Easter 2013 - Part deux

After church we went to my grandmother's for our annual Easter celebration.  If the weather permits, we do it all outside and this Easter was perfect for some outdoor fun.

Posing in their Easter dresses.  Not what I had in mind, but whatever floats their boat.

We love MiMaw's backyard. 

My cousin and her son.  She would kill me for putting this picture of her up (she's a poser), but I love the way he is watching her so intently.  So sweet.

Kinsley and MiMaw.

I can't get over how grown up this one is.  He was my first love.  My sister's first born.  When he was little he called me his son.  When I would walk in church he would yell, "Son!  You're here.  Come see daddy."  I even bought him a Father's Day card.  Now he's all grown up and won't let me squeeze his cheeks anymore.

After my grandmother's house, we went to my uncle and aunt's house to visit with my dad's side of the family.  They have the most amazing setup EVER.  They have a huge garage/shop/entertainment center...LOL. 

Grammy, my step mom, gets the girls something for every holiday.  They love getting goodies from Grammy.  Do you see that sky back there?  It was the big, bad cold front that blew through that evening.  We were trapped in the garage at one point.  The lightening was horrible. 

Grammy has a crown of flowers on her head.  So sweet.

Sarge and his 3 musketeers.

Me and my baby sister, Brittany.

Meg painting Kinsley's fingernails.

BB clapping.  She's so stinkin' cute.

Grammy with her girls.

My mom actually got a shot of me.  She likes to doctor up pictures.

Easter 2013 - Part 1

I love Easter.  I love blessing my children with small tokens of our love on Easter.  They don't quite grasp the concept of why we celebrate Easter; therefore, we do the whole Easter Bunny thing.  We do make a concious effort to explain to them in ways they can understand about the true meaning of Easter, but when you have a six year old that thinks death is a final thing and is scared of "ghosts", it's hard telling her about the resurrection without her telling me that I'm lying about ghosts (don't you just love that extremely long run-on sentence?).  I tell her that Jesus isn't a ghost, that he really came back, but then she asks why she can't see him.  It's a little frustrating for us both, but she'll come to the realization when she's ready.

Easter morning.  Kinsley is posing while Katie is wiping the sleep from her eyes.

Excitement!

So sweet!  She got Wreck It Ralph.  So loves that movie.  It was her first movie theatre experience.  She has watched it a hundred times since we got it on DVD.

She has been asking for Lego Friends for some time now.  She was thrilled to finally get some.

She got Annie from the big bunny.  She looked at it and said, "What in the world is this?"  Time to educate the youth of today about a "hard-knock life."

I had to break out my Lego building skills. 

Never again will I pay $10 for a box of Legos.  This is what you get with the Lego Friends. 

That is not $10 worth of product.  Wow!

They were ready to take off!

And they're off!

"Um, Momma.  My feet are so dirty!"

Sisterly love.

This picture will not post correctly, but I wanted to share it anyway.  We sat outside on the back steps and I read the story while the girls ate their eggs.

After all of our early morning Easter activities, we get dressed and head to church.

See Part 2 for the rest

MIA Post - November 2012

We started out November by going to see Wreck It Ralph.  It was Kinsley's very first movie theatre experience.  She was nervous and kept her hands over her ears at first.  She got over it quickly though. 

Election Day was a big day for us at school.  We voted for who we wanted to be President.

The girls got to spend the night with Grammy and Sarge.  They ate at The Cracker Barrel and played checkers out on the front porch.

We went to Paw Paw Dave's house to spend some quality time with him.  We watched Cars 2 on his HUGE TV and we roasted marshmallows on the fire pit.

November always brings Parents Night at dance. We were there 3 days in a row.

Miss Shelby walking them through their passes in tap.

My favorite picture of Kinsley.  I need to get this one in a frame.

Miss Keely teaching Kinsley how to skip.

Katie at ballet.

Katie in jazz.

Our friend, Brant, held his annual Christmas party in November.  Warren Storm, the Godfather of Swamp Pop, performed.  We had a good night dancing the night away.

It was my mom's and stepdad's anniversary.  They showed up at the party.  I was thrilled.

We get a week off for Thanksgiving.  Thank goodness for that because our tree would never get put up if we didn't.  Just way too tired after school to do such a big task.  I used to put it up the day after Thanksgiving, but I now do the whole Black Friday thing.  Being up in the middle of the night, shopping all day, and then coming home to do the tree does not make for good times.  I now put the tree up the week of Thanksgiving, that way I can come home on Black Friday and sleep.

Our little friend, Michael Jackson showed up after the tree was put up.  The girls were so excited.

His first bit of mischief.  NEVER AGAIN.  Sprinkles bounce....EVERYWHERE.

Thanksgiving day is always spent at my mom's.  We pig out.  I got to spend some time with my mom, sisters, grandmother, aunts and cousin. 

My babies on Thanksgiving Day.

Yummy!

My aunt, cousin, and our newest members of the family, Mr. Jaxson and Miss Ava.

The nut doesn't fall too far from the tree...LOL.

I love my momma!

Black Friday shopping with my sisters.  SO MUCH FUN!!!

Our miracle baby, Journey, turned 1!!!

Michael Jackson ended the month of November by elfing the girls.  They watched it over and over again.