Tyler...

What a retreat Tyler has been for me over the years. Thankfully, my wonderful husband and baby boy love it too. We have been able to visit several times this Spring for various reasons and enjoy great company and cooking each time. J has also learned to associate these trips with chocolate chip cookies, rides in Papa's truck, Kyle's tractor and fun cousin time.

Our first trip was to help celebrate my sweet niece's birthday! Here is some of the gang...

 Lauren always makes the most amazing cakes!

 Birthday girl :)

 Sweet boy!

 Yes, we had a sister battle on the see-saw...and Laura won!

 All in good fun!

 Happy girls and J is ready to go.

 J LOVES Papa! Playing at the little table.

 J LOVES La-La!

And likes to feed her cupcakes. YUM!

 Piano-playing with cousins. They make some beautiful music.

 Memaw and cousin M!

 "Driving to work!"

I love my sweet niece's face in the background.

Next, we headed back in for Laura's dance recital and J got to ride in my parent's newly acquired fire engine. It was a hit!

 This kept him and his Dad entertained while the rest of us attended Laura's dance recital. She did AMAZING and it was quite a show! :)

 I love these costumes and the choreography was superb.

 So graceful!

 The finale was done to the song "Jai Ho" and it was my favorite. Laura is on the far left and was the best dancer on that stage!

 I really enjoyed the "Bollywood" style.

 When I got home, I found J still in the fire engine! I think he would have slept in there.

 "How does this thing work?" J is far more mechanical than me.

 So so happy! I can't wait until our next trip.