We spent Easter in South FL...

And spent time with my In-laws & two of my three sisters... Most importantly, we spent time with this one...

Baylee was in paradise, spending ALL day outside roaming the property...

Nat & Mare...

Marian just LOVES her cousins!!!

Pres <3's his baby cousin!! :)

Marian says "get over here baby!!"

 I had to add this one because it's the funniest thing - Preston always, ALWAYS makes this face when Aubree puts her arm around him initially! I have dozens of pictures like this! :)

(you can just tell he's upset about it!)

Easter Sunday...

A frog on Garrick's arm....

Easter Egg Hunt...

Easter Dinner...

Preston with Aunt Annie...

Blowing bubbles with Papa Said....

Pool fun...

 Waterbug!!!

Sweet Mare...

The whole crew...

With Gams...

Preston turned THREE in January!!! 

My sweet little baby boy, is such a big boy now!!!

He loooooves trains! He's so into trains right now! He likes Hot Wheels racing cars (he sleeps with a red one every night), big dump trucks, sharks, dinosaurs, wrestling with his sisters (especially Baylee (the Honey Badger)) & he likes everything that is creepy & crawly! But, he also looooves Sea Turtles, and sweet things like baby animals & monkeys - you know... All boy, with a heart of gold! :)

We got him a train table this year, which has been a smashing hit with all three of the kids! Hours of entertainment (I love it!), he also was spoiled by Mimi & Papa who got him all sorts of Thomas the Train books, PJ's & toys. Aunt Annie sent him a huge care package with all his favorite goodies & Aunt Natalie & Uncle Eric sent him a Sea Turtle night light & Handcuffs - so he can harass his two sisters even more!

We had donuts for breakfast & made personal homemade pizzas for dinner - followed by a yummy Thomas the Train cake & then we watched "The Land before time" while eating homemade carmel popcorn & other movie treats. 

All in all, a great day for my special little man!

Here are just a few pictures of my guy with a few of his gifts...

And, with the train table... 

And, since then we shaved off all his hair, so he looks so different to me now!! :(

Since I'm on some sort of roll here, these are some pictures from Nemo, the winter storm that gave us about 14, or 15 inches of snow... I think in February(?), sometime...

The day after the storm was really beautiful - the sky was so clear & blue 

(how it usually always looks after a big storm) 

 So, it only took us 41 minutes to get all the kids snow gear on & for us to get out the house... A big improvement since the beginning of the season! ;)

 We headed to Aubree's school, to meet some neighbors & go sledding on one of the hills there.

Yes, Aubree's school is IN a forest!! :)

 Aubree with her friend, Sammy!

 Wipe-out!!!

 Our snow man... I forget what we named him(?)....

We got a good 4 to 6 inches of snow early last week... and I thought, "oh, for sure this will be the last snow of the cold season in 2013" :-)

It's not - but, that's ok, tomorrow will be "Spring Snow".  Anyway, the snow started right around 5:30pm, Garrick started a nice fire for us & of course, we had a little play time outside, before the snow really started to accumulate. 

Baylee snuck out the door, before I could get on her snow boots - notice the girl's outfit.... She picks out her own clothes these days! ;-) And, I let her wear what she wants.... She just pulls stuff out of her drawers & even though she may have 5 layers on... hey! That's all on her, you know?! Hahahaha! :-)

BTW - before I get the "worst parent of the year award" for these pictures... I ran out without shoes on too! And, I already had my camera - we only stood in the snow shoe-less for like, less than 30-seconds... 

 Trying to be like Big "Teh-ter" (sister) & "Bow" (brother)....

 Baylee saying "snow" - this girl talks sooooo much now!!!!

 Gathering the firewood... Nothing better than a warm fire, on a cold night....

 Aubs catching snow flakes on her tongue! ;-)

 Wanna-be Mountain man...

 Good Little helpers...