Easter Weekend

Tangerine Pickin'

We are enjoying our back yard so very much. I took these pictures today of Rusty picking tangerines (which he thinks are "balls) and I wanted to share them because I'm sure our next post will consist of many cute Easter pictures.

We have a fun weekend planned with a Sunday School Easter egg hunt and a family dinner on Sunday.

I know the Rusty clips are a favorite so I took one of him playing with the "balls."

We especially wish all of our families could be here this weekend. We love you!

A Quick Update

Okay, I have about half an hour to do something with so I thought I would catch everyone up.

We are in the house and it is going very well. We are up to our necks in boxes, but we have finished painting the living room/kitchen/hallway. We used this golden yellow that took us by surprise at first, but now that we have the furniture in I really like it. I will send pictures, but I want everything to look nice before I do. :o)

Rusty has slept all through the night every night since last Friday and we are sooooo glad that this adjustment has finally been made! He is growing again and Miss Laura bought him a new ball last week that is about twice his size, but I really like it because it doesn't fit in the toilet.

This morning Russ was taking his eggs out of the refrigerator and Rusty pointed and said, "Ball!" Russ said "No, these aren't balls." So he let Rusty watch him crack the eggs and cook them. Apparently Rusty wasn't convinced because he had a fit when Russ put the eggshells in the trashcan...

Drinking out of a big cup and getting it all over him. Oh, well.



Rusty loves the almost-empty cabinets.

A clip of Rusty...


We have finished up the third quarter and are on our last nine weeks at school--YIPPEE!! The last day of the third quarter was our Junior Auction Day where the Juniors get auctioned off and you get to buy them and then dress and torture them however you wish. The cheerleaders got Billye and we had a good time with her. Thought you might enjoy seeing some of these.

Eddie was my favorite. He was a good sport as Aunt Jemima. Though, he made me think of Mammie from Gone With the Wind.

Billye was my work of art. Isn't she lovely??

Packing Up

If everything goes as planned we will be closing on our house on Tuesday, March 11th. This is great and exciting and stressing at the same time! We've been picking out blinds and paint colors (which I must say is the hardest decision ever) and collecting boxes. It's amazing how valuable a card board box is when you're getting ready to move.

Rusty gets funnier every day. If you look at him and smile real cheesy and say, "Big smile, Rusty!" He will give you the sweetest face back. I love it! He cries every time we open the door because he wants to go outside. I can't wait until we have the back yard. (The back yard, the in-house washer and dryer, the list goes on and on) We were at Wal-Mart Saturday and Russ stopped to get a coffee at McDonald's and Rusty took it upon himself to be the Wal-Mart greeter. He just sat in the buggy and waved at everybody that went by. He's a cutie. :-)

Come see us and next week and we will put you to work!

Rusty really enjoys brushing his teeth.

Getting ready for the move!

Rusty is taking his lunch to go!

Since Rusty started walking his sleeping schedule has been messed up. He fights his nap a little more, but at night he's ready to go to sleep at 7:30 which is way too early for him. We were keeping him up the other night when he just laid down and went to sleep.

Supper was a bore, too, I guess.

Couch potato in training! This was the couch we bought with his birthday money. He loves it!

Love to all. Come and see us soon! We won't MAKE you move boxes :-)