Happy Easter Everyone!!

Happy Easter! We're back and bloggin'. We had a short, but great, visit with Lolli and Pop this weekend. Lolli left early Sunday morning to surprise our cousin Rayla Bay so we got some good picts with Pop!

Pop was a trooper: dying eggs, telling us the true meaning of Easter, chasing the Easter Bunny (see below), and helping us find all the hidden eggs.

Since we had another hand, we actually got a family picture for Easter. Yeah! AND it appears that there are four people smiling at the same time...its a good day!

We had an Easter Social yesterday at Church. It is tradition for the kids to color hard boiled eggs, the Easter Bunny hids them, and then everyone goes outside to find them with their buddies. Clayton was all over these eggs!!! He didn't want to eat them but he carried them around for 2 days. We're going to have to blow them out next year if he's going to continiue to hort smelly eggs. This picture is of him either kissing or smelling the eggs...

Ahhh, what my husband does because he can't say 'no' :)!!! This was the final year for Chris to be the Easter Bunny at church. He does such a great job of hopping in, scarring the little kids and winning the hearts of the big kids! Way to go Babe!

Girls are from Venus, Boys are from Mars....

Venus or Mars....it's all outerspace, right? Here's a whole bunch of pictures from March of our "out-of-this-world" children. Clayton is determined to do everything like Dad, including wearing his towel to model Chris.
Ahhh, the joys of long/fine/baby hair. It makes Bed-Head picture perfect!

She doesn't have a whole lot to say but she's getting really good at her signs. This is her sign for more and as you can see....it's always used in the KITCHEN.

My Mad Scientist is making a test tube volcano that Uncle JB and Aunt Janessa gave him for Christmas. JB told him to save his experiments for a rainy day. Sure enough, Clayton woke up, it was raining, and he remembered his science project.

This is Laney's prayer-stance. She'll gobble up as much food as she can until we all sit down and then cross her hands like she's been waiting to say the prayer the whole time :)

Monster Truck "JAM"

We had a fun little (LOUD) outting with our friends, the Mays and Hamblins, while Laney had a jolly good time with the sitters and Jacek.

Can you tell in this picture that Clayton had fallen asleep on the way to the arena and Dad was a bit over-excited about the whole event?

It was pretty fun. Mom thought that she mostly came for the cotton candy...but little did she know that the moto-cross would win her....attention.

Where's the muscle shirt you say? Well, apparently if you go to the matinee, they are not required attire.

He was just waking up, and starting to clap, as the show was coming to a close. He was awake enought to realize that he loves the Grave Digger and that he wants a "giant" one for Christmas.

We Love You and Will Miss You Reed!

Our Perfect Child

As our children were born

We wanted them to be perfect.

When they were babies,

We wanted them to smile and be content playing with their toys.

We wanted them to be happy and to laugh continually

instead of crying and being demanding.

We wanted them to see the beautiful side of life.

As they grew older,

We wanted them to be giving instead of selfish.

We wanted them to skip the terrible twos.

We wanted them to stay innocent forever.

As they became teenagers,

We wanted them to be obedient and not rebellious,

mannerly and not mouthy.

We wanted them to be full of love, gentle and kind-hearted.

"Oh God give me a child like this" was often my prayer.

One day He did. Some called him handicapped....

We call him perfect!

We had a lot more time with Reed than any doctors expected. But, it never seems like enough time once it runs out.