For the love of Vera Bradley

Last weekend was girls weekend. It worked out perfectly. Seth had a mens conference here at home, and the anual Veral Bradley outlet sale was happening in Fort Wayne. SO....us girls got together and went shopping! We all stayed at Erica's house Friday night and went shopping in the morning. Hannah stayed with her Uncle Cody and of course Grandma and Papa too. She had fun going for walks and playing lots.

Over the whole weekend 40,000 people were at the sale. There were so many people there...this was just the line to pay for our bags.
We had lots of time to talk while we were in line. We waited for 45 minutes outside to even get into the building, and then 1.5 hours in line to pay. We didn't mind though ;o)

It was so fun to see Beth, Bonnie, and Erica!


Here we are with all our bags. I'm SO excited about my new baby bag. That was all I really wanted to get, and as you can see...I got a lot more. DISCLAIMER: many of these are for gifts or to sell on ebay. :) So fun!

My buddy Mr. Mullins

Every Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Mullins come to church to watch me while Mommy and Daddy go to Crosstrainers with the teenagers. I have really grown to love them both. When I see Mr. Mullins in the hall...I reach for him right away. I love to play with him in the nursery. I sit on his lap to watch videos and play peek-a-boo with him. Here's a pic of us hanging out together this evening:

A windy day of laundry

Monday's are laundry day. We were blessed with the perfect day this week! The sun was shinning and the wind was blowing. Hannah is actually becoming a good helper. She likes to help with the laundry. She will throw one article of clothing at a time into the washer and also the dryer. We are glad that spring is here so that we can hang clothes out on the clothes line. Hannah had fun putting the clothes pins in and out of the container.

She also loved the feeling of the breeze in her face. We are just loving this beautiful spring weather!

Saturday was spring work day

Twice a year we have a work day at church. It's amazing how putting many hands together gets lots of work done. We got everything on the list accomplished in just one morning. I didn't know how it was going to go with Hannah this year, but knew that I would be able to get at least an hour of work in during her nap time. She did really well though! I worked on cleaning the pews and dusting the plants in the sanctuary. Hannah played with a bucket of toys and toddled up and down the aisles. Before her nap, Rachel and Sarah took her around for a ride in her crib...to cute! When she woke up...Sarah pushed her around the outside of the church in her stroller and played with her in the nursery....it worked out perfectly! Hannah enjoyed playing with her friend while I was able to work. I truely was blessed on Saturday. We are just so thankful for our church family. I love coming together and working alongside of them. I cleaned pews with Lucy, Gail, Bisi, and others. Then enjoyed time of conversation with Deborah and Jean H. while dusting tree leaves...who would have thought that such a tedious job would bring such blessings?! Here's a pic of the ride in the crib...

Thank you Lord for our church family!

A beautiful day at Greenfield Village with Thomas the Tank

Fridays are Seth's day off, so we took advantage of the beautiful day and headed to Greenfield Village to visit Thomas the Tank.

We didn't pay to ride Thomas..but we got to wave to him as he passed by.

Instead we decided to ride the carosel...we had so much fun. Hannah loved watching while we stood in line. As soon as she got on the horse she said "up...down". She knew exactly what it was going to do! She wasn't super excited about riding...but wasn't scared either...it was fun.

taking a snack break while we were waiting to meet Sir Topem Hat

Sir Topem Hat

Driving around an old fashion pedal car

watching the train go by...

so into the choo choo trains

sweet baby Jillian

On Saturday we went to Rachaels baby shower. I was SO good and enjoyed got to meet some extended family. We played some more in the afternoon, and in the evening met up with Mommy's friends Chad and Sharon. I got to meet the newest addition to thier family...sweet baby Jillian.

A spring walk on daffodil trail

Mommy and I went back to Richfield for a visit this weekend.

On our way down, we stopped to see my Great Grandma and Grandpa. We had a short visit and then made it to Grandma and Grandpa Roth's house for dinner time. They were so excited to see me walking around. I was so excited to see them and play with their puppies.

On Friday we played some more. Then when Unlce J got home from school, we went for a walk on Daffodil Trail. It was the most beautiful day we've had this spring...we sure did enjoy it!

On Friday night, Mom did her first pampered chef party for Aunt Beth. While she was doing that, I got to spend the evening with Pop, Uncle Jeremy, and Uncle Tim. We had so much fun!