, boys + dirt +some bugs=awesomeness) and the sweet family who owned the farm even remembered us from last year and gasped when they saw us, "ANOTHER baby!?!?"  hahaha

I hulled and froze 4 containers worth and have a portion left over in hopes of canning homemade strawberry jam for Minh's 2nd grade teacher for Teacher Appreciation Week.  However, we shall see how ambitious I really feel tonight with a newborn ;)

If you've never been fruit picking before, I highly recommend it!  It's a wonderful, low cost family outing.

Second day of the Season! 


Our five kiddos all dirty, happy and proud of their perfect picking.


Some of our stash...I'd say it was a huge success :)

Maternity/ Family Photo Shoot

With a strong possibility of this being our last child, we opted to really go all out and do things we always wanted-to-but-life-simply-got-in-the-way.  And that included a maternity photo session by my dear sweet friend, Kenzie!  We met at a park and I was SO proud of the kiddos...they did awesome and so did I considering how stressed and swollen I was!  Below are some of the beautiful photos from our session.  I am so happy that we chose to document this precious time in our lives.  And if love what you see, I highly recommend you visit Kenzie's Photography website!  http://kenzieshores.com/