Julie P.

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Apr

a hunting we will go!

Categories: Asher, Ella and Rilyn
Tags: egg hunting

Happy Easter! He is Risen!

Who doesn’t love celebrating spring and Easter with an egg hunt?!? This year, on Saturday morning, The Austin Stone, our church, put on several egg hunts around Austin and one of them was at our neighborhood park! It was so fun to put together with my good friend, Denise. And, I was also privileged to get to share the Easter story from the Jesus Storybook Bible with the many neighborhood kids who came. I busted out my flannel board that I inherited from my mom’s Sunday school teaching days. It is totally 80’s, but the kids love it!

Asher wasn’t totally into it this year, but he didn’t know candy was inside the eggs either!

Sweet big sister helping out her little brother!

Go Ella!

This is me with my flannel board reading the Easter story from the Bible!

On your mark, get set, go Rilyn!

Here is Rilyn trying to race Levi. If you know these two, this is the story of their relationship!

Apr

bluebonnets

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Categories: Asher, Ella and Rilyn
Tags: bluebonnets

From April 2010

Apr

foiled again!

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Categories: Family Pics
Tags: Easter Bunny

So today, I just knew I would get my Easter bunny pictures. I went to Lakeline mall, which there is no question that this mall is thriving, and a bunny would be there. I also had all three kids with me, which was an added bonus! Color coordinating clothes-check! All set! Well, when we got there I saw the line and I knew there was no way Asher was waiting in that! Foiled again! Grrr…

Oh well, my kids will just have to do with this for now! (Truth be told, my kids could care less about the bunny, they know he isn’t real and I just like doing it for scrapbooking purposes.) 😉

check out that line!

we went in for a closer look!

*And I’m so glad I did not wait in that line! I was talking to a woman in the elevator who waited an hour and a half and said they ran out of photo paper when they got to her kids and then they had the nerve to tell her she couldn’t even take a picture with her cell phone! She had to just let her kids sit on the bunny’s lap and leave!

**Hey, I still have one more day to get a picture with the Easter bunny, so don’t count me out yet!

Apr

Easter story cookies

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Categories: Christianity and traditions
Tags: Easter story cookies, Resurrection buns

Last year we made these Easter Story cookies on Saturday night that tells the story of Jesus dying on the cross and rising on the 3rd day. I LOVE the concept however these cookies tasted disgusting. (Sorry, just being honest! ) So, if you want to try it this year, I would highly recommend it for the ‘experience’ and ‘visual effect’! This year we are going to try Resurrection Buns, which sound a lot yummier!

From April 2009

By the way, if you haven’t heard of Resurrection Eggs yet, they are an awesome way to teach your children about the Easter story. Here is a website that shows you how to make your own at home! So easy!

Mar

this was supposed to be the Easter bunny post

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Categories: Asher
Tags: bluebonnets

If you know me, you know once I have my mind set on something, and my expectations are not met, I am severely disappointed, to the point where it ruins my day (I know it’s bad, but it’s true, and I need Jesus!) So imagine my disappointment when I drove up to the Highland Mall to have Asher visit the Easter bunny only to discover the bunny wasn’t there. Now I know this mall is basically dead, but I thought Santa and Easter bunny’s at the mall were like peanut butter and jelly. Grrrrrr. I even brought my camera so I could capture Asher’s sheer terror when he sat on his lap. Well, what am I, ‘Ms. Don’t Change the Plans on Me’ to do? Expected outcome of the morning: pictures of Asher with bunny. Modified expectations of the morning: pictures of Asher in the bluebonnets! Yeah, that’s it! I will find bluebonnets and I WILL get pictures today of Asher! So, we drove halfway to Taylor and found a patch on the side of the farm road. Asher was not thrilled when I stuck him in the middle of the patch which came up to his waist. I think he had some sort of bluebonnet anxiety and felt trapped. Oh well, I was going to get pictures so he had to deal. Enjoy!

get me out!!!

help!

This picture cracks me up, because he sure changed his tune when he saw a car

drive past us! He loves cars! He is saying “Whoa!!! Car!!!!”

watching the car drive down the road

Poor Asher, little does he know he has more bluebonnet pictures coming soon with

his sisters!

Mar

Ella’s first soccer game!

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Categories: Ella
Tags: soccer

Finally Ella had her first soccer game! She was ready to play and put on her game face!

Ella is on the WildPfire team with her best friend, Anna Richardson. Aren’t they precious?

bffs

With a little bribe from daddy, (if she doesn’t cry she gets to have ice cream!), our little girl ran the field with gusto!

Watch out! Here comes Ella!

She even took a hard, face-planting tumble!

But she held in her tears! (And took a break with Uncle Jeff to pick her nose.) 🙂

We were so proud of our Ella!

And poor Asher and Caden, (Anna’s little brother.) It’s torture to hold toddler boys back from running around grassy fields with a ball! But alas, Jeff managed quite nicely!

I want down!!!!!!!

Mar

flashback friday

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Categories: Rilyn

Happy Spring! Along with this beautiful weather we are having, I’m looking forward to bluebonnet pictures, soccer games (hopefully without the crying!), celebrating Easter, and Asher’s 2nd birthday!

This picture is of Rilyn in March 2005. Poor thing, I took her to Picture People every month because we lived 5 minutes away from the mall in Houston! At least I can say I didn’t buy this costume for her, it was property of Picture People!

our little flower

Mar

new room

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Categories: Ella and Rilyn
Tags: bunk beds

The girls got their bunk beds yesterday! They were so excited and James said that he still remembers the day he got bunk beds to share with his brother. A very exciting day! Rilyn got to sleep on the top last night and we will flip flop for awhile until the girls get tired of switching. Here is their new bunk bed, complete with drawers, desk (on the right side not seen in pic), and a book case ( which is ‘in the cave’ as Ella calls it, not seen in the picture). What a space saver!

From March 2010

And, I just made this picture to hang in the girls’ room! 🙂

Mar

rodeo!

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Categories: Rilyn
Tags: austin rodeo

I took Rilyn on a mommy/daughter night to the Austin rodeo Friday evening! We went to watch her friend (and our neighbor) do mutton bustin! We were very excited because she won first place! (In case you’re not from Texas, mutton bustin is riding a sheep for as long as you can!) Enjoy the pics “where weird meets western!”

horsing around in “Kidtown”

Waiting for the rodeo to begin!

What’s a rodeo without $6 curly fries that glisten with grease?!?

Gotta have the classic “boo Longhorns” picture!

Mar

all aboard!

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Categories: Ella and Rilyn
Tags: train

The girls left for San Antonio on Tuesday evening via Amtrak train! They were so excited as they waited for the train because their Oma and Papaw were already on the train waiting for them to board! (They boarded in Fort Worth.) What an exciting start to their spring break trip! The girls will be getting home Friday. I can’t wait to hear about all their adventures!