Nature in the house

Yesterday Grandpa and Grandma Denton watched the girls so Josh and I could go see the baby at the hospital. While we were gone they found a caterpillar in the kitchen and the girls really enjoyed watched it wiggle around the house! They then wanted to put it in the fish tank so the fish could eat it but after some convincing they decided that the caterpillar should be let go so it could become a butterfly.

Welcome Katie Ann

On Thursday April 22 we welcome a new cousin. Kim and Mark had a baby girl, she weighed 8lbs 6ozs and is beautiful. Abigail and Sarah were very excited to see her. Abigail kept saying I knew it was a girl. Unfortunately the girls have only seen her through the nursery window because Abigail has been sick. She is so diasappointed that she hasn't been able to hold Katie. We will have to go at the beginning of the week and maybe we won't have to share her too much.

Putting on make-up

Sarah found some markers yesterday while playing outside and I think she thought it would be good make-up...or maybe she thought she would look good in a beard. The markers were even on her teeth and tongue.

Western Day

Abigail is learning about Oklahoma in school and so they dressed up in western clothes. We didn't go all out in our dress but I thought Abigail was pretty cute. She loves school so much and gets so excited when they have special days like this. I hope I can always continue to foster a love for learning and friendship in her. She was in such a good mood when I took these pictures as you can see. It reminded me of when she was always looking for a laugh when she was a baby. I also can't believe I was able to braid her hair!!!

Easter Weekend

We had a wonderful Easter weekend and the weather was perfect. On Saturday Abigail and Aunt Emily went out to lunch together and so that left Josh and I with Sarah. It was nice to have just one child together and Sarah really loved all the attention. What did we do before with just one child? We then dyed some Easter eggs which the girls enjoyed. Abigail liked putting beads on the eggs and Sarah enjoyed stirring the water. We later had Aunt Kim and Uncle Mark over and we grilled and had a little Easter egg hunt. We went to church Sunday morning and had the entire Laurent clan there...that was really nice but we took up the whole pew! We had a nice lunch and then Grandma and I took Abigail to a church Easter egg hunt. Abigail was very interested in swinging and while she was swinging she said, "Grandma will you find some eggs for me?" We then went to a park and played on the swings with friends and went on a nature walk. It was such an enjoyable weekend with happy children and beautiful weather. Thank you God! I will post the Easter dress pictures later when my dad emails them to me...we didn't get any good pictures on our camera.

The Fishing Bug has hit

Sarah wanting to help Abigail catch a fish...or she was the fish not sure.


Sarah wishing she was older and could cast on her own.

Josh brought Abigail a new fishing pole home, so they decided to practice casting in the backyard. Abigail was so excitied and could actually cast quite well. Also the fishing pole was purple (Abigail's new favorite color) so double the joy. After dinner they went to the resevoir and fished, unfortunately the pole broke before they got to the fishing spot. Abigail said the pole broke because it was a Zebco... what a stab to Daddy's heart. They didn't catch any fish but they did throw a lot of rocks in the water...maybe that is why they didn't catch any fish. When I was telling Abigail goodnight I said "goodnight fisher girl." She responded by saying "I am not a fisher girl, I fish sometimes but I am not a fisher girl." Wow! Another blow to Daddy's heart.

Breakfast with Daddy

The girls have been missing Josh so much since he has been busy with school, so they really enjoy having breakfast with him in the morning. If Josh is gone in the morning when Abigail gets up the tears fall from her eyes. They love their special time with Daddy.