Keep on Keeping on!

We have had 2 celebrations recently: Easter and a Birthday. Yes, I am behind, but I'll try to roll it all into one post. Easter was wonderful. We had the whole family here, and that always makes for a good time. I used to think my mom's house was huge, and it really is, but when you try to fit 7 adults and 6 children into a 4 bedroom house, it becomes quite small. Oh well, it's fun anyway. On Saturday, we dyed the eggs and struggled to keep them from breaking. Especially by Josh and Maury. Below are some lovely pics and you can see more by clicking on one of them and viewing my flickr page.





We somehow were all able to get up and make it to church, also. We didn't even run out of hot water! Miracles, miracles. The boys were all decked out in their matching shirts. I wonder how much longer I'll be able to do that! They don't fuss, yet, but I'll bet it's coming. Check out the cheesy grins.



We tried to get a good picture of all of the grandchildren since we have a new addition this year, but when they range in ages from 12 years to 4 months, it's not so easy. Below is a good as it gets.



Thankfully, none of you can see the green stains on Josh's pants from where he ate every bit of his Easter candy that he got at church, on the way home from church.

A few weeks after Easter, we celebrated another special holiday called Eli's Birthday! This is a huge event in our house. We must invite all of our classmates, which includes 14 kids, and all of our relatives, about 8 kids, and then other kids, about 3. Grand Total: 26 kids present. It was totally crazy, but I loved it. We had it at Turkey Creek Water Park, which has a big playground and a huge grassy area great for running and playing ball. And that's just what they did. They ran and played ball for 2 hours. I got them rounded up for about 15 minutes to eat cake, get a drink, and bust the pinanta. Then they were off again. They didn't even care about opening presents! Amazing. The pics are below.







Everybody had such a good time, and that's all that matters to me. Nothing else has been going on really. Elijah has awards night coming up next week, and then graduation on the 18th. I'll post pictures of him in his cap and gown later. He looks so grown up! The boys and I took my mom over to Meridian this week to the MSU Road Dawgs tour held at the Riley Center. That place is phenomenal by the way. It looks like one of the old Opera Houses. Gorgeous! If you ever have a chance, go. Anyway, we ate supper there and listened to some speeches by the coaches. The highlight for the boys was getting to meet Bully and Coach Croom, the football coach. Josh was disappointed because he thought the whole football team was going to be there in their uniforms. He did get a football, so that helped a little. I'll leave you with the prize picture of the boys with Bully. No one would ever be able to tell that we're State fans! Until next time, be blessed folks.