On the Market

The house here has been on the market for about 10 days now. So far we've had 5 showings and an open house! It's been a flurry of activity. I will say I don't feel like I've wasted my time on keeping the house clean, since it's been so often seen.

The realtors are already getting antsy for us to drop the price because of the first time home buyers tax credit that runs out at the end of the month. We're holding out a little longer on that, though we'll likely drop a little this week. It's not the easiest of decisions!

Gabby-isms: Lord of the Rings

I am a bog-rog! (Balrog)

[I promise we haven't let her see the movies]

Gam & PawPaw Visit

We've been spoiled. We have had visits from both sets of grandparents and my sister in the past month.

Life can get kind of lonely on the plains sometimes, so it was nice to have visits and the extra sets of hands around.

My dad worked most of the time he was here. I feel a bit guilty about it, but do appreciate all he did for us. The house looks great.

I wound up with the stomach flu--bad news with three little ones, but my mom was so nice to let me get a nap yesterday. While I'm still not feeling great, I am so thankful that they were here. God sure is good at providing what we need.

I wish that we had gotten more pictures, but somehow the three munchkins kept us hopping. I did manage to get a few.

PawPaw with the girls



Gam & the girls



Gam & the Little Man



Nate & PawPaw

Hopefully soon we'll be close enough to see each other much more often!

Gabby-isms

Me: You need to eat your lunch.

Gabby: I can't, my fork is sleeping.

Me: Your fork is asleep?

Gabby: Yes, I put it to bed.

I guess Kate didn't get all the creativity around here. I think I'm in for it!

Easter Day

We hope everyone had a lovely Easter.

We had our family celebration--the empty tomb, Easter baskets, and an egg hunt before breakfast. Then we made it to church for our service and Kate was a part of the children's choir.

We had a family from church take a snap shot of us. Kate's a little hidden, but it was the best of the pictures, so here it is.

I got pictures of the three munchkins together and individually too. Nate was the most cooperative of the three. I guess that's only because he hasn't figured out how to run away yet!

The Munchkins


Kate


Gabby


Nate

The girls have enjoyed their candy quite a bit. We're looking forward to celebrating with friends tonight, as we have dinner together.

Resurection Day!

Have you been looking for the Easter Bunny? It turns out that she's been hiding incognito at my house:

All joking aside, Justin and I went back and forth about Santa Claus for a very long time. In the end we decided to go with it. We figure that we can tell the story of Saint Nicholas and how it all relates to Christmas. We haven't felt the same way about the Easter bunny, so he/she/it won't be stopping by our house.

As our girls went to bed last night, Justin read to them about the women waking up early in the morning to go and anoint the body of Christ. When they wake up, we will take the bottle of perfume that Kate chose and the spices that Gabby picked from the spice cabinet to anoint the Jesus that Kate drew on Friday.

We wrapped him in a piece of paper and placed him in an envelope tomb that Gabby colored and we sealed.

They will find this in it's place.

I love this activity. It had to be compact because of the move this time, but we made a bigger tomb last year--you can see it here. I'm sure it will become more elaborate as the kiddos grow older, but it was so neat to see Kate's expression last year when she found that Jesus was missing.

And while the Easter bunny doesn't come, our kids do get Easter baskets--my sister and I went shopping while she was here. Nate got stiffed this year, since he can't use stickers. play with play-doh, or eat candy. He did get a new pair of kicks though. I always get the girls a pair of spring/summer church shoes for Easter.

I also made this cake.

I learned about it from the same girl who taught about the morning trips to anoint the risen Jesus. It's made to look like the empty tomb. Unfortunately all my cake decorating things are packed away, but it's still a cute little cake, with a York Peppermint Patty for a boulder.

Happy Easter to you!

I've been a off line quite a bit this week because we had company! My little sister came to visit.

We kept her hopping. She got to see Kate's gymnastics class, run errands with us, took a trip to the park, played in the yard, and helped out while I got a few things done around the house.

The munchkins with Aunt Holly


Kate and her favorite Aunt, who cares if she's the only aunt--details, details.


Gabby, who is so much like her Aunt it's scary!


The little guy gave her a run for her money, but she did get some good smiles from him.

I'm sure she's enjoying her nice quiet house and sleeping during the day like a vampire--I guess I'll excuse that though. I sure am glad to know there is someone on the other end of the line if I have to call 911 at 3 AM.

Thanks for your visit Holly. Next time it shouldn't take nearly so long to get to us!