IT"S A GIRL!!! :)

Kylie plays at Disney World

For springbreak this year, we went to see Kylie play with the South Aiken High School band at Disney World. We enjoyed seeing and listening to them play. They did a great job!

And, after their performance, we enjoyed going to EPCOT and Magic Kingdom, too! (We also got to see the NASA shuttle lift off, too! It was a very fun trip!...more to come on all that.)

On Easter Sunday, Brenden and I had some very special news to share with the kids, so we decided to tell them in an unusual way :)

We hid plastic Easter eggs in the back yard. Most were filled with candy, but there was one egg for each child with their name on it. After all the eggs had been found, we had the kids come in the family room and open their egg that had their name on it. In each of their "name" eggs, there was a small piece of paper with a word on it. Their task was to put all the words together to form a sentence. At first they struggled....

And, looked to us for clues....And, then, together they discovered the message....

And they were surprised and excited!!!!! :)

The message was.....

"Will you help us name number 8?"

Yep! We are expecting a new baby! Official due date is November 12th, which means I may have this baby around Halloween....maybe even on Brenden's birthday! We will find out if it is a boy or a girl probably sometime the end of June. Brenden thinks it's a boy.....time will tell :)

Locks of Love

Yep! I did it....said goodbye to my long hair!

Kylie and I donated about 14 inches each to Locks of Love....for girls under 21 who are going through cancer treatments and lose their hair, Locks of Love provides wigs for them to wear through donations like ours. Here's before...

and here's after....

It took some getting used to, but I have to admit...I am loving it :)....and I think Kylie is, too. It's a nice change of pace. I have to wonder, though, if I will ever have long hair like that again...hmmm...time will tell. Here's our hair all packaged up ready to mail....hoping some little girl enjoys having it!

Brooke turns 2! 18 March 2010

Thursday Brooke turned 2! We enjoyed our traditional birthday pancake breakfast.....for dinner :)

Brooke continues to progress each day. We are grateful for every little thing she does! About a month ago she finally put something in her mouth....it was a chocolate chip....guess she knows what she wants. :) Brooke LOVES to walk...with some assistance. We are hopeful it won't be long before she is walking all by herself.

Here she's holding up (almost) two fingers to say, "I'm two!" She is such a sweetheart. We love her so much and are so grateful she is part of our family.

And, to finish off the day, we had angel food cake with fresh, real whipped cream and super yummy strawberries(just like last year on her first birthday)...this is the perfect time of year for strawberries here, so we have decided we'll make this a tradition!

Love this blog!...especially today's post :)

Ok...so, I'm not that great of a blogger...but, I do enjoy reading a few other blogs here and there when I have a moment, every once in a blue moon. And, today was the day :)....and I thought I'd share. I love this one. Hope you enjoy it, too.

http://lovelypraiseworthy.blogspot.com/2010/03/personally-id-rather-have-paint-box.html

Snow in South Carolina!!!

In the almost 5 years we have lived in South Carolina, the only snow we have seen was a random tiny snowflake or two that lasted only a few seconds in the air on one cool "winter" day two years ago. This time, however, was different....very different. Before the snow even began falling on Friday afternoon (about 3pm), the school district decided to send their students home early. The kids were all VERY excited to say the least. Quinn decided that we'd better have some fire wood ready so we could have a nice toasty fire to sit by and enjoy the snow. So he got right to work chopping wood. Savannah (left) and her friend Katelyn built a snowman with the neighbors as the snow fell in earnest.

The snow continued to fall pretty heavily for the rest of the afternoon and into the night. It was amazing! Here's Quinn, Brenden and Ammon with their snowmen later that evening.

Apparently, I got the above photo from the backside....this is the front of the snowmen....

The next morning, it was a winter wonderland!!!

Here's Ammon on our back portch.Brenden took the kids sledding on a fun hill nearby (at a golf course). They had a GRAND time!!!....I knew there was a reason we moved our sleds with us from Utah :)

Amazingly enough, the snow melted about as fast as it had come. By Sunday most of the snow had melted....and temperatures soon returned to the low 60's.....it was fun while it lasted :)