Happy Easter Egg

 Yesterday was Easter, and our first holiday away from our families. We missed them, especially Mema and her breakfast, but we had a great day. The band came over and hung out and stuffed their faces with us. It was nice having friends around. I like having people over, I've just never had the room before.I feel like I was cooking all day long, but it was worth it. I made roast chicken, red potatoes, salad, cupcakes, rolo turtles, deviled eggs ( I even dyed the whites of the eggs so they were extra easter-ish.) I also made 2 different kinds of dips, 2 different kinds of salad dressing and cheesecake stuffed strawberries. Most of it was from scratch. I cheated and used funfetti cake mix for the cupcakes. I think most of it came out pretty yummy, if I do say so myself.

Dyed Deviled Eggs

Easter Bunny Cupcakes

Rolo Turtles.... Always everyone's favorite

Before all the food, the kids hunted eggs and discovered baskets and bunny prints left behind be the Easter Bunny. It was all great fun. Easter was always one of my favorite holidays, and it seems like my babies feel the same way! All in all it was a great day. We are diggin Nashville so far!

Seaching for eggs in the backyard

Brother and Sissy

Easter Bunny Tracks!

Checkin out the Haul

The Keeper of the Keys

With everything going on in my life, I haven't gotten a chance to talk about this, but it is something that has been heavy in my heart and mind for a few days now. A friend from High School gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on Sunday. Throughout her pregnancy she called the baby Wyatt, but upon meeting the little man she felt that Kai was a much better fit for him. And I would have to agree. He was perfect and beautiful, but on Tuesday, God had other plans for him, and called him back up to heaven. Kai means "keeper of the keys" and even with such a short time on this earth he holds the keys to many, many hearts.
I can't imagine the pain that Whitney must be feeling, or how she can even begin to think about what to do next with her life. Another friend made the statement that "Kai was too extraordinary for this world." I have to believe that. He was just too good, and too perfect for this world, and is in a better place.
A few of Whitney's close friends have started a fundraiser to help during the unimaginably difficult time. If you are able to donate a couple if dollars, here is the link http://www.gofundme.com/ForBabyKai

Hold your loved ones close. Never take a moment for granted. You never know what's going to happen next week, tomorrow, or even 5 minutes from now. Everyone matters, and every life makes an impact. No matter how short.

In loving memory of sweet Kai.

Home

We made it! We drove through rain, hail, snow, mountains, desert, and narrowly escaped some tornados in Texas. All of our stuff made it too! Even the car on top of the car, the kittens, the turtles Blake and Miranda, and our 2 year old goldfish from the fair. I thought for sure those turtles were goners that first freezing night in Flagstaff.
So far, I think I like it here. It's peaceful, except for thunder and birds. The thunder is kind of crazy. I hope it doesn't scare the kids, but if it does they will just have to get used to it. Also, the bugs. There are a ton of them and they are huge. Brad is determined to get one with his blow gun.

Let's see America. Part 3

Today is the third leg of our journey. Amarillo to Little Rock. We should be "home" tomorrow! We are really starting to miss those little munchkins of ours.
Yesterday was a looonng day. No disasters or anything like that, but we did run into some snow, which did make me nervous. Brad is a lot more comfortable driving our rig now, which is good and bad. We aren't chugging along at 47 anymore. Now we are barreling down the I-40 with all of of everything we own. And the kitties! They are doing good too!
This morning we stopped at Cadillac Ranch! Woot! But we encountered the same problem today that we had yesterday at the crater. We are just a couple of stupid Cali Kids that need to get some jackets and some real shoes.
But it was pretty cool before we almost froze to death!
So today another 500, or so miles. Brad's cousin, Andy, lives in Little Rock so we are hoping to have dinner or something with him tonight.
Thank y'all for your well wishes and prayers!

And I just want to add that the Blogger app on my phone borderline sucks so my pictures are all out of order. I will try to fix them when we get home.

Let's see America Part 2

Brad and I made a small detour the Barringer Meteor Crater this morning. It's just past Flagstaff, on the I-40. Take Meteor Crater Road for 6 miles and you're there. It was $16 for adults, I didn't check the kids prices, but there is a little museum there too. Brad and I aren't really dressed weather appropriate, he's in shorts and I'n in flip flops. Don't be dumb like us. Dress for the weather. It was freezing and windy. My face was numb. Anyway, it was pretty cool. A big giant hole blown out in the ground by a giant space rock 50,000 years ago.

Day 1

We are stopping in Flagstaff tonight. Ventura to Flagstaff is just about 500 miles. Tomorrow, Flagstaff to Amarillo, 600 miles