Annie's First Birthday!!

We had a great first birthday for Annie this weekend.
It's hard to believe her first year has come and gone.
Thanks to all the friends and family who were a part of her special day.

Suprised

We were all very surprised by Wichita.
Kristin has herself a cool little town, much cooler than Knoxville. Unique eateries, cute houses, great shopping, great layout.
The kids were all GREAT on the plane rides, we had no problems at all. Luckily the Atlanta to Wichita flight is not extremely packed so on both legs we had a little room to spread out.
Kristin's house is great, its very "Kristin". If you don't know Kristin that means; cute, welcoming, etc... We spent a lot of time on her new back deck and in her back yard. Kristin and her roommate were kind enough to allow us and the kids to take over their house so sleeping and naps was much easier than trying to stay in a hotel.
We had a couple of cookouts, visited the Wichita Zoo (great layout, felt like you were with the animals), had a great night out since some of Kristin's YL girls kept the kids and had a great mothers day brunch.

Here a few pics. Working on a video.

Off to see the Wizard

Well tomorrow we are all loading up; all the Neelys and the Hearps and heading to Wichita, Kansas to see Aunt Kristin.
We are driving to Atlanta and then flying to Wichita. We will definitely do some updates once we return as to how the kids did on the plane and in transit. We are excited about being on a plane with the 3 kids at once. We figure we have a good ratio- 2 adults for every kid!!
We are excited about seeing Kristin's new house and what her life is like in Kansas.

Our Sweet Allie

Well many of you have heard that we had to put Allie down yesterday.
She had chronic kidney failure and she went down hill pretty fast.
Allie was our first family dog and she was incredible. We bought Allie in December 2005. Her name was Cassie at the time. We bought her from a man who was a hairdresser who lived out in Louisville, TN in a trailor, on a farm, raising peacocks.
She did have her crazy days- ate multiple cakes, chewed through a door when we first got her, ran away a few times, chewed up some journals, diapers, etc...
But overall she was great. The best part about Allie was that she was phenomenal with our kids. Davis could and would do anything to Allie. He would poke her, pull on her, ride her, scream at her, and she just sat there.
What I am thankful for is that because of Allie, Davis and Annie will always like dogs.

She was a great dog and she will be missed.

ok ok ok

It seems like most places I go these days I hear statements like this...

"So about your blog?"
"I checked your blog the other day...."
"Are you all staying busy...."
"You just using twitter to keep people up to date now?"

I get it. I've fallen behind on the blog.
Its not for lack info.

So here are some pics, all taken from my phone, so sorry if they aren't the best quality.

Last weekend Katie and I went on a marriage retreat/getaway with our small group from Fellowship. Our friend Bumble, left his big blue truck at our house over the weekend, so when we got home Davis loved playing in the back.

Annie cruisin'. Amazing that she turns 1 in two weeks.

Fellowship had our annual church wide picnic on Sunday. Everything from football toss, grilled chicken, multiple blow ups, lots of candy, and blue grass music. Davis loved the merry go round and the balls. Yes, I think he was the only kid wearing an argyle sweater. But yes, he made it look good.



till next time.

Diva

I've always know that Neely women are Divas.
Like mommy, like daughter.

Easter 2010

We had a great Easter Weekend.