{She}

is filled with spunk, joy and light

loves deeply and hurts deeply too

always has a "squeeze you tight" morning hug just for me

is s..l..o..w.. and methodical

and always makes us laugh

(even when sometimes we don't want to.)

we love you deeply 

our sweet Janey Brooke

{Easter Happenings}

...like my new music? thank my new bloggy friend Lauren. now if only my pictures could be that good!

thanks Lauren, love this song...hope you don't mind me copying....

well helloooooo there friends!
anyone still there?:)
long time no post that's for sure.

we had a wee little virus in our home
thank goodness it was just the computer kind and not the stomach kind
although way less convenient....i'll take way less messy any day

you don't realize how much you depend on that silly little box till it's not around
i actually had to look a phone number up in that big yellow book
you know the one?
what a pain!!!:)

*****spent way too long tonight trying to figure out why some of my photos were blurry and some were not, pretty sure it has something to do with the size i am uploading them in....advice anyone??  please?  finally I just gave up...so here they are blurry and all, hope you can look through the blur and see the love anyway*****


so on with Easter
we had a wonderful time with our little family of five

we decorated eggs on saturday
most of us were pretty happy

most of the time

but try explaining to a toddler why she can't hold that glass of pretty water....
luckily biggest sis was there to make it all better

sunday morning was a flurry of eggs and excitement

the easter bunny sent them on a wild goose chase looking for their baskets

we kept calling aubrey max all morning

ya know how max from max and ruby keeps saying one meaningful word all through the show

aubreys' word for the day was beans.....

once she got a taste of those little jellied nuggets of love it was all over

finally we piled in the car and headed to church

we knew we were in trouble when the parking lot was less then full

since this is our first Easter at this church we didn't realize that their service was a sunrise service

oops......

so we piled back into the car and headed to our favorite park right down the street

it was a beautiful spring day and finally sunny

quite a change from the weather we had seen all week

it was quiet

peaceful and 

the perfect way to spend easter

together

appreciating each other and 

all God has given us

hope you had a wonderfully peaceful easter

i know we did

have a happy night,

cindy

{Today}

today was a good day
lots of smiles, laughter and an auntie anne's pretzel
seriously what could be better right?

riley is a crazy reader
she goes through almost a book a day
last night we told her to stop at 8:30
when we went to bed at 9:30 she was still reading
stinker!
but it is sooooo hard to get mad at her for that
the other night i came in and she was in tears
the book had moved her so much
i love that
till the morning that is
when she is grouchy from lack of sleep

this morning i went to wake her up at 7:15
and she was already awake
reading!
she even brought this one to breakfast

tonight we are being stricter
8:15 lights out
or else!!!:)

aubrey is saying the cutest things these days
she can use the words "share" and "now" in context
every morning when we drop the girls off she says
"janey...dool" (school)
"riley...dool"
she pauses for effect between the words and nods her head down on "dool" with such emphasis and expression
it cracks us all up

today on the way home from the mall aubrey and i listened to this song over and over


i remember the girls singing and dancing to it when i was pregnant with aubrey
they said they would sing it to her when she was born
they did
that song makes me happy and sad all at once

riley and aubrey really bonded today
they played doll houses
groovy girls
and little people
riley even did her hair
she was so patient and kind
it really made me happy

later, aubrey sat in riley's room and helped her pick out her school clothes
riley even set her up with some reading material while she showered

bathrooms are always entertaining for some reason

and speaking of entertaining...

i think we have a little builder on our hands
and a proud little builder at that!

after dinner aubrey and i were playing and she kept saying
"mommy bee..mommy bee"
turns out it was "mommy pee!"

hey...daddy's in the tub with his cell phone for goodness sakes...
and on that note...goodnight!

have a happy night,

cindy