Spring Spring Spring

We are doing our best to enjoy this beautiful Spring weather before we are completely overcome with the pollen that will cover EVERYTHING in the coming weeks. I always get so excited for Spring, forgetting how miserable it is when EVERYTHING is covered in a fine yellow dust for about 3 weeks - it even gets in our house - YUCK!!!!! But for now, we are enjoying the mild temperatures and the clean porch furniture and swingset! Did I mention how it covers EVERYTHING?????

Sweet Daisy

Emma Claire has really gotten into"baseball" as she calls it (and she's pretty good!). Her first soccer game is tomorrow night - perhaps we should have been practicing soccer!!!!

hands and feet crawl - gotta love it!

Wilson was ready to go swimming and he didn't understand why not - maybe I should have just filled it up with the COLD water and then he would have understood QUICKLY!!!!

Henderson LOVES to be outside - he enjoyed roaming and climbing!!!

Wilson woke up about midnight Friday night with a high fever (103.6) and kept it all day Saturday (hence the red cheeks) - it went away on its own by Sunday morning - but this kept the two of us at home, which was a blessing in disguise!!!!

don't you just LOVE that smile???!!!!

Wilson is having fun, but didn't smile much b/c he felt so bad!

Fun time in the sunshine did us all good - quality time spent with the children is what God was calling us to do as a family!

For those who have asked, my new camera is a Canon Rebel xt 350D - I LOVE it, but have lots to learn - some of these pictures are kind of dark - any idea why????? I keep taking it off of auto and playing around with the settings - maybe I should just leave it on auto for a while until I get some lessons!

Another night with the Girls!!!!

We had another night of fun at the Alabama Gymnastics Meet! I got my new camera, so I had fun taking pictures and trying it out - I still have SOOOOO much to learn - anyone know of any good websites out there that are easy?

enjoying some dippin dots!

Getting down with the chicken dance!

Just hangin out - in section A!!!!

ROLL TIDE ROLL - our signs made it on the dance cam this time, but not our faces!!!! - We still have one more week to come up with some creative signs (or outfits) that'll draw the attention of the camera man!!!!

Cousin Chandler is in the upcoming play, "Annie" by the local children's Theatre group and they did a short performance in the lobby before the meet - Emma Claire LOVES her!

Little man has LOTS of teeth now and uses them!!!!!

ON another note, this past week I took Wilson to his "Failure To Thrive" check up with our pediatrician. He weighed in at a whopping 24 pounds --- he's 2 and a half - still not on the charts for weight, but in the 10th percentile for height - Yay!!!!!

He has started him on Periactin, which is an antihistamine with a side effect of "increases appetite" - it seems to be working!!!!

The other side effect, like with most antihistamines, is that it makes him drowsy - I was like," well, that might not be a bad thing!" Turns out, it just makes him extra fussy and aggressive - so that's another thing we're dealing with right now. He has to take it every morning and night - the night one obviously isn't a problem, but the morning dose, well, all I can say is I hope he gets accustomed to it soon!

That's all folks - I'm off to play some tennis and enjoy this SUPER DUPER SPRING WEATHER - 80 degrees YAY!!!!!!!

Tasty Treat

We made some tasty comfort food on this COLD day at our house, using these fine ingredients!

Make the cake mix according to the package instructions and bake.
As soon as it comes out of the oven, poke holes in the top and then pour a can of sweetened condensed milk over the top (be sure and get a lick b/c it is OH.SO.GOOD!!!) Let this cool completely.

I don't drink milk, but if it tasted like this I would drink it EVERYDAY!!!!! YUM!!!!

Remember to let it cool COMPLETELY or your cool whip will turn to liquid!
Next spread a container of cool whip over the top and crumble your choice of cookie or candy on the top!

I've seen this done with a yellow cake mix and butterfingers or strawberries - whatever your tastebuds desire - the sweetened condensed milk keeps it so moist! Remember to store it in your refrigerator!

She's my eater - can you tell?

Wilson didn't eat even one bite - so I gladly finished his off!

Tonight we went to Will's church league championship basketball game.

We ALL went.

Picture your church gym with the bleachers sitting 4 feet off the court.

I was holding Henderson in my lap and Emma Claire and Wilson were sitting beside me.

It was the tip off and the ball came straight for Wilson.

It was either sacrifice Henderson in my lap, or sacrifice Wilson.

Wilson got it!

Hit him smack in the nose and knocked him back off the bleachers.

The funny thing was that his daddy was the one going for the ball and he LET it go out of bounds!!!! Wilson cried that his daddy pushed him off the bleachers! I held him but couldn't help but laugh! He was alright - he's tough as nails.

They lost, but it was a fun time!

Snow Fun!

For ALABAMA, we got LOTS of snow today 2-4 inches!!!! People in the north would have laughed their heads off at us - churches all over the city were canceled and people gathered in herds anywhere there was a slight hill - we used everything from plastic swimming pools to cookie sheets to slide down the hill. We had a fantastic time - adults and children alike! The trampoline gathered snow perfectly!

In case you can't tell, Emma Claire is still in her pajamas here - we were so excited to see the snow this morning that we just threw on rain boots and a coat and headed out!

Here we are at North River Yacht Club at the bell tower - there were probably 50-75 people there - everyone with their on idea of what would make a good sled. The swimming pool was fun because several people could go down at once! Cookie sheets were pretty fun too!

Emma Claire was our "adventurer" - she's not afraid of anything!

This is my sister-in-law, Ellen, not that you can tell from all the clothes!!!

Emma Claire, Mary Alice and Patton

Emma Claire prayed for snow last night and God answered in a BIG way! It was magical and so much fun!