Ryleigh's "Three Piggy Opera" &

Kindergarten Graduation Day

Ryleigh receiving her Kindergarten graduation diploma. She was also asked to lead the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. She did so good. She is super shy at school and a chatter box at home so this was a big deal for her.

Ryleigh was blessed to have Mrs. Lavelle for her teacher. We adore her!!!! She's one of the best teachers any of our kids have had. Such a good teacher that she's actually a Facebook friend haha!!! Ryleigh was lucky enough to be in a class with way more girls than boys--although she's kind of our "boy crazy" girl so she probably would have opted for the other way around.

At our school the kindergartners put on an annual "Three Piggy Opera"--a musical to the story of the "Three Little Pigs". Ryleigh played the grandma pig and even had her own little solo. We were so proud of her. I think my stomach didn't quit hurting until she was done. I was so impressed and she's got a great little voice. If you ever want your own personal performance, just call her up--She loves to sing for people!!!! The program was ended with a small reception and lots of picture taking. I was asked to make piggy cupcakes and I think they ended up turning out pretty cute.

Our baby girl is heading to 1st grade---WOW!!!

NO S-E-C FANS HERE!!!

Thanks Grandma MaryAnn

The RAINS came down and the FLOODS came up!!!

(one reason why I will never stop blogging-it hit me strong that it's important to keep journaling our family memories online)

As you all know the South has been hit hard by tornadoes and thunderstorms the past couple of weeks. We had 4 straight days of rain and flooding in our neighborhood, 8 feet high. The tornado sirens went off for 3 days and I can honestly say this time around I was pretty worried. When you hear the weather man mention the town you live in over and over again you begin to panic and wonder if you're prepared-which I'm not!!! Luckily through all of the mess, the only damage we received was a small amount of water that came up (through the concrete) into our bedroom. In most cases I would have been irritated but all we could do was thank our Heavenly Father that this was all that happened. Our thoughts and prayers are still going out to those hit hard in our neighboring state of Alabama.

~ Our Easter Sunday Best~

Easter Morning

Look at these two very handsome boys. The Easter bunny treated Evan to a few onesies, baby cookies, his first big boy bottle of juice, and some finger foods. Carson was so excited to get a new red Phifen necklace, batting gloves, and of course all the Reese's he could possibly eat.
The Bunny brought the girls lip gloss, bubbles, panties, wallets, earrings, and of course candy. Their favorite was the movie "Tangled" though, they couldn't run up the stairs quick enough to watch it.
Daddy wasn't able to spend Easter morning with us but the Easter bunny made sure he got all of the left over hard boiled eggs haha!!! Funny story--we had almost 40 hard boiled eggs. I had to make them for another activity...so lets just say after a few days of smelling eggs in the fridge (no matter how much I love them) they were trashed!!!

Coloring Easter Eggs

Easter egg coloring this year was done at about 11 at night...not a good thing, but you can't have Easter without dying eggs!!! Carson's always have some sort of sports theme to them and this year it was Memphis, Utah, and UT Knoxville. Carson is actually our artist. He takes his egg dying very serious haha!!!
Well this pretty much explains how Evan felt about the whole thing...." I hate Eggs!!!"

The girls think anything that has to do with color and messes is the best fun ever. I'm on pins and needles the whole time wondering when my white cupboards are going to be splashed with a tye dye of colors. Most Mom's wouldn't do this at 11 o'clock at night, but this Mom LOVES egg salad sandwiches so it had to be done haha!!!

Collierville 2nd Ward Easter Egg Hunt