Father's Day/Tommy's Birthday Weekend

We started out Father's Day/Tommy's Birthday weekend by having Donuts with Dad at the kids school. The kids love when we stay to have breakfast with them at school. 

Tom took me to work that day, since I was only working half a day and they were going to pick me up to start our journey to DC.

We got to Washington around 4:00 and after checking into our hotel (right across from the Pentagon), we freshened up and took the Metro over to Nationals Park for the Pirates game that night.

The stadium was nice and the kids loved playing on the playground, but the restaurant in the park left much to be desired. It took FOREVER to get our food and our waitress wasn't very friendly. We did enjoy the game though (even with a little rain).

The kids cooling off in front of the fan.

The seats were really close to the field

The Rennie Men (and Grace)

Saturday morning, we had breakfast at the hotel and then took the Metro over to the Air & Space Museum. Tommy & Grace liked looking around at everything. Tom and Tim had a blast doing the flight simulator (they were like kids - haha).

Hanging out with Grammy & Pap-Pap

Grace wanted to pose in front of the planets

After the museum and lunch at Elephant & Castle - we went back to the hotel for the kids to swim.

That night, we signed up to do the night tour. It looked like it would be a lot of fun - and it probably would have if it didn't start raining right after we pulled out of the station. We thought it would be a small thing that passed, but not so much. It not only rained harder, but hailed on us!! We decided at the Lincoln Memorial stop to just take a taxi back to the hotel. It was a smart move on our part, because the storm got worse right after we jumped in the taxis.

Tommy had to see Lincoln (his favorite)

Wearing our ponchos

The kids didn't mind hanging in the hotel room that night - Tommy dressed up in his new astronaut costume.

On Father's Day, we had breakfast and then drove to the Jefferson Memorial. The kids took a break from running around to pose with Daddy.

Goofing around

Grace was hilarious at the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial. She wanted to stand by her and copy her pose.

The kids posing by FDR and his dog.

We left Washington around noon that day and Tom and I suffered in the front seat for the first 45 minutes (and it was an unusually hot day), because his air conditioner was acting up. We were sweating so bad. It finally kicked on, but man what a way to end the trip! Happy Father's Day to you Tom - haha!

A Haircut & Anniversary Celebrations

It's been a while since I took Grace to get her hair cut. I booked an appointment at my salon for June 13th. Grace did a great job (sometimes she can be shy) and warmed up to the girl cutting her hair pretty fast!

Pre-Cut

Acting cray-cray

So cute!

That night, Tom and I went to The Melting Pot in Pittsburgh to celebrate our 8th anniversary. After dinner we made a quick stop to the Rivers Casino to give them a little of our money before heading back home. It was a fun night!

Yum!

On our actual anniversary (the 9th), Tom sent these beautiful flowers to me at work. :)

Love you Tom!

Girls Day/Night

Grace and I spent most of June 6th together without the guys.

That morning, we headed to Pittsburgh to meet a friend (and co-worker) and her daughter at Gaynor's School of Cooking for a Mommy & Me class. She had a lot of fun cooking and playing with Nola. 

There we 5 kids in the class. We made turkey meatballs, fruit dip & a blueberry sauce for ice cream.

Grace & Nola

Supervising Ms. Gaynor

Grace and her new friend after class

After the class, we headed home to hang out with Tommy for a few hours before going back to Pittsburgh for the Taylor Swift (thanks Tom!) concert. Grace was so excited for her first "big gifl" concert.

We had club level seats, so we got there about an hour before Taylor went on to have dinner together.

After dinner, we went to our seats and waited for Taylor to come on. Grace had a lot of fun at the concert. She liked being able to see everything and loved the bracelets that would light up different colors to the music.

I could tell that she was getting tired towards the end, but she wanted to make sure we heard Bad Blood & Shake It Off, which happened to be the last 2 songs she sang.

