Happy Easter

Yesterday morning we went to the church Easter egg hunt. Because the girls agewise fell into the smallest age group, it was basically wait in line, walk into the playground and pick up their maximum 12 eggs, turn and walk out. There was no running as fast as you can, hunting, searching, all of the things an egg hunt is supposed to be. They did have fun singing and doing crafts, though.








On our way home, our neighbor texted to tell us our grocery store was having their egg hunt in ten minutes. We were right at the turn-off, so we whipped in, found a parking spot and the girls got in line. The place was PACKED! I think the store realized they didn't have enough eggs out, so they started bringing flats of pop and full-size candy bars and just throwing them out.

Here's Carli realizing there was pop and BIG candy bars out there -




AnLi was on the go - grabbing everything she could.


Carli got two eggs and sat down to open each up, so she missed out on the melee. When she saw AnLi's basket, Carli was pretty upset. When we got back to the car, AnLi gave Carli a pop and all of her eggs. Easter giving at its best!


Wishing everyone a wonderful Easter!

Boy, I'm on a roll! I think I'm out of my winter funk...finally!

Here is Ginger, the new addition to our family. She was a rescue dog my friend was fostering. Of course, the girls and Brian loved her, but I was hesitant. So, I agreed to let her come stay for a day to see how things would go. Well, she is now offically ours. She's a sweet dog, but getting through the puppy stage has been trying at times. Most of the Barbies don't have hands anymore, and keeping shoes away from her is a constant chore.



And then the school pictures:





And AnLi's first "cover" shot.
This is a picture from the summer of '08. NCH called and said they wanted to use her pic for the cover of their annual magazine and wanted to know what she wanted to be when she grew up. AnLi was SUPER excited to get the mail that day, and now thinks she's a "supermodel." It's amazing how much she's changed!


And finally... SPRING! Time to play outdoors with our friends.

Great Friends

At the beginning of March Jolene and Lily came to visit. We haven't seen each other since our short little get-together at the Orlando airport last April. The girls had a great time. We kept busy by doing the water park, the zoo and D*sney on Ice. Jolene and I were able to get out for dinner while Brian watched the girls. It's always great to see them and we don't get to do it often enough. Both of the girls had quite a few tears when they left. And AnLi has asked numerous times when she can see her "best friend" again. Hopefully soon!