Most Exciting News of Last Week

I forgot to blog the most exciting news of last week! I booked the airline tickets for our 10th wedding anniversary trip! (Dad booked the lodging 3 months ago.) Our 10th anniversary actually takes place on July 4, but we're taking our trip December 2008. We're not luxurious people, so we'll be staying in a tent cabin in the US Virgin Islands! Here are some photos I found on Flickr... I can hardly wait to take my own! Anybody have any recommendations for an underwater camera???

1. Sergeant Major (2), 2. Starfish in Leinster Bay,
3. St. John - US Virgin Islands, 4. Sunset IV,
5. virgin island pics 356, 6. virgin island pics 298,
7. virgin island pics 423, 8. Maho Bay Tent Cabin - D2,
9. our tent cottage at Maho Bay

This reminds me... please pray for Dad between now & December! He's never flown & is a "bit" apprehensive... already!

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This Busy Week

This has been a busy week! Here I find myself playing catch up again. Tuesday was a beautiful day (though windy!) & we enjoyed some play time outside. Elizabeth is now big enough to enjoy the coup!


Tuesday evening, David & I went to the Auburn Cemetery with Grandpa to photograph a tombstone for someone. While we were there, David did some investigation of his own. You can see those photos on Grandpa's blog. There were lots of beautiful iris blooming this time of year, so I took some photos.


Wednesday & Thursday we did some more work at the North Place, passing the time while we wait... and wait... and wait for the bank to give us the OK. We marked the corners of the house, took down an old fence, and cleared some brush. Here's Elizabeth hanging out in her new room:

Actually, I think her room is more to the right. David is helping Dad drive a t-post. : ) Notice that David is even dressed like Dad?

Friday, I made some banners for Aunt Sissy's e-books at CurrClick.com. Here's one of them for her book, Childhood Stories of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.


And here's one I made for myself:

Later, David asked me, "Will you draw a pipe organ?" So I did my best to draw a pipe organ for him, making sure to get all the parts he requested: big pipes, little pipes, horns, two keyboards, and foot pedals. He colored it and then proceeded to play it the rest of the evening.

Tiny Talk Tuesday

I almost didn't post TTT today since I was so late getting to it. We took Grandma to get her broken toe checked out this morning & it took forever! Anyway, Aunt Jana had commented that she really enjoys the tiny talk, so I'd like to dedicate this late edition of Tiny Talk Tuesday to Aunt Jana.

Seems that fishing with Uncle Glenn over Christmas made quite an impression on David! In January, I made a fishing game for David because he kept talking about it. This week, he was playing with his "fishing pole" (which is actually a modified cat toy) saying, "I'm going fishing! I'm Uncle Glenn! I'm gonna catch a big fish!"
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Then there's also been the Dad imitation going on this week:
"I'm Dad! I'm riding a fire truck!" "I'm Dad! I'm spanking Tort!" (the cat likes to be petted rough) And more things that Dad might not want me to blog about.
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In the car one evening, something reminded David of a previous anatomy discussion we had, and he started talking about his pecs having milk in them. Reminding him of the previous explanations, I said, "No, pecs don't have milk. Mommies have milk for feeding babies." David replied, "My pecs have chocolate milk in them!"

Read more Tiny Talk at Not Before 7. It's always a hoot to check them out.

I've been toying with the idea of adding music to my blog for a few weeks now. When I heard this new song by Steven Curtis Chapman, One Heartbeat at a Time (lyrics here), I decided to go ahead & test run my "Mommy Playlist" on this post. Let me know if you do or don't like music on the blog. In the meantime, enjoy some of my favorite mommy songs.

(I edited this post so that the music is not auto-starting, so if you want to enjoy my Mommy playlist, you'll have to click play!)

Easter Sunday with the Fam

The garden hose served as the starting line for the Easter egg hunt at Grandma & Grandpa's house. The "kids" were lined up in order from youngest to oldest. Notice that the oldest is Grandpa, with the biggest Easter basket ever!

David found Grandpa's bucket just sitting there & decided that was the way to go!

Elizabeth threw up several times throughout night, so we didn't make it to Easter services at church. I did put the dress on her for photos, though!

I'd like to thank Tia Taya for handing down the perfect Easter dress for our little Ladybug! I think she'll wear it next Sunday.

My Siblings...

In just one take, I can get a photo of my sister's family like this:

Then it takes multiple tries to take a picture of my brother's family... and they end up looking like this:

and this, their Easter family photo:

I love to dye Easter eggs!

I love to dye Easter eggs! David seems to enjoy it, too, but I think I could go longer than him! I bet I could dye every egg in the store's egg case. We just had 28 to dye.

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I showed Dad the photos of the eggs & he asked where they were (we dyed eggs on Saturday while he was at the station). I told him the eggs with markings on them, I made the deviled eggs we had for... AAAHHHA! The plate of deviled eggs! I forgot to set them out for lunch! Guess we're having deviled eggs for supper.

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The rest of the eggs were raw. We'll be using them throughout the week.

Happy Easter, by the way!

First Day

For the first day of Spring, Elizabeth wore her hair in dog ears for the first time!

Pre-Easter Celebrations

Saturday before Palm Sunday, we had our Easter get-together at Grana's house. Before we went over there, David helped MawMaw dye some of the Easter eggs for the big hunt! I think there were about 350 Easter eggs for 6 kids, one of them being Elizabeth!

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Here are David & Elizabeth with their cousins before the egg hunt:

Elizabeth had just reached over & touched David's basket... which was a no-no in his eyes!


I took pictures on the "little kids side" of the yard first & by the time I got over where the big kids were hunting, they were done! They didn't waste any time!

I thought the time of day & lighting were perfect for taking pictures! Here are some of my favorites:

Trying to open a melted Kiss.

Playing with a toy from an egg.

Playing with a pile of eggs.

Tiny Talk Tuesday

One month 'till Mom's birthday! : )

On with the tiny talk...

Outside, watching Grandpa's dog, Bob Barker, roll around on his back in the grass, David said, "Hey, Bob, what are you doing? Did you see him flopping around?"

Yes, I saw him. Then Bob started making that dog moan that they do while rolling around & David said, "Did you moo? Are you a cow, Bob?"

Then Bob got up & started chasing his tail. I said, "Look at him chasing his tail!" David, started shaking his rear & said, "I'm chasing my underwear!"

While watching my favorite show, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, there were commercials for Oprah's Big Give coming on next. David saw Oprah before I turned the TV off & said, "Did you see Okra? Okra is a lady."

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In the car yesterday, David made up a new song. It went a little something like this, "It's Patrick's Day... It's Patrick's Day... It's Patrick's Day... It's Patrick's Day... It's Patrick's Day... It's Patrick's Day..." I wish I could type the tune out for you. It was very creative.

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There he is on St. Patrick's Day, enjoying juice from his green cup, eating green eggs for breakfast! Click here to see our St. Patrick's Day photo. We were celebrating our Irish heritage. : ) NOW, we can get on with celebrating Easter!

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See more Tiny Talkers over at Mary's!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!