Spring

Bret (right)  grabbed my camera and walked around our yard and took all these spring pictures.

Ask rain from the Lord in the season of the spring rain, from the Lord who makes the storm clouds, and he will give them showers of rain, to everyone the vegetation in the field.
Zechariah 10:1

 Now this is a spring rain.

 

 

 

Spring around here means new shoes and around here it can turn into a big job.  Arden is just adjusting her outfit. : - )

 

Lael came home and said "Everyone loved my shoes!"  Hmm...  I don't need to tell her I got them in the little boys department.

Cokie is a Croc girl, because her brace slips into them fast!  I'll have to go buy her couple more pair in different colors.
 
These are mine.

 

And these.

The ones on the right are my Sunday go meetin' shoes, but my favorites don't have heals. : - )

I guess I bought myself several, but I can justify it, because I give the ones I'm tired of to one of my girls. : - )

 

 

 

My niece Gabrielle and Darby's. 

 

 

Someone needs to tell Mike these are not spring shoes.

My nephew Sawyer got Sperrys. Did you know they are suppose to be a "big" deal?

Well, I didn't till Arden asked for a pair.

Looks like time for her and Lael to clean their room.


Flip flops are what we  all like living in during the summer.  I'm just getting started buying them.

The Pacers are Back

I'm not sure what Mike is doing out on the floor, but I know it got us in. : - )

I'm not a big sports fan, but I do enjoy going to live games.  And from what I'm told, the Pacers are pretty good this year, which makes the atmosphere a lot more exciting.




But for me, the very best part of going to the Field House is not watching the Pacers.  It is seeing Cokie's picture on the wall.  It is above the first drinking fountain on the left after you walk in the main entrance.  She has her picture above a drinking fountain on the second level too.






Stafan is a huge fan.  He is very aggressive (in a good way) when he plays sports.  He told us that night that he plans on playing in the NBA.



Ohio State star Deshaun Thomas visited the suite we were in.  You know how I knew he was....?  Mike told me. : - )  Seriously, when he walked in, I saw he was REALLY tall and I could tell he was being escorted.  I can do deductive reasoning and knew he "was somebody."  LOL  It was so funny, because another little boy who lives in Ohio was in the suite and went absolutely nuts when he saw this guy.  He started yelling, "But, I don't have Facebook!"  Deshaun was very nice to the kids and everyone else.  And check out that smile.  I have a feeling he is going to be a popular NBA player. 









 

Now that is a sandwich!



This is a different game here.  Mike got tickets, because Lael was dying to go see Jeremy Lin.  She loves Jeremy Lin.  Mike got Lael the jersey for Christmas.  When she opened it, she screamed and then cried.




And again, Mike was doing that thing on the floor.




And yes, I stopped by to visit Cokie's picture. 

Last Sunday I was gone the entire day with a friend.  When I got home my kids showed me their latest video.  Bret taped it for them.   If you want to listen to the music on it you'll have to wait till my song stops playing.  According to the "experts" we broke all the rules adopting four all the same age.  This is the kind of stuff they do all the time.  You VERY rarely see them separated.  

My four 4th graders. Lyric, Cokie, Shepard and Stafan.

Why?

Because I can.  It is called the Second Amendment.  The right to bear arms.
 




 





OK, so I was a little bit of a weenie.  This is loud in here!
 



 

This is what did for me. 
N.Y. news site stirs outrage after publishing gun owners' names
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-newspaper-gun-owners-20121226,0,2883615.story




So I need a little more target practice. Becki got 100%