300th Post... Mud Puddles!

Ok, Ok... I hate it when mom's post 800 pics of the exact same pic on their blog. Well today... GUILTY! I couldn't help it. However... it's NOT the same picture!!! This is a sneak peek into my afternoon today...

READY

SET

 SPLASH!!!!!!

 This one qualifies with "hang time"!

"SKIPPING" into the puddle

"Mom, you gotta try this! It's AWESOME!"

I LOVE this guy!!!

Easter Egg-ing...

We've had a super fun week getting ready for Easter! One day after school Sadie had a friend over and we did a practice run of dying eggs and decorated our egg tree. It was fun to share about the new life in Christ that Jesus brings with our friend and her mom who came later! 

Also a special thanks to Grandma for sending bunny glasses, we got to share one with our friend!

 Then, on Saturday morning... we did a mass production of Easter eggs... boiling 90 eggs... 

Yes friends... 90 eggs! This is what that looks like! 

Later that morning, some very special friends who have become like family came over and we played some wii... 

Then had an awesome and massive Easter Egg decorating party!!! It was so fun!

Ruthie, Allie and I were on fried chicken duty for our lunch time spectacular! It was amazing... 

a "kinda like" chick fil a chicken!!! Oh my! 

Sadie... choosing wisely.

Best Bud Princess Bizzie lovin' on my little ones! 

More pics to come of the Easter Egg HUNT!

Stay tuned!

A Week in London Town...

It is a blessing and super fun thing to have a really great friend who lives in London! As we approach  baby #3's arrival we thought this might be as good a chance as any to hop up there on the Eurorail for a week and enjoy her company and the sights of London! Here are some of the highlights from our trip! A HUGE AND MANY THANKS to Krissy for hosting us (longer than expected, to be explained later...) and for being such a great friend and "aunt" to the kiddos. We loved your city!

Well, you guessed it... BIG BEN... and he "spoke to us" (chimed) while we were near him! 

 Outside of Westminster Abbey

We met in 1998 at UNCC... who would have thought we'd be here today! 

It was cold, but there are amazing and beautiful parks everywhere!

Buckingham Palace... 

where the QUEEN LIVES! 

Palace Guard

Daddy and Noah in front of the Tower Bridge!

St. Paul's Cathedral 

One of the "old" city buses... very cool.

We hit up both the National History Museum and Science Museum while we were there... it was nice being free and because it was cold outside... it was perfect for the kids. They loved everything being so interactive. Well-done London on those kid fun places for exploring!

(National History Museum... not too shabby, right?!?!)

Exploring... in action!

We were suppose to head home on Tuesday but when we got to the train station to head home, we found out snow had been dumped on Northern France and so we were delayed an extra day. At the end of that day... these two were pooped! 

We LOVED IT!!! Would love to go back in warmer weather... 

but so thankful for the wonderful week!!!

Getting Ready for Easter!

Easter is at the end of the month, and during Noah's naptime yesterday Sadie Mac and I had some fun we wanted to show! 

Because of this holiday, we started memorizing the verse:

"(Jesus Christ), the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" John 1:29

 

Here is our popcorn "lamb" project...

 And our finished project!! 

We're excited and ready to celebrate Jesus' resurrection! 

SNOW in PARIS!

SUPER FUN SNOW DAY!!!! We've been hearing reports of snow back in NC, so it's fun to have it at the same time here in France! Of course, having a 2 year old and 4 year old... they are our very own personal alarm clocks which normally go off around 6:50-7am (if not before that!). 

So... after breakfast, we headed out in the snow around 8:30. YES... 8:30 in the morning. Call me crazy... but it worked. (Plus Stephen had to go to work!) ;-) 

So, here are some shots of us playing outside this morning....

 There is nothing on this little girl's face, but T.R.O.U.B.L.E!!!
(as she packs a snowball)

SNOW cake anyone? 

 The startings of a snowman!

 Cutie.

The 3 snowman makers! 

Noah became attached rather quickly... even to give him a hug!

Then, decided to sit in his lap.   :-)

Time for some pull-sledding!

Fun. Fun. Fun day! WE LOVE SNOW!

(Good morning world... don't you love my 8:30 am face!)

Les Couleurs d'Automne

This morning the sun was (kinda) peeking through the gray so we thought we needed to take advantage and enjoy a small walk together before Stephen headed out to work. I'm so glad we did. We headed out with bread in hand knowing our ducks, geese, and pigeons would be waiting! Here are some of our pics from the day...

 Noah was a bit hesitant...

 Times like this I really miss Boone, but I'm thankful for today  and the beauty we enjoyed.

 Little Ol' Lady Sadie was too cold to get out of her stroller at first... but really liked feeding the birds

 Our Noah... twins with his cousin Titus. 

 At the playground near the lake... lots of fun today!