Hippity, Hoppity, Easter's On It's Way!

Oh Marleigh, my Marleigh! This is the face I came upon when I went outside to see Marls hunt eggs. She had spotted something that was not making her happy at her school Easter egg hunt. Can anyone guess what it was?

Still keeping an eye out for it!

Uh oh! Now she is really unhappy!

Marls had spotted someone dressed up as the Easter bunny. She has NEVER been a fan of any adult wearing a costume. No Santa and definitely not an Easter bunny! She has some high anxiety about it! That's my Marleigh. She was very excited to leave the area that the bunny was in to go to her party. LOL!

Now she is as happy as a little lark!

Here is her sweet friend Tyson. Gotta love that smile!

Marleigh and her precious friend, Jillian. Sassy girls!

We have exciting news down below!

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We are so proud!

When I went to pick Kylie up from school on Monday, she ran up telling me that she was named student of the month for March! Mr. Lamm also stopped me to tell me how wonderful she is doing in school. He told me that he told her that she was going to go far in life. He also told me that having her as one of his students makes his job easier. He also said that we had done an awesome job with her. Can I tell you that I just wanted to start crying tears of Joy right then and there! Before Kylie started school, I prayed that we had done all that we could do to teach her the right things to do and to always do her best. It was so wonderful to hear Mr. Lamm's kind words. Kylie is truly a blessing from God to us. We are so proud of you sweet girl! We love you!

I hope all of you have a beautiful EASTER!

Spring Break 2010!

We had such a wonderful spring break 2010! I have to say that this trip was one of our best. We decided to go to Nene and Papa's vacation home in Ruidoso, NM. Jason approached me a few days before we left and said that he wanted to take the girls skiing for the first time. Ruidoso is about four hours away and so it's not too far for the girls. Of course they asked about fifty times, " Are we there yet?" LOL!

Our day at Sierra Blanca mountain was an interesting one. We decided to do half a day of skiing because we knew that the girls would not make it a full day. Thank goodness we made that decision. The moment Marleigh put her skis on, she started crying ridonkulously! It was one of those moments as parents that you want to hide under the table. She wouldn't stop crying until we took her ski boots off and told her she didn't have to ski. Luckily, Jason convinced the lift ticket office to refund mine and Marls' lift tickets. She and I went to eat lunch while Jas and Ky started to ski. We did have a fabulous day after her breakdown. We played in the snow and watched Jas teach Ky how to ski.

I LOVE this pic of them! So sweet!!

Daddy helping Ky!

Concentrating so hard!

Jas finally got to ski some runs by himself. He was so happy!

Marl's and I hung out and played in the snow.

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We pulled away from the ski resort and a blizzard came out of nowhere. It hit so quick. The snow was just gorgeous! We picked up some pizza and waited for Nene and Papa to meet us at the house. They arrived at the house around 7:00. The girls were so excited to spend some time with them.

This is a picture of Nene's whirlpool tub Ky used because she was so soar from skiing.

This is the beautiful snow that we woke up to Saturday morning.

Papa cooking up a delicious breakfast!

My parents brought up a flat screen T.V. for us to enjoy! Love them!!

This picture makes me laugh so hard. I don't know if any of you have heard of Flat Stanley, but it is such a cute story. My friend had her son send us Flat Stanley to live with us for a couple of weeks and we are supposed to take pictures of all of our adventures with him. Jas and Stanley helped my Dad mount the flat screen. My husband is the joker for sure!

We ended our trip with Ky being sick with tonsillitis. Plans are already in the works for her to have surgery in June to have her tonsils taken out. She is already scared and worrying about the surgery. Poor thing. Will you keep her in your prayers?

I hope all of you had a restful spring break and I pray that you have a blessed week.

Hot Shots!

Go Hot Shots! Kylie started basketball at the beginning of the year and has just loved every minute of it. Her team name is the Hot Shots. It is a group of about nine first grade girls. All but one attend her elementary school. They never won a game, but you would never know that. They played so hard and really tried to score. They were the only first grade team in the league. All of the other teams were second graders. Jas and I are so proud of Ky. She really improved as the season went on. I think Jason is going to go into a depression, now that the season is drawing to a close. LOL! He really loved sharing this with Ky. He practiced with her every minute that he could. I think he loved that she has finally started playing a team sport. We are sending her to a great basketball camp this summer. I am so glad that we took a leap out of our comfort zone and allowed her to play. (Neither one of us played b-ball and so we were apprehensive to say the least!) We had an awesome time and look forward to next season.

Waiting for a pass

Ready to go!

Marls insisted that I needed to take her picture with a ball, but tells us that she is NOT going to play basketball, but be a cheerleader when she grows up! LOL! Stinker!

I pray that all of you are having a blessed week!

Happy 9th Anniversary, Jas!

Our engagement picture. Look how young we look!

What a wonderful 9 years! I can't believe it has gone by so fast. We have gotten married, had two beautiful daughters, changed jobs, made our house a home, experienced ups and downs and are more in love now than we were in 2001! I thank the Lord everyday that he gave me my soul mate. We aren't perfect, but no matter what, we rely an each other in everything. Thank you Jas, for making these past nine years the best!

2009- We are older, wiser and I definitely have flatter hair! LOL!!!

Be My Valentine!

What a fun week it has been! We started it all off with Marleigh's valentine party at school. They ate a special snack and then all of the mommas got to read a book to their child. It was so sweet! I have been busy getting my class ready for our valentine party. It went off without a hitch. Thank you to all of the moms that helped! Korey and I feel so blessed to have such wonderful moms! Then we ended our valentine fun at Kylie's school party. I posted a ton of pictures below of all of the celebrations!

Marls loved the snack: Strawberries and cookies! Yum!

Reading to my little valentine!

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Monkey Valentine Party:

I wanted to show all of you a picture of my class this year. They are

just precious! What a blessing from above they are!

Sweet Little Monkeys!

Korey and I made these monkey valentine holders for our class.

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Ky was so ready for her party!

They decorated delicious cookies!

This picture made me laugh because, Marleigh just has to do whatever Kylie is doing and so I caught her down at the end of the table helping some of the kids decorate their cookies. You go Marls!

Playing valentine bingo!

Mr. Lamm's class!

I hope all of you have a wonderful Valentine's day! Sending hugs out to all of you today!