1st Day of Spring

I'm loving the first day of spring this year. Usually it just depresses me seeing cold and snow outside and no hope of it leaving for months. But now, I look outside to the sunshine, warm temperatures, and FLOWERS!!! Blooms are everywhere, it is so pretty and happy. I get the faint scent of a nearby tree full of delicate petals when I go outside. It's so exciting to me. Here are a few pictures I've taken over the last few weeks in my excitment at having a real spring!!








Once I get used to all of this, I may have to move near my aunt Terri, where you can see it's always so beautiful.

Babies Babies Everywhere!

Here is the newest addition to our family.

Sarah and Lily

Tim (Bruce's brother) and Hillary's new twin girls.




So sweet. Congrats you guys!

Adventures in Tape

Dylan's been asking for tape a lot lately to hang his artwork around the house. While I was upstairs the other day, he got creative with the tape around the downstairs. I took off a bunch of pieces from walls before I thought to take pictures. So here's a little of what he did. The last few days, I've found more around the place. He had fun!!!

Trip to Tennessee

Me and the kids traveled to McMinnville, TN to visit my sister Kim a few weeks ago. It has just taken me forever to get these pictures posted. We had so much fun spending time with her family and meeting her newest little guy, Joshua. Our kids play really well together. They were out in the family room almost the whole time, we never really saw them much, which gave Kim and I lots of girl time. We watched movies, went shopping, made a ton of meals for her freezer, and ate really yummy but bad-for-you food. It was so great. Here's a bunch of pictures from that week.


The proud new mama. So sweet.

Joshua is such a sweet baby. He fusses when you try to lay him down in his bed. He's a little spoiled with all of us there holding him nonstop. But he's really a good baby and doesn't cry much.

Dylan and Caleb are such good buddies. They had lots of fun playing. Later, Caleb and Courtney found some things to do together, so Dylan and Gracie played together. Dylan will play with whoever will have him.

Here's pictures of all the kids taking turns with Joshua.


Big brother Caleb

Big sister Gracie

Courtney made a great babysitter for Kim. She would sit and hold Joshua for a while so Kim could get things done. She loves her little cousin. Her and I had to fight over him a few times.

Dylan, figuring out this baby thing.

Travis thought Joshua was great. I thought he'd get a little jealous with me holding him a lot, but he loved it. Is that a sign I need another one???

GO STEELERS!

I Thought We Moved To NC!

Last week, we got a big snow storm. Okay, it wasn't huge, especially considering what we used to live with. But for this area, it was big. Record snow falls of 4-6 inches. The entire area shut down for the day. All the schools were closed for 2 days. Bruce's office shut down. We had dentist appointments that were cancelled. Many businesses were closed. Basically, nobody left home unless they really had to. We didn't have problems driving, but for people who don't see this very often, driving is pretty dangerous. It's actually dangerous for us too because we have to be on the road with them.

The kids had lots of fun. They had a snowball fight with our neighbors, tried to build a snowman, jumped on the snow-covered trampoline. They stayed outside for a couple of hours enjoying this rare occasion. I stayed outside for about 20 minutes to take pictures, but then went inside for hot cocoa. That was enough for me!

It was pretty much gone within 2 days. Hopefully we won't get another storm like this for a few more years. Isn't that why I moved out here?

Our newest family member

Who is this cute little boy???

Find out here.

Can't wait to come see you next week!!