Easter is Coming

It has been a while since last post as I tend to get more behind now then before. I have been really busy with work lately. I feel like it has been so time consuming lately and I could not put my finger on the reason why. Turns out, I have been working a lot and I guess my expectations for myself have been really high over the last month. Turns out, I was the top producer in Columbia for this quarter working only 30 hours per week versus my co workers working 40 hours per week. I won a competition and my prize...a new ipod. Anyway, I was very excited but am going to slow down now!!! I have been stressed and now it is time for me to enjoy Spring Break with the my girls and especially Easter. I sure hope that my boss is not reading this :) Enough about me...we are really excited about Easter and Spring approaching. I love the warm weather and we have spent a lot of time outside lately. Anna is growing like a weed and saying a lot lately. It is all babble but a lot of it. She is pretty close to saying Da Da and of course Ma Ma has never been said. We have been working hard on it though. Sallie has been a talker for a long time now but she is getting a much bigger vocabulary. She was talking on the phone to Ward while he was out of town last weekend and was asking where he was and then paused and said "anyways, Mama wants to talk to you now." I was dying laughing. I guess this means that I say "anyways" on the phone a little too much. Sallie has been busy at school preparing for Easter. The Easter bunny came to their class and they had a Easter party. They have been learning about Jesus and the reason that we celebrate Easter. We dyed Easter eggs last week and have been on many Easter egg hunts. We are celebrating Easter here in Columbia this year and are looking forward to it. We are really looking forward to the summer, going to the beach, taking the boat out, and just hanging in the sun. Sallie got enrolled in the summer program where she attends school but Anna did not get in as her class was too full for the summer. Not sure what we are going to do with Anna this summer but are actively looking. With Easter approaching and all the new beautiful blooms on our trees and flowers in our yard, it makes me reflect on the beauty of our world and the blessings all around. I Hope that everyone has a Happy Easter.

We celebrated with McRea on Saturday for her first birthday. I can not believe that she is a year old. We had a great time at her birthday party. Happy Birthday baby Crea!! This also means that Anna's birthday is not too far away. How is my baby close to a year old? Here is a picture of McRea when she was born April 10th 2008 and here is a picture of her on her 1st birthday in her birthday Tutu

Our May is already looking really busy! We have lots of birthdays to celebrate in May, Mother's Day, and we are also finally getting Anna Baptized. We have been waiting to get her Baptized because we have been in limbo with churches. We are members of a church but seeking something a little smaller and searching for that church where we felt we were being called to serve in some way. We have been visiting a church for almost a year now and love it just were not sure if this was where God wanted us. We have felt in the last couple of weeks that we could very easily fill a place in this church so we are joining in the next couple of weeks and getting Anna baptized sometime in May. We are so excited and can't wait to see where God calls us to serve at Forest Lake Presbyterian Church. We will keep you posted!!!