Easter!

What a wonderful holiday! It may well be my favorite over Christmas, solely for the reason.  I mean, think about it, this day celebrates the fact that Jesus came, died on the cross and then ROSE again!!  What a reason for a celebration!!  We do the whole Easter bunny followed by hunting of eggs, but try to make real clear the reason for the celebration of this day.

So took the kids to take pictures, since they are all so cute in their matching outfits (something that is getting harder and harder to accomplish) and of course it only took 100 pictures to get one decent picture - and thankfully some wonderful man took a picture of all of us so I could have one!  People are always nice when you least expect it!

 Decided the only way to get the older two to actually hunt eggs (especially the princess) was to hide money in the eggs - thanks to Mima and Papa for supplying most of it!!  Stormie somehow ended up with more than half! and Raine only picked up eggs that had money - he would shake and drop if it was candy LOL

 These two boys remind me of my baby brothers, close and trouble all in the same word.  They keep me on my toes!  Anyhow, life is good, holidays are always nice to get together with family and just hang out.  Wish that all of my brothers could have been here but they couldn't :( 

Cheerleader!

Last month was cheerleader tryouts and in our household it was also a week of high anxiety. As always, there is a story behind the story.....  in 7th grade I asked my only daughter to do Pep Squad so she could be eligible to cheer in 8th grade.  She informed me that she never wanted to cheer - ugggh, she was an athlete!  I said just once for me, you're my only girl I need at least one picture in a cheer uniform then you never have to do it again.  Fast forward, mid-8th grade post football season, and I had a cheerleader on my hand, She LOVED it! I must say, I think it was the attention of it all.  She was a flier so therefore front and center....We start practicing in anticipation of high school cheer.  I never realized Stormie was the nervous sort until the week of tryouts! I kept telling her, you will do great, but remember it's life and sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.  Well, we made it! and Stormie was grinning from ear to ear!  I'm happy although not happy about the cheerleading bill LOL