Easter Fun

Two Easter egg hunts, two different towns, two days of fun!

Easter was alot of fun this year. The girls had an egg hunt with their cousins Mason and Jackson in Galveston on Saturday before we left to come home. Ava really figured out quickly that there was candy inside the eggs. She can even say "candy" so now I'm really in trouble.


On Sunday we had Easter lunch with Ashley's family at his cousin Justin and Brandi's house. The kid's all got to hunt eggs in the back yard and had a great time playing together.


Let me just say that getting this group photo of the kid's at each gathering is getting harder instead of easier. One would think the older they get the easier it should be but that seems to be opposite of what happens.

from left to right:
Jessica, Eric, Shelby, Ava, Grace, Leah, Caleb, and Preslee
not shown: Reagan, Colin & Nick

Happy Easter

We hope that you have a blessed Easter with your family.

Galveston - One quick trip

We went to Galveston for 2 quick fun filled days so that we could see Parker while he was out on Spring Break. Parker is my 17 year old nephew. It was so great to get to see him since my only communication with him is through letters.

We went to the Rainforest exhibit at Moody Gardens. Where we got to see lots of birds, fish, and snakes.


The girls even got to touch a snake. Don't have a heart attack Grammy this wasn't the one that liked to bite.


We spent the morning playing on the beach. Ava did not like the sand at first. It took a good 45 minutes before she would let us put her back down on it. She just looked at it from up high trying to figure out what it was and why it felt odd.

Sunny and 76 vs. Snow and 32

The weather in Texas speaks for itself since one day we are out back playing in shorts and the next we are all bundled up because it is snowing.
What else can you say?

Sunny and 80 degrees:


These are pictures of our 2nd snowfall. We didn't get pictures of the first snow and it was so thick that you couldn't see the roof or the grass.



Ava fell face first in the snow and decided after that she didn't like all that cold white stuff that was everywhere.

Pictures & Praises

Thought we should share a few pictures to end out the month of February and start the month of March. We also praise God this month. Ava was diagnosed when she was 2 1/2 months old with Vesicoureteral Reflux also known as kidney reflux. We went in for her follow up VCUG and found out that this has totally corrected itself. I think I praise the fact that she no longer has to take a nightly dose of antibiotics the most. She was at the point where she would just spit it back out on the floor. I hated giving her this medicine anyway since there is some fairly recent history with this medication. My little sister Sara took these same antibiotics and ended up in the hospital on life support with a 40% chance of survival. She had become septic from having an allergic reaction to this antibiotic.

Grace: I think the Big "5" sums it all up.

Grace completed her sticker chart for following the family rules and was rewarded with a trip to Libby Lu. She was so excited because she wanted to be Hannah Montana.

Sisterly Love

Grace loves to play mommy with Ava which means always trying to pick Ava up and carry her places. This drives Ava crazy and she usually screams really loud. So now everytime Grace gets too close to her she screams out of fear of being picked up. Grace went to spend a few days with her Grammy before she and PaPaw left to go on vacation. Ava really missed Grace while she was gone because everytime I would put Ava in the car or go anywhere in the house she would start calling out "sissy" and "Gracie" in hopes of her showing up. When Grace came home after her stay Ava couldn't get enough of her. She wouldn't leave her side and didn't care at all if Grace tried to pick her up or do anything that would normally drive her to scream. She even climbed on the couch to watch Handy Manny with Grace. This was so cute.

Princess Party

Grace has been asking for a princess party for the last 2 years. I finally obliged her this year. We had a princess party at home with our playgroup friends and cousins. The weather was beautiful so all my craft plans mostly went out the window. The kids did make their own treasure box. Which held all that great pinata candy.

Grace's Knight in Shining armor even showed up with a chocolate rose for Grace. His name is Hunter and he is so cute and this was so sweet.

The girls were all there to help blow out the candles.

The princess had to have a castle cake. Thanks to Cakes By Allison It tasted just as great as it looked.

Grace's birthday weekend ended with dinner at her favorite "Fire" restaurant as she calls it. We ate with our friends Beau, Julie and Avery at Kyoto in Rowlett. Grace and Avery had a good time.