Sorry, no pictures to post. I haven't taken any worth posting lately.

Today was the first day back to school for the kids after Spring Break. They got up surprising easy! Thank goodness it was sunny out! It's kinda hard to stay asleep with sunlight pouring in your bedroom window. Only a few more weeks of school left, though. Abby & Nathanael are happy about that. Me, sorta. I love, love, love, love, love my children. But it is kinda nice to have a few hours to myself every day. Does that make me bad? I hope not.

A good friend sold me her kids' gameboys last week at a great deal and Abby & Nathanael are addicted! Well, maybe not addicted, but they sure do like 'em. They've been begging for a new game. Already! Can you believe it? I think I'm gonna make them use some of their own money to buy the games. I've been told that GameStop has them for cheap. We'll see.

Easter

Hi! I hope everyone had a great Easter. It was such a beautiful day! Very befitting the holiday that celebrates the resurrection of our Savour! Bright and Happy!

Abby lost her tooth the day before. She was a little self conscious. : ) When I showed Nathanael his shirt he said ," PURPLE??!!"

Flowers For Mom

From Nathanael to his Mommy. How sweet! 

This~N~That

Today is so beautiful after a couple of days of clouds and rain. Thank God for the sunshine! Abby was sick over the weekend and had to stay out of school yesterday. She was all better this morning, though. However, Nathanael woke up feeling not so great. I let him stay out of school today. I think he's feeling better now that it's afternoon. Enough of the sickies!!!

Andrew is in Florida. He left yesterday morning and will be back Thursday night. His parents have moved back to Florida and needed him to bring all their belongings. I'm sad they're so far away, about 12 hours, but it will be nice to have a place to stay whenever we want to go to Florida.

I can't wait for Campmeetings to start! It's always great to see old friends and catch up on everyone's life. I'm also excited about going to see a really great friend in a couple of weeks. I'm supposed to stay with her for a few days. Can't wait, ORJ!

Pretty Puppy

Abby & Nathanael finally have a puppy! His name is Scooter. Isn't he just so cute? We got him Monday and the children have played with him every minute they get a chance to. Abby has been terrified of dogs of any size since she was a toddler, so we've never had a dog because of that. She and Nathanael have begged and begged for a dog! She promised that if it was a small dog, she wouldn't be scared of it. Hence, Scooter!

Florida

Well! It sure is good to be home! We went to Florida with a group from our church last week. What a time we had! There were 19 of us on our church bus. We left Tuesday, March 16 at about 6:30 a.m. and got to Ft. Myers, FL around 7:00 that evening. Everyone was so tired of riding!

On Wednesday we went to the Evergaldes, to a place called Billie Swamp Safari. It is on the Seminole Indian Reservation and is a very interesting place to go. You learn how the Seminole Indians did things many years ago when they first came to Florida. The tour guide rides you through the Everglades on swamp buggies. The Evergaldes are a swampy mess for several months of the year.

The swamp buggy that was ahead of ours.

There are animals at Billie Swamp Safari. Kind of like a mini zoo.

This turtle was eating this cabbage.

Aren't these baby pigs cute? Our tour guide called them bacon bits.

Wednesday evening we went to Sanibel Island ,FL. It is a beautiful island on the Gulf of Mexico, way more beautiful that any of the beaches here in North Carolina. It's usually very warm in Florida in March, but it was pretty chilly this time.

Grandma & Grandpa in front of an orange tree. The orange trees were loaded and beautiful.

This is our group at the Alva Docks, the town that Andrew grew up in. This dock is on the Caloosacatchee River.

Thursday night, Friday and Friday night we went to a Fellowship meeting in Dundee, FL, at Faith Holiness Church. Bro. Wilburn Thompson is the pastor. Bro.. Don Rich was the evening speaker. The services were great and the people too!

We left to come home Saturday morning at 6:00 and got home around 5:00 that evening. We were so glad to be home! It sure felt glorious to sleep in my own bed!

New Kitchen and Old Photos

I'm getting my kitchen painted this week!!! Yaah! The painter started today. It was white, white, and more white! White walls, white cabinets! Now the walls are gonna be a neutral green. The painter painted just a small strip yesterday for me to make sure I liked it before he painted all the walls. I love it!!!!! Now I'll have to get new curtains because the ones I had up won't look right with the new wall color.

I was cleaning out some drawers Saturday and came across a CD of some old photos I thought I'd share with you.