Easter Sunday

Our Easter morning started off with the girls finding their Easter baskets. I love Ally's expression once she finds her basket!
Emme finding her basket and Kylie realizing she should have let Emme find her basket and not tell her where it was - "oops" is the look!!
Here are my girls- wish my other one was in the picture- soon soon!!

Don't know what Ally was doing with her hands- she kept putting them up like that?!
We had three families over from church, it was so fun! Left side- Todd, Sara, Aaron, Jimmy, Ben, Ally, Kylie, Emma- Right side, George, Chris, Heather, Mike, Charlie, Ethan, Maddy, Emme and Mea
The only difference in this one is I am in the picture.

The Easter Egg hunt- oh I see one on the window sill...

Kylie looking for eggs
Ally running for the eggs
We had a great day fellowship with friends from church and rejoicing that "He is Risen"!!

Day before Easter...

Ok so we get this flyer in the mail about the largest Easter egg hunt in our county that this church is putting on. The flyer said that there would be 50,000 eggs and every egg would have candy and they were giving away a Wii, nano, playstation, cash and a bunch of other prizes. Oh and the eggs they were dropping from a helicopter. Well that alone caught my attention and after driving to go and getting to the park I realized that everyone else in my county had the same thought...How do they drop 50,000 eggs and not break any.
Well they had already put 20,000 on the ground and were dropping 30,000. Well the majority of them broke! Or were stepped on by the thousands of people that were there. Ok so now I know and will never go to that hunt again. It was one of the most unorganized hunts I have ever seen. I think the problem was that they were not anticipating that many people. There were mom's crying b/c they told the parents they could not go out onto the field with their kids, well most did and the ones that did not lost their kids in the mad rush of people. I told the girls as they were complaining about only getting 6 or was it 4 eggs, that next year we will stick to the little church down the street that has an Easter egg hunt!
Ok so here is a shot of just 1/2 (no less than that) of the people and the helicopter approaching. Getting ready to drop the eggs...
dropping the eggs....
mad rush after the eggs were all dropped...my three girls running together with Jason B.- He and Katie came and met me there. I am so thankful they were there otherwise, I would have turned around and left. Crazy, crazy experience!!!

That night we dyed Easter eggs.
Ally was really loving it as you can tell by her face.

The finished eggs, oh and that row of white eggs were all the eggs that completely exploded while I was boiling them.

Monster Golf

Last night we went and played Monster Mini Golf. It is indoor and under black lights and everything glows in the dark. It was so much fun!!! This was one of the holes, I thought it was really cool with the swirl around it. All of the holes had a green glowing light in them.

Ally putting her golf ball in the crocodiles mouth.
This is Emme- didn't want to use my flash, sorry it is kind of hard to see her face.
I loved how the golf balls were glow in the dark and our clubs were too.

Here is Kylie showing me her golf ball. They had painted all the walls with all different kind of monsters etc with, well not sure what kind of paint you would use to make it glow in the dark.

All the borders of the courses were painted with colors that would glow in the dark.
The last hole was a little creepy- not a big fan of clowns, but you had to get the golf ball in the mouth to score a hole in one!
Ally posing with another alligator/crocodile. It was so much fun! Those who live near you have to go check it out. It was fun because it was so unique. They also have an arcade in the front part and most all of the games they have are crazy neon colors as well. They do have a website, b/c it is a chain. The web site is www.monsterminigolf.com check it out maybe there is one near you!

Look - No training wheels!!!!

Emme learned two weekends ago, after many scrapes, bruises and falls, to ride her bike with out training wheels. She needs a new bike now, the tires on that bike are a little too small!
YEAH Emme- I am so proud of you!!!!

Fun in the midst of a storm

Ok so I woke up this morning with the hope of going to two different Easter Egg hunts in the area. The sun was shining when I woke up, but then it got cloudy. So I turned on the radio to see what the weather was going to be like today. Well last night we heard some crazy thunderstorms pass through the area, then found out this morning that downtown Atlanta had some tornadoes touch down. Well there was another set of storms passing through the area again today. So while we were eating lunch as soon as we were almost finished, the sirens started sounding. So I flicked on the radio and turned on the computer in the basement and sure enough for about the last 3 1/2 hours we have had tornado and thunderstorm warnings. Just when we think the worst has passed the sirens go off again. So we have been hanging out in the basement today.
The rain was really coming down hard- it totally flooded the dogs pen and different areas in the yard. Well the girls were getting really bored downstairs so I put on some music and they were dancing like crazy! I love to watch them dance!

It almost looks like Emme may have been trying to do the running man?!
Here are Kylie and Emme doing the grapevine together!
As you can tell it was not "ballet music" they were listening to, but hip hop.

We are not in the clear until 7 tonight, that is when they are predicting everything will be past the area!

A funny Ally story...and prayer request

Today while I was teaching Emme school, Ally was coloring at the same table. We finished with her school and Emme says to Ally do you want to go and play dress up and she says "Me need to finish my Science first" (aka her coloring) I laughed so then she just kept repeating it. It was so cute! She is only 2 almost 3 and she copies everything her sisters do- including wanting to be a part of the homeschooling.

Well I am 34 weeks- if you think about it offer up a little prayer for me, I am very uncomfortable. Fourth time around just isn't the same. I am so thankful and want to be careful not to complain about how I am feeling. All this pain etc is so worth the end result, but in the midst of it, well it is hard to have a joyful heart. I would appreciate your prayers! Thanks!!

