Long time, no write

So sorry...it's been a while. I know that I probably don't even have any readers, but I want to make this into a book some day and I wasn't quite ready for my Easter post to be the final one!

For the few of you that do read, you probably know that Brody had surgery twice in the last two months...once for his large intestine twisting, and the second for his small intestine! Hopefully he's on the road to recovery and I can get this blog back in business!!

Easter

We had a great Easter! Usually, we go to Brody's parents for a big egg hunt but they were busy this year so we ended up just having a low key weekend until Sunday.

We had church, then lunch at my parents house, and a big egg hunt at church that evening. It's a tradition that I love...seeing all the kids running around, pictures with the bunny...it's great. Next year will actually be Scarlett's last for the church hunt. It goes from babies up to 2nd grade. I can NOT believe it!!! I will definitely be sad.

 A pretty decent picture of all the kids!

Spring Break/Birthday

I uploaded these pictures earlier and totally forgot that I never posted anything! The first day of Spring Break was my birthday. :) Usually Brody and I just go out by ourselves, but we'd just had a date the weekend before so I asked if my favorite people could come with us to celebrate.

so lucky to have her

My mom took me shopping and got me these cute bowls from Anthro

Jaime and Maegan got me this darling dress

and Jaime made me these cute cute slippers!

While I was out shopping the day away on my b-day, the kids rode their horses to the park

We also spent some time guinea pig sitting...

...and playing tennis :)

It was a great week just hanging out and being together!

It's fun to play dress up

The rodeo was in town this month and we didn't get a chance to go, but the kids did get to wear their finest western gear to school. 

We aren't huge cowboys around here, so we didn't have hats, but I still think they looked cute. :)


Then, a few months ago, Scarlett had spirit week at her school. This picture was from "nerd day". It just cracked me up to see my cute little nerd. The funny thing is-she didn't know what a nerd was, so we had to explain it to her...and then tell her that we never actually make fun of nerds. ha!

Dance Showcase

There's something so cute to me about girls in pink leotards. :) Scarlett has been taking dance at school once a week, and a couple of weeks ago they had a little showcase so we could see what they've been working on. They are going to have a big program in May and I think the girls are mainly excited about the cute costume they get to wear. ha!

School choice

I feel like the month of January puts me in a funk. Christmas is over and I'm sad...I have to un-decorate my house so it looks empty, and the weather is usually gross. However, the end of the month has been really pretty and last Friday was a great day to be outside!

Scarlett goes to a little Christian school and Friday afternoon they had a balloon release celebrating school choice. 

counting down

and they're off...

Excitement!

And then there's Clark. He was so sad that he didn't get a balloon :(

friends

Even Jemma enjoyed herself :)

You can't really tell by his expression, but the popsicle made up for no balloon.

It was a fun afternoon, and I'm happy that Scarlett goes to this little school...even if it does cost a fortune! ha~

Anniversary

TEN YEARS!!

I cannot believe Brody and I have been married for ten years. The best decision I've ever made was saying yes to that man! :) Normally, we just have a nice dinner out to celebrate, but since this was a big number, he had a few tricks up his sleeve.

This was my gift...love them!

dinner at Fleming's

(iphone photo...bad quality)

After our delicious meal we went to the Westin, La Cantera for the night.

the view from our room

 It was a wonderful anniversary, and I'm thankful to my parents for keeping the kids! I am so lucky to have Brody as my husband...he is just the greatest! I'm looking forward to many many more fun anniversaries!