Easter Sunday!

We came back from Kevin's birthday party Saturday night so that we could be home for Easter Sunday and go to our own church. Although the Easter bunny did visit our house Sunday and the egg hunt was fun on Saturday we were thankful to get to church Sunday morning to celebrate the resurrection of our precious Savior, Jesus. I am reminded constantly as I watch our sweet 18 month old grow of the awesome giftS God has given us; first His one and only son and secondly our beautiful Anna! We are truly blessed!! Not the best backdrop (the garage floor ), but that precious smile makes up for it!

We didn't get any pictures of Anna's Easter basket before she got a hold of it. The Easter bunny brought a new Boz book, a stuffed duck, stickers, bubbles and eggs filled with raisins, animal crackers & cheerios (the healthy Easter bunny this year)! Anna loved the stickers!

Egg Hunt at Grandma's

We spent the Saturday before Easter at Grandma's house before we headed to Uncle Kevin's & Aunt Abby's for his surprise 30th birthday party! Grandma got out all of mine and Kevin's plastic easter eggs so we could let Anna participate in her first egg hunt. Daddy & Uncle Kevin hid the eggs (in very obvious places of course). Boz was along for the hunt and it was difficult to hold him, the basket, her new Boz book and load the eggs in the basket. She was really more interested in carrying the basket than finding the eggs but with some encouragement from all of us she managed to find a few!

This was at the end of the egg hunt. We put all of the eggs back in the basket for her and she dumped them all over the ground. She wanted her basket to be empty! She hasn't learned the difference between a basket and a purse...

She found some!
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Mamaw Norton, Anna & Grandma Miller.
Grandma pulled Boz up on the internet. As you can see this was quite entertaining!

National Tournament Game

Jonathan's team lost their final game (75-68) in the National Tournament last Thursday. They played a great game and we are proud of the wonderful season they had; their record for the year was 26-8. Anna had a great time at the game despite the loss. Her friends Chase & Eli were there and she had a ball with them! Eli reading with Anna. He was so cute reading with her and telling her all of the animal sounds.
Chase, Anna & Eli. Chase got a teddy bear that they threw out to the crowd and let Anna keep it. She was thrilled (but she also wanted the ball he got too)!
Anna talking to Eli.
Anna got so tickled playing "try to throw the ball past Chase or Eli". They were very sweet to run after the ball and give it back to her everytime. She thought it was a great game!

Region Coach of the Year! 3/12/2008

Jonny has recently been named Region 6 Coach of the Year by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)! Read more on Berry's website by clicking on the link: http://www.berry.edu/athletics/story.asp?ID=2130&sport=WBasketball

His team will play in the National Tournament next week on Thursday, March 20 in Jackson, TN. They will be playing Langston (from Oklahoma) at 11:45 am (EST).

Please pray that all of us who are traveling will get there safely and that his girls will play well!

Wagon Ride

I finally decided to bring my camera along today for our daily wagon ride to see the cows! Anna loves her wagon and gets so excited about getting to go for a ride in it. So much so that when I try to go jogging with her I usually have to bribe her first with a wagon ride and then switch her to my jogging stroller. I'm ready to get in the wagon and get rolling!
We're on our way! Hey cows, can't you come a little closer?
The grass seemed to be more interesting than the cows today!

Mommy's little helper

Anna is my new helper when it's time to unload the dishwasher. She started showing an interest in helping me several weeks ago. I was putting the silverware away and she started bringing spoons over to me one at a time. Ever since then when it's time to unload I always ask if she wants to help and get the huge head nod and smile yes! I quickly grab the clean knives and forks and leave the spoons for her to help with. She gets a little side-tracked sometimes when she finds one of her own spoons so I usually have the bottom emptied before she ever finsihes with her spoons. It's been fun having her so interested in helping!

It's a girl...but not mine!!

Our friends, Crystal & Lee, had their baby girl, Cailin Elizabeth, on the 19th of February. I was so thrilled that it worked out for me to see her last week. Jonathan's team played two games in SC so Anna and I traveled to Greenwood, SC for the day between the games to visit the new baby. Anna wasn't too sure about her mommy holding another baby. I think she thought she was a babydoll at first. Lee, Caitlin & Crystal
She's beautiful and so tiny! It's amazing how fast you forget how little new borns are...
Our friend Lori & Caitlin.