Toothless

Jenna's front tooth was loose, but definitely not ready to come out. Jacob and her were playing on Monday and Jacob accidentally knocked it out for her! She was so upset, until the tooth fairy came, and at least this time the tooth fairy remembered!! No corn on the cob for a little while!!

Easter Program

This past weekend our church put on two performances of an Easter play. It was the first time our church did this and it was the first time Jack and I were involved in something like this. I played Martha. I was scared to death. I've never been in a play not to mention have a speaking part. I was so proud of Jack.....stepping out of his comfort zone to play Jesus, and He did a tremendous job. I wish I could have gotten pictures of him carrying the cross, but I couldn't do that since I was up on stage. I was glad our entire family could be a part of this.

Strawberry picking

We've been enjoying our spring break. I've been sleeping in and catching up on work (which I won't be able to do in two weeks), having friends over, and today we went strawberry picking. I miss this at the preschool, but we all had fun picking strawberries together. Tomorrow, Jack and I are biting the bullet and paying a babysitter to come and watch the kids so that we can go out to lunch. We'll save up again and hopefully go out in June!

Georgia

So part of our trip was for Jenna's birthday. We went to the American Girl Store in Atlanta. I have been to the one in NY and Chicago, but I wanted Jenna to go visit. She loved the store. I wish I could afford her more things, but she was able to pick out an outfit for her dolls to share (Kit and Lanie). I enjoyed this time with her very much.

My baby girl is growing.....

Happy 7th birthday to my sweet little baby girl, Jenna! Jenna, you are such a joy to this family and we love you very much!!

Stone Mountain

Last summer, I thought Jack might have another company trip to Atlanta, so I started researching what our family could do if we went back again. I found out about Stone Mountain. Jack never had to go, but I knew I wanted to take our family, and thus my wheels started turning. I had planned to go spring break, but with the church play and Jack's new job, things just didn't work out so unfortunately, we missed another anniversary Sunday. I picked Jack up on Friday after work and we drove to Concord Mills. We looked around for a little while until the stores closed and then drove to Kings Mountain, NC. We spent the night there. We woke up and drove to Stone Mountain on Saturday. We arrived at the park around 10:45. I LOVED going up the mountain and looking around. It is so gorgeous up there. You could go and spend the entire day up on top. The kids enjoyed a 4-D show, rock climbing, a train ride, ride the ducks, and big barn full up slides, air guns etc....and we didn't even get to do anything. At 8:30 the park showed an INCREDIBLE light show/firework display. It was so awesome, so impressive.....set to about 12 songs! We were tired, but I'm glad we got to see this. I'll post more about the rest of trip later. I'm just so thankful for the family time we can spend and the memories we make for our children. I'm thankful for the credit card points that help pay for the trip (although we don't get much of those any more thanks to Dave).

Just another year......

Sunday was my birthday. I won't say how old I turned, but I'm sure you can figure out how old I am and feel!! I guess the older you get the quieter they get. Jack and the kids spoiled me, but other than that, I felt like it was pretty quiet. Having a b-day on a Sunday is also hard. I had play practice until 2 and I was supposed to go Sunday night, but I played hookie, had the house to myself, took a bubble bath and relaxed.....ahhh....that was a nice couple of hours!

kitchen update

I replaced the small plaque I had in the kitchen with the picture I got at the ladies retreat. I thought it tied in nicely to my "black" theme. Now if I can only get brave enough to paint my table and chairs!! Sorry, still can't get my pictures to save to the normal viewing, but you can turn your head and get the idea!