Easter Visitors

My parents and sister+fam​ily came for the Easter weekend. It was so nice to be together.

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Granddaugh​ers with their grandparen​ts!

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Jen, Chad, Molly, and Leah

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The Long granddaugh​ers - Tate (4), Emmie (2), and Mallory (1 1/2)

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My mom made had made the girls some dresses and given them to each of them for their birthdays this past year.

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the park
making cookies and muffins
Easter baskets
Easter Egg Hunt
McWane Science Center

Easter Egg Hunt and more...

From Easter - He is Risen Indeed!!

us as a family at the MBCC (our church's) Easter Egg Hunt!

From Easter - He is Risen Indeed!!

Pug and Papa and their 3 grand-daug​hers (Tate - 4, Mally - 1 1/2, and Emmie - 2)

From Easter - He is Risen Indeed!!

Jeremy and some guys provided blue grass music as entertainm​ent.

From Easter - He is Risen Indeed!!

AND she is off! Let the Easter Egg Hunt begin.

From Easter - He is Risen Indeed!!

next...

From Easter - He is Risen Indeed!!

...smiles!

From Emmie just being 2 yrs old

Emmie and I went on Saturday morning to Fairfield to help plant some veggies in the new community garden.

From Emmie just being 2 yrs old

Then after nap, we went to Caroline's 2nd Bday party! Click any of the 2 pix above to see more planting and jumping!

Some Very Special Photos!

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#1 This is a very special dress. My mom made this for Jen and I when we were little girls. So sweet, that now my daugher gets to wear it!

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#2 "A beard like Papa's," Emmie said.

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#3 How cute is this? Emmie said one afternoon, "I going to put my shoes next to Dada's." It melted his heart when he got home from work.

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#4 Her first popcicle! YUMMY!

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#5 Snuggling with Dada.

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#6 what a sweet pix! Emmie and Great Grandmother Dot. Emmie wanted to hold G'Dot's purse for her.

a Fun visit with the Barrett's!

Best friends since 6th grade...

From Visit with Michelle Massett Barrett

On Tuesday, we went to McWane Science Center.

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Do you smell stinky feet, Maia?

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Then Tuesday afternoon, we went to a neighbor's house to play on her swingset.

From Visit with Michelle Massett Barrett

From Visit with Michelle Massett Barrett

From Visit with Michelle Massett Barrett

Thanks for coming Michelle. It was so fun being together.

Miss you all already!

Happy 4th Birthday, Molly!

Molly, What a sweet, big girl you are growing up to be! I am so glad you had an awesome day and have fun celebrating at school tomorrow too! I love you! Aunt 'Chelle

From Emmie just being 2 yrs old

Days in the Long Home!

Helping Dada make yummy sweet tea!

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Wearing Mommy's cowgirl boots!

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Sometimes for a treat, Emmie gets to watch a show on the couch. She loves it!

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Painting constructi​on paper with plain ole' water is fun! Check our her tongue of concentrat​ion. :)

From Emmie just being 2 yrs old

G'Mom sent us a King Cake for Fat Tuesday!

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BEST OF ALL...

Thanks to The Potty Boot Camp - Emmie potty trained this past weekend and she is got it down in 1 1/2 days! Yeah - no more diapers during awake times!

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She got dress up heels from Aunt Di Di on Sunday night since she had not had an accident since lunch time.

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To see more pix click on any of the pix above!

Just Life...

Here are a few pix of stuff we have been doing lately...

Josh and Sashari came down from Cullman so we could celebrate Cmas and Emmie/Sophie's Bday with the girls. Click on these pix to see more from our time together!

From Emmie just being 2 yrs old

Painting for the first time:

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I love it when she is trying hard or concentrating on something and she puts her tongue out:

From Emmie just being 2 yrs old

We also went to see Emmie's Great Grandmother Dot today and Emmie got a nice ride:

From Emmie just being 2 yrs old