Enjoying Life Together in TN: April 2009

Friday, April 17, 2009

96 Years

April 17,1913

That's the day my grandmama was born.

She's 96 today.

I have lots of good memories of going to visit my dad's parents when I was growing up. There was...

milking the cow (Grandmama did that)

churning butter

feeding the chickens

wringing the neck of a chicken so we could eat dinner (I never could bring myself to watch this)

shellin' peas

driving the pickup in the pasture

feeding cows

hunting for Easter eggs in her front yard with too many cousins to count

yummy desserts

goin' to town

riding on the tractor

sleeping late and having breakfast waiting on me (she spoiled me:)

homemade biscuits!

sitting in the swing on the front porch

falling out of the swing on the front porch (not sure this is a *good* memory)

rose bushes blooming

going to church and using funeral home fans to stay cool

and so many more.

Grandpapa died in August, 1986. Some folks thought Grandmama wouldn't live much longer. She proved them wrong! And I'm so glad.

She's the mama of 7, grandmama of over 20, great-grandmama of over 40 and great-great-grandmama of ?? (I have no idea). She has over 100 direct descendants and has outlived a son (my daddy), three grandchildren and at least one great-grandchild (Gabrielle).

We're hoping she makes it to at least 100! :)

We went to visit her while we were in Texas for Christmas.

Grandmama and me

Grandmama, my brothers and me

Grandmama with all of Daddy's children and grandchildren

Happy 96th birthday, Grandmama!

We love you!!

Annnooottthhheeerrr Graph

Here we go with another graph.

What's your favorite?

McD*nald's
W*ndy's
L*by's
P*zza H*t

I know we have wwwwaaaayyyy too many graph's.

From B

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Favorite Ice Cream Results

Thanks to everyone who commented on their favorite ice cream. Here are the results.

Vanilla - 10

Chocolate - 10

Strawberry - 5

Today the kids have to do a graph by asking people they see. Working on the "talking skills". :)

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Resurrection Sunday

HE IS RISEN!

What an amazing morning it must have been for the women at the tomb! I'm thankful for God's written Word that tells us just what we need to know about our Lord's resurrection.

The kids had Easter baskets waiting for them on the table this morning. H had the idea to get the twins a Webkinz. When she found them on sale, I went for it.

C put her new sidewalk chalk to good use this afternoon.

B got a new basketball goal net.

All 4 kids ate their R*ce Kr*spy treat for breakfast after their pancakes. (That was after asking, "Can we really?" when I said "yes".)

H has quit biting her fingernails so she has new nail polish that won't come off in 5 minutes.

All dressed up for church.

Late this afternoon we had an Easter egg hunt in our backyard. We invited the Notts over. They brought another friend who just moved to the neighborhood. H helped Dad hide the eggs.

Dad and H found some creative places to hide the eggs.

"Look at all my eggs!"

Running to find more eggs.

After finding all the eggs, the kids ate all the candy. Then they started playing. The boys had a good time playing basketball while Dad and Mr. Nott guarded the newly planted grass seed.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Happy Easter Eve

We ventured into "unknown territory" for our kids. We decorated Easter eggs with dye. They had a good time and we avoided any major messes. You'll see from the photos that there was some serious concentrating going on with the decorating.

This morning we had our Resurrection Egg Hunt at church. There was a KidStuf before the hunt but Dad took videos rather than still shots. (I have no idea how to upload video from the camera.) It was H's last KidStuf for this year.

H is in the orange shirt with her friends Grace and Lizzy on each side of her. They're waiting for the ribbon to fall and the run to begin!

And they're off! H is in the middle of the photo bending down to pick up an egg.

The other 3 kids opted out of the Egg Run (I mean hunt) so they are helping H look for a golden ticket. She didn't get one but Grace got two and shared one with H.