crazy sky

 we were at soccer practice

 the sky started getting darker, then we saw lightning

 the weather sirens started blasting

so we decided to leave.  The clouds were so weird.  The wind stopped blowing. it was bright and sunny in one direction and pitch black in another.  At the stop light I saw this strang cloud--- what you can not see is the tail cloud that is touching down from it...  it was not rotating, but looked menacing enough for me!!!  Then BOOM, out of no where teh HAIL started just pelting us.  It was a lot (had to put the camera away and focus on driving and getting home safely) it was quarter and pea sized.  We were only about 2 miles from the house and then the pouring rain started along with the hail blast...  it was crazy. BUT we made it home safely.  the windows remained in tact.  The storm continued on its way---  and the hail picked up in size (to egg size) thankfully we did not have to deal with that.... Thank you Lord for keeping us all safe!!!!

sneaky kids

Ido not know what was going on.  The kids both hung back a little on our walk home.  Then they actually started talking to each other (only problem was it was too quiet for me to over hear :) ) They shared that they did NOT want me to hear what they were talking about/planning.  I tried my best to "catch them in the act" but they were on to me. 

Still, I just love seeing them together, talking with one another and getting along---  even if it is because they are conspiring against me for some reason or another...

 

I still do not know what it was about---  hope they have forgotten by now too :)

Easter egg painting

so we painted eggs on 2 different days (it was too much fun to have for just 1 day) You would think that I would have taken at least 1 picture of a finished egg....  Oh well.... there is always next year

Happy Easter 2016

 this is the best I could get....  

It started off as a great morning... the scavenger hunt was fun, the kids enjoyed themselves and then... for some odd reason it turned into a pretty rough morning.  The dress wasn't quite right The hair was not was not the way she wanted it, there were tears, lots of ugly blotches so.... Easter photos had to be taken after church and lunch--so not as good as they could have been. (Yikes, what is it going to be like when she is a teenager?!?)

the rest go something like this:

bluebonneys 2016 kids

yup, that is the best I could get :)

for those of you who believe---

I saw this on a blog that I frequent and thought it sounded pretty cute.  We don't believe in Santa, but I know that the kids will get a kick out of watching these!!  Pretty cute!


The Reindeer Cam is back again this year! If you have kids you must check out this site. It is really cool because kids get to watch Santa’s Reindeer live!
They even have scrolling box of Santa’s List – you can get your kiddos name on it by….

• Anyone that sends a letter to Santa get’s on the list. Send your letters to 4593 Wren Dr. SE Caledonia, MI 49316.
• You can also add people to the list by donating to the reindeer fund.
• Or write us a review in the iPhone/iPad/iPod App Store! Then e-mail us at NiceList@ReindeerCam.com with the names you would like to add and your “nickname”. (Use subject line “App Review”)

The reindeer are fed at 11AM, 6PM & 9PM EST Monday thru Friday and 6PM EST on Saturday and Sunday.

geese, ducks and a pwicwick (picnic)

It was beautiful out before Thanksgiving week so we took the opportunity to go to the park with our friends and feed the ducks (yet again!!)
Sam was a little more taken back by the (giant) geese, so he preferred to just sit and let the smaller ducks come to him.Molly on the other hand, well, she enjoyed chasing them, feeding them, and teasing them (holding the bread out for them only to eat it quickly before they could get it ---- yum, stale bread... my favorite!!)And yes, like the good friend/photographer that I am, This really the only picture that I have to prove that our friends were with us (oops)