Happy ending to a tough day

Brad's grandmother "Mom" went to see Jesus today, so we are rejoicing for that even though it's tough to say goodbye. She lived 94 precious years! This picture was taken in the spring of 2006...The happy end to the day is that Bryce asked Jesus into his heart! Good can come out of all things! Bryce was excited that Mom got to be in heaven with Jesus. We're so happy and blessed that he wants the same someday!

Mother's Day

Both kids schools hosted a Mother's Day Tea last week! It was such special times at each event! Bryce's class made all the moms hats (Kentucky Derby hats as Bryce said) out of butcher paper; mine had a "veil" so it was quite large! It was such a cute idea! His class recited a cute poem, drew sweet pictures for the moms, and made a video of them reading journal entires they had written about their moms...so sweet!
Broooke was so excited to serve me a brownie and muffin (even though she ate my brownie!). Her class sang a bunch of songs for us...once again, so sweet! On Saturday Brad had us all load up because he said they were taking me shopping for Mother's Day. Of course, he wouldn't say where we were going. He pulled up to the AT&T store to get me a new phone! Me being practical thought my old phone still worked fine, but he wanted me to be up with the rest of the world. I know it was very difficult for him to do this, that's what made it so special...I got an iphone...BEFORE HIM!!! I have always received Brad's hand-me-down phones, so this was big news! Thanks baby! Now I just have to learn how to use it!

4 shots

Today was the kid's well child doctor appointments which would typically be no big deal except that Brooke had to get 4 shots. We've known it was coming for a couple weeks. At Kindergarten registration they told us the 4 that she still needed in order to start school. When she found that out, she changed her mind and decided she didn't want to go to Kindergarten after all (which didn't bother mommy). Anyways, I really thought today would be fine after all our talks about being brave. The nurse started to give her the first shot (after using numbing spray), and Brooke screamed and reached down and pulled the shot out of her leg!!!! I thought I was holding her hands well, but obviously, I wasn't. The nurse decided to let Brooke calm down for a minute (yea, right). 10 minutes later, 2 nurses come in with candy (didn't work) and the 4 shots. Brooke has NEVER cried and screamed bloody murder like she did today. It was awful! I was crying too by the time it was over. It was a completely horrible and extremely traumatic experience...but she can go to Kindergarten now. Hope it's worth it.
She's all better now and showing off her beautiful bandaids.
And here's the 5th bandaid from the shot she pulled out. She really scared the nurse when she did that too! She's trying to pretend to scream like she did this afternoon...nice try!

Happ Birthday Bryce!

8 years ago our precious lil' boy was born...
Last year I started a tradition of decorating my kids' bedrooms the night before their birthdays. Even though it's such a new tradition, Bryce was already expecting it, so we had to get creative. We "wrapped" his room and stacked tp rolls all over to look like 8s. It was pretty cute and I think he was excited when he woke up (and still sleepy too!)
We celebrated with a laser tag party. The boys had a blast (the 8 year olds did too!) HA - I think Brad, his dad, brother and a couple other dads had the most fun!



Our poor kids (I act like they're deprived and they totally are NOT) have never had any big toys in the backyard, so they were pretty pumped with Bryce's (and Brooke's) birthday present...

Happy Easter!

We had an awesome Easter weekend: church Friday night, an egg hunt with friends, baseball, church Sunday morning, and a relaxing Sunday afternoon at home! Here's a pic of the fam at church Easter morning.

Prosper Baseball

It's pretty much baseball every night at our house right now, except Wednesday thank goodness! How cute is this...
With Prosper being a small town ALL the baseball teams are the Prosper Eagles. It's pretty fun that everyone is so excited about our town, but I'm thinking we might get tired of green at some point!?!? In Bryce's league there are 9 teams, and every single team is the Prosper Eagles! Go Eagles! Here's a pic of Bryce playing 2nd base.And here's our star T-ball player! She's having a blast.
It isn't bothering her one bit that she's the only girl on the team...

And so it begins...again!!

As most of you know, spring is our favorite time of the year. The time changes, the flowers begin to bloom, the weather starts to warm up, and for those of you that dont know us that well, WE PLAY BALL!!! This year is VERY special because our baby is now in t-ball which means we are having up to 6 games and practices a week. Here is a little sample of Bryces 2nd game and I will upload Brookes video soon.