Mother's Day Tea

On May 11th, Clarissa's kindergarten class had a Mother's Day tea. Ironically though, the mothers had to provide all the food! But the kids did put on a little show for us so it was worth it. After the show, we were given presents and had lunch with our kids. A nice time was had by all and our food was terrific!

Happy Easter!

It's April 12 and the girls are in their Easter finest! They're ready to hunt for eggs and baskets! Bring on the candy and the cavities! We also colored Easter eggs but that didn't happen until the 23rd...not sure why, but it did.

April 11th Easter Egg Hunt/Sounds Game

We had our annual Easter Egg Hunt at church where we had a record number of people and a record number of eggs...we stuffed close to 4,000! After the hunt we made our way up to Nashville for a Sounds game. Clarissa's school participated in a reading program and she got a free ticket to go. Of course the rest of us had to pay! But is was worth it. Clarissa and her school along with other reading groups got to parade around the field before the start of the game. Also, we got there so early that Clarissa was picked by the promotions team to play a game with Ozzie the mascot (Natalie turned down the offer.). In between innings, she raced Ozzie around the bases and won! She got 4 free tickets, Ozzie's autographed card and a baseball. The night ended with fireworks and a run around the bases for the girls and dad. What a great day!

Mule Day Parade--April 4th

Another year and another Mule Day Parade! Unlike last year, we had beautiful blue skies and the temperature was perfect. We were honored to see former UT football coach Phil Fulmer who was the grand marshal. Of course that doesn't mean anything unless you are from Tennessee--they sure love their football!

Snow day--No church

The first day of March brought us our largest snowfall since we moved to Tennessee. Approximately 8 inches fell at our house on a Sunday which posed a problem for Randy--church or no church. He dug himself out and about 30-45 minutes later, he was back home. Both major roads leading to church were impassable. So what does that mean? Cancelling church and playing with the kids in the most snow they have ever seen (or remembered)! Too bad this wasn't Christmas day!

Natalie got her ears pierced!

Natalie had been begging us for months to get her ears pierced, so we decided to have a family day on February 13th at the Opryland hotel and mall. We wanted to have the ear piercing done at Libby Lu's but to our dismay they went bankrupt! So we headed on over to Claire's and she did so well! She promised not to cry, but even that is hard to do for an adult. The tears were very few and we were off shopping again.