Itsy Bitsy Spider

Here is a really short video of Lillie singing her favorite song. She realizes pretty quick that the camera is on her and starts acting silly, but one day I will catch the whole song....she is growing up so quick.

Just Because We Could

Thank goodness for a break in the rain. Yesterday we went to Granny and Grumpy's house to celebrate no rain....they have the funnest back yard. Lucky for us, Grumpy has thousands of tadpoles on his pool cover, so it provided some great entertainment for the evening. Here is Madison fishing for tadpoles (we are thinking about signing her up to do some good ol' Oklahoma noodling this summer.)

Here is a sample of her catch. We had some great conversation about how tadpoles eventually become frogs. How thankful we are for a God that is wonderfully creative!!
Does any one else see mischief in this sweet little face???

Eli is Grumpy's big helper. And no, Grumpy doesn't do his yard work in only his underwear.

Four Wheel Fun

One great thing about our house is that we live right next to a small dirt track that is perfect for Madison to ride her four wheeler on. Here are a couple of pictures of us riding.

Lonely Lillie has no helmet and therefore, cannot ride - this is not something that makes her very happy.

Happy Birthday Hannah!!

I have been holding out...

So, Hannah, I intentionally have not posted any of the other pictures from Easter because I fully intended on having some printed and sent to you for your birthday. This, however, has not happened, so I figured I could post the ones I was going to mail to you and promise you hard copies sometime in the future. We love you, Happy Birthday.

Easter Fun

Here are a few pictures from our week of Easter fun. Here is a really sweet picture of Eli praying in his class at school. So sweet.

Here they are in their Easter outfits....no I did not suggest the pose; Eli was insistant upon having the bike in the picture. So silly, but so cute.
Here are a few from our egg hunt. Thank you Granny and Grumpy for doing such a great job hiding our eggs!

Easter Egg Coloring

Today we had Hope over to play and while Lillie was napping we colored Easter eggs. We had so much fun and ended up with a beautiful basket of eggs.

Eli's Easter Party

Thursday Eli had a little Easter party in his class. I didn't get many during the party (I was too busy chasing Lillie) but here are a few before the party that I liked.

I love this one; they are praying for their snack.
Typical Eli.

More Pictures of Lillie

Post Photography Class Pictures

Wow...what a whirlwind of a week. Since my last post we have managed to move, unpack, and take a crash course in photography. I learned so much in my class and now have a new environment to do lots of practicing. Now if I could just find some spare time...

During our move, Lillie's crib unfortunately did not survive. So, in addition to getting used to being in an unfamiliar room without her sister, now Lillie has also had to learn how to sleep in a big girl bed. She actually has adjusted fairly well, but tonight I heard her crying at the door and as I approached this is all I could see. Poor baby girl.

These are a couple of pictures that I took of Lillie on our back porch after I got home from the class yesterday. Although this would not be my first choice in looks for pictures, this is pretty much Lillie - jammies, pacifier, blanket and a toy (which by the way is actually a Christmas tree ornament we found under a piece of furniture during our move.)