Forever Friends

KG and Lydia.
CT, KG, Lydia.
This picture is typical. Jess- we should have put blue eyeshadow on their faces. :)

Jessica in the middle and me on the right. VERY SCARY!!! I can't even believe my mom let me wear my hair like that. Even more scary, Jess, Why did your mom have so much blue eye shadow? :)

Last week one of my life long friends came to visit us. She lives in Tulsa and has a little girl about the same age as KG. Jessica and I have been friends since I can remember. She is the friend that ALWAYS got me into trouble (ornery trouble), but it was so much fun!! I'm sure if we were able to spend more time together we would still cause trouble. :) It was fun to get our kids together and let them play. They all had a great time. KG and Lydia both LOVE Annie, so they practiced singing their best rendition of "Tomorrow". We also braved the Oklahoma wind to play outside, and then headed off for some pizza. Thanks for coming Jess. I always cherish our time together!! I am blessed to call you friend.

Flower Power.

T has been working very hard on getting our yard mowed and flower beds looking great! He enjoys this much more than I do, and does a great job at it. The kids have enjoyed helping him dig in the dirt and spread the mulch. The other night they helped him plant some flowers. KG thought this was pretty cool!

Arrrrggghhhh Me Princess!!

The other day CT decided to dress up he and his sister. He LOVES to dress up and pretend. It is so funny to hear what he comes up with. They decided to be a princess and pirate. Once the ship and loot were safe they were off to bigger and better things.

Blueberry Muffins and Humble Pie

Breakfast of Champions! Gatorade and Blueberry Muffins.
KG riding her 4wheeler and listening to some tunes. She has her cd player hooked onto the handle. :)
CT practicing his mad soccer skills.
Whew! Snack time.

Not much has been going on around here. We got up this morning and made blueberry muffins. Now before you get this big idea that we are Betty Crocker around here, we normally pull something out of the freezer and into the toaster. :) Today was a new day! ha! Also the kids wanted to play outside, but we have knock you down winds around here. Not to mention our neighbors dogs that run around the neighborhood and terrorize little children. Well, just my children seem to be afraid of them. So we opted for pulling the car out of the garage and letting them play in there. They have played a little bit of golf, baseball, soccer, and the riding of many vehicles.

CT decided that since he lost his soccer game last night that he needed to practice. We played a team that was older than us and they killed us. CT had a hard time at first. Crying everytime they made a goal. He toughened up the second half and decided to make the best of it. This was a good lesson for him though. A couple of weeks ago on the way to a game he asked us, "Why am I so good at soccer, and others are not?" Oh boy!! Well son...... we needed a little piece of humble pie. I explained to him that he was good at soccer, but there were others that were better than him. He was not so convinced until last night. :) It was hard to swallow, but he managed and was better for it. :)

Tomorrow we will be back to frozen waffles and wee school. ;)

Olive

This weekend Nana and Papa came to visit. They got to watch CT play soccer, and we took a trip out to the ranch. The kids LOVE to go out to the ranch. Nana was looking for some redbud trees to dig up and plant in her yard at home. They decided that was too much work, and they would just buy the rest. :) They did get home with one, so hopefully it will make it. While at the ranch the kids got to feed Olive the baby calf. Olive's mommy had two calfs and only wanted one. So they are having to bottle feed Olive. The kids thought this was really cool! Olive is about the size of a large dog right now. She is really cute. CT and KG also got to take a little ride on the four wheeler. Of course the ride wasn't long enough for either of them. :)

Let's Go Fly a Kite

KG not sure how this kite flying thing works.
Daddy and CT getting the kite in the air.
The kids got kites for Easter, so we thought we would try and fly them. It was so incredibly windy that the kites would go up quick, but would go in all kinds of crazy directions. It was hard to keep control of them. CT's kite broke, so we just had KG's. They thought it was fun for awhile, but were ready to go in because the wind was so strong. Welcome to Oklahoma!!!

Happy Easter!

On your mark.....Get set.....Go!
CT in a mad dash to find more eggs.
KG and her little friend Madly.

KG checking out what the Easter Bunny brought her. She kept asking where he was. :)
CT pumped about his spider man kite.
Little Bunnies.
All dressed up and ready for church. I love this picture of KG. She cracks me up. It was VERY cold outside, and she was ready to go in.

This video of KG is sideways, and I can't figure out how to turn it. If you know how I would love your input. The kids thought it was fun to hop like a bunny.

Happy Easter! This post is a little late, but none the less we had a GREAT Easter!! We woke up to filled baskets left by Peter Cottontail. :) The kids were really excited. They got up quickly when I told them they had a surprise. We got up, went through our baskets, got dressed, and headed to church, the real reason we celebrate Easter. We had a great service and crowd. CT got a dyed egg from his class. He started eating it shell and all. Maybe I need to dye eggs with them next year. :) The plastic eggs are just so easy. After church we get together with a bunch of families from church. This year since it was so cold, we had our "picnic" at the youth building. Everyone brings meat to share along with a side or dessert. There was REALLY good food there. :) We all ate WAY to much! There were three different egg hunts. One for the little kids, one for elementary kids, and one for BIG kids (aka College) They had major money eggs for the big kids. They wouldn't let me hunt. :)

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter and rejoice in our Risen Savior!!!