Mowing with Daddy

Needless to say, the mower is now a new favorite. It's the first year she's "mowed" with Daddy. She does not like the loud noise, however, so she uses her brother's ear protectors for shooting!

Ride to Live. Live to Ride.

If you were to ask her to choose between her bike & a motorcycle ride with her Daddy...that would be a close call! I would say these are her two favorite things right now & it's been beautiful weather for both!

A Great Day for the Park!

We have a wonderful park about 10 minutes away from our house. It's sponsored by Brookshire Bro.'s Grocery & it has an outdoor play area & an indoor museum with all kinds of animals & an old fashioned General Store. It's always a hit & our kids never get tired of going. I kinda feel like a loser mom because this is the first time we've been this year! When the boys were little, it was a weekly event. Guess I need to step it up a bit! We had a great time and spent three hours playing and looking around today. The weather was P.E.R.F.E.C.T.! Caleigh went on the Merry Go Round for the first time and we buried toes in the sand. Good Times.

Sunshine after the Rain

And they're headed out for the race!
Tricks

Talkin' tricks.

This girl is a bike ridin' fool

Luckily, I got her in a helmet!

She has zero fear of going fast.

Yep, she's going to give me a run for my money!

Well, it looks like this Spring is the year of the scooters & bikes. You've looked at pictures of the kids on the trampoline for so many years, you're probably in shock! Now, the trampoline is not neglected by any means, but C begs the boys to play out front with her so she can ride her bike! They've rediscovered their scooters & are now practicing some new tricks. Now, if I could just get shoes on all 3!

Thank you God for the beautiful sunshine after all of our rain last night!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! He Lives!Celebrating Easter at my Mom & Dad's house....

I think we have hidden & hunted eggs at least a hundred times since Friday!

Rocking in her mommy's baby chair.

Opening Easter Goodies from Grandmama & Grampie

Caleigh picked out our Easter Cake this year.

I guess the boys are not really into Egg Hunting...they all took off for the gun range for the afternoon....;)

I put my Dad in charge of getting a few pictures for me. Thanks Dad!

My View for the afternoon.....

There were popsicles to be eaten & trees to climb.... Bikes to ride.... Wheelies to pop....

Destination: fun in the front yard...

She even learned how to ride her new bike one-handed so she could eat her popsicle and ride at the same time ;)

It was a beautiful afternoon at the Murphy House!

The Varn's Journey...maybe you can help!

GIVEAWAY!!! It takes a Village............. Not to raise a child but to bring one home! We have approximately 5 weeks to raise the remaining $4400 we NEED to bring Cori home and we NEED your help! We need your help to drive as much traffic to this blog as it can possibly handle so we can finish Cori's puzzle. We Currently have 218 pieces left to go. That will be almost half of the $4400 we need and we have a few small fundraiser projects in the works to make the rest. but we MUST complete this puzzle! If everyone who reads this sponsors 1 or more pieces at only $10 each we WILL have this done! For more info on the puzzle and to sponsor your pieces CLICK HERE Did I mention that the chipin on the right ----> EXPIRES ON APRIL 30th!!!! This means we only have 20 DAYS LEFT TO FINISH THE PUZZLE!!! HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP GET THE WORD OUT AND WIN THIS BEAUTIFUL JADE, SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL AND HILL TRIBE SILVER HAND MADE NECKLACE VALUED AT OVER $50! When our Facebook fan page (CLICK HERE) reaches 750 fans by April 30th (so doable)we will randomly pick a winner to receive this BEAUTIFUL necklace just in time for mother's day! How do you get entered you ask... * 1 Entry for Liking Our Fan Page * 1 Entry for Clicking "Share" and posting the fan page on your Facebook page * 1 entry for Each Friend you get to "like" our fan page and leave a post either there or on this blog post with your name. * 2 Entries for Putting the button to the right on your blog AND posting on your blog about our giveaway and our puzzle! (leave a comment on this blog post so I will know) A Little bit about our Little one! For those who are new to our blog here is a little bit about Cori. She is 3 years old and living in foster care in Yulin, Guangxi, China. She was found on the steps of the hospital when she was estimated to be about a month old. She was taken to the Yulin 1st Social Welfare institute (aka orphanage) and found to have a large tumor growing on her neck. At 8 months old the tumor had grown so large that it had to be removed. Praise the Lord it was benign and all she is left with is a big scar on the right side of her neck. Due to being in an orphanage for 2 years and possibly due to the tumor other issues, she was delayed in growth, gross motor and speech so she was moved to foster care right around her 2nd birthday thanks to a sponsor through and organization in Scotland who is paying for her care. She has greatly improved over the last year but she is still delayed somewhat according to the update we got in February. We can not wait to get our little peanut home so we can get her assessed and get her the help that she needs. PLEASE consider being a piece of the puzzle to bring Cori home and sponsoring a piece or pieces of the puzzle via the chip in on the right.

Hey ,Hey, I Wanna Be A Rock Star!

C LOVES Music! She is always getting my ipod & her earphones together for a little jam session! ....oh, and just in case you forgot, I still haven't one the MOTY Award! LOL! Yes, she's having popcorn & Corn Pops cereal for a snack with OJ, while listening to my ipod! This girl....she's a pretty cool kid!

Family Portrait by Caleigh

I just hope I'm not the big red one!

Sunflowers

I picked up these beautiful sunflowers today! Caleigh said they looked like her lion she made in school on Monday...I agree!

The Easter Table

Yes, it seems we needed an Easter Table in our house....no, not a few decorations scattered here & there. The 3 year old was "helping", so all things Easter/Rabbit/Christ related that she could reach in the house, went on the Easter Table. ;) Enjoy!

100 Year Celebration

Happy 100th Year Birthday to the little country church we love!

We went to church here for 5 years when we lived in this little community many years ago. We have attended Easter, Fall Festival, VBS, and Christmas services here since we moved back to Texas 7 years ago. We have been going every Sunday for about a month now & are considering making it our home church once again. It's about a 40 minute drive from our house, but it just feels like home. :)

My husband & his little brother.

Shhhhh....don't tell our kids you need a fancy playground to have fun!

Hope you had a wonderful Sunday! It was a beautiful & warm sunny day here in East Texas!