Gardening

Last year, we planted our garden by just putting the seeds directly in the ground. Nothing grew. Literally, nothing! I was so disappointed! This year, we opted to start the seeds in little starter pots before transferring them to our garden. The kids got to help, which they loved! Laurel tried her hand at hybridization by putting all her seeds (carrots, zucchini, cucumbers and tomatoes) in one pot. We'll see what she comes up with!

Getting the pots ready.

Adding the dirt and seeds. Levi enjoyed munching on some pumpkin seeds.

Science Rules!

Erika studied volcanoes while learning all about the letter "V" in school. Here we are waiting to make her volcano erupt!

Our Easter Weekend

We had a beautiful Easter weekend, which is a rare treat for this holiday so it was extra nice! We started by dyeing Easter eggs on Saturday. The girls liked watching the eggs change colors. Levi liked eating cookies to keep him occupied away from the mess.



Easter morning, the kids woke up to some fun Easter presents!

A dollhouse with some fun furniture. Aunt Sarah bought extra accessories for them as well.

Levi got a Spiderman action figure as his present from us. Aunt Sarah gave him a motorcycle police officer Lego set.




Before church, we took advantage of the sunshine to get some cute pictures!


Levi is getting more and more difficult to get a good picture from.

And when he's paying attention, he has a silly face.

Erika thought her new baby figure needed to be part of the kids picture.

Who me? You want a picture of me?

After church, we spent some time running around in the grass and had even more picture opportunities!

And, a fun Easter egg hunt after church! The only non-girly Easter bucket we had for Levi was a Brawny shop towel bucket. Perfect!

Grandma Parnell got to spend Easter with us and she bought the kids a bubble machine that we played with after nap time. Fun times were had by all. Matt spent the majority of Easter afternoon working on his truck. Hence his spiffy outfit.

Truck

Matt bought a new truck for the family! Actually, it is 48 years old. It is a 1964 3/4 ton GMC truck. It is really big! Right now it is taking up residence in our garage while he gets a few things ironed out. It needs a bunch of love to make it look really good, but I know Matt will do a great job getting it into decent shape. He is very excited about his new purchase. I am excited for the promised finish product!