Happy Easter

I hope that you had a blessed Easter and were able to celebrate with all the people you love. If you could please say a prayer for my 99 year old Grandma, she's in the hospital and can use some prayer.

We started our festivities last week by coloring some eggs, it is so much fun to do this. I really do enjoy the process of coloring eggs, we all had a good time.






We went to a festival that was being held in my dad's subdivision, the Easter bunny was there, jumps, cotton candy, ballons, face painting and of course a huge Easter egg hunt.







The Easter bunny delivering her basket was a tremendous success, she was so surprised. She and I were in the kitchen when the doorbell rang and when we opened the door, there was her basket!!! I wish I would have been able to capture the true wonderment on her face, she sure ran out and grabbed it before he could come take it back.



We then went and had an absolutely wonderful celebration. We (the three of us and my dad) went over to my brother-in-laws house. Mikayla had an absolute blast with her cousins. The little stinker and her cousin were dunking their heads in the stream (connected to their pool) and blowing bubbles in it LOL







Much food was prepared!!!


Then a wondeful egg hunt took place :)



My two favorite men!!!



Such special times!!!!!

Momma, we have got to go buy one of these!

We went to see a brand new baby this weekend and his mommy graciously let Mikayla hold him for awhile. She was incredibly fascinated with him and didn't want to take turns holding him. So she was talking to me while holding him, saying "we don't have one of these at home" and with all of the seriousness a 3 year old can muster, she has never been so serious in all of her life, she tells me "Momma, we have got to go buy one of these!"

It was all we could do to not laugh and let her know what she said was SOOOO funny but her request was incredibly heartfelt. She was so serious though and so ready to go to the store and pick one up. If only it were that easy. She really loves Baby Tyler though. She held him, she kissed him, she rubbed him, she sang to him - her ABCs and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. I absolutely adore when she sings that song, it melts my heart.

It was a great visit!!! Although nothing makes my baby look bigger than holding a baby... wow!!! She's gigantic, was she ever that little!!!

A Bittersweet Weekend

Bittersweet because my dear mother-in-law is going home after staying with us for almost five months. So while it was a tough weekend it was also very fulfilling.


Our Saturday started with an almost surprise party for MIL at our favorite restaurant (she figured out we were up to something). It was so nice even though she was a little mad because she didn't want a going away party but I think we've been forgiven. Then we went from there to our boat and it was too rough to go out (dangerous waters - not worth taking any chances) so we hung out at the marina for the day then went and walked around on some docks, then out for a really great dinner. It was all in all a perfect day for our last full day together.


Here is the picture of Mikayla and me meeting her at the airport back in October.


Here we are walking on the docks on Saturday.



This has never ever happened before, little miss fell asleep VERY asleep in the restaurant, she was soooo tired and just couldn't keep her eyes open one second longer - she slept all through our wonderful dinner. She was tucked in w/mommy's jacket as a blanket and Nana's leg for a pillow.... I was so shocked, she's just never done that before, I guess we wore her out.



Then she woke up long enough to walk outside and we watched the rollercoaster zoom by a couple of times and then this happened on the ride home.....





They both passed out all the way home. What a perfect way to end the day!!!!

Latest scrap stuff

There hasn't been as much time lately for scrapping but here are the last four layouts I've done.

We had some weekend fun doing what we all love to do the most!!

Make a wish!!

What is a day without hunting for treasure?

We have some crafts planned for the treasures ..... stay tuned

Some pics from the livestock show/rodeo

Dad and I took Mikayla to the livestock show, she had a blast, well we all did. She loves seeing the chickens, chicken eggs that are waiting to be hatched, cows, pigs, pony's, rabbits... well all of it.



The animals in the petting zoo were pretty aggressive - not in a mean way but in a hungry way, the problem was totally solved when the llama came and stole the whole cup of food..... Mikayla wasn't overly fond of him....

We really did have a good time.

Well..... our first note from the teacher

I can't believe we got a note from the teacher already.... here is what it said:

"Mikayla had a great first week. She interacts with her new friends very well. She has really enjoyed learning with our puppets. She also did a nice job learning single patterns in math."

I'm sooooo proud of her! This weekend she was very excited to work on her letters and is now writing "T" and "O". I am really excited for her!

I was so nervous about making the transition and she's proving that she was ready. She is also always talking about not going to her old school any more, it's all over and only wants her new school. Yay!!!!