March Madness

Wow! What a month! To be honest, I haven't really been in the mood to blog, but now I have a lot of catching up to do. Let's see.... where do I begin? Before spring break, Jody and I went to a horse sale in Lufkin. This is usually a three day sale that starts on Friday and ends Sunday afternoon, but this time it was a two day sale. This is a big show for us and it starts early and ends late everyday so we have never been able to take the kids with us. We have been going to this show 4 times a year ever since Jody and I were first married, so there are a lot of repeat customers who have seen me go through each pregnancy and always ask when we are going to bring the kiddos. It is such a stressful sale, so maybe when they get a little older they can come along. Below are pictures of our set up there. It feels like we bring everything but the kitchen sink. I can't believe Jody and I used to set up everything by ourselves (that's probably why I have back and hip problems now - I blame Jody -lol). Now we bring help with us.

The sale ring.

Demonstration of a horse cuttin a cow.

Because I had taken off work to help Jody out, I wasn't able to take off some time for spring break. But Savanna stayed a few days with cousins and then Jody helped her ride her pony a few days.

Next, of course, for the month of March was Easter. When all was said and done, I was just about Eastered out. Savanna had her school Easter party on Friday before spring break. Shane had his daycare Easter party the Thursday before good Friday. On Saturday morning, we went to the town Easter parade and activities. Savanna didn't feel well, so she didn't hunt eggs but she did get her face painted and Shane won a cupcake during the cake walk. It was probably better that Savanna didn't hunt because they split the kids up in age groups and they all hunted at the same time and I would have wanted to see both of them hunting eggs. There were so many kids that there really wasn't enough eggs for all of them. Shane got a total of 3 eggs. Then later that evening, some friends down the road invited us over for hot dogs and hamburgers and an egg hunt for the kids. We had fun. They had egg tosses for the kids and the adults. I wish I had gotten more pictures of them busting on everyone. Then, of course, we finally got to Easter Sunday. The kids love there basket from the Easter Bunny - bubble wands, coloring books, games, candy, etc. We went to church, then back home to pick up my prepared dishes and head over to Pam's in-laws for lunch and yet another egg hunt with all the cousins. It was a bit chilly but the kids had a great time!

Egg Hunt #1 - Shane's daycare

Shane wanted to use the bike to hunt eggs.

Shane with his buddy Devin

"Look Moma!"

Shane cheated a little by holding his egg on the spoon.

Story time - surprise, surprise, look who has his shoes off. I may let him go barefooted everywhere this summer - Would that be too redneck of me?

What a smile!

Shane's future girlfriend - Zoe.

Egg Hunt #2 - Mt. Vernon

Cute Cousin BreAnna!

It was like he was looking at me saying "Where are the eggs?"

I tried to talk Savanna into doing the sack races but she was just not feeling good.

Egg Hunt #3 - Sharp's home.

Egg Hunt #4 - Voss' home.

Holding up their favorite egg - Avery had the most eggs.

Shane had an egg roll under the car and he was not going to let it get away.

A good month of madness!