So fresh and so green!

I've been meaning to post pictures of the precious shirts my sweet friend Jennifer made for the girls.  I made the ruffle shorts and she did the applique.  The best part was that the fabric was about $5 a yard (which made shorts for Sophie and bloomers for Selah)  and the shirts cost $4 at Walmart!  Not too shabby for a cute outfit=)

I have two more outfits that I'll post later on and then when I finish those, I am going to make some dresses.  I love dressing my sweet girls up!

Easter!

The morning started out with Easter Baskets.  My friend Stephanie gave me the idea to do bathing suits in their baskets.  They loved them and also got matching beach towels!

We told the girls that we gave them a gift because Easter represents God's greatest gift to us, Jesus dying on the cross so that we can have a relationship with Him and spend eternity in Heaven!

We were lucky enough to enjoy some of Elaine's gourmet cooking for lunch!

Trent and Graham tag teamed the leg of lamb.

Elaine the Chef

Reese and Selah enjoyed a delicious appetizer of goldfish and Reese thought it would be fun to eat like a puppy I guess.

After lunch, which I was obviously too busy devouring to take pictures of,

we did an Easter Egg Hunt outside.  The kids took off running so fast that this was the only picture I got with all four kids.  Selah forgot about the eggs as soon as she saw the "bike" (four wheeler) as she calls it, or as Sophie used to say, the "fell weeder."

I got one egg!

Make that two eggs!

Classic Reese.  I like how Elaine puts it.  She looks like Graham, but is quirky like Elaine.  If you know them, it makes perfect sense!

Best Buds - They really do love eachother so much!

Bud Bud even got in on the egg hunting.

Onto "Grandma and Grandpa Dye's" House we went.  Love this pic of Selah - this is when she looks like what her name means...to pause and reflect.  She'll grow into it I am thinking.

She is definitely the animal lover of the family.  Here she is with Toby, whom she LOVES!

This is a common occurrence in our house, but catching it on film at the exact moment was priceless.  Selah is a hair puller for sure, and Sophie is like her mommy with her sensitive head.  She practically cries every time I brush her hair, so you can imagine how mad she was after this.

The Post Incident Daddy Hug makes everything better.

I'm sure that I've never mentioned how hard my kids are to photograph.  Oh, wait.  Yes I think I have mentioned that about 1,000 times=)  Selah is hard to get to slow down enough to even look in the direction of a camera, and Sophie has trouble showing ANY enthusiasm (great example here) or she does the classic fake smile. 

So we (meaning I) was crazy enough to try to get them to sit down and smile at a camera after lunch and the egg hunt.  Shocker, this is the best it got.  Makes me laugh though.

The girls with their great grandparents.  Gotta love the tongue hanging out!

Family shot

I wanted to get some more of Sophie, but both girls were over the camera by this time!

What a great Easter!  Beautiful weather and lots of family and good food.

Hope that you had a great day celebrating Jesus too!

Sweet Bunny and Blue Bird.

My great grandmother had special names for her grandkids.  My mom (Yaya) was Candy Lamb.  Yaya decided that her grandkids needed special names so Sophie is "Sweet Bunny" and Selah is "Blue Bird."  I was looking at their dresses and thought the names fit them very well in these pictures! 

I have been thinking about my own special names for them and I think Sophie is definitely Sunshine because I always sing her "You are my sunshine, my Sophie Sunshine," and I am thinking Wild Flower for Selah...  No explanation necessary!

Wild Flower

Love these precious girls so much it hurts!

I took all these pics before we went to church Saturday night.  Trey had to work Sunday, so we were so thankful that our church had alternate services to accommodate everyone.  Such a blessing!

Stay tuned for Easter portraits.  aka, Selah running through her great grandmother's yard at warp speed, and Sophie voraciously gathering Easter Eggs that contained money!  I wanted to take part in this Egg Hunt!

Here is a preview.... 

Finally finished their Easter dresses at 1am on Saturday night.  I am surprisingly efficient at night, when the house is quiet=).

Friday Fun with the Animals

We took a trip to the Petting Zoo at Oak Mountain on Friday (the most beautiful day of the week!)  We definitely weren't the only people who had this idea either.  We had to actually wait in line to get into Oak Mtn for about 10 minutes.  But it was worth it to enjoy the beautiful day out there!

We decided first things first, so we had our picnic before seeing the animals.

There were sheep all over the place and they were actually "baaaa"ing.  Selah was wide eyed the whole time.  I think she thought she was on Reality Baby McDonald (for those of you Baby Einstein fans).

Here are some 3 day old baby goats, they were so cute. 

Here is the 7 week old spotted pig.  He was all alone in there which was kinda sad, but he sure was cute!

Here is one of the donkeys/mules? wandering around the barnyard.  Sophie definitely preferred the caged animals to the ones who could come right up to you.  I guess when you're 4, they look pretty scary=).

Here was one of two young cows that were "moo"ing a lot.  Selah definitely was shocked the first time she heard it.  I was using my fixed focal length lens, so I had a hard time getting any pictures with animals and kids.  Plus, Sophie wasn't geting anywhere near any of the animals.  And Selah kept a safe distance as well.

She did start wandering off for a minute, but she turned around back to mama very quickly when that sheep started walking briskly towards her, probably looking for some food!

Definitely worth the $2 we paid to get into the park.  (kids 5 and under are free)

Fun in the Sun and a new book!

Praise the Lord for beautiful days filled with sunshine!  God knew that we needed seasons to give us a change.  Can you imagine years and years of only one season?  I can't.  I love every season, and just about the time I am getting tired of one, we get a new one!  This week I've been especially loving our Spring weather!

Not only has the weather been great, but Daddy had a day off of work, so to the park we went!  Selah almost started hyperventilating when she looked out her car window and realized where we were.  She is such a ham!  She wasted no time whooshing down the slide.

Those sweet cheeks and  innocent eyes melt my heart every time she looks at me.

Any day when Daddy is home is a good day, especially this year when there haven't been nearly enough!

Sophie was super excited to see a sweet friend from school at the park.  I didn't get too many pictures of her because I couldn't keep up with them.

Sophie was very excited to show off her new found skill of sliding down the pole.

And of course the swing set is a must, but Daddy pushes her higher than mommy would.  I guess that is what makes Daddy's so fun=)

Selah wants to swing in the big girl swing, but  as soon as shes up, she wants to get down!

Too cool for school, obviously.

A little hair raising ride with Big sissy.  Selah is the one who probably needs the helmet.  But whiplash is the most likely injury in one of these little cars.  And if your kids have one, you know what I mean.  Stop-Go-Stop-Go...

It helps to have a BIG TALL Daddy when you're playing basket ball!

Selah was apparently confident in her own skills!  Good form.

All in all, a very fun filled day!

On another note...

 

This is what I'm reading right now.  I love a good book.  This one is proving to be an easy read, but I haven't gotten too far into it.  So far so good!

Stay tuned for more sewing conquests!