He is RISEN!!!

H A P P Y ~ E A S T E R !!!
And a belated flower fix too :-).

Have a wonderful day!!

Meeting Friends & We FINALLY hit the soccer fields!

Hello everyone!

It seems like I haven't posted in forEVER! But it's only been since Wednesday. And boy has a lot been happening since then. (NOTE: this will be a long one...consider yourself warned! But there are pictures along the way)

Like WHAT? Well, I'm glad you asked. :-)

Thursday - Thursday was an amazing day! I got to meet Cheryl and her lovely daughters. Oh my goodness, you guys, her girls are SO cute, SO funny and SOOOO like she describes them in her blog. But before I go any further about THEM...lemme just tell you, Cheryl is SUCH a sweetheart. We've been trying to meet up for quite some time now and could just never work it out. But due to the girls being on Spring Break, (her girls, not mine), we were finally able to make it happen. It was funny, she called me when they were a few minutes away. And asked if I'd mind being out on my front porch when they got here. For SOME reason, her husband wanted to make sure his wife and children weren't meeting up with some psycho serial killer, LOL. I guess I passed THAT test, lol.

My psycho squirrel chaser, Trae was outside with me. And he really enjoyed meeting the ladies too. He was the perfect height to give Scout a big sloppy kiss right across her face, lol.

Cheryl was so sweet...she came bearing gifts for me and Jayla. I'm so terrible, I only had gifts for the girls...SORRY, Cheryl! (not to worry, I have your address, lol) She brought me a sweet coffee mug, a beautiful paperweight with the word "INSPIRATION" on it and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. YEAH BABY!!! LOL

After Cheryl gave her stamp of approval of my studio, we went to pick Jayla up from school. And it was giggling heard from that point on. Jayla and Scout really hit it off big. We all went to Chick Fil A for lunch...YUM! Then headed up to Archivers. Guys, Cheryl was in HEAVEN! lol But neither one of us spent as much as I think we WANTED to. So we're already talking about her next visit.

Well, it goes without saying that Cheryl and I hit it off too. She is SUPER sweet! And so cute. I didn't tell her this, but I just LOVE she and the girls "suthin drawal" LOL. I am so glad we finally got to meet and that the girls got along so well. Maybe next time she comes up this way, she can bring Adrienne and her girls and we can have a big ole scrappin girl fest! Whatchall think? LOL

Here's some pix from our day.

Alrighty people, guess what? You're gonna be surprised...No, GUESS!!! Ok, ok...they cancelled soccer practice Thursday night! Are you shocked? Me neither.


But it's probably for the best. After all the running around, giggling and playing that Jayla and the girls did, Jayla would've been no good on the field anyways. lol
On Friday, I went to Jayla's school to take pictures of her class Easter Egg Hunt. Talk about cute!
Oh, and before I forget, how bout a flower fix?

Easter Lilly

And now, this brings me to todays events. We had a soccer game...2 of 'em even! YAY!!! Jayla and the Lil' Stingrays did AWESOME today to have only had 3 practices. And after this being the 4th Saturday into the season, today was their first game. So again, they did great. Here's some pix!

Jayla even took a hard hit with the ball, right in the thigh. Check this out.....she got hit so hard, there was an imprint of the ball on her thigh. Boy, you should've seen Jayla's face when she got hit. I could almost see one of those bubbles over her head with "$@&#!!!" in it, LOL. But she's such a trooper. She's no sissy girl on that field. After the game, she was telling everyone about her "war wound". LOL

Last, but definitely not least, the big Stingrays played today too. And they won 5 - 0! YAY Stingrays!!! They also played last night and won 6 - 2! These boys ROCK!!

Alrighty folks, that's all I've got for today. But before I go, I want to wish you all a wonderful Easter tomorrow. And remember...

"It's not the new dress with a matching hat.

It's not all the candy that makes you fat.

It's not going to church to hear bells ring.

It's to celebrate the Holy Risen KING!"

Spring/Easter Program

Last Friday, me, my hubby and my mother in law went to see Jayla's Pre-K Spring/Easter Program at her school. Talk about cute.

For weeks, this girl has been practicing a few of the songs they were going to be singing. But she had us fooled. We thought they would just be performing the 2 - 3 songs that she was singing around the house. However, those kids (4 & 5 year olds, mind you) MEMORIZED 7 songs!

When we got there, the classroom was full of parents with cameras and video recorders. The kids were in another room getting ready. Finally, they marched into the room and welcomed all of us to their program. They all had on different colored t-shirts, to represent the colors of the rainbow. I was excited to see that Jayla was on the front row. And had you HEARD how loud she was singing and SEEN how demonstative she was, you'd know why her teachers put her right up front...LOL.

Oh my goodness, you guys...it was adorable. One of the teachers was playing the CD and the kids just chimed in, at the appropriate times and (almost) on key :-). A few of the songs, certain kids stood in front of the crowd and "acted out" the lyrics.

Here's a few of the pix...sorry if some are blurry and dark...the room wasn't very well lit and/or I just take terrible pictures :-).

Ok, ok...I'll stop with (these particular) pictures...lol. She just looked so cute up there singing. Not a care in the world and just excited to be performing for her family.

After the performance, the kids were filing out of the room. Some of the kids were waving and yelling to their parents. Once all that commotion was over, Jayla yells out, "I LOVE YOU, MOMMY!!!" Oh my goodness, talk about an instant tear jerker! Through my tears, I told her that I loved her too and everyone in the room said, "AWWWWW!!!". It was the sweetest thing. She tells me that she loves me all the time. But it was something about her choosing to say that to me in front of "her world" that made it so special. And the fact that she said it FIRST. Of course, after the other kids saw the audiences response, they all told their moms that they loved them too. Too cute!

The kids went back into the next room to change their t-shirts and then came back to have a quick little snack with their parents. Jayla ran right to her daddy...and THIS is what she did....

Talk about priceless! I saw a little tear in daddy's eyes too. After hugging daddy, Jayla asked me why I was crying. She was happy to find that she hadn't upset me in the least...but made mommy cry happy tears.

After the snack, the kids had a little Easter egg hunt on the playground. They had a blast. Nothing like a bunch of 5 year olds running around screaming and looking for colored plastic filled with candy. What a life!!!