Sleeping Beauty

We have finally recovered from our long illness. Everyone in the family was sick. Brian and I both had strep, and then, of course, Emma got it! Yikes! I am STILL doing laundry!!

But, I've managed to plant our garden and I'm almost done with the ironing, so I have hope that by next week, we'll be all caught up around here.

I thought I'd post these pictures...Emma wasn't feeling very good...it was the beginning of our sick week....she LOVES to sleep in her indoor swing. As you can see, sometimes, all that can be seen of her is a foot!

Hopefully, more pictures soon of our garden, and, maybe, of strawberry picking!!

The Lord is Risen...He is Risen Indeed

We had a great Easter. Despite the fact that it was FREEZING cold here (literally, below 30 degrees overnight), we dressed in our Easter dresses and headed for church. We had a great service, and Emma HAD to bring along her baby doll, who also had a matching Easter dress! We did have a little egg hunt for Emma in the backyard, but she lost interest fairly quickly (she's already been on several hunts). One thing we've learned about Emma...if you want her to hunt eggs, there had better be something in them! She's really not interested in empty eggs! Gary & Sandra came over for dinner and we ate until we were stuffed, and then took a nap!

Happy Birthday to Emma

On the swingset with GGpa. Pushed in the wagon by Papa.

Emma's own special cake. This is the swing, behind her.


OK...I'm going to post several things all at once, because I am REALLY behind! Thanks to Cathy for hounding me about getting this thing updated!





Emma had a great birthday. We didn't really have a party, we just had family over, we ate shrimp and played with Emma's new toys. We think Emma's favorite gift was a swing that we've been thinking about purchasing for a while. She loves it! We should have bought it a year ago! She spends a lot of time in the swing every day.

We cannot believe she is 4 years old!





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