Spring at the Arboretum With Friends

Ellie went to the Dallas Arboretum this weekend with some friends.  They had fun walking around, taking pictures of things and enjoying the beautiful outdoors.

Jenny, Ellie, Emily, and Sharlena

Mom's Birthday

Today we celebrated Mom's birthday.  We had quiche and coffeecake for breakfast, and then went to church.  Then we had lunch with Butch and Mary Lou Cope.  Also, Amy came home again this weekend for the Dallas Acquire the Fire, so we got to see her again.  

About to blow out the candles

Mom and Dad with friends Butch and Mary Lou Cope

Amy and Mom

Easter Weekend

Amy came home on Thursday and was able to spend Easter with us.  On Friday we went to see The Blind Side, and had dinner at El Fenix, and went to a bookstore in Denton.  On Saturday, Ellie and Clara went with Amy to help a friend with her carwash.  On Sunday we made food, and went to church, and finished the food, and ate the food. 

At the bookstore in Denton.

Amy is the hose master.

Amy holding a sign.

Ellie, Clara, and Amy after the carwash on the way home.

Easter family picture

This is Lloyd the Turkey.  It's become a tradition now, to brine our turkeys in apple cider and to name them.

A plate of delicious food

The apple pie that Ellie made

 

Spring and ECC

The ECC semester is over for Mom and us girls.  Since it's Melissa's senior year, she won't be coming back to ECC as a student again!  It's sad, but also exciting to see what God does in her life in the future.  

But what is this picture of snow doing in a post about spring? Well, Texas has pretty crazy weather.  It snowed yet again on the second day of spring!  

The weather has been warming up though, with wind and sunshine.  It's nice to be outdoors again!

Ellie with her friends Jenny, Sharlena, and Emily after the ECC End of Semester program.

Mom with her craft class display table at the ECC End of Semester program.

Ellie and Clara and some other girls worked on weeding in the front and back yards of our house to raise money for the India mission trip they are planning to go on this summer.  (If you want to help Ellie and Clara go, contact us for more information.)

The weather has been warmer lately, and the sun staying up later, so Dad has been working outdoors more.

Ellie's 16th Birthday

This weekend Ellie celebrated her 16th birthday with some friends, Emily, Jenny, and Sharlena.

They explored Old Downtown Carrollton, browsing the antique store and the vintage dress store.

At Vintage Martini, the clothes store.

They made individual pizzas for dinner.

They had frozen custard at Shake's.

They watched The Scarlet Pimpernel, slept, went to church, and to a book sale. Then they had lunch, and cake and ice cream, and opened presents.

Snow!

Suprisingly, North Texas had alot of snow yesterday! It has been fun playing in it, making snowmen, building snow forts, and going sledding.

This is what we woke up to today- the day after the snow fell.

On top of the little red car.

Ellie shoveled the driveway.

Dad swept the car off.
Our house.

Clara and her snowman behind her snow fort.

Carrots

This morning we picked all of these carrots from our garden.  I didn't even know we were still growing things!