Finally, Easter Pics

Daddy, let's go hunt some eggs.
Look! I found one to match my dress!
Walking like a big girl.
How sweet is this?!!

 

Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson...

Really, the title has nothing to do with what I'm writing; it just popped into my head. Can you believe I've decided to come out of domestic boringness to update? It seems that Wade and I have become grownups when I wasn't looking. Our days usually go something like this: we get up and go to work, come home, Wade works outside some, I cook supper (like a good little wife), we watch tv and talk about our day, then go to bed only to start over the next day. We don't even sleep late on the weekends anymore--we get up and do yard work or go grocery shopping or clean house. Lately, we've found ourselves noticing other people's yards and flowers and trees and comparing them to ours. We say things like "Hey, I really like that yellow bush. We should get one and plant it by the ____." I mean Really, when did we become those grownups?

I guess we do still do some fun stuff. Last weekend--no wait, two weekends ago-- I went to Montgomery to see my good friends Josh, Jennifer, and Susan, and to play with little Lily. I was even so bold as to "cheat" with Susan at Risk (which I had never played before). Somehow, I don't think I'm meant to conquer the world--but I will follow Susan as she does. Remember, I'm a good colorer.

This past weekend Wade and Matt rode the motorcycles to Cheha. Wade "layed his down" again. On the mountain road. He could have gone down the mountain or hit a tree or some other unspeakable thing. Thankfully, he only slid in the pinestraw several feet and didn't really get hurt. He's just a little sore. Thank God for helmets and protective gear. No wonder wives worry about their husbands getting motorcycles.

On a completely different train of thought, I watched all of Iron-Jawed Angels yesterday. I made me want to comment to something Jennifer posted a while back. I think that there are some things you should do just because you can. Vote is one of them. I also think that educating yourself so that your vote isn't random goes along with that. Just think, women have only had the right to vote in this country for 86 years. That's really not that long. And black people have had that right for even less time. Watching the movie made me wonder where our passion has gone for things that really matter, things that will make a difference in the lives of everyday people generations from now. I hope we never forget and never lose respect for those who have gone before us lighting the way.

That's all for now...nothing exciting or witty or clever, just an update.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AARON!
I can't belive my little brother is 22!

Our Weekend Adventure--The Little Grand Canyon near Lumpkin, GA (with a bonus trip through Eufalla, AL--thanks, Matt!)

A tip for future reference: If you've only ever spent 10 minutes at a time on one of these, your body will hate you if you suddenly take a 15o mile trip one afternoon.
Yes, that's me in betwen those walls.
View from the top.
View Of the top.

 

Matt looks so small!
This is actually the trail we had to walk up.

 

Abby meets Aaron's old Horsey

I'm not sure I like this horsey thing...
...maybe if I could just reach the ground...
...Yes, this piece of grass makes it much more fun!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BETH!

Tonight

Tonight we went to Longhorn's to eat with Matt and Joe and Brenda. To make a long story short, I was late because I drove all the way home only to have to turn right around and drive back to Opelika because Wade had already left. I was super mad when I finally got to the restaurant, but as usual I quickly got over it. The food was excellent and we had a nice time visiting.

Tomorrow I'm going to Jennifer's. Not only do I get to see Jennifer, Lily, and Josh, I also get to see Marie and Kellie and meet Blakeney. Yea!

On a side note, I'd just like to say that nothing revives one's spirit like the council of close friends. It's good to reaffirm that I'm so not alone. I love my friends!

Today

I went to see Ashley. I can't belive I haven't done so long before now! Mostly we just visited and talked nonstop. We had lunch and then she took me for my first ever visit to Starbucks (shocking, I know!). The only thing that could have made our visit better was if we'd had more hours in the day.

 

Yesterday

Ty sent me new pictures of Abby. This one really makes me smile!
Doesn't she look like her Daddy?
Apparently lots of pictures recently look like this because she moves around so fast now and every time she sees the camera she goes toward it.

 

Last Weekend

Last weekend was beautiful! Wade and I spent most of the day outside. We rode the motorcycle. I'd never been on one before, and it was much more fun than (and not quite as scary) as I expected.
We also put up our hammock...quite an adventure in and of itself! We put it up and I promptly fell out of it after refusing Wade's help (that's what I get). These pictures Wade took make me look ridiculous.

 

Happy Birthday, Ashley!

I love MBS!

Amendment

Wow! What a way to get comments!

A fews items...
1. I'm ok.
2. I have the best friends in the entire universe.
3. I've decided that I'm not an old wineskin, but...
4. I am considering Hebrews 6.

For those of you who know...

what if you're afraid you might have become an old wineskin?

My husband bought a motorcycle....

 

If only eating was always this much fun!

 

Meemaw Christmas/New Year's

This year we had the meemaw Christmas party at our house on Friday and Saturday. We had so much fun, as usual when we get together. The best part was that everyone got to come, even Lily and Hannah, the mini-meemaws. We ate and ate and ate and ate, but somehow I still had food at my house when everyone left. We caught up, talked about people, played with the minis (who, by the way, are absolutely too cute!), laughed, opened gifts, made calendars, played pennies, stayed up until 3:30 to 4:30 am, and just generally had a great time.
Wade decided to try to stay out of the way. He did some last minute shopping for his mom's family and went to see a movie. When he got home, he had some of our junk food and then watching tv in our bedroom for approximately 15 minutes before falling asleep. On Saturday he took our picture before going outside to play. Such a good peepaw!
I was so happy to play hostess this year, even if I do live so far in the boonies that some people (no names, Marie) had a hard time finding it in the dark. Cosmo even mostly behaved himself. (Marie, I'm sorry he wanted to play with your head while you tried to sleep.) Wade was so worried that he was going to attack one of the minis, but he didn't.
I love that we decided that we would draw names and give each other Christmas ornaments! It just makes it so special the next year to decorate the tree and remember the good times and friends that go with each ornament. Oddly enought, this year Kellie and Jennifer got the same wonderful ornament from Marie and Christy--a meemaw Christmas tree. Also, when I opened the Pooh and Piglet friends ornament Beth gave me, the writing was in Spanish even though the box was Enlish--how funny! Susan got the next Hallmark Noah's Ark oranament with a door that moves to show different animals on board. Marie got a girl with a hockey stick and Beth got a fun ballerina. Susan gave Christy beautiful painted eggs from Prague. Sara-Beth got a house from Jennifer saying that the road to a friend's house is never very long. Susan told us how in the Czech Republic an angel and a devil go to the houses with Santa to tell him how good and bad the children have been. And that explains why the fish Merry Christmas ornaments she brought each of us were wrapped in bags with devils on them (she knows us so well!).
Friends, I love all of you! Thanks for making Christmas so special!
Jennifer, Thanks for letting me and Susan basically keep Lily on Saturday! She's too precious!
Susan, Thanks for staying Saturday night. I think it was fun! I mean, how often do you get to hang out with someone else's relatives, eat steak, watch movies, borrow a jacket to watch the fireworks in, and discuss theology and universalist ideas all in one night? You're the best!
I'm going to stop talking so much now and post lots of pictures--I figure I should since the party was at my house.

Kellie

Lily and Hannah meet for the first time.

Christy

Susan

Heather

Beth