Easter Sunday

I hope each of you enjoyed a blessed Easter in celebration of our Risen King! Praise God, He's ALIVE!

We had a good weekend, with the exception of Craig being out on a flood claim all Saturday night. As you can see in the pics below though, he managed pretty well for 2 1/2 hours of sleep. A couple of months ago, Craig said he would like to get matching shirts and ties for he and the boys for Easter. I came up with a pretty close match and they were so sharp looking! They have been asking every week since we got them if they could wear them. They could hardly wait for the day to arrive.

Check out this handsome trio!


It was so sweet to watch Josh help his little brother with his tie tack. They were so proud to be dressed just like Daddy all the way to the Marine emblem. The only thing they were missing was sock suspenders....insider story! Maybe I'll share that one sometime. We did have several people at church ask if they had them.


The whole family. I felt like a total frump and decided to be the big blue backdrop! I have not felt like I've had the slightest bit of pregnancy glow. Nothing but blah! I'm hoping that will change. If not, I have a long 6 months to go...


We also did a LOT of egg hunting and ended up with WAY too much candy. I've eaten myself silly between the deviled eggs, chocolate and jelly beans. No wonder I feel frumpy! I need to get a grip.

It's Time You Should Know

I know that those who already know this have wondered what in the world I'm waiting for. Honestly, I don't know. I guess I just find it fun to know something you don't! But, I suppose now is as good a time as any to let you in on the secret. Craig and I are expecting baby number 3 at the end of September. I am a little over 12 weeks along and am beginning to feel better. Although, I still have moments of nausea. I can say for sure that this time has been different than the first two times when I couldn't keep a thing down for the first 12 weeks. This time I've kept everything in sight down, which isn't boding well for my figure! Everyone says maybe this means it's a girl. I don't know at this point, obviously, but we shall see... We will be thrilled either way.

I do have to share a quick story of the boys' reaction. When we told them, Josh wasn't happy AT ALL. I was kind of in shock by his strong feelings, not really knowing what to expect from them. He kept saying, "No, I don't want you to have a baby, are you REALLY?" I kept saying, "it's going to be a long time." But he kept on repeating, "NO, are you really?" All the while Andrew is kicked back on the couch saying, "it's too late, it's too late, it's too late." Talk about funny and disturbing at the same time! You'll be glad to know, however, that it only took a couple of days for Josh to come around and now he is SO excited. They talk about the baby everyday and if you ask if they want a brother or a sister. Josh will say he doesn't care and Andrew says he wants a sister, "because we already have enough boys."

We appreciate your prayers for a healthy pregnancy, delivery (C-section) and BABY. We'll be sure to keep you in the know now that the cat is out of the bag! :)

Spring Cleaning

So, you would think since I haven't been blogging that I've been busy busy busy cleaning up my house like a mad woman! Unfortunately, that is not the case, which is why I am SO proud of what I accomplished today! The boys and I cleaned out their room. Yes, I actually let them help me because frankly, it was too overwhelming even for me (much less them) to do alone. Hence, the reason it took so long to get motivated to do it. I thought I got before AND after pictures, but somehow the before pictures didn't take. So I can't show you the extreme difference that was made. It is impressive though, just take my word for it. Here are the afters...




Wow! I look at these and wish SO badly you could see what it was like before. This just doesn't do it justice! Literally, you could not see the floor and there were HUGE piles all the way around the room. Not to mention the dismantled bed blocking it all in! I'm telling you, it was bad. But it is nice now and I'm SO HAPPY! Weeeee....I wonder which room is next?