Easter Weekend

Hi all!

We had a wonderful Easter weekend, hope you all can say the same as well! The cousins (including the new baby) were here for a couple days so we had a great time playing, coloring Easter eggs, watching movies, eating candy, blowing bubbles, and ended with a egg hunt before they headed home Saturday afternoon. Yesterday we went to church together as a family, including daddy, which was wonderful since he rarely gets to go with us because he is working. Then we ate lunch with my family at my uncle and aunt's house and had another egg hunt. My kids have enough candy to last 10 children until next Easter! It was a nice weekend, the weather was a little cold yesterday but we were still able to go outside for a while. Here is the sad news...I DIDN'T TAKE ONE PICTURE ALL WEEKEND! I still don't have a camera and I didn't think to use my phone. My kids looked adorable yesterday (if I do say so myself) but I guess you will just have to take my word for it, sorry! I did take a picture with my moms camera yesterday right after church so maybe I can steal one of those to share.

Daddy had to go back to work today but the kids and I are home. J6 spent the night with g'ma and papa last night and is "helping" papa this morning. It probably is actually more work for papa than help but it will be nice for j6 to get to spend some time with him. princess4 is playing house and j2 and I are trying to work on potty training (reluctantly I might add on both our parts). I really don't think he is quite ready but I am giving it a go...after alot of encouragement by daddy...in order to cross diapers off the list of things purchased with the grocery money. We aren't making too big of a deal about it yet, just trying to spend a little time in big boys and sitting on the potty when we are home and have time. It never hurts to try, right!

This time last year daddy and I were in Texas enjoying the warm sunshine and the beautiful sights! We flew into San Antonio and spent a couple of days at the river walk then drove to daddy's grandparents winter place and spent a day visiting them then on to Corpus Christi where we stayed right on the beach and it was amazing....let me tell you!!! It was a wonderful trip we will never forget and I am having fun looking at the pictures we took and remembering how beautiful it was! I did have a camera then and can share a few pictures of that with you.

I just keep thinking warm thoughts and I know spring time weather is just around the corner and will be here to stay before long! but for now...we are cutting more firewood when daddy gets home. ugh! If I start to complain about being hot this summer someone remind me of all the wood I am not having to cut!!!