Spring Update

I just realized that I never did an update on spring or Easter! Well needless to say it was not very exciting. Same old same old as usual. Except this time mom is not with us so that made things more depressing than celebratory. We try to march on through our holidays to make sure the girls have a good time. They're just too little to understand the sadness. However Easter was ok. Isla has recently become obsessed with the Toy Story movie and the Easter bunny just so happened to bring her a 12 inch buzz lightyear doll.

It was any other normal Easter. We went to church in the morning to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The only difference was this year I hosted Easter dinner for the first time ever. It was a nice dinner with the immediate family. Just a ham and some delicious side dishes to go with it. We did our fun little Easter egg hunt out in the backyard. The girls are still little and don't quite understand the egg hunt concept, but thought it was so much fun to open them more than anything. Their dresses were absolutely adorable. I could just hear my mother now about how adorable they looked that day.

After Easter we tried to get outside to enjoy the nice springtime weather. They had a tractor show at the local farm bureau. The girls loved seeing the giant combines. It was also nice to get out and get some sunshine.

These girls are getting so big. They grow like weeds! I cannot believe next month Isla will be turning three years old!

My two ants helped me host the baby shower for Jill. I am so grateful for that because I don't know how I would've done it without them. It was a beautiful day with several guests and amazing food. She got plenty of gifts to help start off baby Grayson. It was a great day.

One of the hardest holidays that I will ever have to go through was this past Mother's Day because it will be the first Mother's Day without a mom. I miss her so much. I tried to honor her as best as I could. We visited her resting place. It was a solemn day. Moving forward we always plan to visit her spot and bring her the coursage that she ever so loved. It was her metal of honor as a mother. I hope and pray Isla continues to remember her and miss her as much as I do. We try to keep her alive everyday.

I got a sweet gift from Isla that she made in preschool.

She is too funny. 

And finally, the cousins are in town. :)