Quinn Elizabeth

One of my dearest friends had her baby girl last week, Quinn Elizabeth.

No, I'm not a professional....I've never claimed to be, I just love taking pictures of the people I love. So please don't judge these harshly. My littlest model is absolutely breathtaking though :)

Welcome sweet Baby Quinn. We hope you enjoy noise, chaos and lots of LOVE...cause we bring it all :)

Easter Afternoon (Them)

Here are some of the shots I got of the rest of our Easter party.

BFF's Mitzi and Kate

I love this picture!! Mizti's little personality cracks me up. Kate was pretty tired at this point and Mitzi was just fresh from a nap :)

Mitzi and Claire

The Turners

Emily, Luke, Mitzi and Claire



Mitzi Rae

Luke showing his Money Ticket he found in an egg!

Claire found this in her egg :)

Sydney enjoying her bubble gum.

Wayne catching it all on video.

Easter Afternoon (Us)

Easter afternoon we got together with a few friends from our Small Group to have lunch and an Easter Egg Hunt.
They let the littlest (Kate) go first all by herself.



Kate took egg hunting very seriously.

Next the little kids went. Blake stopped 5 feet in to notice a little yellow flower which she picked and gave to me.

Me and my girls

Me and Kate

Daddy and Kate. I think they look so much alike :)

Blake showing off her eggs.

Easter Morning

I was so excited to celebrate Easter Sunday with my little family. I usually work every Sunday, so I made sure to take off so we could celebrate together.

We woke up that morning and got ready before the girls got up. When they got up the Easter Bunny (and Grammie and Nana) had left them goodies.


****On a side note. I am definitely NOT against things like Santa or the Easter Bunny, BUT I have learned this year that it should not be the first thing we do Easter morning. The girls were so excited about presents that we didn't have the focus on Christ that Nick and I thought was important. So, for next year we are going to save all gifts for the END of the day...that way we can focus more attention to what we are striving to really celebrate. You live, you learn with parenting, so now we know :)***

Early morning with the girls.


Taking a sleepy look..

We went to Church that morning with Baus and Lexi. How cute is she in her Easter hat :)

Baus, Nick, Blake, Lexi and Kate. These girls are so blessed with these Daddy's.

Did you know Kate ADORES Baus?

Check back tomorrow for pictures from our Easter Afternoon!

There's been so much on my mind I've wanted to blog about...but haven't.
I wanted to put this little tid bit in because I don't want to forget it.

We've been talking a lot about Easter the last few weeks. We talk about Jesus often, but have focused recently on him dying and then living again, and how He did it all because he loves us....and that now because of what Jesus did we get to live in heaven with God and Jesus some day.

So, today on the way to preschool we were talking again about how Jesus died for us, and Blake just started talking....she basically told me the whole salvation story. She was so excited that Jesus died, but now he's alive. I explained to her that what she had just told me was the MOST important story in the whole world.

(I want to note that my 3 year old LOVES anything that involves: most, never, always, forvever. She's is an extremist all the way.)

She really held on to that fact. So she kept saying over and over. "It's the most important story in the whole world, right Mommy?" By the time we pulled in the preschool I had to compose myself because I was a mess.

To hear her profess and in her perfect little child mind tell me the story of God's love for us. It was overwhelming. I never want to forget how that felt.

So, because I've been a bad blogger I'm including a video and a picture.

Arkansas Petit Jean Trip

I can't believe I haven't posted these yet. Boy, am I behind. While in Arkansas we spent a day at Petit Jean Mountain with Nick's family... I think Blake would put it down as one of the best days of her life, literally! She fished and rode horses and played with some really fun cousins.

Blake adores Julia...I hope she grows up to be just like her.

Horse back riding (Blake was almost asleep by the end)

The big kids and Moms went to a petting zoo. These little goats were so precious.

Blake feeding a goose.

What an adorable little guy this is.

Papaw showing Kate the campsite.

Grammie and her girls.

Kate needs little to keep her entertained. Some dirt and rocks will do just fine.

We were so blessed to get to spend a whole day with the family. Sure wish we could see them all more often.