Catching up part 2-EB visits

The Easter Bunny made a visit, and by L.C.'s request in a letter, he left a picture of himself. So for all of you who have been wondering what the EB looks like we've got it right here! As you can tell he wasn't too good with the camera!


Here are our goodies...there seemed to be a water theme this year...that silly rabbit!


Checkin' it all out...and eating as many sweets as possible because Easter morning is the only time that is allowed!

Of course no Easter can go by without good ole FLARP. My kids informed me that the EB ALWAYS brings flarp...can't you tell what a hit it is!!!

Catching up part 1

Granna and the kids coloring Easter eggs!

Here are the results as taken by J.J.


Checking out the stash after the big egg hunt at the park in Huntsville.

Can you tell that I made the big boys take their picture with the Easter bunny??


I love J.J.'s face here. This was right before their age groups egg hunt. Notice the crowd in the background...that was (part of) the 5-8 age group waiting to go!

Just me and the kiddos after the egg hunt in downtown Huntsville.


Aunt Jamie took Pipi for her first pedicure. I didn't have my first until I was 28 and pregnant with L.C.! She really felt special and is now talking about when she gets her next one...thanks Jamie for creating a prissy beast!!

No...these legs don't belong to any of the kids...embarrassingly enough they are mine. I fell while doing a workout on the old track at a school. Not sure how it happened, but I think I slipped on the painted line (it had just finished raining) and my knee buckled and I went down before I could even think about it. I was only about 15 seconds into my timed run, so I was going pretty fast. I also scrapped both hands and my hip! Ouch!! I did however clean up and start all over...all in the name of crossfit!

Jamie and Ben had us over to a yummy dinner while we were in Huntsville. It sure would be nice to live closer to all of my sisters so we could do more of that. Here she is at 24 weeks...I'm thinking girl!

Chicks

Aren't they so cute and fluffy. You can really tell the texture of their feathers in this picture.
Today we got to visit my friends farm to see the baby chicks they just got in. They were only 2 days old. They were not too fearful yet of people, so it was easy to pick them up.
J.J. was very cautious at first.
No-Bo wanted to fix all the ones who were doing to well.
I had never been in a chicken house, and did not imagine that many chickens in one place. There were about 1700 in each house. It was really hot in there to keep it the right temps for the birds. We had a lot of fun and learned a lot. I can't image what it looks like in 8 weeks when they are all grown!

Just imagine all the chirping from these little ones!




Here are our sweet friends that let us have chicken races...I don't think anyone won!

On his own terms

My sweet boy finally decided to that he wanted to learn how to ride his bicycle.
He asked Jeff to take the training wheels off, and 10 minutes later he was riding his bike!

I think this is how this child works...he has to decide he wants to do something before he will be successful. I am hoping that he will do this SOON with his reading before I pull all my hair out!

He wanted me to make a video of him riding like his Aunt Fav. did for her son, but this is all I was able to do. He wanted the music and all, and he said that I could just sing the song..." I want to ride my bicycle"...so just hum that tune while watching the video!


***Here is the new and improved video with many thanks to Aunt Fav. and her awesome abilities we now have music added! Here's to my little boy!

Arachnophobia

WARNING...WARNING...WARNING...WARNING...WARNING...WARNING
For those of you

with an intense fear

of spiders

(Jamie, Katherine)

you may want to

skip this post!!!






Check out this black beauty that I came across while working in my flower beds today! I wish that I had taken "her" picture next to something so you could understand how big it was! I think she might have been about to burst with babies or something. Anyway I played with it for a while and made it flip over and do tricks all in the name of photography before sending her on to spider heaven! We find black widows all over around our house (outside). The kids have even gotten good a spotting a widow web! We go on hunts every so often and get rid of the ones that we find. Hopefully the population around our house is dwindling!

Guess who??

Okay this has been cracking me up, so I just had to write a post about it. A couple of weeks ago Nana gave Pipi this sheet of barbie head stickers.

She has been putting them all over the place.

For a while I would hear her and JJ talking about them and Grandma Wilson. They kept saying there is Grandma Wilson.

Of course when I finally tuned into them I cracked up laughing.

This sticker is the one that they keep saying looks like Grandma Wilson.

So here's to you Grandma Wilson...you go girl...you are now in the Barbie elite club! We love you!

spies

My kids love to play "spy". Lately they have really gotten into it. L.C. wants me to buy him a black suit jacket to use as a spy. Here he is all decked out!


We have also found another use for J.J.'s "man coat"! He can either wear it to church, or be a spy...I guess that would make him a double agent. L.C. helped him get dressed in this getup...don't you just love this little spy????

Snow Angels

I love these boys and that they love to make snow angels with their eyes closed!

This one has a face

SNOW DAY!! Gotta love it...for about a day! We got a lot of snow yesterday and decided to go sledding again at the ninth grade academy. I don't know if I should let others know our spot, but the hill is perfect for us! It snowed on us the whole time. The snow was great for building, and we were able to put together this little guy in no time. Everyone did help this time, so he even got a face and arms.







This is just a short clip of my sweet girl...I love the little laugh at the end!

Jealous means...

First of all I just have to say that I love when babies feel so secure and safe that they sleep with their arms wide open. Last night when I went to tuck everybody in I found these two sleeping like that! I know they are not babies anymore (so sad), but It still makes my heart smile!

Tonight during dinner someone said something about being jealous, and this smart girl said "Jealous means being green with envy." Jeff and I just looked at each other!

one way across

Trying to catch up on some blogging adventures. We went to the cabin right after sledding all morning once the snow had a chance to melt. It was a nice relaxing weekend, and we got to spend time with Papa and Nana too!

So we went hiking while at the cabin a couple weeks ago, and this was the only (dry) way across the river. Needless to say we had to turn around at this point. Pip and squeak were too little for this venture, so we just tested it out. As you can see No-Bo was just big enough to reach. I was a little worried when he got the middle because it was more of a stretch for him, but he did great.



Here we are with our bellies full, freezing and ready to get back on the trail home!

Sledding

Can you tell that Pipi does not feel well here. She actually threw up shortly after this picture!

Of course "Mountain man" makes his appearance when it snows!

Here is a video of the big boys sledding at the ninth grade academy.

snowy wonderland

I am so behind in my blogging duties. It is not for lack of content either. I am going to try to catch up in the next days. Coaching soccer again at the high school is keeping me real busy every afternoon. Jeff rushes home so I can get to practice! I am having fun.

Are these super warrior heros too cute. This was when the snow first started.



This is after a night of snow! Notice the snowman without a face. The kids helped me for about 30 minutes, and then got bored rolling the snowballs all over the yard. We went in to eat and then bed. I couldn't let the snowman go unfinished, so I went out in the dark, and finished rolling and stacking the snowman! I am sad to say that my knees were sore the next day from crawling around the yard pushing snow! I thought it would be a neat surprise for them to see when they woke up, but was too tired and cold to go back out and finish the face!

Warrior Dash

I signed Jeff and I up for this event in May, and we are pumped! I think that this is the first time that it will be held in the southeast, and it will just be right up the road from us. Looks like lots of fun with lots of crazy fire jumping, mud crawling, barbed wire, bog swimming, tunnel crawling, car jumping obstacles!

Super Bowl party

L.C. came to me several days ago and asked if he could have some friends over and have a Super Bowl party. He has really gotten into football lately and wants to watch it all the time. Jeff of course loves having someone that is interested and will sit down and watch with him. We ended up having the party and the guys got to stay until half time. What is sad is that the first Super Bowl party that we host is for 9 year olds!