Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Easter 2018

 We are enjoying this beautiful Spring!! Easter time is always a blessing for us and this year was no different.  Makayla had to work all day Saturday of Easter weekend and Christopher was volunteering all day at the zoo's Easter Eggcitment so we took James Henry and David there to enjoy the zoo's festivities.
petting a bunny


getting eggs from the big animals 


playing games





The Easter Bunny
 We got to see Christopher doing his thing at a Zoo-fari cart with our family friend Kenzie and the famous Madagascar Hissing CockRoach.


 Saturday Evening, we dyed Easter eggs. We tried a new way with shaving cream. It was very messy!





 On Sunday morning before church the kids checked their baskets and like last year the big kids received gift cards. They seem to really enjoy them the best.






Easter Sunday 2018 Trinity Baptist Church 


 Easter morning was sooo cold and windy, so James had to improvise on his egg hiding skills and hide them indoors when we got home from church.











 We spent the rest of the day, just the 6 of us enjoying a traditional Easter lunch of Ham and sides and the kids wanted Strawberry Shortcake for dessert. Then we curled up together and watched the new Star Wars Movie.
Earlier in the week David's class went Easter egg hunting at a nursing home. It was so precious.










     

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Our kids as of late......

 David recently started patch therapy on his left eye. His right eye is far weaker than his left eye, so much that his brain has always known so and has just programmed itself to allow the left eye to do all the work. The hope is the patch will force his brain to make the right eye focus and work since the better left eye is covered and out of the picture so to speak. He wears his patch a minimum of 5 days a week at a minimum of 2 hours a day and a maximum of 5 hours a day. He has done amazing with it. He doesn't give us any trouble at all. We will continue with follow ups every 3 months and hopefully between his glasses and the patch, we can get him some real improvement.
 Makayla finally got her braces off!!! This was phase two for her, so she is done for life!!! She is just doing some retainer maintenance now and that is it. She has a beautiful amazing smile!

She also just started her first real job!!!  She is working at Wonderland Amusement Park. Yes, she worked a few weeks last summer at a Mother's Day Out with me but she did this interview, paperwork, training, the whole nine yards. Y'all, our kid is all grown up.



 James Henry got braces on!!! He got his put on over Spring Break. This is phase one for him and he only has them on the top teeth. He had absolutely no issues at all. Dr. Moore had to pull one baby  tooth that day so the tooth fairy left $5.00 for the trauma of a dentist pulling your tooth, although laughing gas tends to leave out all trauma.
 Christopher is doing great, still doing his thing at the zoo! He has had no medical procedures, ha! So, this is him last weekend holding a Madagascar Hissing CockRoach!

Monday, April 2, 2018

Our little Buddy

 We just got a sweet new addition to our crazy crew. His name is buddy and of course he is a miniature schnauzer. His color on paper is liver but he is a dark chocolate brown.
 He is already spoiled rotten and fitting in well with the rest of the gang. David may love him a little too much sometimes.
 He's a keeper for sure. He has a feisty personality and loves to talk and talk back. He thinks his bark is very serious.

 We just love our little guy!!