Planting Potatoes

Wow! What a great weekend. The weather was perfect on Saturday; perfect for planting. Honey and Monts had plans to plant their potatoes this past weekend so they asked if the boys could come help. Well, sure they could. They had a great time and it was evident that Owen loved it just as much as Cole. I love the fact that the boys get to experience these type of days with grandparents. After they were done they came home for lunch, naps and of course, some planting at our house. It was killing Dax not to have something planted so he made us a couple of raised beds in the backyard for some small vegetables and herbs. We had a great time doing them as well and look forward to seeing them grow. They are positioned right outside our kitchen window so we can look at them daily while we are eating.Borrowing Brother's tractor. My little Red Head Hauling HayThe boys love the "big" tractorCole shared his time with Monts with Owen. This is so big of him.In the back of the truck with the hay.Hard working manFollowing Montsgetting the potatoes ready

Covering the potatoes

playing in the dirt

Zoo

Joy and the girls were coming this way for Spring Break so we met in Montgomery to take the kiddos to the zoo. I looked at the weather and saw that the forecast called for rain after lunch; well, when I drove into Montgomery around 9:45 the rain was coming down. It let up enough for us to get in the gates and then sprinkled just a little bit longer. Everyone had a great time!This type of monkey was so funny! She had a baby on her when we walked up but I guess we scared it because it ran off and she came to the window to socialize. The kids didn't know what to think. Well, Owen did...RUN!Owen thought he was as big as Ella Joy and Cole. He had to be right there with them.Nana pointing out the baby giraffes and zebras running.This is a good as it gets...Cole looking goofy and Ella tickled. I think they were laughing because I told them to say pickle.Terrible of all 3 but the only one I have.They really wanted to see the lions.
I thought the bald eagle was so pretty. Cole of course had to throw out "War Eagle!"

On the way home from church...

Yesterday we left church to head home and change clothes and eat. I try to always ask Cole what he learned during Sunday School to see if he remembers anything. Yesterday, he went into his actual class (this is huge for us because he would rather be with Cha Cha, Mr. John and Mrs. Alithia and the 1 -2 year olds). Miss Christy had reminded us to bring an animal to class since they were learning about God's creations. So Cole went freely to Miss Christy with his snake in tow. After class I asked him what he learned and he told me that God made the ducks :) He then proceeded to ask me questions...the conversation went like this.

Cole: what happened with Jesus?
Me: what do you mean?
Cole: you know! he went to the ceiling.
Me: what Cole? I don't know that I understand you.
Cole: you know, Nana tells me that is how we know it is Easter.
Me: Oh, you mean Jesus was crucified on the cross and died.
Cole: I don't want him to die. I want him back.
Me: Cole, baby, that was God's plan for Jesus to die for our sins and then he was raised from the dead and lives in our hearts.
Cole: Why?
Me: so we can have Jesus in our hearts and live in Heaven one day with God if we choose to. Don't you want to live with God one day? Mommy and Daddy do.
Cole: I do. How can God hold all of us?
Me: Cole, God has really big arms to hold all of his children.

I love that his mind is always working. He asks so many questions and at times this drives me absolutely crazy but it is questions like these that bring joy to my heart because I know that my children are constantly hearing about our Lord, Jesus Christ and what He did for us. I pray that there are many more questions to come.

Just like most of Alabama we experienced our first snow of the year and the most snow that I can remember in a long time. To say that Cole loved it is and understatement. He woke Friday morning wanting to go outside to play. I had to come in to work since weather conditions such as these aren't great for the insurance business but his Daddy came home around 11 to play. They loaded up and took Angela home and headed to Honey and Monts'. She has all the pictures of the snowman they built as well as pictures of Owen. They played for a little bit and then I got off work because of the roads and headed to Dax's parents'. Owen didn't care too much for the snow pelting him in the face nor the dogs all over him so we headed inside to warm up. We left Honey's to go home for naps but, of course, Cole was not having anything to do with a nap and insisted that he needed to play in "his" snow, so Dax put Owen down and the three of us headed back outside. It was so beautiful but I am glad we don't experience constantly like the people up north.

I had just thrown a snowball and hit Cole in the mouth. Ooops! Mom didn't mean to.
Tess loved the snow and couldn't get enough playtime in with Cole.

I was so impressed that Cole knew how to make a snow angel. That is one of the first things he did when he got outside.

Dad joined in the fun as well.
We measured because we are dorks like that. 4 inches around 2:30 so by that night it was close to 5 inches.
I love this photo! Very few times do I get a "real" smile from this one.
Trompin through the snow!

It just kept coming down!

FBC Upward Season

Our church's Upward season is in full swing and Dax is coaching kindergarten this year. We are up bright and early every Saturday morning since his games are at 8:30. The boys love it and look forward to it every weekend. We love being a part of this ministry and look forward to serving for many more years.

Cole had a Tonsilectomy and Adenoidectomy

Can you see them? His big ol'tonsils...Well, he had them and his adenoids removed yesterday. He did so well. They gave him some anxiety medicine prior to surgery so he would be more willing to go with the nurse and let me tell you; it worked! He didn't want anyone near him when we first got there and by the time he was headed to surgery he went freely. Dr. McQueen said surgery went great and only lasted about 20 minutes. He said they were huge! After getting him back from recovery we headed home. He slept off and on for most of the day and ate applesauce, cookies and spaghettios. I was amazed at how much he did eat for us. I am hoping that this continues and we don't end up with him dehydrated.

Owen's first "Real" Haircut

I have been trimming Owen's hair myself since September or October but because of his curls just decided to have his first professional cut the other week. Here are some sweet photos of him letting Mrs. Shirley give him a trim.