Austintown Park & Matt's Comedy - 174/365

Today was Reagan's day with Grandma! She was so excited to go over there.

They did some stuff around the house, then had some lunch. Reagan was so excited to spot a "hidden Mickey" on grandma's tablecloth. She just loves searching for them!

After lunch, they decided to head up to Austintown Park with Papa Greg. They were having a great time when a few familiar faces showed up. Alivia and Jessica just happened to be there playing too. Reagan and Alivia were so excited to see each other. They hadn't gotten together in awhile. Best buds they are. Everyone had fun!

This evening, Nana, JoAnn, Brittney and I were heading up to Pick Wick & Frolic to see Matt do his comedy routine. He was opening up for T.J. Miller. He was so excited. He had quite the crowd there to see him. I think there was around 20 of us all together.

When he finally went on stage he was cool as a cucumber and delivered all his jokes effortlessly! He had the whole place laughing. We were so proud of him and so thrilled to be there to see his comedy show on the big stage. Congrats Matt!

While we were doing that, Jim and Reagan just spent some time playing in the backyard. They had a good ole time playing make believe. She loves her special daddy time.

Hidden Mickey!

Juice Box time!

Papa helping the monkey on the monkey bars!

Sifting sand!

Ready to see Matt!

Backyard time!

 

Cavs Game, Girls Lunch - 103/365

Busy one again today!

Reagan and I started our day with a walk after Jim went off to work. We went around the neighborhood and ran into Rachel, Tiffany and Kat standing around at Tiffany's house. It was good to see the girls and the kids had fun running around for a bit.

This afternoon, we were going to have lunch with Nana, MJ and JoAnn. We decided to try Trax since we hadn't been there in awhile. It was really good! We had a lovely lunch!

This evening, Jim and I were going to take in one last regular season Cavs game. We were afraid the starters weren't going to play, but they did! We even scored VIP tickets which was great! The game was awesome and they won pretty comfortably! It was so fun!

Reagan was hanging out with grandma and papa Greg tonight. Papa Greg and Reagan spent some time watching The Little Mermaid in their "boat." She had a great time! She didn't spend the night since she had school the next day, so grandma just brought her back her for bath and bed.

It was a fun day for all!

Jake and Reagan pushing Parker in the car!

 Girls lunch!

 Cavs Game!

 Good times!

 Papa Greg and Reagan sailing away!

 

Jim Florida, Cat Friends & Sip and Paint - 346/365

Today, Jim and Greg were off to Florida to see Jack Nicolaus play in the Father/Son Challenge in Orlando. They were flying out of Akron around noon and got to Florida at two.

The weather was nice and in the mid 60's which felt awesome after the cold here. 

The got checked into the Marriott. They loved it because it was five minutes from the course and five minutes from Disney. It had two rooms, so they each had their privacy. 

After they got settled in, they made their way over to downtown Disney for dinner. They decided to eat at the Rainforest Cafe. They said it was great! After dinner, they spent some time walking around Downtown Disney to do a little shopping. 

They had a great first day in Florida. 

Meanwhile back at home, Reagan and I headed off to Gymnastics, then did a little shopping. 

We stopped at PetsMart to get some necessities and some presents for the furry friends in our life. Reagan loves stopping in the "cat room" to play with the kitties. Today they had four young ones, so they were into playing with her. She had a ball! I couldn't get her out of there!

This evening, Jim's mom was coming over to spend some time with Reagan while a group of us girls went to a sip and paint class. We had 14 people going! How fun! 

Jenny, her four sisters and mom came. Along, JoAnn, Rachel, Laura, Sharon, Wanetta, Nana and I!

We had such a blast! We were doing a painting of a snowman at night. It was an adorable little scene. JoAnn had never painted before, so she was a little nervous, but she ended up doing great! Nana on the other hand, did great at painting, but got paint everywhere....on Jen's sister's glasses, wine glasses, her phone and even down the whole arm of her coat! It was hysterical!

After class, we decided to go over to Davidson's to have some snacks and a night cap. 

Fun night!

Jim and Greg at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney

 Their room!

 Jim's bed was the pullout green couch.

Nana and her painted coat at sip and paint.

 Our whole crew and our finished masterpieces.

Nana and I

Finally, Reagan and her little cat friends...

Michelle Shower & The Browns - 249/365

This morning Nana and I started our day at a  Bridal Shower. A good family friend, Michelle, is getting married! We just love Michelle and can't believe she's already getting married. Seems like yesterday we would all call her "little sister."

