Bad times

So... we have evacuated to Nashille since we had such horible storms hit our area and have a massive power outage that will last up to a week or more. We are staying with David and Lindsey at the moment. We are fine, feeling very blessed that we have each other. There was no damage to our house. My mom and dad have a tree on top of their roof, but everyone is okay. The biggest thing we lost was all the food that spoiled in our fridge- I will take losing food over loved ones any day. Very sad pictures in North Alabama right now. We know of a few people that have lost everything and have heard of a death total creeping to 200. Our prayers and thoughts are with all those people devastated.
Here is a Video taken from Tuscaloosa where they got hit the hardest. So sad.

Nashville, swim lessons, a train ride, & Easter weekend

We were in Nashville the weekend before Easter cause Adam had to work. We went to the zoo and met my brother & Nico there... Wild fun times!

Tired kids... this pretty much sums up our trip- they were EXHAUSTED!

The next day Adam had to work I was anxious to find something for me and the kids to do... so we went to a Adventure Science Museum for Kids in Nashville. It was geared towards older kids but it was a lot of fun. They had a whole room dedicated to kids 6 years and younger that we spent the majority of our time in. Eli wasn't feeling well so he wasn't in the best mood, It was a good time!

So I bought a few semi private swim lessons for Emma and Eli. I thought it would be a sibling bonding activity that they could do together... so I thought. We get to their first swim lesson all ready to go and Eli screams at the intimidating instructor and will not go near him while Emma is introducing herself to him, telling him how old she is, and asking for him to take her swimming. Poor Guy. Couldn't help but to feel bad for him. So Eli got put in a small time out for throwing a fit while Emma started the swim lesson. Eli was not having it.... so he got kicked out of swim lessons and now Emma is doing private swim lessons by herself. She has had 2 swim lessons and has already graduated to NO FLOATY!!! She is doing awesome and we are so proud!

NEWS UPDATE: Hopper got his summer hair do! (shaved)

We got invited to a birthday party the Saturday before Easter-a train ride!!!

It was quite an exciting time for my kids!

Yummy Cupcakes!

Later that same day... yes, that same day. (BUSY DAY) We hosted a small Easter egg hunt for the kids in our small group and then all cooked out afterwards.

Eli man handling that massive Easter egg that is supposed to be a decoration for the yard.

Say CHEESE!

"Happy Easter Day" -Emma Marie

My sweet precious babies all dressed up to enjoy a beautiful Easter!

Easter was really special to me and Adam this year. Sadly, I wish I could say that it has always been this special to us. This past year and especially the past 6 months our faith has grown tremendously!!! I mean, big time. And it has been pretty cool because we have grown together in our faith. Not really sure what set all of it off but we woke up and realized that we need to live for HIM and we are not going to miss out on Heaven because of this world. We are starting to maintain a marriage that I am very proud of because we have such a spiritual side to it where we are pouring into one another about the Bible.
This year Easter was not about a Bunny, eggs, or candy. It was about Jesus! And this is the first year that I have celebrated it for what it truly means

Celebrations!!!

Last weekend my wonderful husband and beautiful friends took me out for a night on the town to celebrate losing 132 pounds! I made my goal weight! Very exciting chapter of life!

We danced the night away and sang some karaoke- very fun times!

What's been up...

We have had lots of beautiful weather the past couple of weeks so lots of playing outside and eating dinner on the porch... Eli has started being curious about the potty so we let him get on it when he asks... A few nights ago Emma & Eli wanted Daddy to build a tent and he did...

Emma has been doing awesome at her gymnastic/dance class... Our tiny dancer!

Let's not forget about the mutt... he is still grumpy.

We had strep last weekend and that is when this picture was taken... poor baby.

Adam got me a card this past Tuesday and wrote sweet somethings inside it because...

I reached my weight loss goal and had an awesome Dr appointment!

Success is awesome!