The past week or so....

We did an easter egg hunt with our mom's morning out group two weeks ago....it was a lot of fun! I'm really going to miss these mom's and kids, they've been such a blessing to me and my kids here in wauchula!
AJ painted a picture of our family...it's definitely a happy picture!

Josiah's best friend here is Rawson...he's come over to play a lot recently since both boys have sisters on the battle of the books team (and they practice after school)....another sad thing to think about with us leaving in two months.

Kylie won 2nd place in her age group (3rd to 5th grade) in a poetry contest that the library had going on this month. She got a 20 dollar giftcard to wal-mart...and spent it on post-it notes, index cards, a pencil sharpener and mechanical pencils! (shows a little of who she is in what she bought) :)

A friend in town has been giving us fresh eggs for several months now...she took a dozen of those eggs and put them in incubators for 3 weeks and ended up with eleven chicks!! We've had fun going to visit the chicks...they are so sweet! Kylie and Josiah have even named a few of them.

Kylie with wise-guy (who has a little owl-like face)

We went to Orlando this weekend to meet Mr. Bill (who was in florida for work)...we took the kids putt-putt golfing and went to Golden Corral for lunch...which was a lot of fun. At the putt-putt place there were live aligators that you could feed with a piece of hot dog speared onto the end of a fishing pole type of thing. The kids had a blast with that. You can imagine what it might've been like with 3 adults, 2 big kids, 1 little kid and 2 toddlers all with a golf club and ball. Needless to say, I was carrying 3 clubs and 5 balls by the end of the 5th hole (the lady had given us extra, anticipating that we'd lose one or two)...it was exhausting and fun! Thanks, Bill, for driving out to see us!! It's always nice to visit.

We got back from orlando just in time to get the twins set up with the babysitter and head off to our youth choir banquet at a restaurant in town. Here are the kids with "big momma" (Mary) who has worked so hard teaching them songs and is so patient with them. She had trophies for all the kids, it was a really nice time!

I cannot believe that May is this week!! It's such a crazy time of year with everything wrapping up and school ending...I was packing a few boxes today of things that we won't be using in the next two months and was amazed as I thought back to how faithful God has been to provide for our family....a great house, friends that we have only known for two years but love dearly, a chance to be in the midst of the saints here at Faith PCA...we're definitely going to miss it. But... I am excited about Trinity Fellowship and I am excited to see how God will work in us and through us in Sherwood. Please continue to pray for these next couple months...for our house to sell (we have an open house next saturday)...for the 7 of us as we begin to think about saying our goodbyes. Thanks for checking in!!