Formal Individual Shots

Cute Cousins

Here are the results of the cousins' formal Easter pictures. Isn't it amazing? I'm normally not a huge fan of posed pictures, but this is just over-the-top cute!

Fresh Off the Vine

The previous owners blessed us with an amazing strawberry patch, blueberry and blackberry bushes, and prepared raised bed.

Eating fresh off the vine. I'm excited about trying to make some strawberry jam this summer.

Anyone have suggestions on treating strawberry stains?

Guess he's not allergic.

Thanks for Making Me a Mama

Swinging Baby

Micah has discovered goldfish and Ritz crackers. Now every corner of my car will be coated in crumbs...I'm pretty sure there was a crevice or two missing.

"Mama, does this angle make my cheeks look chubby?"

Loves playing with/eating dirt, sticks, etc.

Brave Boy

April Showers Bring May Flowers

On the Hunt

Josiah participated in several Easter egg hunts this year. He's not the most ambitous egg hunter, but I can't figure out a way to make him competitive without encouraging greed, so I'm OK with it. He's content with what he has; why discourage it?

He did one hunt at preschool, and then we did one for him and our neighbor Mattie in our backyard.

Micah seriously loved playing with plastic eggs.

Our church had an outdoor service and held an egg hunt afterward.

Micah sporting Pop's hat.

Being adorable.

Josiah sporting one of his Easter basket gifts: cool new shades.

Micah got his first sippie cups in his basket. He knew right what to do with it!

Dyeing Easter Eggs

A few days before Easter Josiah tried his hand at dyeing some eggs. He was very decisive about what colors he wanted.

I was a little nervous about having all this colorful dye around the house, but he did really well.

Here he's using some color "snaps" that Mimi gave him last year.

So proud!

It brought back lots of great memories for me of dyeing eggs with my Grandma Sara at Easter.

Easter Cousin Pictures

The weekend before Easter, I took the boys up to visit the Moseleys. I did a pitiful job of taking pictures, even though part of the purpose of trip was to get some professional pictures of all the boy cousins in the cute Easter outfits Mimi got them.

Josiah and Micah hanging with Granddaddy after the shoot. The pictures came out really cute; I was amazed at how the photographer got all of them to look at the camera.

We also got to surprise Anna for lunch and see her get ready for her prom. Because all of her girlfriends were spending the night at the Moseleys, we went and spent the night with my cousin Holly and her family. What a sweet opportunity! Josiah had a blast with his cousins Parker Grayce and Braden. Again, no pictures. I stink.

Jacob had a good time bouncing on his Aunt Lollie.

Again, blurry, but the boys had fun playing with Anna and Tiffany on Saturday. Turns out we were about two miles from where the tornadoes hit. Little scary.