NGBB Todd 661lbs

Todd lifted in the APA Southern US Record Breakers in Douglasville, GA last weekend. Here is a video of his 300kg bench, that is 661 lbs!! This effort earned him First place, Best Lifter, and a Drugfree National Record. There is also a video of his opener at 633 lbs in the line of video's below. Enjoy!!

American Girl Party

Emme and I went to a birthday party at the American Girl Store and Bistro. It was so much fun! Billie took some cute pictures...her blog is http://ourchildrensstory.blogspot.com/ Enjoy!

Happy Valentine's Day

Well my hope was to post yesterday, but right after dinner my stomach was hurting then I had contractions for about an hour and a half. So I chilled on the couch. Well the girls and I made a cookie bouquet for Todd yesterday- it was so much fun to make! We took that and some balloons to his office- going there is a special treat for the girls.
I got my favorite- chocolates! A big Ghiradelli Heart full of chocolates!!! Yum Yum! And a very sweet card from my hubby!! Thank you- I love you TOO much Todd! The other day Todd told Ally he loved her and she said I love you daddy. He said how much do you love me and she said too much! It was so cute! We are going to the Cheescake Factory on Saturday night to celebrate Valentine's day! We made yummy calzones last night though- we have not made those in a long time they were very good! Here is Ally just being herself- she was walking around with heart stickers on her eyes!

Hope every one had a great Valentine's Day!!!

It has been awhile...

Ok- so it has been awhile since I have posted- not much is new around here. Most days consist of doing school, some laundry and dishes... and then laying down. I have been contracting a lot lately so to get them to stop I lay down and drink water. And so far, the longest I had them was four hours straight. I am 30 weeks today- yeah, I always feel like those last ten weeks (seems like a lot) but that they go by fast.
Well while I have been laying down, the girls like to watch movies- I got a shot of them watching a Barbie movie that has different parts in it that are 3d. How fun for them! And the latest movie we bought was Meet Me in St. Louis, with Judy Garland- so that is what we are all singing all the time. We don't have cable nor the lovely rabbit ears, so we watch lots of movies!

Pregnancy shot

My sister asked if I would post a shot of the belly- here it is, taken today- I am 28 weeks!! Yeah finally in the third trimester!

Happy Backwards/Opposite Day!

Ok, so some of you might know but some may not, yesterday was Backwards Day! So in honor of the holiday we ate all our meals a little different. For Breakfast we had Lunch- the girls ate chicken nuggets and string cheese- Kylie likes to eat pieces of cheddar cheese and turkey- usually in a sandwich, but not this morning
Notice the clothes are on backwards.
We had Dinner for Lunch- I made Chicken Enchilada - yum yum!

And we had Breakfast for Dinner, I made French Toast and Sausage for dinner. The pj's were on all day and I told them to change into clothes for bed. We had a fun day as you can see! However their pj's kept getting switched around from front to back throughout the day. I however only wore my sweatshirt backwards- kind of hard when the panel for the belly is in the front of the pants.

Happy Birthday Bethany!

Today is my older sister Bethany's birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day! It was good to talk to you this morning! Ok- so I found a picture of us on my computer, from a long time ago- don't we look so young? So the next time we are together I need to get some pictures of me with you! Well have a Happy Birthday!! I love you!

Little family update...

We had a great Christmas and New Years! Can't believe it is already the middle of January! Things are going well with the baby- I have one more appointment this month then I start going every two weeks!! Things with work for Todd are going really well too- It is amazing to see God's hand at work in our lives! And we jumped right back into schooling- don't want to get behind, right now I have two weeks left after the baby is born- I might try and squeeze those in before she comes. We shall see!:)
We had a very interesting week last week. Started out Saturday- Ally had a runny nose- then it looked like it was coming out as an infection in one of her eyes- I know all of the sinus etc everything is connected. Well, Sunday she looked bad in both eyes. Well first thing Monday morning I had my glucose test (yuck) but good news I passed! Then I was able to get Ally in to see the doctor that afternoon- turns out she had the worst pink eye you can get. Her eyes at this point were swollen shut and nasty. She gave me drops and after the first two times I put them in, her eyes started looking better! Now it is all gone.
Well to add to the drama- we had another pipe leaking outside- Todd attempted to fix it but it would never dry completely to the other pipe- so it would burst. (sorry Todd if I didn't explain that correctly) He dug this four foot deep hole - gotta love that Georgia clay- spent hours working on it- thank you hunny for your hard work. So from Tuesday until Saturday morning we did not have water. That's one way to conserve water during this drought. It rained on and off this week too, so there was no fixing it then either. So we would turn the water on and quickly take showers, flush toilets, brush teeth, etc. because it would be leaking that whole time as well. I had been filling a huge pitcher so we had drinking water and then I filled my kitchen sinks with water so we could wash our hands. It was a very interesting week. Thanks to a friend at church that knows about plumbing came over Friday night to help out. It is fixed yeah! It is interesting not having water- I told the girls this is what it was like in the pioneer days- no running water- so it was kind of like a school project. I am very thankful for water- running water, you don't realize how easy we have it till something like that is gone. Now to catch up on laundry!!:)