The shower was at Rachel's in Austintown and everything was perfect. We had a nice time catching up with JoAnn, Carol, Debbie and Kris. And of course, we loved seeing Pammy and Michelle. 

We were so honored to be included in her special day. We wish her all the best. 

While I was at the shower, Jim, Reagan and Brinkley had a lazy morning watching cartoons, before Reagan went to Jim's mom's for the afternoon. Jim's mom offered to take her during the Browns game, since it was the first one and against the Steelers. How great!

The game itself started out awful at halftime, the score was 27-3. I admit to even nodding off a bit during the first half. 

The second half was amazing and totally unexpected. The Browns scored nearly 24 unanswered points. The game was tied 27-27 with nearly a minute left. We knew in our hearts that something terrible would happen. Of course the Steelers went down and scored a field goal with 47 seconds left on the clock. Heartbroken AGAIN, but we also have some hope, that maybe things won't be as bad as we thought!

The first picture is all the "Butler Wick Girls" at Michelle's shower.

Next, Jim, Reagan and Brinkley relaxing...

 Finally, my family and I were sending sad and hopeful selfies to each other during the game. Here was one of my hopeful ones. LOL!

Metzinger Shower - 228/365

Today Nana and I were off to a shower for Danny and Dana Metzinger!
They are having TWIN boys. They are so excited and scared all at the same time. The boys names are Brady and Benjamin and we all can't wait to meet them.
They had the shower was at The Lake Club and it was just beautiful. Plus, it was great to see all the Butler Wick girls we don't get to see that much!
It was a great afternoon and they got a lot of wonderful stuff for the babies.
While I was at the shower, Jim and Reagan played around the house. She is still in her Frozen Frenzy and loves dressing up like Elsa and playing with her dolls. It was so cute!
The girls at the shower!

Frozen Frenzy

Belated Birthday Dinner - 100/365

Today, I had a bunch of stuff to get done, so Grandma came over for her play day with Reagan. 

They had a good time. Reagan made her spend most of the day "baking cupcakes" in her Sofia Castle! LOL! 

This evening, Nana, Reagan and I were meeting Carol, JoAnn, Pam and Kris for dinner. We originally were going for Aunt JoAnn's birthday back in March, but we got a blizzard the night we were supposed to go, so we finally rescheduled for tonight. We had a great time laughing and catching up! Carol was even so sweet and brought Reagan a huge Sofia coloring book! Good times! 

 Jim and Brinkley took advantage of the nice weather and went for a walk! 

Photo of the day is the girls...

 Next, Reagan and Grandma baking cupcakes...

 

Bears & Awesome Aussie Lunch - 311/365

Kind of a busy day today! 

First thing this morning, Nana, Reagan and I headed out to Tales for Tots. This month, the class was held at Bears Den Cabin and the topic was, bears! 

The little cabin was cool. I had never been there before, I hadn't even seen it before. It was very small, but nice. Very rustic! Their little project was cute, they got to make a little bear face out of brown paper circles, felt and bells. It was so cute! 

After their project, they took us outside behind the cabin to check out a small cave. The teachers wanted the kids to see a place where bears may sleep. The kids loved it, the adults, not so much. It was sprinkling just as we started walking down to the cave. It was a pretty small cave, the "tots" fit perfectly under there, but the rest of us were out in the rain. LOL! It was fine though! 

At the end of class, each kid got a typical brown lunch bag. The teachers had painted yellow drips around the top and wrote "honey" across the bag. Inside, they put a sandwich bag of Honeycomb cereal. It was SO CUTE! They wanted them to have the same snack a bear would have. 

I just love that little program, it's wonderful! 

After class, Nana and I ran a few errands. I was looking for a cute blanket for a newborn shoot I have coming up. I found what I was looking for, YAY! 

This afternoon, we were off to the Awesome Aussie Luncheon at Outback Steakhouse in Boardman. The luncheon is held to help raise money for Hospice of the Valley. We have attended every year for the past six and we always have a great time! 

This year, it was Nana, Reagan, JoAnn, Pam, Faith, Faith's sister, and I. 

It was PACKED when we got there. There was barely any room to get in the door. After we finally made it to the check in table, they took us to our seats. Unfortunately, they had to split us up. It was kind of a bummer. The food was good though. They gave us a hunk of a Blooming Onion, pumpernickel bread, salad, chicken breast, broccoli, and mashed potatoes. We were stuffed! 

Even though we got separated we had a great time. We got to sit with Pammy, so it was great to catch up with her!

