More Celebrating!

Hoppy Easter!


Megan ended her school this week with a fun Easter party at school.


We've had a great year with Ms. Julie and Ms. Kathy!


Megan had fun hanging with one of her BFF's - Sydney.


My favorite part was the sack race... it took a long time to stop laughing at that one - but it was so fun and cute!


Nicole got to go to the party too... she really wanted to help Megan with her edible craft (a peep in a nest).

"Is it good?"

"Ok, Nicole here's a little bit"


And the celebrations just keep on going!

Soccer fever

My little Lady Razorback seems to love being a new soccer player!


And her little sister can't wait to be able to play soccer too!!!!


I have to admit that I have soooo enjoyed seeing her go after that ball. She's so fearless that I wonder if this may be a sport she really takes to.




This week at practice (the 2nd one), they scrimaged another team for about 15 minutes. It was quite the comedy of errors! But look at Megan's face and how excited she is to get to that ball!!!!






This weekend Megan has her first game - oh, I'm sure that will be nail bitting fun for her family!

Church Bowling

As most of our friends and family know, we've recently transfered our membership to a new church. We LOVE our old church - Dunwoody... we met there, were married there, our kids were dedicated there... It's hard to leave something that that "old shoe comfortable," BUT, our "life" is 20 minutes away (without traffic). We really wanted our home life and our ministry life to walk hand in hand - we wanted to be able to invite our neighbors and people we met at the park and at school to come to church with us. So after much prayer we found an amazing new church that is 1 1/2 miles from our doorstep. Starting over at a new church is a bit of a daunting task - especially when everyone at that new church is also new. So we are throwing ourselves in to get to know others, and to make this new church a true home!

Well this weekend, the children's ministry had a family bowling night... so of course we were IN!!!!!



Nicole didn't bowl this time but Megan made sure she explained it all to her little sister - who was her shadow.

Megan had a great time


And we enjoyed the laid back environment to get to know a few other families.

Egg Hunt

This weekend, Megan's preschool had their annual Easter celebration. The girls were enthralled with all the animals. It started with the annual "Blessing of the animals" and then moved onto a fun egg hunt.

While they waited, they took advantage of all the open spaces to practice their twirling (thanks to their new REAL twirly skirts)...


Then they were off....




It was a fun way to spend our Saturday!

Ballerina

This past week, Megan had a chance to FINALLY see her costume for her upcoming ballet and tap recital (in May).


It was a fun day of dance pictures. However, it was also interesting to see how much the girls disliked their costumes. Not because they weren't cute or anything - but because evidently, they are very very very very itchy. So, that could be a very interesting day!

At least my little ballerina is able to put on a happy face - hopefully the group picture will show lots of happy girls!

Update

I'm back.....

Sorry for the blogging hiatis. I know I've had a few emails asking where we were... we'll, we had a rough couple of weeks with Megan getting the flu, then I got the flu, Nicole was on Tamiflu to prevent her from getting the flu. Then of course, illness couldn't just end there - oh no, we had a horrible re-visit from Megan's asthma - which is now under control, thankfully!!!!! In the midst of all that, Tom had a conference out of town. Then to add insult to injury - we found out that Nicole has an abcessing tooth. :^( Tomorrow we have a consultation with the oral surgeon because more than likely, she'll have to have to have that tooth extracted - this is the same tooth that she chipped a year ago. We were able to keep in and healthy for a year, but it looks like nature is taking it's course and the tooth is dying. So she's on a long round of antibiotics to treat the infection while we make plans on what to do about that tooth now.

On top of all that - we are working on cleaning out the house, changing out wardrobes with sizes and seasons, and trying to get a room finished in the basement. Tired yet? I am!

All that to say - life has been crazy and the blog has been put on the backburner.
But I think I'm starting to get a grip on life again - now everyone seems to be well, the basement room is DONE, and although I feel like I'm still being swallowed by laundry - at least it's all clean!

The next few weeks will also include spring break, rearranging the girls room, Nicole moving to a big girl bed, and probably potty training. Oh I'm sure there will be lots of stories there! Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with them all!

Stay tuned, I'll try to get caught up in the next few days!

Sports

This past week (before all the illness hit our home), Megan was supposed to have her first soccer practice. She was sooooo excited!


I'm just glad we got out to practice in the backyard before "real" practice...

because as soon as we pulled out of the driveway - it started raining and our 1st practice got cancelled.

Nicole really wanted to join her sister in the soccer world - and the next day, she got her chance to meet her own coach! Nicole started her own little sports class - just for 2 year olds. Over the next 10 weeks she'll learn a little about T-ball, basketball, football and soccer. Her first class was so cute - she went right in without me. She turned around and said, "I go to MY coach!"
I peeked in the window just in time to see her have her turn at the T...

and learn how to run the bases...


She ran out at the end saying, "momma I had so fun!"
And I must say, Momma enjoyed her 30 minutes of not chasing anyone.

Sickness update.... Megan is doing better - she hasn't gotton her appitite back yet, but she's pepped up and is almost herself again, only tires easily. She didn't have her flu shot this year (yeah, note to self to not put it off next year) so it really hit her hard.
Nicole - I think she's ok. She seemed to have a lowgrade fever but was acting fine. We are laying low because now that she's on Tamiflu as a preventitive dose, she may have it and not really show symptoms. And if she does have it, it might be mild since she had the flumist. But if she has it, she's contagius - even without "real" symptoms.
Val - yeah, I think I have it. Early this afternoon I suddenly came down with a fever and horrible cough so, I started Tamiflu this afternoon. So with that and the fact that I did have the flu shot as well, I'm hoping that this is as bad as it gets and that my temp doesn't go up.
Tom - Thankfully he seems to be ok - we are praying that he doesn't get it (he had the shot too) because he has some major work commitments this week.