Easter Egg Hunt

Clayton had an egg hunt today, but unfortunately the weather changed his outdoor hunt to an indoor "pick up" as they called it. It was still sweet though.

Our Trip to Louisville

Fred had to make a trip to Louisville so we all decided to go with him. In the beginning the trip was about Fred defending his doctorate, but once we started planning this became an afterthought!! We had the best time! As you can see below Jack really enjoyed his ice cream. We ate at several good restaurants, at the advice of my friend Carrie. Our first stop was at a hamburger place called W.W. Cousins. We all enjoyed homemade buns with our hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries and onion rings. Yummie! After that we went for some ice cream at Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen. The boys and I had ice cream and Fred had an upside down caramel cupcake. Then we all rolled back to our hotel room for bedtime and a few games of CandyLand. The next morning we ate breakfast at Lynn's Paradise Cafe. Yummie again!! We all shared homemade granola, huge pancakes, and scrambled eggs. Delicious! While Fred was completing his defense the boys and I went to a local mall and they got to play on an indoor play area. Fred called around 4 and we went to get him at the seminary. He completed his doctorate with flying colors. Now with only a few minor style corrections and graduation he will be Dr. Fred!! Sounds funny, doesn't it!?!

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!

It snowed this weekend while we were at my grandmother's house. We had the best time playing in the snow! Since we were away from home we did not have all of our "snow gear". Fred left that morning and bought gloves and a hat for the boys. Getting ready is always exciting!

Clayton's pretend birthday at Joyland

Today at Clayton's preschool he celebrated his birthday. I know it's not his birthday, but he got to celebrate his "pretend" birthday. They are so thoughtful at Joyland. Since his birthday comes in the summer they picked a day during the school year for him to celebrate. He got the special hat and sticker and got to sit in a special chair. He was trying so hard not to smile. Then his teachers gave him three wrapped gifts: a green bear, a book and a tooth pillow. While he was opening the gifts he turned to his teacher and very quietly said, "Mrs. Jan, I really like this wrapping paper." It was so sweet. After he finished unwrapping his gifts he got a balloon and a smiley face ring. I wish I could remember the song they sang when they put the ring on his finger...it was so precious. Once all the gifts had been presented all of his friends sat down to Oreos and milk--his choice!

A BIG week for Kaiyah

My friend Lauren brought over the letters for Kaiyah's room. Aren't they cute! I just thought I'd post them for everyone to see instead of sending them out on an email. Lauren did a great job! Tami I hope this is what you had in mind!?! I will send some pink gingham ribbon and you should be set! She will have the cutest room! I can't wait to see it!

Jack the Giant

Okay, so Jack has always been big, but today when our friends Janna and Jessie came over to play I realized that he is a giant! Jack is only six weeks older than these two! (Sorry for the poor quality picture. Do you know how hard it is to photograph three children?)

Humor Me!!

So you all know by now that I have two boys. They are precious, but shopping for them is not much of a challenge...shorts, pants, t-shirts, polos, etc. Look at the children's section next time you are in a store. The girls side has two to three times as many clothes. Well, this week in Paris we are having a consignment sale. Renee was here Sunday and helped me put up all my things in the sale. Since we are having a precious girl born into our family she asked me to pick out some clothes for her to take to Kaiyah. How exciting...shopping for a girl!!! I enlisted the help of my friend Melody, who also has two boys, and we had the best time. We went through every rack just ooohing and ahhhing over all the precious clothes. At 10:00 last night our final selections were made and with smiles on our faces we bought little girl clothes for the first time! Tami and Dan I hope you like them! What fun!