Easter

Macy was the first one up this morning. With her crazy bed-head she preceded to wake up Dan, Branson, and Lane. I was fortunate enough to have just gotten out of the shower. She was super excited and half asleep all at the same time. We all went down stairs to see what the Easter bunny had brought for the kids. They dove into their buckets of toys and eggs. Then it was breakfast and getting ready for church. I was pleasantly pleased to get them all in one picture looking cute!
Then I captured a few moments individually while they were still clean. Here is my princess in white.

My baby

And my handsome little man

After church Mom (Nee Nee) took us out to eat. Then it was off to her house for more goodies and fun. Mom and I are not usually in the pictures, so I had to put this one up!

We had an egg hunt in her backyard!

Off they went, in all directions

He is on a mission.

Looking to see if she missed anything. I really love this picture.

Investigating the loot

Nothing tops off an excellent Easter like a good round of throwing Easter grass everywhere!

What a hair-do!

We hope you all had an amazing Easter and were able to spend it with those you love!

Easter Egg Dying

Macy was so excited about coloring Easter Eggs. I didn't share the enthusiasm at first, but it grew on me. Seriously . . . this face is contagious. Branson had a plan for his eggs. He was thoughtful and careful.
Macy had a plan for hers too. We just didn't know what it was until the end.

Lane just lives in the moment. He liked to stick his whole hand in the dye. His hands were blue, green and purple for the better part of two days.

His eggs turned out pretty nice, and he was so pleased with them.

Macy, bless her heart, dyed all of hers pink. She had a wide assortment of colors. But she chose the one special color near and dear to her. I tell you, some times she is a blond joke waiting to happen. She is very smart, but sometimes she has blond moments!

Which stickers to chose?

All in all, they turned out beautiful. We only have 3 dozen boiled eggs.

Egg salad sandwiches anyone?

Amarillo Weather . . . isn't it grand?!?!?!

There is nothing like waking up to winds howling through your windows. Actually, first things this morning the weather was fairly calm. Misleading. Within a couple of hours the wind was blowing full force, I think we are having gusts close to 70. Macy and I went out to run a few errands. When we came home we noticed that our neighbor's tree was destroyed. It was such a pretty tree. Macy has been trying to figure out how to save it. Should we get a band-aid? Or maybe tie it back together? What about glue? Sad. . . I actually just posted this, and when I was looking at the finished blog post I noticed that this tree was in my last blog post. The last picture was taken during the snow storm. So now you can see the after and before.

Snowy Saturday

Well, first let me say that I was really hoping to procrastinate a few days before I put up this post. I really usually dwell on things (put it off) for a few days before I put up a blog about it. Then I saw TONS of posts on blogs about the weather. I saw zillions of pictures on Facebook, and I had guilt. So instead of sleeping, like I should be, here are my pictures from the blizzard.

This was the view out of my front door yesterday during the snow. We didn't go outside and play yesterday - seriously yuck! I saw that a ton of people went out yesterday. We were not those people. This was the view of my backyard this morning. The weather was much nicer - even with all the snow.
We had to bundle up all the kiddos to go outside. Most of the time, when it does snow, we bundle up the kids, take them outside, and in world record time are back inside warming up. Today was much better, and they actually played for quite some time. Macy enjoyed making snow angels!

Lane mostly just tripped and fell. The snow was up to his waist in most places.

Kota thought the snow was grand. I liked that I didn't have to change his clothes or do any extra laundry for him!

Daddy makes an excellent sled puller. He will be sleeping well tonight!

Like father, like son. I really think Macy got the best of this deal. Maybe Branson will sleep well too!

Look at that beautiful face!

Lane wanted in sooner than the others. I am guessing that it was because he spent more time laying in the snow than playing in it. Made for a wet, cold baby who was ready to cuddle and warm up.

Soon they were all in, warming up and having some hot chocolate!

Our Dallas Trip to Pinks All Out

I took about 300 pictures this last week. Here are some of my favorites. I spared you looking through all of them!

Slick Roads, Oh No!

The last couple of days have been snowy, rainy and pretty chilly here. Those conditions made the roads slick and driving hazardous. One of our friends was involved in an accident which really destroyed (for lack of a better word) his truck. He "had" one of the cleanest older trucks around, but now it will be used for parts or relagated to a junkyard. The accident seems to have mangled every side of the truck.
But you can tell where the force of the impact was.

His truck may be a mangled mess, but we are all so thankful that he is okay and was able to walk away. He can always buy another car, but he is by and far more important to his friends and family.

If he is anything like Dan, as soon as he is feeling up to it, he will be shopping for a new car. Well, if he is really like Dan he already is.

Make-a-Wish

Last weekend our family was consumed with the Make-A-Wish car show. It is a week full of getting the cars prepared, selling tickets, and running back and forth to the Civic Center over and over. Some years our family only has one car in, but this was a big year for us. We had five cars there this last weekend. We had move in on Friday night. I chose to take my pictures then so I didn't take a zillion pictures of people I don't know. Saturday and Sunday are so swamped and full!

Papa Tom brought out his Gran Torino since the new paint and interior were finished. Grandpa Ralph brought the 1958 Ford Hardtop Retractable. It always draws a crowd. Most people haven't seen one of these operate before.
Of course we took Dan's 1966 Fairlane. I got all 4 of them in one picture with no one crying. Yea for me!

On Saturday morning, Macy and I ditched the show and the boys and went shopping! We even stopped for coffee. She is too precious one-on-one! Then we met up with the boys for lunch. Branson had taken over the job of photographer with his camera so he snapped our picture.

Branson took a ton of pictures of these.

And these.

These are model cars. Funny to me that someone puts together model cars to look old and junky - just like the Fleischman's like them!

Here is Aunt Krista's car. Uncle Pat claims it, but sometimes he has to remember the truth. Branson likes to angle the camera so the whole car is as big as possible and still fits in the frame.

Here is Uncle Pat's car - his 1957 Ford.

We had a great weekend, and the kids loved looking at the cars. Not to mention the money raised here goes to an awesome cause, and it is a climate controlled indoor show. I don't know if there is another car show this good all year!