Easter 2013

We woke to a wet, rather cool Easter.  However, it was still a beautiful day!  We had planned to attend sunrise services at Hebron, but the thunder and lightening kept us away.  We have really enjoyed that the past 2 years. Following services at our church, we joined the family at Sandra and Tony's cabin for a wonderful lunch and time with the family. Here's a little recap of this special day.

He might be 23, but he's still the baby!  He refused to look at me for the pictures as he checked out his Easter basket!

Everyone brought flowers to decorate the cross at our church service.  Beautiful!

On to the cabin - I love these special get togethers!  When we left, Caleb said that we really needed to do this more often.  I couldn't agree more!

There was no Easter egg hunt this year, but there was still lots of fun!

Aunt Sandra organized a scavenger hunt for the kids.  The girls were the butterflies, and the boys were the frogs.  Each team had a list of things to find and place in a zip loc bag!  They loved it!

Getting instructions from Aunt Sandra

And they are off!

Congratulations to Team Butterfly on their victory!!

 I think this is the first Easter ever that I haven't gotten a family picture in front of the azaleas, due to the weather.  But inspite of the rain, it was still a wonderful day!  One of God's greatest gifts is family!


Also, during Spring Break the girls came back for another visit.  Believe it or not, I barely got my camera out!  Jessi came over a couple of days and helped out with the girls.  We had a great time dying eggs and making cookies.  Lillian was close by ready to help out if needed.

It's easier to dye eggs if you sit on the table!

Thanks Jessi!!

This weekend will be filled with many fun events -  Two T-ball games, Maddie singing at church, Lillian's dedication and Maddie's birthday party!  We can't wait!

Practice Makes Perfect

I am pretty sure that there will be lots of T-Ball blogs the next couple of months!  We went down for a scrimmage game, and then brought the girls back for part of Spring Break.  T-Ball is quite an adventure with 3 and 4 year olds!  It's actually one of the cutest things I've ever seen! I must also add that it was 40 degrees with a brisk, freezing wind!!!

Next weekend is the official kick-off of the season!  The practice game was a good indication of lots of funtimes ahead!!

How cute is this!?!

The first inning she played in the circle and actually made 2 of the 3 outs!!

More Fielding! Every player (offense and defense) has a parent on the field with them. It can be quite interesting!

Batter up!

Boys being boys!  This is actually the other team, and this happened quite often.  I promise there is a ball somewhere on the bottom of the pile!

I stayed inside the activity center with Lillian and watched from the door for awhile, and then Pop kept her warm when we came out.

The best part of the game - snack time!

It seems like yesterday that we were cheering Lindsey on at her games!

I can't wait for a great season!   

Cute as a Bug

Uncle C and I had a little impromptu photo shoot with the girls!  Love these angels to pieces!!

They make me smile!!

Hunting Eggs WWE Stlye

The girls won't be here for Easter, so we decided to have a little egg hunt for Maddie while the girls were visiting.  (They are actually here for another visit now. If it warms up we'll probably do this again!)

Maddie had such a good time! 

She decided she wanted to hide the eggs for Pop and Uncle C! I will let the pictures speak for themselves...........

Maybe just a tad competitive!!!  It's probably best that we have no idea who found the most eggs! 

Happy Easter!!

Tea Parties, Kites, and Eggs

We try to cram as much fun as possible into our visits!  We are worn completely out when the girls leave, but we wouldn't trade a minute of it for anything!!
Uncle C and Maddie had fun with sidewalk chalk! 

We enjoyed a trip to the hayfield to fly a kite - and hang out a little bit!

Uncle C is the best! 

One of the two cutest things in the world!!

Up, up and away!

We had lots of tea parties!

Even Papa enjoyed some tea!

Dying eggs is serious business!

Feeding the goldfish

Lots of memories were made!  And after a few days of rest, we can't wait to do it again!