Easter, March 31st

The day before Easter, (March 30th) we did our traditional egg dying.  Major was totally wound up and running around the house like a crazy man (see picture below), so he did not participate in the egg creations.

 Eli and Brady working on their egg masterpieces.

 Easter morning, March 31st...the Easter Bunny left out their baskets with some new books.

 Traditionally, the Easter Bunny hides the eggs outside, but it was raining, so he wisely brought the hunt indoors.

 Each of the boys wore this outfit for an Easter.  Now it is Major's turn.

 Eli and Brady were asked to wave palm branches during the service Sunday morning.  They did a great job!

 Our family after church.  Bill (36) Major (20 months) Rachel (33) Eli (7) and Brady (4 - 6 weeks shy of turning 5)

 My 3 darling boys.

 And the lamb cake was a success!

Brady's Pre-K Easter Egg Hunt, March 28th

One of the blessings of being a stay at home mom is getting to attend all the fun school events!  Here is Brady's pre-K 4 year old class having their Easter Egg Hunt.

 Brady's class: very back are teachers, Mrs. Peggy Drake and Mrs. Lisa Bradford,

right in front of Mrs. Drake is Christian, Zach Pace, Brady Moore, and Lincoln Leeser

Next row: Sebastian Carlon, Lucas, MacKenzie, Kate Gowens, and Skylar.  Sitting on the ground are Myles, Max, Kadence, and Emerson.

 Brady with his basket of eggs.

 Here they are at the starting line...ready...set...go!

Bill's 36th Birthday, March 26th, 2013

Happy Birthday, Daddy!  (Notice all the decorations...done by Eli and Brady.)

 Brady and Gran Betty watch while Bill opens presents.

 Brady used his own money and got Bill a new basketball.

 Major thought the box the basketball came in acted better as a hat...then a shirt...then he was just plain stuck.

 Eli got Bill a gift card to a sports store called Academy.

 I know, the candles are terrible.  The 2+1 makes 3, and then there are 6 on the other side to make 36. :-)

Let the Catch Up Begin...

So much has happened since I last updated this blog.  The biggest of which has been our move from Sugar Land, Texas to Montgomery, Alabama in June.  Bill got the head varsity football coach position at Alabama Christian Academy in Montgomery, so we moved to Alabama just as soon as his contract with Houston Christian was up.  After 6 years in Sugar Land, it was time to start over again.  I have soooooooooooooooo many pictures to upload and soooooooooooooooooo much to write about.  It may take a long time for me to catch up.

 

I will begin with First Colony Church of Christ's "Big Bunny Party" which took place March 23rd.  Eli and Brady ran off to find eggs and play all the games they had out for the kids, so I only got pictures of Major looking for eggs.  He was so cute!

 I did take this last picture to prove Eli and Brady were at the party, too.  :-)  Both bigger boys have their baseball uniforms on because right after the party, we went to Brady's baseball game, then Eli's baseball game.

Although we were in a huge hurry, there is always time for Daddy kisses in the parking lot!

 Brady's first year of t-ball (he was on the Braves team) was a great success.  He fielded well, and even made a couple of great plays to first to get an out! (Well, the kid would have been out if there were any outs, but every kid got to bat and no one ever got out.)

 

 After Brady's game we headed over to Eli's game.  Eli did a great job this year as well.  He played for the Athletics, and got a hit almost every time he got up to bat and usually played 1st base, short stop, or 3rd base.