Wordless Wednesday

Wes, 13 months - USM BSU Missions Banquet, November 2003

Earth Day Goodness

I have a friend who has been thinning out the flower beds at her grandparent's house. Over the past few weeks she has given us many day lilies, irises, cannas, nandina, etc. It kinda forced us into "straighten up the yard" mode - for which we are grateful :) The new plants have brought such life and energy to our yard.

With the new attitude, we decided to add two more trees to our lawn. On Good Friday we planted a magnolia and a red oak. We can't wait (really, we're just hoping) for these trees to grow and provide even more privacy and shade for our house!

I mention Good Friday because turns out, Good Friday was also Earth Day! Kris remarked we were being hippies by planting trees on Earth Day...but it turned out the earthy goodness didn't stop with new trees! HA!

We also managed to see this snake


and this turtle in our yard!


The Easter Bunny found these cute Mini Greenhouses by Miracle-Gro.


So the kids got in on the earthy goodness! Wes planted sunflowers, Ann Elise planted zinnias, and Bankston Hays planted marigolds.


They have now sprouted and hopefully we'll even see a beautiful bloom!


And last but not least of all the earthy goodness...Ann Elise is carefully attending her caterpillars (also from the Easter Bunny).


We are anxiously awaiting them turning into butterfiles! They have all formed their chrysalis so we are making progress :)

Easter Portraits

We took the kids to Southern Miss' campus to snap a few pictures in their Sunday best. I couldn't resist posting a few. I really thought they turned out sweet!


They are just getting too big :(


I don't know that Ann Elise's days of smocked dresses are gone for good, but they are definitely fewer and farther between. But to see her happiness over this "big girl" dress and her delight as she looked in the mirror, I couldn't help but smile :)

Oh, how I love these children!