Easter

We had a really nice Easter. We went to breakfast at church, hunted for eggs and then had church service. We came home and searched for our eggs. I made dinner and Grandma Judy came over and ate with us. The girls got roller blades from the "Easter Bunny". They love them and were out roller blading all day and went out today right after school. The have already improved so much.

Wonderful Sunny Day!

The weather was so wonderful today. The snow is pretty much all melted and the sun was shining today. It was even kind of warm out, I actually took my coat off. You can't help but be in a good mood when the sun is shining. I think it's supposed to start raining tomorrow, which makes me sad. I am so ready for spring, but I'll take the nice sunny days when I can get them.

My friend Nicole and I took our kids swimming at the pool on Sunday. It makes us very excited for swimming this summer. The kids loved it and I'm including a picture of Isabelle, Olivia and their friend Annie.

Since it was such a beautiful day today here is my quote:

It takes seventy-two muscles to frown, but only thirteen to smile. Author Unknown.

Marni

Quote

I just started this book that was recommended to me. It's called The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian. I decided to put the first paragraph on here because I thought it would go great with my quotes.

"It's the best of jobs. It's the most difficult of jobs. It can bring you the greatest joy. It can cause the greatest pain. There is nothing as fulfilling and exhilarating. There's nothing so depleting and exhausting. No area of your life can make you feel more like a success when everything is going well. No area of your life can make you feel more like a failure when things go wrong." Yep, you guessed it, PARENTING.

No front teeth

Well, Olivia lost her last front tooth in the middle of the night last night. She was so scared she was going to lose it in the night and choke on it. I told her she wouldn't, but she wanted to pray about it. So, we prayed that it wouldn't happen and she woke up in the night with it in her mouth. She was very thankful and so was I because frankly that thing was so loose breathing through her mouth could've caused it to fall out. She could almost twist it completely around with her tongue. I have to say she looks so cute without any front teeth.

Quote for Saturday, February 2, 2008

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. Brian Tracy

Quotes

I love quotes, so I've decided to randomly put some quotes in my blog. I'll add them according to my life at the time or if I just happen to like it. This one really applies to my life right at the moment.

I'm putting a label on each entry with a quote in it. You can click on the label selection on the right side and it will give you all my entries with any quotes in them.

Today's quote:

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. William Ellery Channing

My camera crazy daughter

Everytime I take my memory card to load my pictures on my computer, Olivia has found my camera and taken a ton of pictures. You never know what you are going to get. Sometimes it's pictures of the doors, the tv, her lips, her teeth, or just about anything you can think of. She mostly loves taking pictures of herself. I spend most of my time deleting her pictures off of my camera. I did start a folder of for the ones that tickle my fancy though and I look at them when I need a laugh. These are just a couple of the many pictures that she has taken.