Friday, April 24, 2009

Easter

Sorry y'all. I'm a bit behind on my updates! We had a fabulous Easter! I was worried about it because it was our first big family holiday here without our family but luckily, Kristi was here! I know it was a sacrifice for her since she didn't get to spend it with her family but we're sure glad she was here to spend it with us.


On Saturday our little city had an Easter egg hunt, although I really wouldn't call it that. It was more like an Easter egg pick-up or an Easter egg grab! There was no hunting involved!









That night we dyed eggs - it wasn't quite the ordeal like it was at Grandma Julie's but they still had fun. Beautiful sparkling eggs. Now tell me again, what does that have to do with Easter? Anyway...
Easter morn' the kids woke up to new bikes! I thought they would be SO excited! Instead they rummaged through their Easter baskets looking for their DS's. Apparently, that's what they were hoping for from the Easter Bunny. Oooooh! Now, we will be having many discussions on GRATITUDE!



But now, after a couple of family bike rides and them zooming around with their friends, I think they are pretty happy with what they got.

It was the darkest Easter morning I've ever witnessed. Literally. We had a pretty good rainstorm, a tornado watch and it was very dark outside! This picture of Parker and Anna on the left was taken in our backyard right before church which starts at 12:30. It looks like night! Anyway, we went to church and by the time we were done, it was beautiful! Everything was clean and fresh and there wasn't a cloud in the sky!

Below is a picture after church. Amazing!

We still missed our family! We would have loved to spend time with them but we definately made the best of it (and like I said before, having Kristi here definately helped! Thanks Sis!)

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Fun with Aunt Kristi


My sister came to town and cheered us all right up! We did lots of fun things, ate at yummy places and had a great time just being together.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Sharkfest

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Happy Birthday Julie!

Sunday, March 29, 2009

A Serious Case of the GiGgLeS!

This went on almost all through dinner!



Friday, March 27, 2009

A Special Visit!

So just in time to help with my homesick blues, my dad and Julie came for a visit. It was a special surprise for Parker and Anna. Despite my excitement for them to come, I kept it a secret! I told the kids we had to go to the airport to pick up a package - it's nice that kids are so gullible! Anyway, Parker and Anna were out of school all week for Spring Break and we spent the week seeing the sites of Houston and of course quite a bit of spoiling went on as well. We had SO much fun spending time with them and the kids excitement still hasn't worn off.

See the slideshow below to see pictures of all the fun we had!

Thanks Dad and Jules! We love you and miss you and can't wait until you come back!

Spring Break!