We had a super busy Saturday!! Our morning began with the Madison Heights Easter Egg hunt, then on to celebrate Ava Grace's 2nd birthday, followed by Brinley's 1st birthday celebration and then home for a long nap before heading to visit the Easter Bunny and ending the night with Mexican for dinner!!
Having a picnic snack with the birthday girl!!
Fun times on the swing set!!



Birthday girl number 2 enjoying her 1st CAKE!!! YUMMY!!Sara Beth enjoyed her cupcake A LOT!!!



We loved the Easter Bunny!! Sara Beth threw a hissy fit when it was time to leave!!!
The Easter bunny gave us some big ears of our own!!

New Art Work

These are some of the things I have been working on the past few months...haven't been able to post them because a lot of them were gifts!
This is a Katrina wood cross/bow holder made for our sweet neighbor Brinley for her first birthday!

This is a Katrina wood cross I painted for a friend's birthday!

A bow holder for a baby girl being born in our church!

These are a couple of nursery signs.


This is an art hanger I made for our hallway...for future art projects, we don't do much right now!

This is a dog leash holder for Lani and Brian's dogs...Mako and Mali!

This cross was made in memory of Dr. Triplett (one of my friend's father) who passed away. He was an Ole Miss Rebel and his favorite color was red! It is now hanging on a wall of crosses at Breckenridge Village in Texas.

This cross was painted in memory of Shirley Gautier (Brian's mother) who passed away last month. She loved bright, happy colors! This is also hanging at Breckenridge Village.

First Easter Egg Hunt!!

So last year we weren't walking yet by Easter so we skipped out on the egg hunts, but this year we were ready to go!! The babies had their Easter Egg outfits on, and their special Easter baskets that Cheri made, and 11 hours of sleep the night before! We were we ready for the Madison Heights Easter Egg Hunt, rain and mud and all!! We only fell in the mud a few times...nothing a little egg full of chocolate couldn't fix!!

ONE sick March!

OK so I haven't posted ANYTHING in a while...we have been sick for a solid month!! For starters, Mahlon cracked his elbow falling off of the couch!! OUCH! No cast because it took us a week to figure out it was his elbow(not his wrist or hand which is what was swelling) Then by the time we waited another 9 days to see the orthopedic it was too late to cast and thankfully healing on its own! We just had another x-ray done and it is continuing to heal but we aren't in the clear yet...we go back in six weeks!
After that both babies had a cold for 7 days, followed by a respiratory virus for 2 weeks, then Sara Beth had the fever virus for 3 days...we were all actually well for 3 whole days and then Mahlon got the fever virus for 5 days!!!!!!
Now we are all well with the exception of the "pollen crud" YUK! Thankfully it rained today and washed a lot of it away!
So now you know what I haven't posted in a while...and I didn't really have anything to write about...we have been cooped up! Here are a few pics


We did start attempting to drink juice boxes...Sara Beth LOVES them and thinks she is a big girl...Mahlon LOVES to squeeze them and watch the juice shoot out...they are now our OUTSIDE drinks...what a sticky mess!




Just had to show you what happens during nap time...the hair fairy usually pays us a visit and we never know what to expect!!!



And I can't wait till little man is big enough to REALLY help me in the yard! His has been a BIG mess of a helper...for example I was planting flowers the other day and I turned around and he had snapped off the only bloom and then I saw Sara Beth running away with the stem and entire root ball!! But they sure did have fun! And they couldn't quite understand why they couldn't pick these flowers! What a MESS!!!

I gave in!!

So I finally did it!! I trimmed Sara Beth's hair...though she still needs a "REAL" haircut, it is a start!! She loves to have her hair brushed, so Cheri put her in the sink and combed her out and then I got to cutting!! Not much, but it has a cute curl that flips out all the way around! She had the best time watching me comb and cut her hair!! One day I'll break down and actually cut off that baby hair! My baby girl is growing up!!!
A big grin...saying CHEEESE!!!

We headed to Birmingham this weekend to play with the Coulson family! Traveling is always tough with twins, but when you have a house full of toys and 2 new friends it makes it much easier! We ate hotdogs and hamburgers on Friday night while we watched the Bulldogs play basketball...and had some yummy Easter cookies too!
Saturday we spent the day in Atlanta, but headed back for more playtime and dinner out (Mexican!!) And after getting the kids to bed, the moms headed to the New Super Target about 2 miles from their house!!! LOVE IT!!
Sunday was busy getting 4 kids ready for church with daylight savings kicking in!! But we made it and of course got a few pics of everyone dressed up! Now getting 4 kids age 20 months to 3 to sit still and actually look in your direction...nearly impossible...but you can get a good laugh out of a few of these!



All day today Sara Beth has been walking around saying "where Car-Car(Carter) and Mar(Maury) They miss their new friends!!

To finish off our weekend we stopped by to see Uncle Keith and Aunt Doris's new house on our way out of town. And Aunt Doris gave us a bunny and a bulldog for our ride home!!
We had a great weekend with friends and family!

So we had a whirlwind trip to Atlanta on Saturday...We left Birmingham Saturday morning drove a little over 2 hours to get to Nana's house and stayed for a short 4 hours before heading back to Birmingham. But we got some good family time in! We saw 16 Aunts, Uncles, cousins and 1 Great Grandmother and two of her friends! The babies played so hard, gave and received tons of hugs and kisses and they got to have their first taste of ICE CREAM!! That is what Great Grandmothers are for right????

We love our NANA!


Nana has 7 great grandchildren...and Mahlon is the ONLY boy...it didn't bother him one bit! They all had the best time playing with the toys at Nana's house, eating cookies, chips and ice cream!!



Bye Bye NANA!!! Hugs and Kisses!

2 blocks from Nana's house....

1 mile from Nana's house!!! We played hard!!

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When we were in Soso 2 weeks ago Doc and Cheri took the twins to see the cows...we are now obsessed with cows (anything bigger than a cat is cow...dog, horse sheep whatever!) One of our favorite sounds is MOOOOOOOOOOO!

This baby was only 3 days old so she wasn't sure if she should be scared or not.

Mahlon kept poking her nose and saying "NOOOOOSSSSE" (if you are around him for more than 5 minutes he'll find your nose too!)

Sara Beth couldn't figure out why this cow wouldn't talk back or at least give a little "moooooo"???


All smiles!!

Checking out the cows in the pasture with my DOC!

We couldn't get enough of the cows and didn't want to leave!!

OK so when anyone asks how the twins are I usually reply...they're a mess. Just wanted to show you what I am talking about. Tuesday morning I was in the shower and so just like every morning I put the babies in the corral and put on Elmo...when I got out this is what I found!!! Now for months they have been "breaking out of jail" but this was a first!!!! And on top of that Mahlon started taking the individual PVC pipes outs and leaving them all over the house! Of course daddy wasn't here so mommy got to put it all back together during nap time!!

This is a baby doll dress that little peanut once wore when she was a few weeks old...now she thinks it is a hat for her head! I can't believe she was that small!! Anyway she wore it half of the day yesterday unless her brother yanked it off. It would keep falling over her eyes and she would run into walls and tables...this was very entertaining for her!

Was trying to get a pic of her here and instead she ran into the table...ouch! No tears though!