The Ultimate Tattle Teller!

Poor Jim just couldn't catch a break and is the subject of the girls quotes this week. Rhett, however didn't have much to say about him, but if he could talk, maybe he'd say something like this....

"mmm....I love the smell of armpits!"



"Yeah, do you see what my tee shirt says?... "All Star", Rock Star works too".



While waiting in the car after church for Jim in a meeting, Emmy grew impatient...
Emmy:I'm hungry.
Crystal: I am too, we'll be eating soon.
Emmy: Daddy needs to stop preaching already!
Crystal: Umm Emmy, Daddy is in a meeting, he's already done preaching.


First let me set up the picture below. This would not be one of Jim's better judgement calls. After walking into the house, Jim absentmindedly put Rhett down at the first available place, the girls stroller. This would not be my idea of the place to put a baby down, but hey, what goes through a male's brain is beyond my comprehension. While I gave Jim a blank look of "what are you doing with our son?", Lydia seized the opportunity to take a live baby for a stroll and took off. At which point, Jim's brain began to work properly and ran after Lydia trying to stop her. When he succeeded, I took this picture and Rhett was promptly removed, without harm.

Lydia has become charismatic in her praying and loves to interject into our prayers as she sees fit. This was a recent interjection that took place at bedtime.
Crystal: (Praying for a list of things on one of the girls beds.)
Lydia (sitting at the edge of the bed, head bowed, thinks of something to pray for): And Daddy SPANKED ME!, and he did this (waving hands in the air) and then this (some other hand motion) (I later found out Jim tossed her in the air and it scared her) and hmmmp (an aggravated sigh) AMEN!
Hey, when you don't like management, you complain to upper management.

A Redneck's Beach

You may be wondering what that beautiful rusted drum in the back ground is, that would be where our heating oil is stored. I call it "The Fusal Lodge." Need I say anymore?

Where Eagles Soar

Yesterday we went for a Hike up a mountain nearby. The Hike we chose to do is 2 miles straight up and took us 4 hours with the girls. They each hiked it completely on their own with no help, except for the occasional large rock. When we got to the top, there were Eagles gliding on the wind all around us (they are known to have nests up there). You could even see the long line of Appalachian mountains in the distance. It was so beautiful, and we had so much fun. Looking down below us on God's creation is always amazing!

Rhett's idea of hiking.

Caterpillars, Rhett's New Trick, And Baseball!

Caterpillars have another predator, kids, mine in particular! Emmy and Lydia have spent hours this week loving, collecting, and sometimes squishing caterpillars they have found in the yard. This new hobby has also resulted in a ridiculous amount of baths this week. But hey, its worth the hours of entertainment.

We told Lydia to run along and hop in the bathtub after playing outside all day (I know they look clean in the pictures above, but that was the start of the day, not the ending). When we got to the bathroom, this is what we found.

While in the car last week, a conversation took place between Emmy and Lydia that went as follows:
Lydia: (Singing very loudly, an original song by Lydia)
Emmy:(Muttering something we can't really hear)
Lydia: (Continuing to sing, this time louder and with more passion)
Emmy: (in a very comanding voice) Lydia, Lid-de-a! You're singing too loud. I can't hear myself talk! You're frustrating me!!!
Jim and I looked at each other knowing that sums up our Emmy, she likes to hear herself talk.



I had just gotten Rhett to fall asleep for a nap (not always an easy task), when the girls came running into the room. Rhett started to grunt.
Crystal: Girls out, Out, OUT!
Lydia: (Annoyed) I'm outing, I'm outing!

Our little Rhett has started to smile (and not just at gas), and it is so rewarding.

This is a presmiling picture...



In this picture he's not smiling because his mommy forced him to sit in a purple bumbo and he feels like less of a man. (He told me so)

This weekend we had the pleasure (with the exception of the hot sun beating down on us) of going to one of Calvin's baseball games. It was a lot of fun and Calvin played very well.

Calvin's at bat.

Calvin running home.



And finally, this is Calvin pitching. Several kids struck out. Great job Cal!

"Give Unto The Lord, The Glory Due His Name."

I feel I should preface this clip with the following: The kids at church on Easter morning were supposed to memorize a verse and then say (that being the key word) the verse in front of the congregation. Emmy had a little something different planned. Who new?





So, of course I ended the video a split second too soon when she leaned into the microphone once again (very proud of herself) and said "funny huh?!?"

Here are some Easter pictures from the past few years:

Easter 2005 (Emmy)

I couldn't leave this one out, that's our cat, Dutches (poor cat!).

Hmm... I seem to be missing a year. This is Easter 2007



Lydia



Easter 2008



Introducing......Easter 2009



Since I haven't been able to get good pictures of Emmy looking at the camera...



Rhett just wants to know when he can eat next!



We've renamed him Chunky Monkey Mitchell.


Happy Easter Everyone!

Look What The Stork Brought Home!

Recently we've been going to a really neat restaurant in Shelby, that one day a week has wonderful kids specials, and (the most important thing of all) "The Balloon Lady!" "The Balloon Lady" can make anything, at least Jim and I haven't found anything she can't make yet. She even made Marilyn Monroe for a table next to us. Trust me, it was atomically accurate! Anyway, this is what she made for Rhett, we were pretty impressed....

This may be hard to see, but that's supposed to be a baby in the basket.

Balancing Life Can Be Hard.....

Balancing a spoon on your nose, now that's a different story.