It speaks for itself...

Easter celebrations

Our Easter festivities began with an egg hunt at the boys' school on Friday and carried on through the weekend. Here are a few glimpses of all the fun...


For this to be his first time to really "hunt", Brice got the hang of it pretty darn quick. He was determined! And, by the way, he's determined when it comes to eating the candy too. He doesn't let a little thing like a wrapper get in his way. No, he just pops it in his mouth and starts to chew until the candy squirts out. I finally realized this SUNDAY morning so there's no-tellin' how many wrappers he's ingested. Oh to be a 2nd child...


Sam was just happy to see Mommy and Daddy and that the hunt got moved to earlier in the day to beat the rain. On the way to school he asked me to talk with his teacher about moving naptime until AFTER the Easter egg hunt!


Sam and I dyed eggs Friday after Brice went to bed. For those of you who "know" Brice, can you imagine if I'd let him take part?! Horrors!

A father/son discussion over what to tell the Easter bunny to put in Sam's basket. When did this turn into Christmas?

On Saturday Brian took Sam on his first EVER fishing trip! This is one of only two fish - both caught on Sam's Transformers fishing pole that he got for Christmas. He was so excited but confessed later that night that "Daddy was getting frustrated with himself because the line kept getting caught in the trees." I know that these "fishing trip confessionals" will lessen over the years, so I'm getting a kick out of hearing them now!

Brice rockin' out in his new shades, courtesy of the Easter bunny!

Sam, as expected, was thrilled with new monster trucks and Hotwheels cars.

A little brotherly competition.

A somewhat painful accomplishment...

Playing in the sandbox with Aunt Emme. So glad to have her home...along with fiance, Dave!

Attention ladies & gentlemen...Avery has arrived!

Four little monkeys...Brice (gettin' groovy), Sam (party like a rockstar), Avery (thinks her boy cousins are crazy) and Emma (the only one to cooperate).

Our precious boys: Brice, 21 months and Sam, 4 1/2.

A goofy picture with Grammy.

Sam after the Pine Hill Easter egg hunt. A tradition at my parent's house since I was a very little girl.

G-mama and Papa with two worn out, candy filled little boys!

Playing with bubbles from Grammy.

This was a great Easter! We are so blessed to have shared it with our wonderful family and friends.

Catching up!

We've been so busy lately that I just haven't had time to blog. Here's one "mega post" to catch up. Since I can't remember everything we've done and when it's all happened, I'm just going to post a few pictures, in no particular order, and you'll get the idea...

The boys and I met up with friends, Elizabeth, Nicholas and Will to watch the Cherry Blossom parade. Shaking hands with Star War's storm troopers was a highlight for the boys! I was shocked that they all weren't too scared to take a picture with these crazy clowns!

Just read the shirt. Click on picture to enlarge.

One of our box trucks (not this one) was recently stolen from our warehouse yard. Since we had to keep the remaining truck at our house until we added more security, we finally got around to taking a family photo with one of our company trucks. It's something we've been meaning to do since we started Rainbow International almost two years ago. We thought it'd be neat to have a picture of the boys with our "fleet" each year just to see how they and the business grow. And, yes, the other truck was found a week later, deserted off I-95 in Jacksonville, FL, in relatively good condition. We're thankful!

One day recently both boys were sent home from school (within hours of each other) with high fevers. This picture was taken once their fevers broke but they still didn't want to eat anything for supper other than to share Cheetos and grapes.

Sam talking on the phone with his "girlfriend", Tindal, who is 17 and I used to babysit her! The other night in the car, out of the clear blue, Sam said, "I just love girls. They're cute!" Lord help us!

Playing dress up in a Batman Halloween costume and a cowboy costume that was Daddy's when he was little.

The boys enjoyed the Trike-a-thon at their school. Sam was so proud to have the biggest bike and be the fastest!

My alley cats

Our neighborhood, North Highlands, est. 1870-1936, was created around an alley system. "Back in the day" the alley was used for all the service trucks and utilities. Now, some folks still put their trash cans out there, many still drive through to access driveways or garages in the rear of their homes (like ours), and lots of us love to just stroll in the shade. My boys love to walk in the alley and look for "treasures".

What a cool mom...

All of my sofa cushions and bombs away!

A Southern Sunday in the snow

How "classic" is this?


Thanks, Grammy, for Sam's snow boots! Who knew we'd ever really need them for snow?

We had fun in the snow this afternoon but we were also VERY glad to come inside for hot chocolate!

Let's read a book!

I captured this precious moment this morning before church. It speaks for itself.