Father's Day

I hope all the dads out there had a wonderful day yesterday! We had a lazy day around the house most of the day. Konner was up at 6:30am excited to tell his daddy "Happy Father's Day" and give Johnny his surprise. That kid hates keeping a secret! Then we all went shopping for Johnny to get some new clothes. The poor guy hasn't bought anything for himself in forever so it was nice to see him get some nice stuff. Konner was very helpful in picking out outfits! We didn't always agree with his taste - but it was cute to see what he put together for his dad!
I finally figured out how to use the timer on my camera - so here is our Father's Day picture!

Lowes Motor Speedway

Memorial Day weekend is a big race weekend for Charlotte. Johnny and Uncle Mike decided to take Konner and Nolan to the big race on Sunday. Well as luck would have it - they got rained out and the race was rescheduled for the next day. The boys did get to see a lot of cool pre-race stuff though. Jets flying over head, parachute rs landing on the track, helicopters, big trucks trying to dry the track. In fact, Nolan, who is 3 yrs old, thought that he saw a truck race b/c they he never did get to see the NASCAR racecar go around the track! Konner was disappointed not to see his favorite drivers race. The next day looked a little better for a race, but unfortunately Uncle Mike and Nolan couldn't go back to the track, fortunately for me, they gave me their ticket and I was able to go with Johnny and Konner! We had a lot of fun. Konner did not like the loud noise of the cars racing by but quickly go use to it! His favorite, and mommy's too, Jimmie Johnson, was up front the entire time! We sat through one rain delay and watched the track dry, but when the second rain came - we decided to leave. Konner was already sleeping in my lap and had a lot of fun already so he didn't care. Thanks Mike for that ticket! I had fun with my guys!

Konner & "friends"

As you all maybe already know - Konner loves animals, especially dogs. He collect stuff animal dogs and loves to sleep with them. Right now I think he has 21 "friends" sleeping with him at night. We went over to my grandmother's to spend a couple of night with her while mom was out of town and Konner had to take all of them with us! I told him only two allowed in the bed tough or there wouldn't be room for me!

"Unc" & Aunt Terry

A few weeks ago "Unc" and Aunt Terry came to visit NC. Konner always loves to go see them and never wants them to leave! Here is a cute pic of the three of them!

Mother's Day

Mother's Day is probably one of my favorite days! Being a mom is the most precious thing to me. Konner is such a wonderful child and I am very lucky and blessed to be his mom! My days are full of joy, happiness and laughter everyday now that he is with us.
We spent the morning with Johnny's parents and sister, Shannon(and her little family). We met for breakfast at Cracker Barrel - one of my favorite places to eat breakfast! Then we met up with Kim and Shawn to go visit mom. Unfortunately, mom had to work, but we still all marched into Walmart to say hello! We all planned on getting together later in the week to spend time together, but we couldn't let the day go by without seeing her!
After that quick visit, the three of us went home and took a long nap together! It was a rare moment that will probably never happen again since Konner is phasing out his naps now! Then we all got up and went out to dinner together! Perfect day for me. Just me and my guys - what more could a girl ask for?

Helping Grandma

A while back, my mom came over and washed her car. Of course, Konner had to help! Let's just say that mom is way more tolerate about Konner getting her hair wet then she ever was with me and Kim growing up! Konner never gets in trouble with Grandma! Anyway, Konner found Grandma's umbrella and the scene was just too cute not to take a few pics. My is going to kill me b/c of the way her hair looks, but the moment was precious!

Charlotte Knights Game

Back in April, Konner's tball team, Mets, was invited to be guests of honor at one of the Charlotte Knights' home games. Only about half of the team was able to go, but they all had fun! They all went out of the field with Coach Bryan and teamed up with one of the Knights' players. They went out on the field with their player during the National Anthem. When I asked him later if that was fun he said "yeah, but I was a little afraid of the brown-face man." I couldn't help but laugh! Kids say the funniest things!
They were able to meet a lot of the area mascots because it was Homer's b-day. Homer is the Knights' mascot. They really enjoyed that! I took Konner for a little walk around the stadium to release some energy, and all the mascots were signing autographs. Konner had all of them sign his t-shirt. That was very cool to him!

USS Carolina - Wilmington, NC

I know I am way behind on my updates! I am trying to catch up today - a lot has been going on!
We went to Wilmington, North Carolina with Kim and Shawn to visit the big battleship there. It was a great trip that the boys loved! As you can see - it was a couple of months ago, so it was chilly. We really were able to see every inch of that ship! I was impressed with all the things we were able to do and see. We were able to get a feel for how things really are when you are living day and night on the ship. I tell you though - you can not be a very big person on those ships! They passageways and stairways and seat etc. are very small! Konner was the perfect size to easily climb around and move around without worrying about bumping his head or fitting in and out of some of the "holes" you have to use. The rest of us had to move around with caution! We had a great time - we even took the boys to the beach before we left the area. It was cold but they both wanted to go swimming! I had Konner's swimsuit in the car so I put that on him and he would run in and out of the water having a blast! Shawn did not have a swimsuit and was not allowed to go out very far and get all wet - he was very upset about this! He basically pouted the whole time at the beach b/c of this! Konner - though was having a blast and even tried to catch some seagulls!