March Photo Drop

Sylin' little mommy. 

Sunday smiles. 

We may be outgrowing this. ha!

Celebrating Sam's birthday. 

Waiting for our turn to rid the train at Sam's birthday party.  Leah cried...screamed the whole time the train moved. 

Happy 1st birthday baby Sam!

Springtime jewelry. 

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday was set up perfectly for a day of relaxing at the house while we waited on the rain.  It was a really nice way to spend the day.

Easter Bunny stopped by our house. :)

Easter is cool. 

After a Sunday breakfast of candy and sweets, we headed to church. But first, a few pictures.

The afternoon consisted of a non-fancy lunch, naps, games, book reading, and painting.

Thankful today and everyday for the love of Jesus!!  Because He lives, I can face tomorrow!

Easter Saturday

Yep, you guessed it.  Rain in the forecast for Easter Sunday!! We all agreed to move our festivities to the day before so we would still be able to do all of the things we enjoy on usually on Easter Sunday, like....

Crawfish...

Egg hunts...

Outside and big smiles...

Baskets full of fun...

 and swinging with Grandma!

Let's eat!!

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Strawberry Patch Field Trip

Sarah had her last kindergarten field trip today and I was grateful that I was able to attend. And again with the rain!! The teachers and school watched the weather all week trying to decided if we would get rained out.  And yesterday at three, they decided to go for it!  And we are all glad they did.  The rain completely missed us. Whew!

The field trip today was to Liuzza Farms in Amite. And this time of the year, strawberries are king!

Sarah, Olivia and Kenleigh...the three cuties I was assigned to hang with all day. 

First part of the field trip, the students were "farmers" and had to  collect all of their good to sell at the Farmer's Market. 

Farmers planting their beans.  (Sarah's is doing great by the way...I'll have to give an update on that later)

Farmer's Market success...paid in a banana! :)

Time to pick some strawberries.  Due to the recent floods, the plants have suffered from some stress, but we were able to find plenty of yummy strawberries to bring home. 

Working hard to find the best berries. 

Happy girl!

Hanging with some friends while we wait for the next activity. 

Feeding goats. 

Fun with Mrs. Frizell on the playground. 

Sadie, Sarah and Olivia

Fun day with my Sarah May! 

Mrs. Frizell's kindergartners!

Sarah and Mrs. Frizell on the bus ride home. :)

Easter Bunny!!

We have been coaching Leah for a few days now about taking a picture with the Easter Bunny.  We showed her the picture from last year.  She wasn't impressed.  We showed her pictures of other friends happy kids with the Easter Bunny.  Her response "NO BUNNY!" Well then.  So we proceeded to see the bunny anyway!

When finally reached the front of the line for the bunny, we had convinced Leah that she could sit with Sarah and NOT next to the bunny.  She seemed ok with that.  It was our turn.  As we approached the bunny, Leah looked at the bunny and very firmly said "NO BUNNY! I SIT WID SARWAH!"

I gently tapped Mr. Bunny and explained to him that I was going to need him to scooch over just a bit, because my very certain two year old wanted nothing to do with him even though her picture crazed mother insisted on having a picture of her two sweet girls with the Easter Bunny.  The bunny titled his head, then nodded, then scooched over enough that both of my girls were able to sit on the same side of the bench.

Leah sat with her big sister - who she knows will always be her second mother looking out for her in all situations and Sarah was able to sit next to the Easter Bunny all the while protecting her baby sister from that mean ole furry rabbit.

Andy and I beamed with joy as the picture captured the love that our kids share for each other.  And the Easter Bunny....well, he was still wondering what role he played in all of this.  Hoppy Easter!

Eggstravaganza

Our annual church eggstravaganza was today.  The event was held at North Park, due to the fact that our new church property is currently under construction. Today was a beautiful day and the park was full of people ready to hunt eggs!

On the hunt!

Happy hunter. 

Sarah was so great in helping Leah figure out the process of the egg hunt. 

Sweet talk between sisters. 

Eggs and big smiles.   Couldn't ask for more!

Palm Sunday

This morning was the annual Easter Hat Parade at church.  I do realize this is a very southern thing and I am okay with that...in fact, I love it!!  Sarah and Grandma once again made the hats. 

Today was also our turn in the roatation to teach Sarah's children's church class.  We had a full house this morning.  The kids were great great!!  We made palms and they learned the meaning behind Palm Sunday.