Sunday, March 31, 2013
Easter 2013
We had a great Easter Sunday! Addi and Austin woke up to overflowing Easter baskets from the Easter bunny, we had a wonderful church service with 10 baptisms, and then had our extended family over for lunch after church for an afternoon of eating delicious food, socializing, and playing.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
Miraculous Surprise Party...
Anyone that knows my mom would agree that trying to pull something over on her is like trying to predict Kentucky weather.... IMPOSSIBLE, especially lately! Because we are super crazy motivated, we decided to plan a SURPRISE 60th birthday party for her. We planned to have it at their church with lots of friends from church along with lots of family. The "trick" to get her there was that a sweet lady from their church (who is in charge of getting volunteers to fill communion cups) was going to call her on the day of the party and ask her and dad to come and fill communion cups because the person who was supposed to be doing it that day was sick (or something along those lines). We thought it was the best possible idea of an "innocent" way to get her there without suspicion.
The party was scheduled for Saturday, March 9th--her birthday was on the 12th. Since her actual birthday was on a Tuesday, we had told her ahead of time that it would be easier to celebrate her birthday over the weekend. So we decided to all go out to dinner on Friday night, March 8th, to celebrate. In order to keep her suspicions low, we took presents to dinner and even a birthday cake. After eating at Copper River, we were too full at the moment to cut the cake so we all went back to mom and dad's house for cake (even though Lyndi and I had a ZILLION things we needed to be doing at home in preparation for the party the next day)!
The day of the party, there was lots to do. We had planned to have a full meal at the party--fried chicken (from Walmart) and lots of sides that Lyndi and I prepared. We had corn, green beans, hashbrown casserole, baked beans, and rolls along with a cake adorned with 60 roses! Oh and we had a crock pot of hot dogs for the kiddos and chips.
Dad was supposed to have her at the church around 4:45-5. Guests started arriving around 4 which was great since we needed lots of help trying to finish food, get tables decorated, and keep our kids under control. Thankfully, it was a beautiful day and we had brought the kids' tryicycles with us so that they could play outside while we got ready for the party inside the church. Thank goodness for Brad and Craig being there to watch the kids outside while we worked inside (Randy was still at work).
Everything was going great.... The guests had arrived--LOTS and LOTS of people. Even more wonderful was the fact that ALL of my mom's siblings and ALL of my dad's siblings were there along with our grandparents. Even more amazing is the fact that none of their parents or siblings live close--they are ALL from out of town--my mom's sister came the furthest--all the way from Macon, GA!
The moment had arrived--we got the "fake" phone call from dad which was his sign to let us know they were close... They walked into the room to a thundering SURPRISE followed by the singing of Happy Birthday. Tears fell down mom's face--it was beautiful--the truest sign that we had pulled it off. Her body almost went limp as she leaned onto my dad. She was happy to be surrounded by family and friends. Blessed. She is blessed. And we are blessed to have her in our lives.
The party was FANTASTIC. We got many compliments on the food. I didn't get many pictures because I was too busy but we had lots of help cleaning up afterwards and then the kids (and adults) congregated outside soaking up the beautiful sunshine that God had given us that day. It was an exhausting, stressful, and then perfect day.
The party was scheduled for Saturday, March 9th--her birthday was on the 12th. Since her actual birthday was on a Tuesday, we had told her ahead of time that it would be easier to celebrate her birthday over the weekend. So we decided to all go out to dinner on Friday night, March 8th, to celebrate. In order to keep her suspicions low, we took presents to dinner and even a birthday cake. After eating at Copper River, we were too full at the moment to cut the cake so we all went back to mom and dad's house for cake (even though Lyndi and I had a ZILLION things we needed to be doing at home in preparation for the party the next day)!
The day of the party, there was lots to do. We had planned to have a full meal at the party--fried chicken (from Walmart) and lots of sides that Lyndi and I prepared. We had corn, green beans, hashbrown casserole, baked beans, and rolls along with a cake adorned with 60 roses! Oh and we had a crock pot of hot dogs for the kiddos and chips.
Dad was supposed to have her at the church around 4:45-5. Guests started arriving around 4 which was great since we needed lots of help trying to finish food, get tables decorated, and keep our kids under control. Thankfully, it was a beautiful day and we had brought the kids' tryicycles with us so that they could play outside while we got ready for the party inside the church. Thank goodness for Brad and Craig being there to watch the kids outside while we worked inside (Randy was still at work).
Everything was going great.... The guests had arrived--LOTS and LOTS of people. Even more wonderful was the fact that ALL of my mom's siblings and ALL of my dad's siblings were there along with our grandparents. Even more amazing is the fact that none of their parents or siblings live close--they are ALL from out of town--my mom's sister came the furthest--all the way from Macon, GA!
The moment had arrived--we got the "fake" phone call from dad which was his sign to let us know they were close... They walked into the room to a thundering SURPRISE followed by the singing of Happy Birthday. Tears fell down mom's face--it was beautiful--the truest sign that we had pulled it off. Her body almost went limp as she leaned onto my dad. She was happy to be surrounded by family and friends. Blessed. She is blessed. And we are blessed to have her in our lives.
The party was FANTASTIC. We got many compliments on the food. I didn't get many pictures because I was too busy but we had lots of help cleaning up afterwards and then the kids (and adults) congregated outside soaking up the beautiful sunshine that God had given us that day. It was an exhausting, stressful, and then perfect day.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Another update...
Just wanted to do a quick update on Addi. She hasn’t worn a pull up or anything to bed in probably two months and there was only one night where she wet the bed. We just make sure that she doesn’t drink anything other than milk before bedtime and then we ALWAYS have her use the potty right before we lay down. It’s been a breeze! We are so proud of her.
She has been doing a lot of funny things lately. She tries to talk without opening her mouth and she will close her eyes and try to walk around (like a blind person). She is becoming very aware of her senses—her sense of smell is supersonic!
We have been working on letter recognition and she is very good at being able to name about 10-12 of the alphabet letters. Before summer arrives, I think she will have them all!
She will start Little Elk’s playschool program for 3 year olds in the fall. It will be Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9-12. I’m still in shock that the time will be here soon but I know it will be great for her and she will enjoy it.
She is still working a lot of puzzles and has a couple 48-piece puzzles that we do. She doesn’t do them entirely on her own but she is very good at them nonetheless!
She is still a very finicky eater but has been drinking SO MUCH MILK lately. I have never given her chocolate milk for fear that she won’t ever drink white again but I’m so glad that she is a good milk-drinker.
She is still very much mommy’s girl and asks me to “hold you” quite a bit. I love that but she is getting so big that it is becoming more of a challenger for me to hold her for any length of time!
She loves picking out her clothes and would like to wear a dress about every day! She definitely likes to be involved in the decision process of choosing her daily attire—it’s quite an event in itself!
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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