The photo of the day is Reagan and her project...

 Next, is the girls at the luncheon...

 

Special Delivery - 175/365

Typical day today.

Jim's mom was coming over to spend some time with Reagan, so I decided it would be a good day to look for a new kitchen table. Our current table actually belonged to the people that lived here before us. It's nice, but the wood was always a little lighter than I wanted and it's starting to look a little old now.  I would just like to have fresh! There is also a little bakers rack that matched it, that I would need to replace, too. 

I recruited my mom to hit the furniture stores with me! We hit them all and found a few prospects, but no bakers racks, ANYWHERE! I'm so bummed. I love having it there to put my pictures and seasonal stuff on. I would lose four shelves of fun! I guess I'll have to keep looking. 

 As the day went on, I started to get a pretty nasty headache. It hurt to even take steps. I took some Tylenol and closed my eyes while Reagan napped, hoping it would ease up. By the time Jim got home, it was pretty bad and actually making me a bit nauseous, so I laid down again and slept until 7:00. 

While I was in a coma, Jim and Reagan went down to feed the fish at the pond, went for a walk, and played on the swing set. 

Earlier in the day, when I got the mail, I saw that JoAnn had sent Reagan a little card that said, "C/O Reagan's Mailbox." When JoAnn stopped over the other day Reagan kept looking in her mailbox and saying "awwww, I no have any mail!" When JoAnn left, she said she would send her some mail to put in her box, and sure enough, she did. When I got up, I took it down under my shirt to her box. It wasn't no time, she looked in her box and gasped, "AHHH, I have mail!" She tore open the envelope, she was SO EXCITED! I think it made her whole day! She carried it around outside the rest of the time and now it's hanging in her playroom. Thank you Aunt JoAnn for making her day! You are too sweet! 

The photo of the day is Reagan and her mail!

 

Playing, Picking, Crabby & Chesney - 171/365

Busy day today, again! 

 It started with a visit from Aunt JoAnn and Bridget. JoAnn had never seen the playroom and wanted to see the new play set, so they stopped over for a visit. The girls had a good time playing. Bridget was so great with Reagan! Brinkley was happy to see Aunt JoAnn, too. He wouldn't leave her alone! 

After our visit, we went and dropped Brinkley off at his beauty appointment. 

While he was there, my mom and I went over to Toys R Us to see about getting Reagan a small sandbox. She loves the sand! They ended up having a cute one, shaped like a crab. We got to the counter and paid. The lady said in the walkie talkie, "I need one crabby sandbox please!" After a few minutes, she said, "we're out of crabby sandboxes." Which made us crabby...LOL! They ended up having a bunch in Niles, so we just swung over there to pick one up! 

We got back to the house and got it all set up! It's so cute and Reagan LOVES it! 

Before we went in, Reagan helped water some flowers. We noticed that our first strawberry was finally bright red! YAY! Reagan picked it and then we sampled it. I have to say, it was great! We are all about strawberries this summer! :) 

Then, it was time to get ready for the Kenny Chesney concert! Woo hoo! 

Jim had his last Rotary Board meeting, before they switch presidents this weekend. This president always held his meetings at night, so Jim wasn't going to be around to watch Reagan. Papa, so sweetly, volunteered to play with Reagan until Jim got home, so we could get going to the concert! How wonderful!
 Nana, Papa, Reagan and I ended up having dinner at Nicolini's. 

After dinner, my mom and I headed to the concert and papa and Reagan went back to the house to play. They played in the sand and on the play set. Reagan even got papa to go down the blue slide! They had a great time together! So great, that when Jim got home, Reagan look at him and said, "Dada, go back to work. I want to play with papa!" LMAO!
We got to Blossom with no problems and the concert was FABULOUS! He had an awesome set, with huge HD video screens! It was amazing! He really is such a wonderful entertainer! He NEVER stops! He runs back and forth on that stage like a mad man. He couldn't give anymore if he wanted to, he's fantastic! We hadn't got to see him in a few years because he had been doing the bigger stadium tours. We went to a couple and the atmosphere stinks. We decided we would only see him if he did Blossom or First Niagara.  So happy he came back around! We had a great time!
 The photo of the day is Kenny. I forgot my camera, so this is an awful iPhone photo. :(

Here is Aunt JoAnn getting some "love" from Brinkley...she was cracking up!

The next is Reagan in her new Crabby Sandbox....

And finally, the first of our own strawberries and Reagan doing the first "pick"...