And She's Off....

Well, she did it!! Just 10 days shy of 10 months and Sarah decided that it was time to WALK!!! All of the boys walked or took their first steps at 10 months so of course she had to keep up with them. No way was she going to let them beat her. She is already getting pretty gutsy, I've caught her trying to walk places on her own. So, I don't think that it will take long before she's really walking everywhere.

Family Movie Night

Every once in awhile we will have "movie nights" at out house. We get a Papa Murphy's pizza (usually Hawaiian with a little ranch to dip it in), a good kid friendly movie and set up TV trays in the living room. The kids love it and it makes for an easy dinner for me. Last night Ben was working a little late so I decided that it was time to do another one. It was fun....

In case you are wondering what Sarah was eating....she has green beans, bananas and string cheese. Not quite Hawaiian pizza but she seemed to be enjoying her dinner.
The movie we watched was..... It was very good, the kids liked it and it didn't have too much "adult" humor. I think sometimes they put too much in kids movies, trying to appeal to the adult audience, but this one was very good. I recommend it. If you are interested, I've got a link on the side bar for Dove Movie reviews. It will tell you exactly what is in the movie. We use it a lot just so we know what we are getting into.

Sarah in her first Easter dress....

As I was getting Sarah ready I said (to whoever was listening) "This is so fun having a girl to get all fancy for Easter!!" I love getting my boys all dressed up too but it was very different and I loved the dress that Sarah had. I actually got this dress for a baby shower gift from two of my close friends, Jen and Melissa. I'm not sure if they thought it would be her first Easter dress but it worked out perfectly!! Thank you Jen and Melissa!!

Look at her standing up all by herself, posing for the camera!!!

Our Easter Weekend.....(part two)

After we got home from church the kids hunted eggs. We hide over 70 eggs, some were the ones they colored and some were plastic eggs filled with candy. It took us 15 or 20 min to hide them and I bet that it took them 5 min to find them all. They had fun but you can tell from the pictures that it was raining. We had a pretty cold Easter this year but at least the snow melted!!!

Getting bundled up to go out in the rain!!

All Dressed Up!!

And here's all my kids ready to go to church. Like I said earlier, it's not easy getting everyone to look and smile at the same time. Papa and Mamaw gave the boys these shirts for Easter. If you didn't see them open there you can look here Don't they all look so handsome?? Jacob was feeling a little sick this weekend, you can kind-of tell my the look on his face.

All of these cousins sure love each other.

Our Easter Weekend....

We had a wonderful weekend!! Ben's parents and his sister, Becky and her girls all came to our house on Saturday to spend Easter with us. The kids always have such a great time together and this weekend was no different. We colored eggs on Saturday night....


Grandma and Grandpa got all of their grandkids matching PJs. Do you know how hard it is to get 6 kids to all look at the camera and smile (good) all at the same time? It was a challenge but I think we did pretty good.
Here they all are on Sunday morning waiting to go upstairs to see if the Easter Bunny left them baskets. Of course he did. I didn't get any good pictures of the baskets (sorry) but it was fun. They all got new beach towels, sun glasses and way too much candy!!

So much for Spring

So yesterday was the first day of spring right? Daiquiri posted some beautiful pictures yesterday of spring flowers. It got my hopes up thinking that maybe we were going to be seeing that soon. Well, this is what I get for thinking.....I woke up this morning to this junk.....

I am so ready for some nice weather. I know snow is really pretty but not today!! I don't ever remember having snow on Easter. I'm sure it's happened but I don't remember it. How are my kids supposed to hunt eggs in the snow? They will stick out like sore thumbs against the white ground. Maybe it will warm up tomorrow and melt. I'm sorry for complaining so much....I should be thankful that I don't have to be out in it and I can just sit in my house and drink my coffee (that I love so much out of my Starbucks mugs that I am so addicted to!!).

I hope that you all have a wonderful day today!! Maybe those of you who have nice weather can soak up a little extra sun for me? Thanks!!