Easter 2009

Easter Weekend

2009

We started off Easter weekend with a cookout at Nana and Papa Jim's house and the big Easter egg hunt. The kids had alot of fun hunting eggs, jumping on the trampoline, and playing with the animals. I really thought it was funny, now that Natalie is getting older she was very picky on what eggs she picked up, she wanted to make sure they were the ones with the money in them.

The kids looking through their eggs, notice Natalie's and Chloe's matching outfit. It's so much fun that they can do this, but not for long!


Look what the Easter bunny left........

Natalie got Bath and Body Butterfly.

Izaak got Bedtime Stories.

Chloe got Barbie Thumblina.

Happy kids is a happy home!!

Easter Sunday morning, rushing to leave for church. Every year we really enjoy going to the Victory play. I can remember Chloe being a baby and us taking her. I really like that this gives our kids the real meaning of Easter, and the realization that Jesus died for us. How very thankful I am that he did!!

Natalie

Chloe

Izaak

My 3 babies, the joy they bring to our home is endless!

After church on Sunday we headed over to my Dad and Julie's for lunch. This is a picture of my brother and myself, I'm so very proud of him, and can't believe he will be graduating from college is just a few weeks.

My Daddy and I. He can NEVER take a good picture, but that's ok, I'll just post one of him in everyday form. :)

Chloe couldn't remember dying eggs last year, so this was really really exciting to her. She loves anything crafty and is great at making a mess, so this way right up her ally.

Being a boy, this only held his attention for a short period of time, he was the first one done.

Natalie writing on each egg, those clear crayons are really neat.

~~Having a great time~~

My sweet but tired babies. We had such a wonderful weekend! And we give God all of the glory for sending his son to die on the cross for us! Thank you Jesus!!

Larry's Birthday

Daddy's 43rd Birthday

4/7/09

The birthday boy, and as he says it he's 43 years young.
Yet another of Mommy's not so cute cakes, but what the hey, they taste great!

Daddy blowing out the candles, we just used the numbers 43, but the kids really wanted to put 43 candles on the cake.

The birthday boy opening the presents the kids got him. It's so funny on the way home from school the other day the kids wanted to stop at Walmart and they each wanted to pick out their own gift for Daddy. Chloe picked out house shoes, Izaak picked out a Kenny Chesney CD, and Natalie picked out a new release movie. Mommy struggles every year with what to get a man that has everything, so he got a new Can Am Renegade 800. I need to take a picture of it.

Daddy and Natalie

Daddy and the VERY sleepy Chloe Bug

Happy Birthday, honey! May the next year be a very blessed one! Your the best husband and daddy anyone could ever ask for, thank you for all you do for our family!

~~I LOVE YOU~~

Mommy and Bubby

Mommy's Little Boy

I can not begin to tell you what this little guy means to me!! These pictures were taken on Izaak's 6th birthday. Izaak is so sweet, and caring and loving, but yet he is ALL boy! One of my favorite times are when I watch him playing monsters and all the noises that little boys make. Mommy is so very thankful for you, Izaak!!

Izaak's 6th Birthday

Izaak's 6th Birthday

3/31/09

I just had to take this picture of Izaak eating breakfast, at this age, we have counted down the days until his birthday since before Christmas. This little guy has been sooooo excited about turning 6. It's so much fun to see the excitement in their eyes, when it's their birthday. This morning Izaak wanted his favorite, pancakes with syrup and LOTS of cool whip. YUM!

After school, Daddy was about to have a flippin cow! He order this atv a couple of months ago and never thought about seeing what the mph was on it or to even drive it. Well, this DS 70's max speed was 10 mph! WHAT!! Izaak's four wheeler he currently had went max speed 45-50 mph, so we knew this wasn't going to work. We decided to give this to him anyways, because the cycle shops were closed and there was no way Daddy wasn't going to have a new four wheeler sitting there for his boys birthday. This picture was great, though he had no idea that it wasn't a bad boy machine!

Any four wheeler this boy gets on he is smiling ear to ear! I just plead the blood of Jesus over my boys, and that's all a Momma and Wife can do when she has boys that love adventure as much as they do.

Time to open.....he woke up this morning wanting to open presents, so you can just imagine the anticipation by 7:00 at night.

My COWBOY Izaak

Izaak loves to dress up in Wranglers and a cowboy shirt and hat, thanks Papa Jim!

This is one monster truck loving boy!! Anything with a motor, actually. As I sit here, and think about the need to mow, the first thing that popped in my head was I could just see my son trying to ramp the lawn mower or even try to see if it could do a wheelie. Ha!

And what's a new four wheeler with out a super cool helmet? Thanks Uncle Steven, my helmet rocks!

~~Birthday boy~~
This birthday boy wanted steak, mac & cheese, salad, and garlic bread for his birthday dinner.

Izaak's atv cake, and boy is there a story behind this!

Blowing out the candles, being 6 years old is so much FUN!

The Day after Izaak's Birthday...........

Today Daddy went to see his friends up at M&W Powersports to get Izaak a bigger, faster atv. The one he got on his birthday was a DS 70, and this......this is a DS 250!!! Thank God that we can control the throttle, because this is just way to much of a machine for a 6 year old!

OH MY, the 2nd atv is 2 days! That's only what little boys dream of. This picture is a little blurry, but I love the look on Daddy's face when he see's his little boy **LIGHT UP**.

A big boy, for a big atv. Oh my, what is Mommy going to do? This picture reminds me so much of his 4th birthday when he got his Honda 90, his feet can't even reach the foot brake. But, Izaak has it all figured out, you lean your body over to the side and there you have it.

MY TWO FAVORITE BOYS

Happy 6th Birthday, Izaak

You are the best little boy any Mommy and Daddy could ever ask for!!

Natalie's Birthday Dinner

Natalie's Birthday Dinner/Party
10 years old

In our family, the birthday person gets to choose what they want Mommy to cook for dinner, and for Natalie's she chose chicken fettuccine with garlic bread and ceasar salad.



You know your doing something right, when you see your child smiling all the time!

Opening.............

Natalie and Mommy love Taylor Swift! Having a 10 year old is a lot of fun, when your belting out songs together!! I was so disappointed the other day when the Taylor Swift concert sold out in 45 minutes. But, that's ok, we'll enjoy Jonas Brothers together, even though Mommy has no clue any of the songs.

Natalie specifically asked for an Arkansas shirt for her birthday. She didn't want it to say Hogs or the University of Arkansas, she just wanted Arkansas, since that's where she was born.

And of course, High School Musical 3.


I don't know who has more fun buying presents for the kids birthdays, Mom or Dad. I would have to say Dad, he goes all out on his babies.......and what could this be.....


a plasma tv.....Daddy your the best!

And we can't forget the DVD player. Daddy and Natalie hooked this up right away, she has asked for a new tv several times, so she was super excited!

I love this picture because you can see Daddy and Izaak wanting to help Natalie blow out her candles. Happy Birthday Baby!