Happiness

I had a fabulous weekend with the girls. Gary was in Houston interviewing for jobs, and so it was just us girls for 3 days. We spent time at the mall, at Target, at the grocery store, meeting a good friend for lunch, planting spring flowers, painting our toenails, and just playing at home. It was blissful…especially because they were so well-behaved. I was able to have some great conversations with Anna Claire. She is becoming quite the conversationalist and is really fun to talk with.

In other news, I’m frantically trying to get caught up on laundry in preparation for my knee surgery on Friday (our laundry room is in the basement and I won’t be able to navigate stairs for a few days). And yes, my dear husband does do laundry – but he is so good about doing other chores around the house, I usually take care of the laundry (and fewer of my clothes experience shrinking – ha ha).

I’ve been so happy lately – the weather is warming up, I’ve been cleaning out closets like crazy and getting rid of stuff, spending some great time with my family, and just overall becoming more relaxed but also excited about our upcoming move. There will be parts that will be difficult, like leaving good friends, but I am excited about our upcoming adventure and am looking forward to decorating and nesting in our new home. I’m also excited to only work part-time and spend more time with Gary and the girls.

Life is good and I am richly blessed. :)

Cowboys and Indians

How you know your kids have been watching too many Westerns with your husband when you’re not home:

Anna Claire praying last night:

“Dear Jesus, please help those wild Indians not to be so wild.”

Busted!

Happy Easter To You!

Happy Resurrection Day to all of you!

I'm happy to say that Gary is feeling a bit better today and doing well. He even got out of bed this morning and came to church and to brunch with us. After we returned home from brunch, the girls looked at their Easter baskets and then hunted for eggs both inside and outside...then we all settled down for naptime, enjoyed a low-key dinner, and we ended the day with the girls in bed and Gary and I on the couch watching a Netflix DVD of CSI Miami - one of our favorite shows…it was a great day with beautiful weather and I was so glad that he was feeling well enough to participate.

Here are some pictures of the Easter egg hunting outside! The girls had such a great time and Leah really caught on quickly to how to pick up the eggs and put them in her basket. The flower headband is compliments of the Easter Bunny. :)

Sometimes, You Just Need A Girlfriend...

My friend D. is such a rock star. Gary is VERY sick with the flu (the kind that you get the flu shot for that obviously didn’t work for him). High fever, body aches, chills, bad headache, etc. The poor guy is miserable. Anyway, that means I can’t get out of the house without the girls to go get stuff for their Easter baskets. And obviously, I can’t do that or they’ll figure out who the Easter Bunny is, so I was going to go after they went to bed tonight. But my girlfriend D. came to our rescue and decided that she would help us out by doing a Target run for me. I opened the door, and sitting on the front doorstep was a 6-pack of Coke for Gary to settle his stomach, all the fixings for the Easter baskets for the girls, and a BIG Diet Coke with extra ice for me. Pure bliss. It just doesn’t get any better than a girlfriend who buys everything you could need or want for you when you can’t get out of the house.

I love you, D. You’re the best!

Momma Anna Claire

Overheard this morning over the baby monitor:

Anna Claire opens door to Leah’s room.

Anna Claire clucks her tongue and says, “LEAH! I am SO disappointed in you for taking off your diaper and throwing it on the floor. You are going to get a thump on the heinie!”

No response from Leah.

A few moments later, Anna Claire says, “Leah, now repeat after me…Que pasa, que pasa, que pasa!”

No response from Leah.