Bluebonnets

We were a little late in checking out the bluebonnets this year so there weren't near as many as last year.  Nevertheless, we still got a few good pictures.

Cannot believe this little girl is going to be 2 in three short weeks!

Easter

This year we spent Easter weekend at home, just the three of us.  I think this may have been the first year that we didn't go out of town for the weekend, or have anyone up here.  We definitely missed our families but it ended up being a really great weekend.  On Friday we kicked it off with an Easter egg hunt with our church.  This was Mady's first Easter egg hunt and she had a great time! She caught on pretty quickly on what it was all about and we came home with a ton of eggs!  It was a great time with great friends.

Dropping them off and going back for more

Think she has enough?

Mommy, I'm done!

Saturday I volunteered at the church for the 5pm service and then we headed out for a yummy dinner and then to see some friends and watch some basketball!  Easter Sunday we started the day with an awesome service at 121.  Wow, they did a great job!

I cooked a ham for the first time, all by myself, along with wild rice, asparagus, mashed potatoes and rolls for dinner!  Yes, be impressed, haha.  Then we ended the day with some time at the park.

While we kept busy throughout the weekend we did make sure we kept the meaning of this Easter season on the forefront of our minds.  One thing that has stuck with me from the sermon on Sunday was a question our pastor asked: Jesus considered us worthy to die for, so do we consider Him worthy to live for?

That's a great question to ask, and while I say, absolutely yes! I admit, sometimes, my actions don't always reflect that.  But I know that's ok, because we aren't perfect.  We are works in progress, and if we allow it, God can mold us into the people He created us to be.  Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

Balloon Launch

Mady and I went a few days ago to have dinner with Nick at his office and watch him do a balloon launch.  Mady loved it!  I think we'll definitely do this again!

Car Seat Turnaround

At 22 months old, we decided to turn Mady's car seat around.  They recommend you wait until 2, but she was getting a bit uncomfortable with those growing legs!  I think we waited longer than most do, but she's small for her age so it took a while before she lost the leg room and she didn't seem to mind since she didn't know any better!

For the first few minutes she wasn't a big fan, because with the turnaround meant she also lost the paci in the car.  Now the paci is strictly limited to bedtime and I'm not ready for that fight just yet.

But she quickly got over it and now she loves it!

Spring Break

Because I teach, that means that I get a spring break even though I'm not a student.  How cool is that?!  Unfortunately, Nick is not, so he had to work for spring break, so Mady and I headed down to Port Arthur to visit family.  The week was spent relaxing and catching up with family and friends.  It was great!  

We stopped on the way down to see these sweet guys :)

Sliding all by herself.  Such a big girl!

Cousin love

Helping Lito with some gardening

Checking out the PA seawall

Now that we've recharged our batteries, we are ready for spring.  We have a lot of spring cleaning to get done both inside and outside the house :(

Hampshire Family Fun Day

Nick and I have been pretty busy lately.  Between jobs, meetings, my 8 week classes ending and mid-terms, we haven't had a whole day together in quite a while....until today.  We decided to name it Hampshire Family Fun day, which meant the three of us headed to the zoo.  We had a blast, and Mady had so much fun seeing all of the animals.  She was much more interested in them than she has been the past times we've gone. Here's a few pictures...

She loved the tiger.  She thought it was so funny when he got close to her

Checking out the penguins having lunch

Mingos!

Where's the giraffe?

Her favorite just may have been the elephants

Enjoying the weather

This last week we've had some really great weather which means we have been spending a lot more time outside enjoying it.  Here's a look...

Cruising around in the car

Taking baby for walks

Helping daddy with his new project...

Learning to play a little golf

Having fun with the new outside toy

Wheee!!