Christina VISITS!! WhooHoo!

My best friend from Jersey came to visit us! Christina has been such a great friend to me! She is so wonderful! We just love her all so much! We really had a great time, between hangin' w/ DMB to playing cornhole- we had a hoot!! My kids also love her to pieces! Wish she could've stayed longer and lived closer! Thanks Chris for coming! We really loved having you!!!

Dave Matthews Band

Holy Moly! Ok, so my best friend from New Jersey, Christina, has a friend that works on the DMB crew and travels on tour w/ them. Her name is Michelle. Michelle is the BOMB! She was able to totally hook us up at the concert!!! Christina flew in and we headed to Verizon for the concert. We got to go backstage, eat with the crew and the band before the concert, have free drinks and food all night, and were given awesome seats! All night we went from backstage and then back to our seats! The concert was amazing!! Christina and I danced like crazies!!! It was so fun! Dave really knows how to get his crowd rockin'! After the concert we headed to the band buses and were treated so well by everyone! We got to go w/ the band and crew to their hotel downtown, the Conrad. When we got there, we were escorted to a private lounge room for the band. It was so crazy!! There were only like 20 people there, including Dave and the band! It was nuts! Christina and I were dying!!! Drinks, food, and conversation till 3:30 am with the band! We had to keep pinching ourselves! I think Dave M. thought I was a lil' weird when I told one of his band members that he reminded me of Reuben Studdard! They looked at me like I was nuts, and then I said, "Oh, Reuben is a lil' friend!" Dave looked at me and said, "A friend???" I was a lil' too much for him, I think! Oh well! We had a great time with everyone! Christina and I laughed the whole night and had a hoot!! So great to be with her! Kind of a once in a lifetime kind of thing!!!! CRAZY! I hung w/ Dave till 3:30am! WHAT???!!!!

Gracie's Kindergarten Connection

Grace started this extra kindergarten program this year. It was so wonderful! The teachers were awesome, so loving and compassionate! Grace learned how to read through this program and also learned the basics of math! We were so proud of our lil' reader! The end of the year program was so nice. Grace really shined! She even volunteered to lead a song! Our bashful, shy, lil' girl turned into a very social, out-going, confident lil' girl! We are so proud!!!

Indy 500

What a fun day we had at the Indy 500 this year! We rented a Hummer Limo, headed down in style with my dad, brother Nicky, Brittany and Greg! Oh and Ali and Quinn joined us on the trip down. The kids got a quick preview of the hummer before we headed out! The race was awesome and we had a hoot! Can't wait for next year!!

Our lil' Jack Jack!!! Sleepy Boy at Riley Children's Hospital

Jackson finally had his sleep study. He has sleep apnea and asthma- so he will be getting his adenoids and tonsils removed, along with asthma treatments daily. He has always been super tired- and Riley doctors believe it is b/c he doesn't get enough good, deep sleep due to his body having to work so hard to breathe at night. Hopefully the surgery helps. We have to do another sleep study after the surgery. The sleep studies are performed at Riley. Nothing hurts him- just very scary and annoying. Jackson did a great job! We pretended that he was in Star Wars with all the cords attached to him. He really got into it! He kept asking if he had more power yet!! Too sweet! He looked so pathetic!! I slept next to him, well, tried to. I hated the thing in his nose- he wanted to suck his thumb and put his tag from his blankie by his nose but the cords were in the way. He was very upset about that! Then in the middle of the night- he woke and was frightened- and yelled at me saying that this wasn't Star Wars and that I was lying!! OHHH I felt so horrible!! But he stuck it out and the techs got a good reading. So at 5 AM we were woke up and they started taking all the cords and tape off of him. That was the worst part- b/c Jack was sooo exhausted, irritable, and the tape hurt. So anyways, we find out the results in 7-10 days. Hopefully we get more answers and can plan the surgery this summer! Pray for Jackson!! He was so brave- but still has a lot more to go through!

Our New Addition

For real this time- Here is Haverstick Pete Spear (a.k.a. Petey)! He is a miniature schnauzer born on April 15th! We are really excited! The kids are having a hoot with him. No accidents yet! And a full night's rest last night! WOOHOO! Schnauzers are hypo-allergenic- so Michael is doing fine w/ him. It also reminds Michael of his brother that passed away in '00. Michael's brother, David, had a mini schnauzer named Petey. So this pup brings back a lot of great memories for Michael. :) Grace is a lil' mother, Jackson has a new playmate, I have a snuggle buddy, and Michael has memories! So this one's it for the Spear's! He is a new part of our family and we are totally committed to making this one work!!! Can't wait for you all to meet our new lil' man!

Ali Graduates!!!

What a weekend! We had so much fun celebrating Ali's graduation from college! We are soo proud of her! We threw a fun party for Ali and then off to the ceremony! Cornhole was the hit of the party! It was so great being w/ the whole family!!