15 months old!

Carys is 15 months old today. It hardly seems possible.

It seems like yesterday when she was born.


She grew so quickly the first month.


By September, she was 9 months old and sitting up, laughing and playing!



Don't let this innocent face fool you! Now she is getting into everything and delighting us all with her newfound abilities.



She is definitely our glamour girl!

Easter

In order to provide an opportunity for everyone who wants to go to church on Easter weekend, our church has seven services: 2 Friday night, 2 Saturday night, and 3 Sunday. I sang and participated in a drama for all these services. Greg and the boys and Chase worked in the preschool or children's area for all except one when we actually attended service. Dress at our church is typically very casual so that people who have never stepped a foot in a church will feel comfortable there. However, many people dress up on Easter weekend. Carys received this gorgeous dress when she was born, and I've saved it for now. Thank goodness I had this little shrug. It was in the 30's in central FL on Easter morning!


Carys was in the nursery for all seven services and we are SO thankful for the wonderful workers who love on her!

After the last service on Sunday we headed to the Walker's Annual Easter Egg Hunt. They've been doing this for years, and the best thing for me is not having to cook dinner after this marathon weekend! We had a great time, as usual.

I caught Chase just turning around, and it looks like a glamour pose!


Landon told the true Easter story before the egg hunt started. Usually Greg does this, but Landon took over this year.



Landon also had the special privilege of playing the Easter Bunny this year! Carys seemed to like him very well when she was sitting on his lap, but...



...when Greg told Landon to talk to her to see if she would recognize his voice, she started screaming in fear. It tickled Greg so much, as you can see in this picture I just happened to catch!



We finally got home around 5:00 p.m., and my kids finally got to get into their baskets! Leaving home at 7:00a.m. didn't leave an opportunity for that Sunday morning, but they are so patient.

Gerren was the least patient, I think! They didn't get much candy this year because they just don't eat it. They did get Reese's Eggs, a favorite, and a chocolate cross. They each got a Veggie Tales DVD, too as we had fallen behind in purchasing those! It's funny how even Landon still loves those.



Landon wasn't interested enough in his basket to stop working on his blog, though!



Chase changed into a "casual" dress when we got home.



I look TIRED in this picture! Guess what? I was!


Okay, that's better! Carys didn't get any chocolate. She had gummy bunnies and bags of animal crackers, etc.

Strawberry Picking

Last week, we went strawberry picking at Favorite Farms in Dover (thanks to the recommendation of my loopy friend, Yvonne) with our dear friends, the Lacognatas. We had a great time and picked 30 quarts of strawberries.

Here is a picture of Carys when we'd just started picking.



Here is Landon, my oldest, and Chase, my 8yo, with Sarah L. in between!



Here is Carys after much berry eating. She was perfectly willing to pick her own berries, but she wasn't picky about choosing good ones. I had to watch her like a hawk!


I finally got Landon to hold Carys so I could do some serious picking!


As an added adventure, I got the van stuck in the sugar sand on the way out and had to be pulled out by a tractor. I was so glad to have Kim along and to not have to go through that experience by myself. It might it funny rather than frightening! We've been so blessed to have this family as our friends!