Monday, March 24, 2008

A Family Fun Easter

This Easter our family spent a quiet (well, maybe not to our neighbors) day at home. We began our day viewing what the Easter Bunny had left for the kids the night before. Both, Lyndsey and James, were excited with what they found and then were ready to dye some eggs! Lyndsey and Byron did the "hard to dye" eggs while James and I just put one egg after another into as many colors as possible....as fast as possible.

Once James woke up from his nap, the participated in an Easter egg hunt throughout our yard. Once James realized what he was doing, there was no stopping him....well, maybe the fact that Lyndsey was just as excited about finding the hidden eggs and had a much better eye for where they were hidden! It was lots of fun for all. Throughout the day, Byron smokes some wonderfully delicious ribs, that we devoured for dinner, while we all played in the backyard. By the end of the day, we were all exhausted, full and ready for bed! We wished we could have shared our day with our families but had them on our minds and in our hearts all day.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Daddy and his babies!


Byron has been enjoying a lot of time with the kids. Him and James have a great father-and-son bond where Lyndsey has become daddies little girl. I love to sit and watch each of them interact and grow closer together as time goes on. I am a very lucky woman!

I Turned 11!


Lyndsey turned 11 on February 20th! I can't believe that she is growing up so fast. For her family birthday celebration, we had her favorite dinner, Chicken and Dumplings with some Mississippi Mud Pie for dessert, and just had fun at home. Then this past Saturday we had a "Gardening" party for Lyndsey and some of her closest friends. They got to paint clay pots and then take home all the fixings to grow a beautiful flower! We ate lots of pizza and enjoyed a Dirt cake for dessert. Lyndsey got lots of great gifts from her friends but mostly enjoyed having them all at the house where they could run around and act like kids!