Easter!

I know this is late but bare with me. It's been a crazy week!

Easter morning the kids got up and we had their Easter baskets out. They don't beleive in the Easter Bunny (I mean really, a big white bunny that hops to everyones house, really??) But they do get Easter presents from us. It's usually something for Spring Break, some small toys and lots of candy. (The candy is mostly for Ryan, lol!)

 

I also hid eggs all over the house and they had a lot of fun finding those. They had a few trinket type things in them.

We all went to Mom's church (our whole family) and it was nice to all go to church together even though Ryan and I both really missed our church. This was taken right before we left. I'm not completely sure what she had just done to him (Ryan took the picture) but it could not have possiblly been nice.

I know I'm partial but she really is the most beautiful girl in the whole wide world. She just has the most perfect features and the prettiest hair and smile and eyes and well I could go on and on but I won't. :)

After church we all went to moms to eat lunch.

and hunt Easter Eggs, again, for the 100th time that weekend.

I love pictures like this more than any other ones. Their personalities just shine through on them.

After lunch we played volleyball. I think everyone was kinda surprised that I'm actually not terrible. It was a lot of fun but really, really scary because the boys like to spike the ball and it's no secret that they are huge! I kept thinking they were going to spike it at my face and break my nose or fall and land on me!

Evan got the ball stuck in the tree and had to come up with a way to get it out.

Love this picture of Tanner and our soon to be marathon runner! We are proud of you Whitney!

Happy Easter! I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend!

Ry's Birthday

I love birthdays! I love doing extra things for the kids to make their birthday special.

She was so excited when she came out of her room on Friday morning!

That day she had a really fun day at school. They get points for reading books and making a 100 on the test and that day was the celebration for AR. It was also the Easter Egg Hunt at school. She really thought that all of it was planned the same day as her birthday on purpose. Bless her heart, she thinks the world revolves around her! She was also really excited that they wished her a Happy Birthday over the intercom at school.

That afternoon my friend Tina picked her up from school as a surprise and she spent the afternoon playing with them. I picked up her friend Karlee on my way home from work and surprised her with Karlee when I picked her up from Tina's house.

That night mom cooked an AMAZING dinner for Ryleigh and I for our birthday! It was carb city since we got to pick what we wanted. Homemade chicken tenders, twice baked potato's, mac and cheese, broccoli and cheese casserole, bread and a homemade cheesecake! It was WONDERFUL!!!!

This is Ryleigh's face when she opened the Toms Tammy and Jimmy got her. She was so excited about them!!

She was also really excited about her new earrings her GiGi got her!

Saturday morning we got up and dyed Easter eggs and got ready to go to the Egg hunt at church.

The egg hunt was a lot of fun. It was held at the coast guard base and we had inflatables, food, a playground and a egg hunt.

I hope you had a great birthday Ryleigh Claire! We love you so much!!!!

Best Weekend

My weekends start on Friday and this is going to be one of the best weekends for 3 reasons.

1. Six years ago today the most beautiful girl in the world was born. Ryleigh Claire you are my baby girl and I love you! Happy Birthday!

2. My best friend's birthday is Saturday. Tiffany, I never imagined I would marry the new girl who I used to pick on in the 7th grade. The Lord works in mysterious ways. Happy Birthday to my best friend and the love of my life.

3. The Easter Bunny comes Sunday and isn't that what Easter is all about?

Happy Birthday girls, I love yall!!

I know the true meaning of Easter do you?

----Ok so I went back and added this because I was hoping everyone caught his sarcasm about the Easter Bunny. Ryan HATES HATES HATES the Easter bunny and how it takes away from the true meaning of Easter. He lets us slide on Christmas and talk about Santa and stuff but he doesn't like it at all on Easter. I kinda agree though. Why should we commercialize such a major milestone in our Christian life? So no, we won't be celebrating the Easter bunny at our house but rather Jesus rising from the dead to cover our sins because last I checked the stupid bunny can't save you from Hell. :)

Birthday Girl!

Today my baby girl turned 6 years old! 

How old are you? 6
Who is your best friend? Erika
What is your favorite thing to do? Hang out with Karlee
What is your favorite color? Pink
What is your favorite food? Mac and Cheese. That's healthy? apples (that was her exact words)

What do you like to do with your family? hang out at the outlets
What is your favorite toy? My big yellow bunny
What do you wan to be when you grow up? A teacher for school
What makes you happy? My family surprising me
What makes you sad? Not spending the night with someone every night on the weekend

What's your favorite show to watch? Dancing with the stars
What's your favorite book? The Foot Book
What do you love to learn about? God and Jesus
What was the best part of your birthday? Tina picking me up from school on my birthday
Who is your teacher? Mrs. Cooper

Where do you like to go? to the outlets
What is your favorite treat? gummies
What do you think about when you fall asleep? Silly and funny things
If you could meet one famous person who would it be? Justin Beiber
What is your favorite movie? The Fox and the Hound

She sat here with me as I typed this and literally made sure I wrote exactly what she said! 

I hope you have a wonderful Birthday baby girl! We love you Ryleigh Claire!!!

Circus

Saturday night we joined some friends of ours at the circus. We had been once before when the kids were small and it was in a tent in the parking lot of Hank Aaron Stadium and it was MISERABLE!!!! It was so hot and everyone knows that Ryleigh and I hate nothing more than being hot. So when we had the option to go to a circus that was in the AIR CONDITIONED civic center we jumped on it!

The kids got to play a lot of games and interacte with teh clowns and animals before the circus started.

This is Ryan's face when I wouldn't let him buy a snow cone in a clown cup that cost a fortune. He said he wasn't smiling for any pictures. He's such a five year old!

Ryleigh's favorite part was when they did the acrobatics with rings from the ceiling. Tanner's favorite was the dirtbikes in the globe. We had told him they were going to do that and it was getting towards the end of the show and they still hadn't done it. He looked at Ryan and I and said, "If they don't do the dirt bikes in 15 minutes I'm leaving and I'm not going to be happy!" Thankfully they did them within 15 minutes! :)

May the odds be ever in your favor.

I LOVED the books The Hunger Games. I seriously read all 3 in less than a week. I couldn't put them down. My house was a disaster, I hadn't done laundry in forever but I read them! They were that good. I love to read but don't find a lot of time to do it. Especially in the Winter. In the Spring and Summer I read frequently because we are at the beach so much. Well as every one in the free world knows, the movie the Hunger Games came out this past weekend and guess what, I HATED IT!

I was so excited about going. I had gotten a lot of my friends to read the books as well and they all loved them too. So we planned to all go see the movie together. Total their were 18 of us! We went and ate at Shane's Rib Shack (which I really liked, and I normally don't like BBQ places) before the movie. We then got to the movie like a hour before so we could all sit together.

I was so surprised after the movie how much I didn't like it. It wasn't because of the normal "it didn't follow the book" because for the most part it did follow the book. Except for the ending. Oh the ending, don't even get me started on the ending.

Out of 18 of us only 4 of us hated it. The rest of us for the most part liked it. All of the girls who went had read the book but only 3 of the boys had so we had all different perspectives on it. The more I thought about why I didn't like it I came to the conclusion that it was because it was SOOOOOO slow. I just felt like the beginning dragged on FOREVER. But I guess if you haven't read the books then you need all the background info...I was just really disappointed! I guess that's what I get for getting so excited! I did have a fun night with our whole group of friends.