Mother's Day 2014

Happy Mother's Day! I had a wonderful day with my sweet little boys and my sweet big boy, Bill. :-)  They started the day off right with a Starbucks coffee, allowed me to have a nap in the afternoon, took me out to Cracker Barrel for dinner, and gave me 5 gift cards to go out somewhere everyday for the next work week.  In the card Bill called it "treat week".  So fun!  I am so excited to get to use my gift cards and I am so blessed to have these little guys with me.  This picture was taken outside our church  building after Sunday morning church at Landmark Church of Christ in Montgomery, Alabama.  Eli is almost 8 1/2, Brady is 4 days from being 6, and Major is 2 and 3/4.  I am just so thankful for this family that God has given me.  They were all making me pictures all day long and saying "Happy Mother's Day". My cup overflows.

Easter Sunday

This Easter morning, Major was actually the first one awake.  I took him to the back yard and showed him all the eggs and his response was, "I crack them?" I said yes, but you have to get up your brothers first.  So he did just that. Here is Eli woken up by Major, and Brady who is refusing to be woken up.  Major was jumping on him and yelling, "Easter Bunny came! Easter Bunny came! Get eggs!"

 Then the boys found their baskets and the books that were left for them.  Even though they knew they had a backyard full of candy, they still all sat down to read first.  Melts my heart.

 Time to go to the back yard! Ready, set, go!

 Brady (age 5), Eli (age 8), and Major (age 2) with filled baskets and happy on this Easter morning!

 This one is of Eli and Brady pretending to be tigers and hiding in the grass from Bill and Major ready to pounce on them.

 Me and my yearly lamb cake (I am 34 years old in this picture)

 This last one is of Major saying, "yummy lamb cake!"

We had a wonderful Easter service at church after our egg hunt at home.  Then we were home in plenty of time for me to make ham, green bean casserole, macaroni and cheese, and rolls.  A great meal with my wonderful family.  Happy Easter! He is risen! He is risen, indeed!

Dying Easter Eggs

The two big boys begged and begged to dye the Easter eggs and felt of the eggs every 5 minutes waiting for them to be cool.  It just so happens that they were totally cooled off during naptime for Major.  Sorry little boy, you will dye the eggs next year!

The first picture is of Eli and Brady...FINALLY they get to dye the eggs!

The last picture is of Major and Brady when Major got up from his nap.  Brady picked out matching outfits for them to wear today.  So cute!

Random pictures from my cell phone - Feb 1 - April 14, 2014

Anytime I do a blog update, I have to include all of the random photos I've taken with my cell phone! Actually, I do pick and choose...I have a LOT of pictures on my phone! I love taking pictures of my sweet boys!

The first two photos are of Eli and myself when I went with him on a field trip to the Davis Theater to see a science presentation.

 The third photo is of my precious Brady ready to go to church.

 4th: Major building a tower

 5th: Brady and I at the basketball game where he was the crown bearer

 6th and 7th: Major and Eli building a tower

 8th: sweet brothers - Major and Eli

 9th and 10th: Major in an adorable hat

 11th: Eli before a baseball game

 12th: Major looking at one of daddy's baseball books

 13th: Ryder Summers and Major playing out at the baseball fields while their brothers, Levi and Brady, are playing a baseball game.

 14th: Eli with his seed project.  He had to get 12 different kinds of seeds, glue them into an egg carton, and label them.  He did almost all the work himself and he was very proud of the end result.