Spring!!!

Some more pictures from around here!!! Sorry it's been so long since I posted!

Long time...

So it's been forever since I posted! WOW.. life is just busy I guess! SOOO thankful to have spring upon us! Whatta gorgeous weekend we had.. fun to have the kids in shorts and T-shirts!!! Here are some of "spring " pics!! While I loved the snow we had this year, I am more then ready to welcome Spring!!!

SNOW !!!

So like many, we have been hit hard with SNOW~ Not sure the total amount, but it's well over 35 inches total, probably more! The kids have LOVED it.. Morgan was not a fan when it was blowing but she was tough and stayed out with us! The boys are crazy men on the snow hills and Morgan loves it too! We wiped out once and she had to sit with her Aunt B and Brynna for a bit, then we got her to down again! We've made snow cream (thanks JJ!) and even brought snow in on the days.. well, I was too lazy to go out for a 3rd or 4th time!! I think it's SO fun and it reminds me when I was a kid to go out at night.. it's so fun when it's dark but with all the snow it seems so bright. I took a few shots but they didn't come out that great.. but Here are a few during the day... they are in kind of in random order...
Gav on top of a little fort..


Brothers..


Inside eating our "Snow Cream"


Gav hanging out..


Yes, Morgan is licking ice off the house.. and Yes, I was photographing her...

Hugh cleaning his car off.. the tree to the right lost a ton of branches.. you can't tell from the picture, but there were at least 6 big branches down!


Our pretty house in the snow.. but man, we really need a power wash.. the white looks so dingy against the beautiful snow! Will have to get my dad on that this summer :) If you look to the left, you can see part of our driveway fence which is 6 feet, look how high the snow was there!


Hugh out shoveling for the 5th time that day.. we were trying to stay on top of it, since it was heavy snow and we do our driveway, our house and 2 of our neighbors... our backs were a bit sore! I've already caught him looking on Consumer Reports for snow blowers! Tax money might be used for something additional.....


MAN! It looks SOO dirty! But the snow is pretty!


Inside after the first big storm.. playing with snow in the sink!


Brayden in his igloo


Getting ready to sled... ( I didn't bring my camera to the hill)


Getting ready to go out.. .again!


Miss Morgan hanging out..

And eating ice...

Family Pic

We let the kids sleep in last Sunday , and went to the 11:15 service, so we actually had a non-rushed Sunday morning (rare) so I set the timer and took a few pics. I think this one came out decent! Hard, but everyone is looking at smiling! There is hope!

Family.....

Family.. what better thing is there? We recently had our family over for dinner and I just kept thinking the whole night how blessed I am.. I mean really blessed. God has blessed our family above and beyond. My brothers , their wives and kids, and my parents all live within minutes from each other, we worship together and are all serving in one way or another at church, and we are raising our kids together. What else could be better? I'm blessed. A friend of mine has been sick and going through so much and it has just made me SO thankful for my family's health. My parents are in the their 60's and completely healthy! What a blessing that is! I absolutely LOVE the fact that I can see my nieces and nephew grow up and be a part of their lives. I"m blessed. I have a wonderful husband who loves the Lord and loves me despite my faults. I"m blessed. I have wonderful friends, even one for over 25 years! I"m blessed. I have sister-in-laws that I adore and whom I call friends. I"m blessed. God has been good to me , despite my all my faults! I'm just feeling thankful. Below are some pictures from last Saturday night.. the kids dressed up and it was hysterical! We are blessed.


Bryn and Brayden... so sweet together!


Cam the Ham! Love her!


Ava- so funny!


Don't know about the hair thing..


Four of the gang...



The Gang, minus Landyn!

Updates....

Well, we have been busy.. again. I actually went to Raleigh last weekend with my long time friend. I flew in and she drove about 3 hours to meet me. We had a TOTALLY wonderful time.. we LOVE our hubs and kids to pieces, but seriously.. a weekend to sleep in till whenever we want, time to have NO schedule to follow, read when we want, go to the bathroom and not have a kid knocking on the door..... PRICELESS!!!! I did however come home and get a nasty sinus /head cold infection thing.. it's driving me crazy! But... we are well. I was making the kids snacks the other day, and THOUGHT my lil' 2 year old was in her room playing... I went to get her and felt a breeze... noticed the back sliding door was opened (normally it's locked and they can't open it, but they are into letting the dog out.. so it never got locked) I found Morgan had put on her rain boots and was walking around pushing her baby in an old umbrella stroller in the back yard!! Hilarious! I of course did what every other mother would do... got my camera! Here are a few shots....

"Oh Hi Mom.. here I am..."



Sitting down like a little lady...


She's lucky she's so cute! Like the crossed arms?


Love her!
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Couldn't decide whether I liked this shot in B/W or color...


Finally persuaded her to come in....



Felt bad not putting any pics of the boys in here..!!!!! They are OBSESSED with Toy Story!!!


He's pretty cute too hah?

Aquarium and Beach...

We really wanted to do a short day trip with the kids on break. Since Hugh had to Referee on Mon. And Tues. we decided Wed. it would be ! We took the kids to a small Aquarium at Point Pleasant. It was perfect (and a LOT cheaper then heading to Camden) PLUS we got to run around on the beach and go in the arcade afterwards! It was a fun day!

Brayden took this of Hugh and I .. I didn't add the 40 other shots he has of me running to him to get the camera..

My three cherubs...

Heading to the water... (yikes!)




In the Aquarium touching a starfish~!




This cracks me up! It's a diver suit,and Gav wasn't quite tall enough..


My big man was...


Touching something.. (forget what!)


This is in the arcade.. it's tough to get a good shot of this guy but I think this is adorable!