Sam Houston

There is a little historical visitor center right by the State park we camped at so one the way home we decided to stop and see the Enormous Sam Houston statue. It is crazy how big the thing really is. In the full size picture you can hardly see John and the kids sitting below the statue. They have a separate statue of just his head that Abby had "fun" with.

Camping

We went camping with our cousins from Houston and some of their friends at the end of our spring break and the beginning of theirs. It was Harrison's first time camping and he did great the first night. It was chilly the second night so I had him in bed with me. The girls had LOTS of friends to play with and had a great time. Stefan (one of the moms) brought lots of fun things for the kids to do like, jiffy pop, dying eggs, ice cream making ball and rice krispie treats. The weather was great too with no humidity yet.

Should we????

That is the big question in our house right now. The neighbor's dogs will be ready to leave their mother next week. I really like the chocolate female I am holding in the first picture. The girls just love them all. Claire loves to lay on the ground and let the puppies crawl and lick her all over. If they stayed little I would be fine with it but they get pretty big. Do I get myself another responsibility since my four children aren't enough?

My New Obsession...

is Ukranian eggs. My good friend here in Texas introduced me to them when she had a few people over to make them around Easter time. After doing them two times with her I had to buy my own supplies to make them since they are so cool. It is quite a process to layer the wax and dye so it is an all day thing but so fun to see the results. The girls even had fun making them. The picture of the single egg is my proud and joy one this year. I copied it right from the book of sample eggs.

It snowed in Nacogdoches!!!!!

As the girls were leaving for school the rain turned to snow then became big flakes. It snowed for maybe an hour. We got a decent cover that melted quickly after it stopped. It was nice to watch it softly fall and swirl around, I really miss that about Utah. Claire thought it was cool and probably doesn't remember the snow in Utah.

Harrison sitting up

Abby is into playing with her brother. She likes to prop him up in the corner of the chair and make him giggle. Harrison is getting good at sitting there and seems close to sitting up by himself.

Toby in the torture harness!!

Harrison's friend Toby came over to play. (with his mom Arlene and sister Maya) We thought it would be fun to see him in the jumper to see how he would do. He did a bit of jumping but it usually takes a few times before most babies get good at it. Toby was born the same day as Harrison about 20 minutes later. He was a pound lighter at birth but us now passing Harrison up.