Happy Easter!!!

We had a very wonderful Easter weekend!  We started off Good Friday by heading out to Lake Conroe to spend time with our family.  Finally, the lake has enough water to get out the jet ski, won't be long until they can get the boat out!!)  ~Last year the lake was not usable!~  So, the girls and Blake got to play on the jet ski, ride in the tube, and do lots of swimming...well Blake didn't swim, but the girls couldn't be pulled from the water!  Then, after spending Friday and Saturday there, we came on back so we could be at church Sunday morning to celebrate Easter at our church.  We finished up our Easter weekend by having a big lunch, fancy dessert, and the first swim of the season in Papa and Grandma's swimming pool!  Good times were had by all!

Blake is lake-ready, don't you think??

 Easter Sunday, the kiddos were kind enough to pose for a few pictures before going in for lunch!

In this picture, my oh so helpful little girls are trying to get their brother to hold hands and look at the camera...he doesn't think he needs their help??  :-)

 Thankfully the grandparents are funny enough to take his mind off the fact that he is NOT happy with these "helpful" girls!  :-)

 The pose here is NOT my idea!!!  They want you all to believe that they are angelic, loving sisters!

 They are certainly pretty enough to convince you of this!!  ;-)

 Papa and Grandma and their babies!!!

 Blake's first egg hunt was fabulous!  He loved getting to hunt down the "nummy nummies" and eat as much as he wanted!  He would shake each egg before committing to it.  If it rattled (b/c it had jelly beans in it) he would keep it, open it, and eat it.  If it didn't rattle (b/c it had packaged candy in it) he would put it back down!  Hilarious!

 Notice how full his cheeks are, while looking for more candy!

 Jelly beans are Nummy, Nummy!!!

 Because this was Blake's first time to hunt eggs, and because torchering our girls is entertaining, we let Blake get a head-start hunting eggs!  We made the girls stand and wait on him to get the hang of this egg hunting business.  They were NOT happy!  They complained and griped and huffed and puffed!  As if this little guy was going to get all 6000 eggs that we hid!!!  Oh my, I think a lesson on being selfless might be in order!  Look at the faces on these two!  Before you feel bad for them, it should be noted that Blake gathered about 6 or 7 eggs, and the girls each had to put their baskets that were overflowing aside in order to get more eggs without spilling all theirs out!  They are not mistreated, I will assure you!  (Well, if Alan and I end up eating all of the good candy, they might earn a little sympathy from you!!)  :-)

 She's a pretty little thing!

 And so is this one!

Pool time was pretty great too!!  We are loving the beautiful weather lately!!!

Our Home Selling Adventures

Well, we are making some pretty big changes around our house...in fact, we are changing our house!  :)  We put our house on the market in February and after 48 showings and a few offers (3 yesterday alone) we have finally, by the grace of God alone, sold our house!!!!  Hooray!!!  Do you know how difficult it is to remain "show-ready" with 3 children in tow??  Its tiring, I will tell you!  And, it was quite nerve-wracking because we obviously had to sell our current home before closing on our new home.  I just love how you can rest in the comfort of knowing that God is in control.  We did our very best not to worry, though it did creep in from time to time.  It is amazing to know that God cares about the little unimportant details in our lives like selling a perfectly beautiful home to move to another home.  His favor in our lives is completely undeserved, but I am so hugely thankful! Our beautiful home that we have been in for almost 4 years, is SOLD!! 

We signed a contract to build another home in Fairfield in February as well.  We love this neighborhood, and the great schools here.  So, we found the perfect lot and started a new construction.  Last Tuesday the foundation was poured for our new home, and today, a week later, it looks like this!!!!!  You would not believe how fast this all happens!  It is mind blowing to see the progress from one day to the next.  Anyway, we are all so super excited about this new adventure!  We are hoping to stay in this one until the kiddos graduate, at least!  :-)

This is just a pic I snapped of Blake at the Stovall's on one of our "Friday nights."  He's in the big boy swing!!

One thing we have really enjoyed doing this spring is bike riding!  Alan and the girls ride their bikes, and I jog along pushing Blake in his stroller...until now!!  Alan got him a seat for the bike and he gets to ride in style now!  He LOVES it!!!  He begs to go every night!

We like to stop at a playground and let them play!  My very own monkey!

 So, Blake thinks he is big enough to climb up this very tall slide on his own...we sent his sister up behind him, just in case!

Monkey 2!  Look at that tongue hanging out...silly girl!

 So when we first started playing back outside again after our "winter" ended, Blake took over the girls PRINCESS bike helmets.  He would tackle them to the ground to get it if they were wearing them.  After a few days of our BOY walking around the neighborhood in a princess helmet, we decided he needed his own manly one.  We gave it to him and he absolutely WILL NOT play outside without it now!!!  But, by the looks of things, he's now gonna need a manly skateboard!  :)  Life for a boy with 2 big sisters!!!

 During one of our Saturdays with multiple showings, we went to the mall and the girls convinced Alan that they just had to have these sunglasses!  Don't they look hip!?!

 I love watching this little boy play!

 Maci brought this story she had written home from school the other day.  I thought it was too perfect not to share!  It blows my mind how they both still remember our Jamaica vacation like it was yesterday.  She was only 4 and Payton was almost 2.  I just loved this!