Of Crayfish, Frogs, and Frills.

We called up our "Spur of the moment expedition" Friends, (haha) And ended up in a bog getting soakers and an earful of Frog peeping!! The noise was so loud, the frogs must have been rejoicing in the arrival of spring! Unfortunately, we didn't pack our boots...forgetting that the last time we were here, it was frozen over and you could walk anywhere on the ice without getting wet and mucky.... oops.



We found a crayfish in a puddle-pond and caught a little froggie-woggie. It was funny seeing the kids react to it. Sam really wanted to hold it, until it was an inch from his hand, and he said, "Maybe Julia can hold it". haha. And poor little C, her dad help out the froggie for her to see and she jumped from the shock of seeing it so close and ended up in the half a foot of water she was standing beside!! Then we turned around and headed back home.... :) A good adventure all in all. We got dirty, wet and saw wildlife!! :)







My mom always finds these gorgeous Spring dresses for the girls. :) aren't they FUN!!??

thanks mama!!

well, time to wake up the Jules so she can be ready for school today. If you know J, you know she is like her daddy in making big plans and home businesses etc. Her latest plans have been: a missions trip to Haiti to help the people there, and she is adamant that her buddy Hudson (JK at school, adopted out of haiti) is coming with her. (He has already been teaching her Creole!!!) Her most recent home business: selling "marshmellow roasting sticks" that she has carved herself. :) She squandered her earnings on a ride at the mall for herself and for sam.

Sam's latest quirks: he says "guess" alllllllll the time. under his breath. really loudly. anything. In between bites of his dinner. Or every ten seconds during a story or movie... random. one night i came into his room after putting him to bed and said, "okay sam, you need to go to sleep now, no more talking" and his reply was, "but i'm still going to say guess!" yeah. weird i know. :) hahaha. he is MY CHILD though, that is obvious in all this weirdness!! haha.

Mercy: she is not walking (18 months old) but cruises around all the furniture and shuffles on her bum just like her big bro. she loves singing Jesus Loves Me, looking at stories, and eating. eating. eating. favorite words: Cookie. bottle. baby. puppy.

that is the kid update for now. :)