April Miscellany

Here is a bit of what the Cook family has been doing this month (or as I see it: Wyatt’s adventures with a random picture of other people thrown in here and there).

Justin went turkey hunting with friends down in Florida and killed a big one.

Ashburn temperatures finally made using the splash pad for the first time feasible. We had a BLAST and plan to utilize it a lot this summer!

       

Even Jeb got in on the action:

I discovered Jeb likes to snuggle as close as possible when Wyatt’s napping.

  

 

Visits to Justin and the fire department and the EMS are never dull!

    

Homemade tree swings are fun to play on with older cousins.

 

Rivers turned 7 this year and had her party at Dream It Gymnastics. Everyone—and I do mean EVERYONE—told me that it would be hard to get out of that big foam pit. I did it anyway. I took a big old Tarzan swing into the very middle and sunk alllllll the way to the bottom and couldn’t get up. It was terrifying and I will NEVER do it again.

    

Wyatt got a girlfriend when he was there! He and Ella are about 6 months apart.

     

Wyatt has started picking up my phone and saying, “Cheese, Mama!” I think he might be a little too used to a camera in his face

Homemade caprese salad with made from scratch mozzarella at my mom and dad’s house:

 

 

With Sophie, my in-laws’ dog.

These adorable flowers were $4 for the whole bunch at Publix. I think this will become a regular tradition!

  

Suzi’s First Shower

I was proud to help host my middle sister’s first bridal shower. I took an unusual approach but we had lots of fun.

A new trend taking over our area is sign painting parties where participants paint themed metal door signs for various holidays and seasons. With Justin and my SIL Amanda’s help, we cut out twelve different shapes that were relevant to each of the months of the year and let each guest paint a personalized sign for Suzi and David’s new house. We had a blast!
 
I cut out a few extra signs in case we had more than 12 participants, so we let Liam (Suzi’s future stepson) paint a sign for his new room.

Suzi and David are die hard Atlanta Braves and Georgia Bulldogs fans so we had to make sure we represented them well for spring and fall. Mine was the football.
   
Here are all twelve and Liam’s lined up in month order.

Quick Photo Shoot

My sister Sami snapped some adorable shots of Wyatt with a new chevron bow tie she purchased for her photography business and I can’t help but be so proud!

      

Wyatt’s having a red tractor birthday party for his second birthday and we were able to get a few of him on Pop’s tractor and his little green tractor toy. He was not being very cooperative that day, but we did what we could with the help of a few lollipop bribes.

   

Want to know more about Sami’s photography? Check her out at Sami M Photography!

Easter weekend