Play date, and day!

The Shawas and the Oswalts had a good time together eating at Olive Garden for Easter and then coming together at the Shawas. The guys ended up having a West Wing marathon while Lindy and I opted for the chick flick! The next day we just hung out. The kiddos had fun! Lindy and I ventured to Walmart with the 3 boys, needless to say, it was an experience! Wow! The cart took a tumble a couple of times!!! Emily had fun just sitting with Spencer and Benjamin and Carter played with the fake food! Spencer just dotes over Emily, it is too funny! And she is such a princess, it is perfect!!! She doesn't mind the attention at all!

Eggs, Eggs, Eggs!

What a weekend! We had fun! Saturday morning we went to Lisa Cook's, Benjamin's Sunday School teacher, and hunted eggs. I didn't get any pictures there (we forgot the camera). Benjawmin did well with me showing him which direction the eggs were and Jason showed Emily what to do with one egg and she just took off with it. She was so cute in her dress as she bent over from the waist and her bloomers stuck out at she picked up the colored eggs! Then later we had an Easter Egg Hunt at home. The other pictures are Easter morning. Benjamin looked like such a little man in his suit that Grammie got him and Emily was precious in her Cinderella dress Grammie sent as well. She was not so thrilled about taking pictures Sunday. We have yet to dye Easter Eggs, but I think we are still going to do them! Better late than never, right! Haahaa! Do you expect much less from the Shawas. Another blog soon with

pictures from our day with the Oswalts!

Let It Snow!

Wow...it is March right? We have seen the possibility of snow for the forecast for weeks, but we didn't get our hopes up. So...this time would it really happen! Indeed it did! Yesterday afternoon it began coming down and continued through the night.

We woke up to a beautiful blanket of snow everywhere! Benjamin was so excited! He would not let up asking if he could put on his coat and go outside to play. Emily was not too sure of it. We put Benjamin's shoes on her since they were big enough to fit over her pyjama feet and Jason put her in the middle of it. She didn't move! It was too funny.

We came inside since the kiddos have been sick with a nasty cough and runny nose, but Benjamin was not all that happy with the plan. He looked out of the window and let out a shriek " Uh oh, the snow is melting!" He knew he did not have much time left. He wanted to play in the snow. So, Mommy got a plate and filled it up with snow so he could play with it! He grabbed Thomas and played for the longest time. I refilled the plate with new snow as needed. We then went for a ride and looked at the snow before the sun melted it away.

And of course how could we forget, the Myrtle Snowman!

MRI Anyone?

Well our day yesterday was a day. The MRI went really well...Benjamin was knocked out. It's when they had to put him on a board and wrap him up so they could the IV in. Poor guy was very scared. They got it on the first try though, so that was good. Jason was able to stay with him the whole time, so that was comforting. Glad it's over. I called the doctor today and left a message, but have not heard back from them. The Shawas got a bit of good news today! Benjamin is eligable to have a wish granted to him through Make A Wish Foundation. We are very excited. Those of you that know him know he loves Mickey Mouse, Cars, Little Einsteins, etc...which leads us to believe that he would absolutely love...DisneyWorld. I showed him a few pictures of Disneyworld online and now he randomly says, "You want to go to Disneyworld?" It's too cute. Emily...she is doing well. She stayed with the Oswalts Monday night and Tuesday. Lindy said she would wake up through the night and Emil would just be staring at her. She said they would have a stare down and she'd go back to sleep, this happened several times. She is a mess! Hope everyone is doing well. Time to get on pyjamas and get the runny nosed kiddos to bed!

Afternoon At The Park

Wow, has it been a week already! We didn't fall off of the face of the earth, I promise! The yard was too wet and muddy so we headed to the park in New Albany, about 10 minutes away. The kiddos were so thankful to be able to get out and play. Benjamin loved going down the big slide and Emily was trying to go right behind him, until it came to the slide. My little daredevil wasn't ready fot that one! I think we are all doing better, no one sick, yay! Tomorrow we head to LeBonheur for Benjamin's MRI. They will sedate him so hopefully he will be out and it will go fast and he will wake up easily from the sedation. Going to update tomorrow afternoon. About to start getting ready to pack the kids up and head out in a few hours. Hope everyone is doing great!

R