Spring has sprung

I can hear my mother now, in that tone....."Well its about time you did another blog, nobody cares about your weird 20 things anyway"......so here you go mom. You are so pleasant. And yes, she actually asked me why I wrote my last blog 20 things. She found it very uninteresting.

Spring is here and wow this weather has been pretty nice this week! We have been outside everyday this week, well except for today since it rained. Things have picked up and we have begun our busy months. Here are some pictures of March and Easter.

This is a picture of us with my mother in law, otherwise known as Nanny, she spent many hours teaching me how to make the girls Easter dresses. I enjoyed my time with her so much. She is such a wonderful grandmother to my girls, and spoils us all rotten. She has the patience of Job and taught me how to sew while my kids ran around her house crazy and pulling out every toy they could find. I am so thankful for her and hope she will help me take on other outfits..........I mean Nanny if you read this, we can give it a few months before we start another project. You deserve a much-needed break!!! and Thank you for teaching me to sew, I had so much fun!!! Not to mention, I have never been more proud of something I made (with your EXTRA help)!!!

This is a family shot of us on Easter, yes the sun was out and shining bright!!

Sittre Paige showing off her dress. and just showing off period.


The girls in their dresses. They had coordinating fabrics. SP had a turquoise color and Stella had pink, but both the monograms were in turquoise. Jared hates it when I put them in the exact same outfit, but I have finally got him to accept "coordinating" outfits.

Sittre Paige in her dress, we tried to take the picture outside, but she started crying because she couldn't see due to the bright sun so we got a lovely picture in our beautiful garage.

Stella cooperated and the didn't mind the sun.

The girls Easter baskets, poor Stella the Easter bunny brought her Easter shoes!!! How not fun! Atleast she don't know that yet. Tried to stay away from lots of candy because I get tired of telling SP she can only have 1 piece a day. I feel like I am such a warden (staci, pops or lovey do NOT comment) when it comes to candy but I just feel it is such a waste. I just don't want my kids on a sugar-high all day. Well and especially since SP has already had TWO cavities, I just don't like it hanging around our house. But, let me point this out if you are into interesting tid-bits. If you notice in SP's basket a bag of twizzlers. I bought my mom this awesome book for Christmas called "Eat this, Not that", WONDERFUL, tells you what types of foods are a better decision for you over other ones. I love it (purchased at Target, they also have a restaurant edition). Can I just tell you what the worst candy you can eat is..................skittles!!!! The best candy to eat is twizzlers. I mean I guess no candy is good, but they say if you have to have one pick the twizzlers. This house is steering clear of skittles, hey I love them just as much as the next person but being labeled the worst candy on the shelf kinda scares me, especially with the horrible teeth history I have and apparently have already passed down to my first-born.

We went to Bass Pro with our friends Matt and Amanda and their little girl Mattie. This was a hilarious trip because we took the kids to get a FREE picture with the Easter bunny. Well neither one of the babies cared for the bunny and my child especially could be heard throughout the whole shop screaming bloody murder. I actually think she screamed harder with the bunny than with Santa. This girl is NOT into characters!! I wish I could post the pic, I was not able to even hand Stella over to the bunny due to the major freak-out session so I was in the picture holding a screaming child. Another priceless picture.

Sittre Paige's 3k class at the Easter Egg hunt

SP's class showing off their baskets

The girls

Sittre Paige and her dear friend Savannah at the Easter egg hunt

I was in charge of the "special snack" for the 3k Easter party. I chose the cross cookies because this is the whole reason for Easter. I never want to get caught up in the bunny and the eggs. I love my Savior and am so proud to serve a Risen God. Instead of arose, Sittre Paige thinks Jesus "grows" from the grave.

My wonderful Aunt Debra sent the girls these shirts for Easter. I made SP wear hers to every Easter event!! They were so cute!!

One Saturday we had SP's dance recital pictures. This was eventful 2 1/2 hours. enough said.

These pictures are out of order but this was an Easter Egg hunt in Trussville at the ballpark. It was neat because it was a "night" egg hunt. The kids had to bring their flashlights to find the eggs. Although it wasn't pitch black dark, it was such a fun idea. SP found a "prize" egg, and won a tennis ball. Just what we needed.

Stella hanging out in her highchair one day. She was extra smiley so I got a good shot! She turned 14 months on March 29th!! I can't believe how much she is growing. She has become somewhat of a terror with all her teeth-cutting. Her molars are in and not to mention another bottom tooth coming in as well. Fussy is a good word to describe this baby at the moment.

Another picture from her dance recital picture day.

SP had "Tie Day" at school one day and frankly I was like what??? Not wanting SP to feel out of place if she didn't have a tie, I found some extra material hanging around our house and sculpted her a tie. Yes I hand-stitched this thing up at 11pm the night before. Its not too shabby and I will save it for Stella's tie day one day in the future. Although I begged the teacher to make SP take the thing off after a class picture because with her luck she would have likely strangled herself that day.

Okay, a couple big weekends coming up for us so I will be back shortly for the 2 readers that care!!!

My sorority ZTA is turning 100 years old at UA so I will be spending a night in Tuscaloosa with some best buddies next weekend for a fun event and then the following weekend its off to the beach we go!!! Family time is just around the corner and with our crazy schedule lately I have been missing my man. Its hard to believe we actually live together, sometimes I feel like I never see him! Stay tuned!