It's Raining, It's Pouring, It's Dumping

Rachel is having fun going to get the mail in the rain. We had a LOT of rain.

I took her to our Stake Achievement Day Activity, this was Saturdya, April 18, and on the way to pick her up this is what I drove through. I was a little nervous at times. I have never seen these roads so flooded. It seemed like all this rain came down in an hour. But the good thing was that by the time I headed back home these roads were clear. It is nice to know that we have a good drainage system around here.

The water is up passed the curb onto the grass.

If you've ever been to the Katy Stake Center, where I go to church, you may recognize these too pictures. There was soooo much water.

I didn't get a picture, but Steve said he had never seen the bayou behind our house so full.

Just another day of severe weather in Texas.

Special Easter Eggs

When we were in Decatur for Emma's Baby Blessing, my mom gave me this package for Easter. Talk about planning ahead. She had made each of the kids her special peekaboo sugar eggs. And you would not believe the response the kids gave when they recieved them on Easter. It was better than the Easter Bunny got. They loved them and were amazed that Grandma Cannon made them.

Thank you Grandma and we hope you had a Happy Easter!

Family Day Off

The kids had the Monday after Easter off and since Steve has some time off we were all able to spend it together. We first went to the church book store to exchange Matthew & Rachel's scripture cases that Grandma & Grandpa Spendlove got for them. They liked the one's they were given, but think the thought of being able to pick their own was more appealing. So they both picked out the exact same case they were given but just in a different color. Steve and I both that was funny.

Then we were off to see Monsters vs. Aliens 3D. We were given a gift certificate for Christmas and finally decided to use it today. I have to say that I wouldn't give this movie a very exciting rating because it wasn't very exciting. Watching it in 3D however made it more fun. You gotta love the glasses.

Next on our agenda was a visit to the nicest restaurant our kids have probably ever been too. Steve received a gift certificate to the Taste of Texas for a project he worked on at bp. So this was the day to use it. We gave the kids a big pep talk before we went inside all about using their best manners. I don't know if it was the pep talk or just the atmosphere of the restaurant, but they were wonderful. We even had a another guest come to our table and compliment the children on how well behaved they were. Wow, that never happens. So definitely blog worthy!!!

We had a great day together and a great Easter weekend.

I love taking pictures of my family holding hands.

Memorial City Cinemark - Monsters vs. Aliens Posing with our 3D glasses on

Taste of Texas

Our Easter Feast

We were invited to have Easter Dinner at the Turner's with the Pack's and had a fabulous time.

The kids entertained themselves well while dinner was being prepared

I didn't take very many pictures and the ones I took weren't very good but this was our Easter Feast. We had lamb, ham, potato casserole, asparagus, red potatoes, rolls, spinach & strawberry salad, lemon meringue pie, Texas Sheet Cake and Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies.

Rachel, Ellen & Logan Going Goo Goo over Baby Lucy
This was our after dinner entertainment. It was well performed by the one and only duo "Lauren & Logan". They were hilarious, but because they were so good at dancing together. It was soooo cute!.

Our Rosebluff Easter Egg Hunt

This was the best Easter Egg Hunt Find. The site of a bird's nest is a true sign of Spring.
Rosebluff Children
Ashley, Amber, Duptanu, Ethan, Rachel, Amanda, Isabel, Matthew, Lauren, Olivia, Alex & Iliana(we were only missing Kyler & Duptanu's little brother)

Okay, Silly Picture!
We each hid about 30 eggs in our yards and the children went from house to house collecting them. We let the little ones have a head start and it turned out to be a great time.

Thank You Ms. Jennifer for putting this all together!



The Rosebluff Mom's - Elsa, Stephanie, Jennifer & Melissa Rosebluff Dad's - Steve, Bryan, Eric & Andrew

Easter Pictures

On our way home from church, I asked the kids to not change out of their clothes right when we got home because I wanted to take a picture.

I did get what I wanted, but only if I let Ethan take a picture of me.

Well, this is what I got.

Easter Morning

It has been a little interesting around here lately. Easter just snuck up on us. Preparing for our Easter Camping trip and the rest of life didn't' leave us much time to prepare for Easter. Our Easter FHE was after Easter and the 2 dozen eggs I boiled, still aren't colored yet. When we tucked our kids into bed Saturday night, it was the first time they realized that the next day was Easter and that meant the Easter bunny was coming. {Good thing there is next year.} And well, sure enough the Easter Bunny came.