Rain Day

After three weeks of no rain, it rained at our home! We got on crocs and rain jackets and played in the puddles!
The best picture that I have of them both looking and smiling-and yes they are in the bath tub!

Wildflower Trip

We made our annual trek to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and two minutes after arriving it began to pour. We spent a lot of time in the children's play/learning area, then had an early lunch and the rain cleared up (just like our last Saturday in Houston!)
Nana & Grandpa came too.
The girls weren't interested in getting their pictures taken, but we had a good time going up the tower and looking at turtles.
We headed home for a nap when the weather got pretty and the place got crowded!

Houston Fun

We went to Discovery Green and though there was no rain predicted, it drizzled the whole morning. Lydia still wanted to do the splash park and it was cold!
After lunch it turned beautiful and the guys rented remote control sailboats. We went exploring.
A whispering tunnel
Back at Rush's house.
surprisingly good kids in the bath. See the soap it says save water, shower with a friend :)
Below all the kiddos (guess which one missed his nap!) Lydia did a great job holding the baby.

Houston-the guys

Unplanned matching outfits-and I thought Lydia and Gloria were bad.
Caleb went to HS with these guys in Beaumont and now they live in Houston. The summer I was pregnant with Lydia we took a trip to Colorado together and celebrated New Year's 2007. And since then we've only gotten together once, and three babies have born in that time. So we planned a much needed trip to hang out and a great time was had by all (they are trying to get us to move down there.....)

Salado

We took a quick trip to Salado because Aunt Kathy came down from TN. The wildflowers are so beautiful that though I normally hate being in the car, I loved all our driving this weekend.
Dessert was a highlight. Gloria is a fan of whipped cream!

Easter Weekend in Lufkin

Caleb's brother's-in-law are ministers so we travel to them on Easter weekend. The family has really grown as there are seven cousins under five!
We arrived early for a very nice reflective Good Friday service. Then Saturday was tons of fun and Easter Egg Hunts.


We had so many eggs the big girls were dropping them from their baskets as they walked. Gloria got distracted by a chocolate egg and wasn't as interested as picking them up (she was probably thinking-how many times are we going to do this!)
Seven under five and their parents (we missed you Christy & family)
Family parade/walk around the block.

PreEaster fun

Lydia got a chocolate bunny in her basket!
We had two families over for a passover seder. It was a special evening for all. The kids were great and Lydia said her favorite part was drinking the grape juice-all four glasses!