Morning at the Park

We had a really fun morning at the park and even took a picnic. After the park, I took Kinsey to her 18 mo. WIC appt. She is 31.5 inches and 22 lbs, 15 oz. She is growing right along her growth curve and doing well : )

Turkey Hunting

Dave got his 1st turkey this morning. Jackson was VERY excited, but was upset that he couldn't "eat its meat" right now! Kinsey was interested in checking it out, but her face in the picture pretty much says it all, "what is this thing?"

The Colors of Spring

Car Wash

Spring has finally arrived . . . we have had weather in the 70's for a couple days and have been enjoying every minute. David has been gone the last couple mornings turkey hunting, so today I decided the kids and I were going to wash and clean out the van. Jackson was all over it! He didn't want me to help him at all, of course I had to, but he was reluctant about it. And of course, he thought it was pretty fun to spray me : )

Hunting Buddy

Jackson got to go listen for turkeys with Daddy on Friday night. He was pretty excited to go and they did actually hear some. Here they both are in their hunting clothes.

Fishin' with Papa

My dad took Monday off and took Jackson and Claire fishing at a neighbor's pond. They caught a small catfish and "Papa" even fried it up for them to eat it at lunch. Jackson wouldn't try it, but Claire gobbled it up! It was pretty rainy and cold, so we kept the littler two at home to play.

Easter 2009

Easter at Home

We did Easter baskets on Saturday night since we were going to have to be up VERY early and Sunday morning and would be heading to TH as soon as church was over.

EGGstravaganza

Just wanted to share a few pictures from the annual Easter egg hunt at our church. Both the kids could really participate this year. Kinsey is very into collecting things and putting them in containers, so this was right up her alley. She had a whole bucket full of goodies, as well as Jackson. Also, there are pictures of them with their friends, Nathan and Eli Mann.

Say "CHEESE"!

So based on this video from tonight, do you think we might take Kinsey's picture a little too much? This is what she did as soon as she saw the camera . . . I never could get her to say "egg" again, which is what I was really trying to capture! Oh well, still VERY cute : )

Coloring Easter Eggs

Easter Eggs

We finally had a night that we could color Easter eggs. Jackson was VERY excited . . . he had been waiting to color eggs since we got out our Easter decorations back in March. Dave helped him with the first couple of eggs, but then he of course wanted to do it all by himself. Kinsey wanted to help by "tasting" the eggs (before we dyed them). We tried to get a picture of them both with their baskets, but couldn't ever get them both to smile and look at the same time . . . oh well, they both look like they are having fun stealing each other's eggs! We have a busy end to our week with Easter activities . . . Passover Sedar on Thursday, Good Friday Service on Friday, and Eggstravaganza on Saturday.

Cardinals' Opening Day 2009

Gone Fishin'

We went to Camp Illiana this weekend for a Junior High Retreat where Dave lead the music. Of course, that always means that we get to catch up with Matt and Renee Willis and other friends from LCC.
Jackson and Addie hit it off . . . they were pretty much inseparable and didn't want to leave each other tonight! They each said that waiting until summer was just too long not to see each other again. This afternoon, Dave took Jackson fishing with his own pole for the first time. He didn't catch anything, but he still had a lot of fun. And he always saved a spot for Addie to fish next to him : )

Town Hall for Hope

Free Live Simulcast by Dave Ramsey
Thursday, April 23rd at 7:00 PM CT

Our church is a host site. Dave will give a short teaching time and then field questions from all over the nation. All completely free . . . check out the link above to become a host site or find one near you!

April Fools at Studio 50

Happy April Fools Day and Happy 40th Anniversary to my in-laws!!










We spent the morning at Studio 50 . . . it is a gymnastics studio with lots of mats, trampolines and a big foam pit you can jump in. It was a fun MOPS play date.
Here are a few pictures that my friend Katie took . . . somehow I forgot my camera, very unusual for me. But thankfully she brought hers!