While I loved the concert, I hated the traffic afterwards. It seriously took us an hour to move one mile down the road!!! Grace was a trooper - she stayed up with me until we got on the interstate (at midnight) and then fell asleep.

I loved having a girls day with my little girl! :)

PICPA Officer Induction Dinner

On May 29th, Tom, Tim, Diana & I attended the PICPA Southwestern Chapter office induction dinner at Chestnut Ridge Resort & Golf Course.

Tom is now on a 2-year term as a member of the executive committee.

After the nice dinner, we spent the rest of the night playing casino games. Tom convinced me to play craps with him. It was a lot of fun and we won a lot of tickets. :)

Rennie & Associates Anniversary Party

On May 22, Rennie & Associates had an Anniversary celebration at the Ligonier Country Club. There were around 40 to 50 people that came out for the event.

Us :)

For the entertainment, Tom found a company that does casino games. They had craps, blackjack, roulette & some other numbers game.

I'm thinking that Tommy will love Vegas when he's older.

Grace too!

Tom & Tim - circa a long time ago

The Rennie/Mikrut Families

Tommy's Pre-K Graduation

On May 20th, my baby graduated from Pre-K. The ceremony was cute and didn't last terribly long.

They presented a candy bar award to every kid in the class. Tommy received the "Skor"  award for being the class athlete.

They also read a paper about what Tommy wanted to be when he grows up. Tommy had such an awesome story - and I'm so glad I was able to record the whole thing. I'm proud to have such an imaginative and thoughtful little boy!!

Walking to his seat

What he wants to be when he grows up..

So handsome -- and sitting by his "girlfriend"

Our little graduate

His teachers - Mrs. Lisa & Mrs. Marie

Grammy & Pap-Pap came

Grace was excited about taking a picture with her brother - ha!

Tommy & Gavin (his bff)

After the ceremony, I gave him his graduation card (with a little bit of money) and I was surprised about how excited he got! He was showing the card off to all of us - and even keeps it displayed in his room. We took him out to dinner at Sunset Cafe to celebrate.

What a great night!!

Texas/Vegas Trip

The four of us flew into DFW airport on Thursday night (May 14th) and after getting our rental car, we headed to our hotel in Irving. My parents decided to stay at the same hotel that night and we ended up getting there about 5 minutes after them.

We stayed up visiting for a while and Grace ended up staying the night with them in there room. Tommy didn't want to leave us, so he shared the bed with me.

Tom had client meetings on Friday, so he was out the door around 7:30. Tommy and I were hungry and went down to have breakfast with my dad (Grace and my mom were still sleeping).

Grace having breakfast in the hotel room

Tommy and Grandpa horsing around

The 5 of us went to Grapevine Mills, since I had promised Tommy that we could go to LegoLand. I must say, it was pretty pricey and was just okay. Tommy had a lot of fun, but Grace didn't love it.

Waiting our turn to get in

We had to buy Tommy socks to run around in the activity center

Cowboys Stadium

He was embarrassed that I made him sit on the car to take a picture..

Grace didn't care

Tommy definitely isn't shy

After having lunch. we drove to Frisco to meet Tom and passed some time at Ikea.

Having fun in the "egg" chair

Tom and I left for Vegas on Friday night and my parents took the kids home with them. Tim & Diana arrived in Vegas on Saturday morning.

We pretty much did our typical stuff. We had brunch at Borders Saturday morning and breakfast at Mon Ami Gabi Sunday morning. The rest of the time we walked around and gambled.

There was one new thing we did this time. The four of us rode the gondola at the Venetian.  It was a nice day and the "guide" was very nice. (I didn't take many pictures the whole time we were there).

I flew out of Vegas around 6:45 Monday morning and landed in Dallas a little before lunch. My parents picked me up and we had Whataburger for lunch (yum) and then had to go back to the airport.

The kids and I arrived in Pittsburgh a little before 6:00. They were both great on the plane.