The rest of the pictures.

This tree was incredible. It was a dogwood that was I think over a hundred years old. It made for some great pictures of the kids.

Oh! A caterpillar!

Here are some photos from this spring. The weather has been crazy around here, swinging from warm to cold and back. So any chance we get to get outside we do. The kids have been excited for it to be warm enough to get the gator and Lightning McQueen out of the garage. There's some pictures of the Easter egg hunt at Curtis' work. You'll notice Arabella's not in any of the pictures. I had a Pampered Chef party at the same exact time of the egg hunt. So she stayed back to play with her girlfriends.

Hayden and his buddy Cannon at their Spring performance and dinner for his preschool.

The boys having some lunch outside on their picnic on one of the warm days we've had. Yeah for springtime!

Curtis said Tate was scared to death of the Easter Bunny. So in this picture Tate doesn't even realize the bunny is right behind him. Curtis had the bunny squat down so Tate wouldn't see him. The things we do for a picture.

He thinks he owns the road. Even though he's only 2 he can turn the curves and everything. He doesn't do so well with sharing. Once he's in it, it's his and he'll ride for a LONG time. He's getting too big on me.

Okay, can we say some shaggy hair? I like their hair grown out, but this is a bit crazy. The kid does not like having his hair cut and forget about taking him to the salon, no way, he's terrified. It's a good thing longer hair is in style for boys right now.

Those red cheeks!

I tried on their Easter outfits before we went to Ky to be sure they'd fit. Good thing I got some pictures because I forgot to take any of them dressed up on Easte

He was mad about something. Nothing unusual for Hayden.

So one day while Chesley and I were in the house talking (as usual), the kids were all in the back yard playing. It was a pretty cold day. We went outside to check on them and found Tate and Caden in the sand table playing with the water from the rain the day before, mixed with the sand that was leftover. They were so nasty! Sand everywhere you could think of, they were so gross.

Thank goodness for a big brother to teach you how to make silly faces.

I know, it has been a long time since I've posted anything. I think I got burned out with all of the Christmas pictures. We're all doing well, just always busy with 3 kids. My mom, sister, neice and grandma did all come and visit for a few days because they had no power from the ice storm they got. Our favorite thing since Christmas has been the snow we have gotten. For our first snow we got a whopping 6 inches!! It was wonderful. Lots of sledding, building a snowman and playing in it. Not to mention the hot chocolate and warm homemade soups. There's so many fun things and old memories that come with snow. Then only 2 weeks later we got more snow, this time 5 inches. I never thought we'd have snow days here in North Carolina but we have. It has been a lot of fun and I'm sure probably won't happen again while we live here. Here are pictures of the kids from the snow.

These are from the second snow. School was delayed 2 hours which was nice. Curtis was gone this time so I didn't dress the kids up to play in it. It sure was pretty though.

Last weekend we ventured out to our usual hiking spot at Raven Rock National Park. We packed a picnic lunch and hiked on some trails. It always feels so good once we get out there. The kids love walking on the logs, playing with the rocks and especially the ice cream we get on the way home. This weekend we took another walk on the trail we have beside our house. Arabella decided to throw a fit because she didn't want to go. (she hardly ever acts like this, so when she does, we're shocked) She's a homebody like me, she's stay home every day if you let her. But we made her go anyways to get some fresh air for a little bit. I went ahead of everyone to go for my run. When I returned back to them on the trail she was still crying. So she and I had a little talk on the way back home. I had to explain to her that sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do because we love the other person(her daddy). We do these things not only because we love them but we want to spend time with them and it makes the other person happy. It was a good mommy moment for me. When the boys returned to the house she went to her daddy and apologized for how she acted and for disrespecting him. She was still upset because Curtis told her he was disappointed in her. That broke her heart. (sure wish something that simple would work on these ornery boys)All to say it was a good moment to feel we're doing a decent job of parenting. We gotta hang on to this family time before these kids get too old and don't want to hang out with us anymore. Here are some pictures of our trip to Raven Rock.

This picture is blurry but it's of Tate up in the sick as you can see. One night we're on the couch and hear him telling us something from the kitchen. We turn around to see this.

So our biggest news around here is that Arabella has lost her 1st tooth. After wiggling for a couple of months it is finally out. She kept wanting Curtis to pull on it, but as soon as he pulled very hard she was crying. A week of it dangling by one root and she finally pulled it out herself. She wanted it out before Tuesday because the High School Musical 3 movie comes out and she wants money to buy the movie. Some motivation, huh? She got $6 because she's 6 years old. We told her the first one is special and after that it's only $1. What ever happened to the quarter I used to get? Now we're working on the other 3 teeth that are quite loose. And yet another chapter in our lives has begun. She truly no longer is a baby.