happy easter

i hope everyone had a happy easter. we had a lovely day, yesterday. it first started with us attending our sunrise easter service in the park next to our church. i will be completely honest that getting up at 5:00am on sunday was a bit hard but worth the experience. it was just awesome sitting outside in the fresh air listening to the birds sing, watching the sun come up as our associate pastor preached on the empty tomb. the air was crisp and cool, but not uncomfortable. i'm so glad we did it! i just wish every easter morning was as lovely as yesterday, but i know that's an unreasonable request.

after church we spent the day at mom's eating, spending time with family, playing and of course, hunting for easter eggs. the girls were absolutely exhausted by the end of day and so was i.

today, marks the beginning of our spring break. we are all looking forward to sleeping in and just hanging out. we don't have anything exciting planned at the moment and i'm ok with that. it's just hard to believe that the end of school is around the corner and summer will be upon us. wow, where does the time go?

i've to got to utilize my time better

plain and simple. that's one of the many reasons i've not been updating the blog like i should and i truly apologize. i absolutely love blogging and it just seems these days somehow the time is just getting away from me.

last week was pretty crazy! i was a baking fool; making brownies, muffins and cookies for the awesome women that went on their walk to emmaus this weekend. i feel so blessed and privileged to be a part of such an awe inspiring community. then i was up at school for lela volunteering in her classroom as well as going to a preschool board meeting, not to mention working on the yearbook. this week i have vowed that there will less "school stuff" and more "home stuff."

next thursday is thanksgiving and i have got to get busy getting the house cleaned and ready for christmas decorations. i'm hoping to start this week getting the house ready. crazy, uh? but when you have four different trees to decorate as well as the house, i have to start early. besides, i love christmas plain and simple!

check out my newest addition to the christmas decor. it's a wreath that i having hanging in the great room windows. i got the idea from a picture i had seen and decided to elaborate on it. of course, mom helped me execute it. talk about the creative juices flowing these days...

where does the time go?

gosh, i just looked at my calendar and figured out that we only have 8 weeks until lela heads back to school in august. that's so hard too believe. what's even harder to believe is that during those eight weeks, we only have like three weeks where we have nothing going on. not much time to do much of anything. in my mind i have all this stuff i want to do but i don't feel like i'm making much progress. why does that happen? i'm toying with the idea of taking both the girls' to the sundial restuarant for lunch one day this week. lela still talks about eating there ever since she went back in january with her friend katharine. i honestly think we would have a good time even though the thought of riding in that glass elevator on the outside of the building still freaks me out. oh well, the sacrifices we make for our children. i haven't said anything to them because if you say anything to those two they will definitely hold you to it, that's for sure. here is just a small list of things/places i want to fit in our "eight weeks" of summer vacation:

• sundial restaurant
• providence canyon
• babyland general hospital
• callaway gardens
• georgia state capitol
• fernbank science center
• fernbank museum of natural history