Memorial Day at Shesha's House

We had a memorial day cook out at Alicia and Matt's house! 

The girls are really starting to interact with each other!

"God, thank you for these precious children! You are so good to us!"

"God, please save each of them! Please use them to bring you glory!"

"God, thanks for letting sweet girl sit still so long in her high chair!"

Daddy Day

Daddy took Ivy to Cherokee to the Old Mountain Farm Musem, to the River and to Wendy's for Lunch! 

Mommy didn't go on the trip! I'm thankful daddy took pictures for me!

Brent said, "I had to get a picture with Ivy and that pig!"

"Mommy, the sign said you have to churn the butter for an hour!"

Bamboo Forrest

Daddy and His Girls!

"Blue Eyes!"

"Momma loves us SO much!"

Climbing!

"Oh, this is fun!"

"Uncle Matt, you look so worried!"

"It takes the whole family to keep up with me!"

"Now I'm at the top, what do I do?"

Always moving!!

"This looks fun. I think I will try to crawl through the chair."

"I can see the other side!"

"Mom, don't worry...my head is getting used to hitting the floor."

" Let's do that again!"

Boy Cousins!!

Fun with Briar!

Fun with Trent!

Reading and Science and EXCITEMENT!!!

"Aunt Sharon, there is a Chrysalis in my container!!!"

We have had several busy weeks lately. I am so thankful for books! God was so kind to give us books and the ability to read them.  Ivy is still doing great with her reading. Ivy read Good Morning Gorilla…a Magic Tree House book to me. We loved learning about Gorillas and the rainforest. We wrote stories about the rainforest, looked at pictures of Brent and I in a rainforest in Hawaii, talked about the importance of rainforest, etc. We also checked out several books about gorillas, looked them up on the internet and colored pictures of them.

Ivy is now reading Revolutionary War on Wednesday another Magic Tree House book. We have talked about Britain, the red Coats, why we have war and much more.

A month ago, Ivy, Hayley and I took a morning walk looking for caterpillars. We looked everywhere for two hours and couldn’t find one. We looked on leaves, under rocks, near our house, on the porch, everywhere. We even went to the rec center and looked for caterpillars and couldn’t find one. The next day, Ivy was out playing and found one. We put it into a container. Then we went to the library and checked out tons of books on caterpillars and butterflies.  Ivy found another caterpillar on our back porch. She has found several every day since our caterpillar walk.:) Several of the caterpillars have ended up in Ivy’s container. We even lost a caterpillar in our house for two days. Then, he appeared on our kitchen counter.  Ivy named him Mickey.  I was sure that they would all die but we looked in the container today and…oh we were SO EXCITED…there was a Chrysalis. I couldn’t believe it! I really still can’t believe it! Ivy was so excited! She called Sharon as fast as she could! Thankfully, I had my camera and was able to capture her smile and excitement!  I think I am starting to like Science!!!!

Precious Girls!

Splash in Nana's Sink!

Easter with the Dills Family

We celebrated Easter all weekend with my mom and dad! It was so fun! On Friday morning, the girls and I went to eat breakfast with Memaw, Papaw and Sharon. Then the girls went to Asheville for a quick trip to Sams and to pick up a few things! Well, I thought we were going for a few things...but Memaw and Sharon spoiled the girls!!! They came home all set for summer! Thanks mom and Sharon for the shorts and shoes and dresses!

On Saturday night, Brent and I took the girls to Memaw and Papaws to dye Easter eggs. Memaw also fixed us a feast! Ham, potato salad, a bunny cake, and lots more! Papaw took the girls to see the goats and baby chickens. Hayley played so hard with papaw that she feel asleep before we put her in her car seat. Papaw is so sweet to get in the floor with Hayley and play for hours. Memaw let Ivy help her make biscuits! I'm so thankful that my girls will have such sweet memories of time with their grandparents.

On Sunday, after church we took the girls to Aunt Ruth's house for a cookout and Easter egg hunt. THANK YOU, ROB for dressing up as the Easter Bunny. IT was HILARIOUS!! Ivy said, "mommy, that's Mr. Rob just dressed up...can't you tell by the way he hops?" Ivy loved playing with all of her cousins! She played so hard with Hannah. I am so thankful for family!

Easter at the Stewarts

We had Easter at the Stewarts on Easter night! It was fun to visit and play! Mimi, Aunt Hazel and Aunt Gwen ate with us. It was fun to visit with family that we don't get to see very often. Ivy and Trent were...well Ivy and Trent! They are simply hilarious. God has allowed them to be the closest friends. I don't think they would be as close as they are if they were brother and sister. It is really amazing. God has given them both a love for each other and it really is precious. They look out for each other, they do fight, they play like they are getting married at least 10 times a day, they call each other every day, they can finish each others sentences, they talk at the same time, they know each other better than anyone.

Aunt Gwen has a special relationship with Hayley and I am so thankful for it! Gwen's late husband was Hayley's biological uncle. YES!!! Now how COOL is that! Gwen held Hayley and played with her and told me that Hayley has her Uncle Brown's Flintstone feet! I love it! I can't wait to tell Hayely! I'm sure those feet will require lots of wide shoes but I still love it!

Hayley loves to try to "get" Emma! She crawls over to her and tries to attack her! She sees Emma and heads for her every time! Nana got all the grand-kids bunny ears. Brent like the bunny ears best of all!

In the picture of Hayley and I, you can see our tired eyes. We were both ready for bed. I was so tired but so full of thankfulness. God really blessed our Holy Week Celebration and our Easter Sunday. There really is nothing like a Spiritual tiredness. Sleep last night was a blessing and I feel refreshed today. I as still so thankful for what Jesus did for me!

It's Monday now...time to continue learning more about our Savior!