Spring Break-Day 4

Today we watched my niece and nephew to help their parents out since they are leaving soon to go to the mission field. We went to McDonald's and played for a little while but by the end of the day we had to get creative! The girls created several masterpieces with paint and stamps. The boys played air hockey while Joshua watched them intently. Now, it is on to fix supper....

Laurie Grace's masterpiece is on the left and Beth's is on the right!

Tangled

Since it was rainy again today, Laurie Grace and I along with Erin and her girls went to the movie theater to see Tangled. This was one of the first movies that LG has ever been to. She was so excited! We bought our tickets and she got a drink, popcorn, and candy. The movie itself was great and we only had to use the bathroom about three times! It truly was a memorable experience with my little girl. I am so glad that she is getting a little older and we are starting to be able to do some things together just us girls.

Laurie Grace turns 4!!!!

I can't hardly believe that my baby girl is now four years old! She was so excited to have a birthday party but did not want to turn 4...she simply wanted a party. Well, she had a party and a half! First since her actual birthday was on a Wednesday and she went to school wearing a beautiful dress from her grandmother and grandaddy so we sent cupcakes to school. They had a great time enjoying the strawberry cupcakes. Then she also took cupcakes that night to Awana. They also had a great time and she got a beautiful gift from her Awana leader. The party was scheduled for the following Saturday at Stoneledge park in Duncan. The past couple of weeks the weather had been beautiful so I assumed that 3/26 would also be pretty.....BIG MISTAKE! That Saturday it was cold and wet, so I had to make some quick decisions. I was able to secure the McDonald's on 290 at the last minute and so we moved the party. Despite the weather, Laurie Grace and all her friends had a great time! The same day we had LG's party, we also had a small family gathering to celebrate Beth's birthday. She will be 5 in May but since her family is moving, we celebrated a little early. We went to McCallister's for lunch and I made her a gluten-free cake. It didn't look so good but it sure did taste good!

We are so blessed to have a sweet little girl in our family. Laurie Grace you are so full of life and love and I can't wait to see what God has in store for your life baby girl! Continue to love God and others and continue to be the generous, loving child that we know you can be. Happy Birthday!!!

Playing the Course

Chris took the boys to the Creek golf course on Tuesday since it was the only day during the spring break week that it did not rain. The weather did not cooperate for spring break. The whole week was unseasonably cold and rainy. Jonathan and Nicholas love to play to get out and play golf at the big course and they are able to play at the junior course for free. They really enjoyed their new clubs too.

Adopted!!!

I am so glad that I am adopted into the family of God! The Bible says in Romans 8:15, "For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, 'Abba! Father!'". I love this verse and this verse is being used to help some friends of mine with their fourth adoption! They are selling Tshirts with the reference to this verse on them to help raise money for the adoption costs. I wanted to help them out so I bought a Tshirt, but I also love the fact that it allows me to make a bold statement without saying a word. I hope and pray that I have the opportunity to share the gospel because of this Tshirt! Here is what it looks like (Nicholas was my photographer):

Some Spring Cleaning and Rearranging

Recently, I bought the children some new bedding. The boys had used theirs for quite a while and Laurie was using some that my MIL sent over. Nicholas and Jonathan decided that they wanted some with a sports theme...which is appropriate since they both enjoy lots of sports. I also changed up their decorations so that they would match the new bedding. The bedding is beautiful in tones of red, blue, and brown and I think it will grow with them for several years. Laurie Grace however didn't have much of a preferance as long as it was pink and had princesses or fairies. I have never been a big fan of character specific clothes or bedding, however we I went looking for her bedding I actually liked the character bedding better than I did the generic stuff....go figure! I could not find what I really wanted which was a beautiful generic fairy bedding. But I did find and buy a princess bedding with soft pinks, blues, and purples. Laurie loved it and it is starting to grow on me too. Since I was in the redecorating mood, I went ahead and did the main bathroom too. I went with more neutrals in that room though...chocolate brown and blue. The shower curtain doors finally got covered up too! I am posting some pictures so that you visual people can get a better picture.

Making Valentines

This year we did valentines for both of the boys' classes and the kids in Laurie Grace's class....53 valentines in all including the teachers!!! Nicholas wanted to hand write all of his cards. It took him about 3 days to do so but he finished and addressed all 17 by himself! He gave valentines with friendly looking monsters on them and Jonathan gave race car valentines out. Jonathan, however, did not address his own cards, his mother did...all 22 of them. We attached little bags with hersheys kisses to the boys' valentines and sent them to the school on Friday. The boys had a great time at their parties and brought home alot of candy!

Teachers' valentines

Jonathan's valentines

Nicholas' valentines

Laurie Grace has her party on Monday. She currently has some kind of random virus and so we are hoping that she will be better by Monday so she can go to her party. For the girls in her class, we made little barrettes and for the boys we did matchbox cars. The teachers were not left out either. We made some cute valentines for them too...using hand sanitizer!

I am also planning to give my kids a little something special on Monday including some homemade valentine cupcakes. I hope everyone has a great day celebrating the greatest of these...LOVE!