Easter Part 2

We had yet another wonderful Easter weekend. Saturday and Sunday we watched conference on TV. The speakers were wonderful and it was nice to be reminded of what it is that we are celebrating this weekend. I walked away with a greater desire to strengthen my family and home and to all and all be my best self. Also on Saturday we attempted another egg hunt. This time Ally and Emma knew what they were doing and did some serious egg hunting! Some of the eggs had tickets inside that you could take to a pavilion and trade for a prize. Ally had two tickets so I slipped one to Emma with neither one of them realizing what I was doing. Both girls took their tickets to be redeemed for something special. Ally got a really cute pink and white teddy bear, one of the bigger prizes. Emma turned in her ticket proudly and got a tiny bunny eraser! Not noticing Ally's nice stuffed animal Emma turned to Ally and said, "Ally, look what I got!" in a nana-booboo tone! John and I were dying laughing! She never really seemed to catch on that once again, she got jipped! Later the girls helped us decorate our cake for Easter and dyed eggs. On Sunday we had Clark and Heather and the missionaries over for dinner. It was a wonderful sequal to last weekend.

Easter Part 1

Easter came a little early for us! We decided to go down to my mom and dad's for Easter a weekend early since conference is on Easter weekend. This year we attended the Athens Egg hunt at their very large park. I could not believe how many kids and parents were there! Hundreds! The egg hunt only lasted for about a minute. Ally found three eggs and Emma none! There were so many older kids who rushed in front of the little ones. One lady walked by Emma and dropped an egg in her basket. John and I were getting tickled at the the expressions on the girls' faces when we were trying to take their picture. They perked up quickly, though. We drove across the highway to the russel stover outlet and picked out chocolate bunnies and jelly beans!
As Nana and Mommy were driving home the Easter bunny was spotted. He must have heard that we were doing Easter early so he dropped of the girls' baskets at his favorite location-under Nana and Poppy's magnolia tree!

We squeezed in time for a nap and woke up Sunday morning and got ready for church in our Easter dresses. Ally and Emma had fun posing for pictures. We came home later and had Easter dinner. All and all, it was a wonderful visit.

Girl Scout Booth

Thank Heavens! Girl Scout cookie sells are about over!!! I do, however, have to smile every time I look at this. How cute are these girls?!

Our girl scout tea party

For our "considerate and caring" activity for girl scouts we held a tea party. I was surprised at how well behaved our girls were. Usually they are all over the place and I often have a difficult time keeping them on task, however, they were in rare form for this activity. They loved using their manners and I must say that they did an excellent job. Later, the girls used fabric markers and decorated daisies on handkerchiefs to remember to be considerate and cover their coughs. At the end one of the girls asked me if they could have a "hat parade" through the halls of the school. It was adorable! One of our older siblings led the line waving an American flag back and forth while the girls practiced walking like ladies and waving to anyone still left in the classrooms. My camera was full at that point so I couldn't get any pictures. Oh, and before I forget, for any members of my family reading this blog, I know, one of the tables was without a table cloth. I had a blue one with white polka dots to bring (daisy colors are blue and yellow), however, I accidentally left it at home. Oh well. Ally enjoyed it so much that we are planning on going to a local tea room with some friends for her birthday party in May!

This is what happens when you try taking pictures on a Sunday Morning...

It's a girl!!!!!

No, not for me....but Clark and Heather!!!! They just found out that they are having a baby girl!!! We are so excited. I think that we all anticipated another girl. Mom had already bought some girl clothes. This will be grandchild #5 for our family. Poor Joshua is the only boy so far. Her name will be Charlotte Rose Ensminger. (I hope that I spelled that correctly.) We will be having a shower for them at the end of the month. I know, it's a little early, but we are trying to do it before the huge "Duck, Duck, Goose" sale at the beginning of March. I will try to stay away from the bonnets and smocking and vintage baby clothes. Congratulations Clark and Heather!!!!

I loooove bonnets!

Okay, do any of you realize how much I adore bonnets? I understand now which decade I was supposed to be born in. Somewhere in the 30's or 40's. This sweet set that I got for Emma for four dollars!!! Can you believe it. It's vintage, which I adore! I just had to take a picture and post it. Oh, and if you think that this is the only bonnet set that I have hunted down, think again. I will be posting more!!!!
Oh yeah, this is just a brief little update of what the girls did one day. I was busy doing something, I don't remember what, so I checked on them. I went into their bathroom to find that they had taken a rubbermaid container and filled it with water and were taking a bath. What stinkers!!!