Monday, April 23, 2012
Here comes Peter Cottontail...
We had a great Easter this year – fast paced – crazy, but enjoyed spending time with our family.
Saturday we spent the afternoon with Matt’s family hunting eggs and having a little cook out. It was a great start to some egg hunting and Easter bunny fun. Gracie, Savannah and Micaela hunted 100 eggs, so needless to say there were plenty to go around. A special thanks to Katie and Doris for hiding all 100 eggs. I think we found 98…
Gracie was all business…
Savannah was her happy little self even though she was sick with an upper respiratory cold and a nasty cough, she smiled the entire weekend.
Of course I did not succeed in getting any pics with my camera of their Easter dresses, but they are on my aunts. They were both so beautiful!
We attended Church with my Grandparents, Grace Methodist, in Lawtey, FL. A beautiful turn of the century wooden church, just the kind that I dreamed of getting married in, with a white steeple, amazing woodwork, stained glass windows and the bells still chime. The message was wonderful, but I must admit that both Matthew and my attention spans were short as we were admiring the wood working and beautiful details to the windows in that church. The ceiling was incredible.
After Church we all gathered at my Grandparents house for some Easter lunch, ham, baked beans, potato salad, mac and cheese – our traditional start to the Spring and Summer season. The Easter Bunny visited G-Pops and G-Mamas this year and left some very special treats for the girls as well as hid the eggs that we colored the night before. The bunny has the same method for hiding as when I was a child - little nest with a beautiful colored egg on top. ;) I have to tell you, I was so exhausted the night before that I just about colored the eggs without boiling them first. My Grandmother just so happened to ask, have you boiled those. Ugh, the brain of a working, exhausted mother of two… But, Gracie, Savannah, G-Mama, Terri and I got them all colored and oh glittered up for the Easter Bunny!!
Regardless of the goings on, we enjoyed celebrating but also know and talked with both of the girls the true meaning and the importance of Easter – our Risen Savior.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Spring Break 2012
We, Matthew, my Mom and I, decided to spend a few days in Cedar Key for the girls Spring Break this year. We knew we wanted to stay somewhere close to home and not make it a big issue, so we decided CK would be perfect. Matthew couldn’t really take off to go anywhere, so we came to him. We rented a condo at Cedar Cove, right on the beach. Had a great room with a really nice view – really enjoyed the balcony!! We spent Wednesday night, Thursday and Friday night down there – got up super early on Saturday and headed home.
Morning 1 – by 9:30am the girls were ready to go the beach!!
Loved being able to walk 10 feet and not have to haul a car load. We played, sunned, swam.
Around 11:00am half of Chiefland Elementary ended up at the beach, so Gracie just had a ball playing with a lot of her friends. Of course they all got really brave and the next thing we knew they were clear out to the buoys.
Ugh, that water – mud and all, and not a single care in the world. Guess as the old saying goes, ‘what you don’t know, won’t hurt ya’. Well as their mama, I can tell you I know what is in that water and although I’m not at all scared of it, I just choose to sit on the beach. Those crabs HURT!! I figure in due time, they will experience the same pain that many of us have at CK beach.
We relaxed by the pool – Matthew and the girls swam in the FREEZING water.
Gracie is a FISH!! Cold, hot, raining and dark of night, she wants in the water and doesn’t want to come out unless you bribe her or……… she has to poop. Sorry, just had to put that in there. What is it about the water that makes them have to use the bathroom like ASAP. Each day I knew we wouldn’t get far before the MOM I GOTTA POOP sound was heard.
It was a great escape for a few days! Thanks to my Mom for all that she did. The trip was wonderful, even though it was 20 minutes from the house, it felt like a 1000, and for that I was thrilled.
On Sunday I started (HA!) and finished my last two finals for my AA. Passed them both with an A. FINISHED – now to finish my B.S.!! For now, I’m taking the summer off!! Whewwwwww….
Morning 1 – by 9:30am the girls were ready to go the beach!!
Loved being able to walk 10 feet and not have to haul a car load. We played, sunned, swam.
Around 11:00am half of Chiefland Elementary ended up at the beach, so Gracie just had a ball playing with a lot of her friends. Of course they all got really brave and the next thing we knew they were clear out to the buoys.
Ugh, that water – mud and all, and not a single care in the world. Guess as the old saying goes, ‘what you don’t know, won’t hurt ya’. Well as their mama, I can tell you I know what is in that water and although I’m not at all scared of it, I just choose to sit on the beach. Those crabs HURT!! I figure in due time, they will experience the same pain that many of us have at CK beach.
We relaxed by the pool – Matthew and the girls swam in the FREEZING water.
Gracie is a FISH!! Cold, hot, raining and dark of night, she wants in the water and doesn’t want to come out unless you bribe her or……… she has to poop. Sorry, just had to put that in there. What is it about the water that makes them have to use the bathroom like ASAP. Each day I knew we wouldn’t get far before the MOM I GOTTA POOP sound was heard.
It was a great escape for a few days! Thanks to my Mom for all that she did. The trip was wonderful, even though it was 20 minutes from the house, it felt like a 1000, and for that I was thrilled.
On Sunday I started (HA!) and finished my last two finals for my AA. Passed them both with an A. FINISHED – now to finish my B.S.!! For now, I’m taking the summer off!! Whewwwwww….
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