A Day in the Country

While we were in Weir for the party, we took full advantage of soaking up the country life and the kiddos loved it. These pictures are all taken on my Uncles land, but when I was growing up, this was my great-grandparents' working farm.




Grayson LOVED the larger than life version of his John Deere tractor. As you can see, EH didn't hate it either! haha



This is my great grandfather's tractor that he used to take me riding on all the time during my summer trips to the farm. I can still smell his sweet smell on the leather seat and just seeing this tractor makes me want to shuck corn, shell peas and drink homemade lemonade.

Easter in a nut shell!

I am so far behind on updating this blog; these posts are going to be short and sweet! As you will notice, four year olds like to make silly faces and when said four year old has a mini clone that does everything she does, well, pictures don't turn out as cute as you would hope!



Sug made both kiddos Easter baskets when they were born. Each year we have taken their pics in their baskets and I'm afraid this will be the last year either of them will fit!

Easter pics after church!



Why didn't I get Grayson in this picture? Then I could have said all my favorite men in one spot!

We were all so worn out from all of the Easter Egg hunts Saturday and the cookout Saturday night, Kyle and I had to wake the kids up to find the Easter Bunny happies!
Look how tired they look! It took forever for them to get everything open! Kyle called them molasses because they were moving so slow!


This year we had a ton of egg hunts.
Here we are at the neighborhood hunt at the clubhouse.



Here they are after the hunt at school...

Zoo Fun!

We took advantage of the great weather Saturday and went to the Jackson Zoo.



Here are the wonderful elephants....


And our little monkeys looking at the monkeys.....


G-man soaking up all the animals!

Grayson's solo flight!

Two seconds. I turned my head for two seconds to call Haze outside to go riding on the golf cart and Grayson saw his opportunity and took it! He 'drove' the golf cart solo into the garage, hit the refrigerator and the freezer so hard, far and long that they both were unplugged once he stopped. We are so lucky that these are his only battle scars! He is all boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A month of updates!

When you ignore your blog for a month, you get a post like this in order to catch up!


Tuesdays have become pizza night at our house. The kids love answering the door and paying the delivery guy! Here's my crew chowing down!



Two bugs in a rug! I don't know what it is about a sleeping bag, but kids love them! These two love to camp out in their bags, under a homemade tent watching movies and eating popcorn! That's a good thing since it has rained almost every weekend for the past month!



A man in training......Kyle has to watch where he is going every step he takes these days because Gray is on his heels constantly! He wants to be just like his daddy! It is so cute! He is so strong and so mechanically inclined. It is amazing how different boys and girls are from birth!

The new swing set FINALLY!!!!!!

Kyle and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary on February 21st. We had all sorts of plans for a child free night of fun and romance, but when we woke up to the first warm, dry Saturday since November, all that changed and we decided to build the new swingset instead! Sug and Joe came over and we had it done in no time. Ok, it took a LONG time, but at least it is done! The kids both love it. Haze can swing herself (very high I might add) and Gray loves being on the big swing this year like his big sister!

Valentine's Day 2010

Oh, how far we have come! We turned a corner with Valentine's Day this year. Haze really cared about what cards we picked out for her friends, she wrote all of her friends' names on the cards and signed them. I mean, seriously, she is only 4! She also HAS to pick out her clothes now (including the shoes...anyway). Gray could still care less at this point about such things; give him candy and he is good to go. Day to day, time seems to lag on and on sometimes, but before you know it, time really flies! They are so much fun right now. Kyle and I are just trying to enjoy every moment we can with them as we know they will be grown before we know it!