Kevin and Alison

Easter "vacation" (for us, it was just normal life!) included an extended visit from my nephew Connor and my sister, Aunt Chelle. First on the schedule:  dinner on Wednesday at the mall....(it was a pig-tail kind of night!) and, of course while we were there, we had to ride the train!! The Easter Bunny was available for pictures, and anytime they can work it in, the train gets put up for rides at the mall. Connor was VERY excited! We also did the slides at the children's play area.  Can you see Kevin and Pap in this first picture? :) On Thursday we met up with them at the library & had a pretty good time (Connor was totally wiped out from our big day Wednesday)....but we got to take Aunt Chelle home with us!  She had a sleepover and shared donuts with us at breakfast the next morning. Then, on Saturday --- The Egg Hunt at Mawnas!!!  It was a little chilly, but we were prepared with boots and coats, so we did the outsi...

Re-cap of our time with Connor, Egg Hunt Extravaganza, and Easter Sunday coming soon! :)

Guilty, vile, and helpless we; Spotless Lamb of God was He; “Full atonement!” can it be? Hallelujah! What a Savior! Lifted up was He to die; “It is finished!” was His cry; Now in Heav’n exalted high. Hallelujah! What a Savior! When He comes, our glorious King, All His ransomed home to bring, Then anew His song we’ll sing: Hallelujah! What a Savior!

I try to take pictures before holidays of the girls "dressed up fancy" for the purpose of sending out some in the mail....or, posting one on the blog.... Well, I tried doing this last week for Easter.  April's dress is no-where to be found (of course, she has numerous other choices, and will be wearing purple and white), so I put her in her navy dress even though she's got a white hat....Chloe LOVES this dress from Chelle's wedding, so she's more than happy to wear pink shoes & hat to match. So, while everyone was happy with their hats and fancy socks....not very many happy pictures were taken. See? April liked to hold down the sides of her hat and spin around.... Chloe was just leaning into the wall and singing at one point.... Must. Look. At. The. Hat. Mommy wasn't too happy. But this? Every time I look at it, I burst out laughing.  Now, come back to see the two good ones I got on Easter Sunday! :)

Because, even though it's snowing today....sometimes we need our shades any way! :)

I try to keep up to date with pictures, but last week was crazy ...so this post didn't get done....but now I've got a little time since the snow canceled Bible Study this morning! Here is what we were up to 2 weekends ago: We visited Mimi and Poppop!  My cousin Alissa was having her Baby Shower nearby, so it was a good excuse to go for the weekend.  Although we got to see them at Matt's wedding, Chloe and April haven't seen their great-grandparents since Christmas! What was the first thing we did? Eat ice-cream :) The shower was on Saturday & my sister Laura drove up to be there too.  We had fun getting lost in a town that is three blocks long, but made it and had a great time! Why stop the fun when we got home?  On Sunday night we had a pizza party with my parents & sister and brother-in-law.  They had been at a wedding in Ohio and were driving through to get home.  It was fun to see them....The girls put on their "dancer...

When we first started prepping for a transition to twin beds for Chloe and April, I started seeing pictures online of these "scrappy trip quilts" that seemed to be pretty easy to put together.  6 rows on a diagonal lend the pattern to many different designs...plus, there was a "cheat" step so as not to sew itty-bitty squares together. I started this process at the end of January.  I bought material, started Chloe's and Aprils, bought more material, charted out which squares I would need.....stopped working on April's, since she has her bed rail up (a good enough excuse) and just focused on getting Chloe's done. Today, we put it on her bed!! 6 rows by 8 rows....48 blocks....288 strips of fabric....15 bobbin re-fills :)  She seems to like it :)