Easter 2016

 We had such a blessed Easter weekend. The kids were out of school Friday and James and Christopher went to see a movie,that evening we went to Good Friday service at church.

 After church Friday night we took the kids shopping at Lifeway for new bibles and covers to go in their Easter baskets.
We spent Saturday relaxing together, making desserts for Easter and dying eggs with the kids.
David was so much fun!! He wanted to put all the eggs into his one cup and of course he tried to drink the dye water!! I had forgotten how much fun little ones are at egg dying.

 I am so thankful that although my big kids are "big" they still endure me and participate.

 They did a great job!!

 Sunday morning we woke up to a blanket of snow covering the ground, it made for a beautiful back drop for Sonrise Service.

 We spent our church morning at the missions breakfast, sunday school and main service.

 James Henry's teacher sent me these pictures of his class!!

 After church we came home so David could nap and around 4:00 all the grandparents came over. The kids looked through their baskets.

 We ate dinner, which we ordered this year. It was great, everyone was able to relax and visit.
The kids hunted eggs.

 David actually "hunted" about 6 of them on his own. Then he dropped the basket and ran off to play.

It was just a great weekend together celebrating our risen Savior.

A New Adventure

So I started a little make-up business......

I sure did! I had been wanting/needing to try a new brand of make-up. I was having a lot of trouble with breakouts and other issues. I finally decided to take the plunge and try Younique and it has been amazing!! It cleared up my skin, healed my scars and the best thing about it is James tells me all the time that he loves my make-up! I have been with that man for 17 years and I don't even think he has ever noticed if I am wearing any make-up or not!!

One day he told me he noticed my lashes when I came in the room! 

I love it so much that I decided to become an independent presenter. 

 Younique is high quality naturally based cosmetics, something that is important to me now that Makayla is a teenager. I only want the best for her skin so shouldn't we all have the best?

 I am 24 days into my new adventure and it is going really well! James is an amazing supporter and I am having alot of fun!

I am very blessed by our friends and family who have supported me so far and I am already making new friends through this fun endeavor! Life is good! 

Spring Break 2016

We originally had very different plans for Spring Break. The plan was for James to stay here and get some remodeling done in the house while the kids and I visited family in Louisiana. Well, the week we were leaving David was very sick with the flu and Louisiana was having historical flooding.

So we made a plan B. James didn't get any remodeling done, lets face it, its really hard to do with 4 kids at home. James actually ended up traveling for work and the kids and I had a nice relaxing break.

We went to the zoo!

 David must have had a blast at the zoo because I found him sound asleep in his bed while we were making lunch.

 The kids played video games

 and did some shopping. Over Spring Break David learned to say cheese and make cheese faces!

 Christopher spent a day out with his friend Nicholas.

 We enjoyed St. Patrick's Day with shakes!

 David learned to climb on the table.

 On Friday, Christopher and Makayla went on a "mystery trip" with the youth group at church. James Henry stayed with his GG and Papa John and David and I headed to Oklahoma City to meet my mom and her best friend.
But first we had McDonald's for lunch. This was a big deal for my kids for two reasons 1) we rarely eat out and 2) its never fast food or McDonald's!

 The older kids were so excited David was eating his very first happy meal! James Henry actually told me it was the best day of his life :)

 The "mystery trip" turned out to be to an indoor water park in Clinton, OK. They had a blast!!!

 David was a great trip buddy!!

 We had a great time in OKC. We did some shopping, went to the Memorial, ate at Toby Keith's, and walked around Bricktown.

 My mom fed Davy chocolate cake at 10pm on the hotel's white sheets...the Nonna effect!!

 We really enjoyed our visit!

James got home early Saturday and while him and James Henry waited on everyone else to get home later in the day they enjoyed some time together at Chuck E Cheese and did some of their own shopping.

It may not have been the Spring Break we planned but it was a great week none the less!!