A Little Easter Snow

So, you know we've had a pretty miserable (or fabulous, if you are my daughter!) winter here in the mid-west. Well, just when we thought it was over...we woke up to this lovely (or not!) view outside...It continued to snow off and on all day...melting in between...and then covering the ground again. I have to say, that's a first for this ole southerner...snow on Easter!

The weather did not prevent us from enjoying a glorious day celebrating our risen Lord! We rejoice in the "empty tunnel", as M put it! The kids enjoyed their Easter baskets before breakfast...and all cried as we put swapped them out for real food.

I suppose the funniest part of the day was putting on our Easter outfits for church when it was snowing outside...c'mon kids, get your hats and mittens...I didn't care, we were wearing our spring clothes...that snow wasn't stopping me!

May you find joy in the empty "tunnel"!

Huge Snowfall and Memphis Cousins

I have been a little blog negligent and so I have some catching up to do! First, here are a few pics of the huge snowfall we had last week. I think we ended up with somewhere around a foot of snow. M is the only one who ventured out into the blizzard. The snow covered her boots, almost up to her knees! We're hoping this is the last one of the season...we have spring fever!

This past weekend our Memphis cousins came for a visit for the first part of their spring break. We were all so excited to have them here. It's amazing to me how well the cousins all get along and love each other considering the age differences: 17, 14, 10, 5, 2, and 1. Saturday was spent at the City Museum in downtown St. Louis. We ALL had so much fun, even the adults :) Here are a few memories:

Cousin B & E up in the trees

C hitching a ride with Uncle T

Cousin Z finally making it through the log
M taking a spin on the rope

Chickens on a train ride

Cousin Z way, way up there!

Cousins big and small

I wish I had more and better pictures to share with you so you could really understand the awesome slides that we all went down! They were really high and long and some were dark and curvy...my sister and I squealing like we were little girls all the way down :)

After the city museum we headed to Union Station for lunch and Cousin E and M got to play on these huge trampolines while being strapped into bungee cords. They had so much fun.

On Sunday evening we took the crew to Ted Drewes...you can't visit St. Louis without a little T.D.'s now can you?! It was a chilly night so everyone huddled inside our car and enjoyed their tasty treat.

Thanks for visiting us! We had so much fun with all of you! We can't wait for Cousin Camp in Memphis this summer!

Barefoot for Bethany

Last year Bethany Christian Services of Missouri started a new fundraiser in which Bethany babies of the past put on a fashion show. This year the girls were not only in the fashion show, but their picture decorated the program! We had a nice "big girl" lunch with our friends, enjoyed watching the girls model two outfits each, won a nice prize during the raffle, and won first place for most sponsorships for the girls! All in all, a great day!

E's first outfit (it was a little long!)

K's first outfit (in the dressing room)

E's dancing dress (her favorite!)

M's dancing dress (another favorite!)

Sweet Friends

And again, not to leave out our little guy...here he is enjoying his first "spring" day in the backyard. He wasn't too sure that he wanted to leave the "concreek", as the girls call our little pad of concrete by the door. He was content to watch the girls and feel the breeze. Another good day.

You Know Your Child is Watching Too Much Dora if...

...your two year old daughter is counting and it sounds something like this, "Uno, dos, quatro, cinco, seventeen!" There's your smile for the day :)

Lunar Eclipse

This is the view of the Lunar Eclipse from our backyard. Pretty cool.

A Trip Down South

This past weekend the chickens and I headed south while Daddy headed to Arkansas for some ice-fishing...not really, but they did have sleet and freezing rain! We had a great time with grandparents and cousins and Daddy had a great time with the guys. While I have no pictoral evidence of how Daddy spent his time, I do have many pictures of all the fun we had.

The first thing we did was go to cousin Ellie's choir concert. She was chosen to be in this choir along with about 140 other children from various schools in Memphis. They did a great job...the singing was fabulous! Ellie is in the very middle of this picture with a big grin on her face!

My parents, my sister, Ellie and M

Friday was a sister day for Lynn and me. We got our nails done, went out to lunch, and did a little shopping. We had so much fun, had so much to talk about, and of course, lots to laugh about. If only we could do that every Friday!


Saturday was spent at a local park in Olive Branch, MS...that's where Pop and Nana live, it's just about 15 minutes out of Memphis. This was a great park...we all had a great time, despite the cloudy, windy, and cool day.

Four Cousins Swinging

Riding the dinosaurs

Fun on the slide

On the dock

A little silliness

The Girl Cousins

The Chickens in their Sunday best!

Snow Day

We had another fun weekend of snow! This time the snow was almost too deep for little E and I didn't even try to get C out in it...he has no snow gear and has come down with another ear infection! The girls had a blast though and here are the pictures to prove it.

Snowball Fight!

Snow Angels

Eating snow

Look how far the snow comes up to her boots!

Didn't want to leave our little man out...here is his latest trick :)

Little Walking Man