Well, hello my long lost friends.  Okay... so you weren't the ones that were long lost, and I haven't really been lost either... just really busy.  Good Busy, but busy.  :)  I will try to do better.  I almost cried when I realized that the last time I updated this site was in February, and it was SNOWING!!!  Thank goodness there is no more snow but lots of pretty flowers blooming.

These next few pictures are from our picnic at the beach.  We have a beach in our neighborhood within walking distance from our house.  We loaded up the wagon and took our lunch to the beach. Allie's friend from next door and my niece went with us too.  It was a beautiful day and everyone had a great time.  Sorry I didn't take too many pictures... I was too busy enjoying myself.  :)

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Chase loves to help us with absolutely everything.  It doesn't matter if it's unloading the dishwasher or helping Daddy with a project.  He has to help.  Most days this is fine... I will admit there are some days when I really don't feel like spending three times as long to get something done.  Oh well, he's happy... and maybe, just maybe he will keep this up when he gets older.  Don't worry... I'm not holding my breath on that one.  :)  So anyway... Troy was unloading bags of mulch and adding them to the flower beds.  Chase was, of course, helping.  Troy took off his work gloves and put them in his back pocket.  Then you see Mini-Troy take off his work gloves and try to stick them in his back pocket.  He needed a little help with getting them in there, but it was just too cute.

  

I love my guys!!!!

Well, that's it for now.  I promise to update again soon... maybe even tonight... I still have Easter and Soccer pictures to share with you!!!

It's Snowing... Again!

So... once again, we are getting a snow storm.  I love snow.  I get to stay home with the kids, watch them play and make hot chocolate and cookies.  I especially love the snow when it's enough to keep Troy home with me.  I've always been excited to hear "snow" in the forecast.  I even like driving in it.  Not when it's so bad that it's dangerous, but when the flakes are hitting your windshield... at night when it looks like you are driving through a million tiny stars... snow is great.

So you think I would be really excited when this is what it looked like before I went to bed last night.  I couldn't even get a great shot of that tree... There were too many flakes coming down.. I'm sure there is some setting on my camera that would have done it, but I was tired and it was cold out there.  :)

Then the excitement should have really been flowing when I got up and looked out back.  Yeah... more snow!

Here is the horse swing the kids love to play on in the summer.  It can't do much swinging now! 

And when I stuck my ruler in the snow and thought I might lose it ( a few more inches and I will)... You would think I would be jumping for joy.  SNOW, SNOW, SNOW!!!!

But this one time, just this one time.... I'm not jumping for joy... There is a little sadness in me towards all that snow... All that snow that just keeps falling... All that wonderful snow that would keep us snowed in together all weekend... That wonderful excuse to not really do anything but play games and watch movies and just have great snow days...  to just be together...

Yeah, you would think I would love it.

But guess what... not this time... Tonight we were supposed to go to Connie and Steve's for my birthday dinner.  Now, I'm a big girl... I can handle missing my birthday dinner.  But guess what we were having.....

Yep... LOBSTER!

It might have looked like this....

or maybe like this....

maybe even like this...

Yuuuummmmmmmmy!

I won't know until we can once again get out of our driveway.  Oh well... at least I have my family snowed in with me.  That wonderful, beautiful lobster will just have to wait to get in my belly.  :)

Oh... and ... that wonderful, fabulous, fantastic man that I'm married to bought me diamond earrings for my birthday.... even though my birthday dinner has to wait, I am a VERY lucky girl.

My Little Cheerleader!!!

Allie is Cheerleading!  She had her first game today.  She did great.  I was really afraid that she wouldn't get up in front of all those people to do her cheers, but SHE DID!  And she did wonderful.  Daddy was in charge of the camera AND Chase while I was helping the Coach.  :)  Thank goodness for Daddy.