Happy Easter Sunday!

Spring Break Trip

Lane and I just returned from a fun three day trip to San Antonio. It was very relaxing. I'm really thankful that we had a chance to get away together for a few days. Below are a few photos from our trip (click here to see the new album):


Friday afternoon at the San Jose Mission.

We had lunch with my friend Heather and her family while we were there. They were in town visiting her sister and brother-in-law for Easter.

Couldn't miss out on a picture by The Alamo (it was closed when we got there, so no inside tour).

At The Alamo

THANK YOU to Bobba and Grammy for your wonderful babysitting while we were away!

Purple Cow Dinner Tradition

Photos from the 4th annual Purple Cow b-day dinner:

Happy (Real) Birthday to Rhett!

It's so hard to believe that it's been FOUR years since we welcomed this little guy into our lives! (Click here for pictures from that wonderful day.)

We've been celebrating for over a week now, but today is his real birthday. When I went into his room this morning, the first thing he said was, "Are there balloons everywhere for the party?" I had to remind him that we'd already had his party with his friends and today was family celebration. He then said he wanted to play party games, like egg in the spoon races (which he said they did on Little Bear for a birthday party). So we had egg in spoon races this afternoon. We ate at two of his favorite places today--lunch at Heavenly Ham (they gave him a card and suckers) and dinner at Purple Cow. He had swim lessons this afternoon, and he put his face in the water and blew bubbles--a big accomplishment!


Before swim lesson

Alexee doing some exercises during R's lesson

Egg Hunting with Friends

This afternoon we went to my friend Kristy's house for an egg hunt. It was so much fun, and they had everything decorated so cute for Easter! Lane & I worked at Andersen with Kristy several years ago. It was great to see her and her family and also to catch up with some other people that we used to work with. (Thank you, Kristy, for a fun time! I guess it was obvious that Rhett enjoyed it when he asked you if we could come back next Easter!)

I took iced sugar cookies to the party. I couldn't resist this cute tiered stand at Target a few weeks ago. I thought today would be a good time to use it, although it's a little bit awkward to travel with (I tried to cover it with about 20 feet of Saran Wrap, but I don't think that accomplished much). The only spring cookie cutters that I had on hand were a tulip and a chick...so we went with that.




Beautiful tree in their yard--FULL of blooms. I love spring!

Kristy made these super cute cupcakes!

More cute decorations tucked into the flower beds

Coloring Eggs

Yesterday we dyed eggs to take to an egg hunt that we were invited to. I bought the glitter paint kit...what was I thinking?!. I've always liked coloring eggs. Rhett enjoyed it this year, too. He did a great job with the paint. Here are a few pictures of the project:




Happy Easter!

Afternoon with Mo & Granddad

My parents came down yesterday afternoon to spend some birthday celebration time with Rhett. We were so glad to see them!Granddad brought a few new Ranger caps, and Rhett stuck the tags on himself and on Granddad. They are alike in a lot of ways! Can you tell by their sneaky grins? :)They took him to Cold Stone for ice cream then went to the zoo. They offered to take him to the toy store to choose a toy for his birthday, but he said the toy store wasn't very fun and he just wanted to go to the zoo...not a normal response from a kid, but whatever--it was his celebration day! :) He told us that "the toy store wasn't what he was envisioning". It always cracks me up when he uses words like this. Is this a cute 4 year old or what!?
Rhett & Mo smiling with their delicious orders.
This is R's "usual"--green apple with gummy bear.
Y-U-M!

Field Trip

Today we took a trip to the Wye Mountain daffodil field. It is a 25 minute drive from our house. Take a look at the new photo album here.

"I think my mind has gone to Florida"

Today is my wonderful sister's 26th birthday. My family still teases me about saying, "I think my mind has gone to Florida" when they told me that she'd been born. I was (and still am) so thrilled to have a sister! She is a precious blessing in my life.

Here we are last Christmas.

Here's her sweet family

She's fun, energetic, athletic, compassionate, hilarious...the list goes on! She's beautiful both inside and out! Happy Birthday, Micaela!