Easter 2010

Easter morning 2010 was especially fun because Nana and Seth were still here visiting.

We started the morning staying focused on the true meaning of Easter by going to church. Although the bitterness of "Good" Friday was still fresh in our minds, the happiness of Resurrection Sunday was what we celebrated today!

After church Papaw and Memaw came over. While Noah slept, they dyed hard boiled eggs with Luke. I honestly think that Papaw has more fun than Luke. We had a dozen boiled and ready for coloring, but in the end that wasn't enough for Papaw, so we boiled another dozen and a half!!

When Noah woke up from his nap, our good friends and neighbors came over with Emma and Cooper. As we have for the past four years, we had an Easter egg hunt in the front yard. I video-taped it...it took a whopping 8 minutes from start to finish!!!

We ended the day with a YUMMY traditional Easter dinner: baked-ham, home-made macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, asparagus, rolls and more!

A blessed day with a blessed family. It just doesn't get better!

Happy Birthday Nana!

Nana and Seth flew in on 3/31...one day before her birthday. It's the first time we've been able to celebrate her birthday with her since we moved to Texas, so we wanted to make sure it was extra-special.

We started by ordering her a super-neat cake from a new bakery in town called, "Say it with Sugar." The cake decorator here has been on Food Network's Cake Challenge several times...and she certainly didn't disappoint. We couldn't believe how beautiful the cake was when we picked it up. What's better is how it tasted. We chose one layer red velvet because that is Nana's favorite and one layer Italian cream. MmmmmMmmmm!!!

Next, Luke decided he wanted to pick out some flowers for Nana. So, off to the store we went. How neat that we found an arrangement with Gerber daisies in it...just like the ones on her cake.

We went to dinner at the Flying Fish. Casual, but delicious place to get catfish, grouper, shrimp and more! We were all stuffed!

Finally, we opened presents. Luke could hardly wait. He brought all the presents over to her and stood right beside her as she opened them. First, she got a Scentsy warmer and four yummy candle scents. Next she opened the Amelia beaded glass tray and the Amelia beaded trio bowls. Finally, she opened two new pictures of the family that we recently took outside at a cute little park with a bridge here in Wylie.

Nana and Seth finished the day at Don & Sherry's watching a movie, while Leo and I got the boys tucked in bed.

Happy Birthday Nana!!!

My Sweet Boys

While I had the neighbor's camera, I had to snap a few pics of my precious boys.
With all the snow that fell on Saturday night, we had a family day at home on Sunday. The boys love these relaxing days where we stay in our PJ's and play with daddy all day.

I wish I could catch Noah and Luke on camera when Leo walks in the door from work. Noah lets out this loud, high-pitched "Daaaaa!" Luke is right there with him as they both run and tackle him before he can even get in to the living room.

We are certainly not a perfect family, but I have to say that I've never felt so loved or fulfilled. Not a day goes by that I'm not reminded of how much our Father God loves and blessed us.

Springtime in Texas???

Wow...we just didn't know what to say when we woke up Sunday morning to 8 inches of snow!! It was the second day of Spring, but you sure wouldn't have known it by looking outside!

My camera is broken, but I borrowed the neighbor's because I simply could not believe this was the second "heavy" snow we had this year. Was it really last weekend that we built our garden and I had a sun burn?

Today it is 67 degrees and the snow is gone. Tomorrow it will reach 75. Spring time is sure to stay from here on out...at least we assume it will!

Noah's 1st Big Boy Hair Cut

Today we gave Noah his first hair cut! Daddy gave it to him and he was SO good! He just sat there nice and still the entire time.

I saved a lock of the hair in an envelope and will put it in Noah's box of "special things."

I just can't believe my baby boy is getting so big. It seems like just yesterday he was a born. Something in me just aches to see how fast he's growing. Where has the time gone? Noah is such a little boy now.

It is such a privilege to watch him grow everyday. Being his mom is the best thing I'll ever do.

Book Character Day at LAP

In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, all the kids got to dress up as their favorite book character last week.

I didn't have a lot of time to plan, since I procrastinated, so we decided Luke would just wear the transformer costume that Granny and Gramps bought him for Christmas. He was THRILLED!!

Check out his tough boy stance and mean faces. He was seriously in super-hero mode on this morning!!

Crazy Hair Day at LAP

Last week Luke had a crazy hair day at school. I'm not actually sure what the reason behind it was...maybe a book or something...regardless, the kids had a LOT of fun with it.

I started by combing surfer putty in Luke's hair. I then sprayed it with hairspray and spiked it up.

When Luke was a baby, we spiked his hair all the time, but now he won't let me touch it. So, on this special day I had fun...and so did he!