Princess Day :)

One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the

facts get in the way of your imagination.

~Sam Levenson~

A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder

and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us, that

clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and

awe inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.

~Rachel Carson~

Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present,

which very few of us do.

~Jean de la Bruyere~

Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun.

~George Scialabba~
Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.
~Grandma Moses~

It's so much more friendly with two.

~Piglet~

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator

for all I have not seen.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

The world always looks brighter from behind a smile.

~Author Unknown~

The heart of a child is the most precious of God's creation.

Never break it. At all costs, never break it.

~Joseph L. Whitten~

Perhaps we are looking at this from a wrong perspective; this search for the truth, the meaning of life, the reason of God. We all have this mindset that the answers are so complex and so vast that it is almost impossible to comprehend. I think, on the contrary, that the answers are so simple; so simple that it is staring us straight in the face, screaming its lungs out, and yet we fail to notice it. We're looking through a telescope, searching the stars for the answer, when the answer is actually a speck of dirt on the telescope lens. ~Jason Q.~

Easter Pictures!

Well, as we all know, pretty much the only time Rachel

and I can be convinced to "dress up", is on major holidays

like Christmas and Easter.

So, after our morning service, some of us headed out into

the sunshine to get a few pictures...

It was so gloriously warm! And a little muddy.

Hiram's shoes got a little bit of mud on them so he

enlisted Joy to try and get the water to turn on so he

could wash off =)

Of course I had to get a picture of me and my 'buddies'.

These two are such characters! I just love hanging out with them!

Joy didn't want to smile so I tickled her... Well, she didn't
look at the camera but I liked this picture so you get to see it ;)

Me.
Zoe and Joy.HIRAM!!!! =)

Rachel.

Crystal.

*Gasp!* Reid actually gave me permission to post a picture of him!

:D I love this one! It's pretty much totally us!

So random!

Lulu!

After Easter dinner, Grandpa wanted to get some

some pictures, of course we obliged him ;)

Preparing for Easter!

The night before Easter we had a little bit of fun

"getting ready".
I decided we needed some documentation, so you

get a bunch of random pictures ;)

Here's one of the Easter Lily that Dad got Mom.

Criky had just gotten back from Ascension Convention and

was pretty wore out so she just slept on the couch while

we did our stuff.:D Coloring on the eggs before we dye them.
Rach wanted a picture of these... ?

The cupcakes. They were so good!

That morning we had the Easter Egg Hunt and these

were some of the leftovers.

Mom was doing the dishes while the rest of us goofed off.
THANKS MOM!!!

The dye.

Aw, my puppy! I love her eyes!

The undecorated lamb cake.

Trying to make the 'perfect' egg.

More flowers.

The stickers and extra stuff that came in the egg dye

package.

Artistry.

Some of the eggs.

The Kleenexes. These were life savers!

All of us had colds the whole week before Easter, and it

was not fun! Whoever invented lotion'y' Kleenexes deserves

a major award though!!!

:) Hope you enjoyed some of our Easter preparation pictures!

Winterjam!

Wahoo! Back in March we got to go to a Winterjam concert!

There were 8 different bands that played and every one of

them were awesome.

The W's parents couldn't come dad drove their 15 seat van

and we all rode together. (he was brave because there were

10 of us girls and only him and Jared for the guys...)

It was so fun getting to go altogether though! We got to talk

more, and talk more, and talk more, and.... :)

Unfortunately, the camera's didn't take to good of pictures

but we did manage to get a few!

We parked right by Sidewalk Prophets van, so we thought

we might as well take a picture by it...

Hmm, I can't tell who this group was... I just

liked the pretty pink lights ;)
FIREFLIGHT!!! :D

We were able to get really good seats too!

We were early enough that we could have gotten even

closer to the stage, but for the sake of our shorter companions

we opted for being a little further back and on a platform thing

so that everybody could see ;)

Kathy and Zoe Z. met us at the concert and sat

with us! It was fun having a big group to go with!

:D I love the dark w/ blue lights look to this one!:) Waiting in line to get autographs/pictures...

Us with Robert Pierre (I had gotten one of his shirts

and got that signed too) :) :)

Revive! :) "The Aussie's."
Newsboys!! :D They were cool!

So, we didn't get a whole lot of pictures, but wow, we

had such a wonderful time!

Poor Jared was kind of the odd man out being the only "guy"

(except for Dad, but he was driving...) but we filled him up on

snack food and cookies on the way home so I think he did okay ;)

:D It was an awesome night!

Anna's Birthday Party

Okayyy, so this is from way back it February...

Crystal and I went to Anna's birthday party! (Poor Rach

couldn't go because she had a horrible migraine) :(

Crik and I had a wonderful time though!

*hiding their eyes because it was a surprise party* =)

Opening presents!!!
The awesome "sweet 16" card!

Sledding!! Oh it was SO much fun! (and nobody got hurt!

That's always a plus!)

:D A bunch of girls... yes it was an awesome party!

:) Criky and Me.

Isaiah bringing the balloons.

Chillin' in the basement.

So yeah... this is a really old subject to blog about...

We had a great time though!

Happy Birthday again Anna! ;)