Easter in the Country 2016…

Another fun Easter in the Country is now in the books.  As usual there was too much candy and goodies for the kids to eat.  They all ate so much before lunch that they weren’t hungry when it was time to eat.

Pepaw loaded them up on the 4 wheeler and took them on a long ride to the mailbox while we hid the eggs.  I think there was 100 of them.  The only instructions we had was to make sure they stayed out of the garden!The weather was perfect.  It was bright and sunny and it was cold enough that the chocolate in the eggs didn’t melt.

Erin needed a little help in the egg hunting dept.  She would watch the boys and when they found one would run to where they were and look.  I know she gets the concept but was too impatient and nosey to really try to look for her own.

The prize for the hardest to see and get egg goes to Luke.  Uncle Tommy hid it up in a hole in the tractor bucket.  Luke spotted it and climbed up the tractor wheels on his own and was almost able to get it.  Reinforcements were called in and the egg went to Luke!

It’s almost impossible to get a good picture of all 3 of them.  Jake will cooperate but Luke and Erin are wildcards.  Luke will pout and be a turd and Erin will make silly faces and do weird poses until you yell at her to act right.  But, with that being said, I think I got a couple of good ones… or as good as they get with those 3!

 

Obsessed…

I am now obsessed with my Yeti cup.  I bought it after Tommy bought his.  I love, love, love it.

I even took it to Washington with me when we went.  It’s been monogrammed and I have a Dallas Cowboys sticker on the back of it.

If you don’t have one, I highly recommend them.  It keeps ice about 12 hours at a time.  I can fill it up in the morning and still have ice by bedtime!  It’s a stainless steel miracle.

SuperStar….

While we were at the Rodeo on Monday the craziest thing happened.  They were shooting a Ford commercial at the Ford exhibit.  I didn’t realize what they were doing and we walked right in the middle of the shot.

There were a couple of bales of hay stacked up under one of the lifts for the truck.  I told the kids to sit on it so I could take a picture.  Needless to say I realized what happened when the cameraman came over to me in a huff. 

In the meantime, the kids climbed up on the hay and Amy started taking a picture.  Erin decided to be herself and put her hand on her hip and posed for the camera.  There was a lady taking still photos for the commercial.  She saw Erin and immediately started taking their picture.  The two actors were cracking up and the guy told me how cute she was.

As we were walking away one of the crew/director/actor told Amy that we needed to get her a talent agent!  They were dead serious too. 

It really has me thinking.  Erin loves to perform and is really good at improvising little shows and dances.  There is an acting studio not far from the house.  I’m thinking this summer I might start her in some acting classes.  If she likes it we might see where it takes us.  I would never pressure her and be a total stage mom but she obviously loves the spotlight.

Here’s a pic of the photographer taking their picture and Erin striking her pose.

A Trip to the Rodeo…

Now I’m caught up with the blog posts.

We went to the Rodeo on Monday.  Amy, Daddy and I took William and Erin to the kid’s section of the Rodeo.  This year Lee went with us. 

It was 90 degrees on Monday so I wore a dress to keep cool.  We all had on our boots and I knew it would be hot in them.  I was thankful I had it on the dress right up until it was time to ride the super slide.  I could have handled the going down the slide gracefully but could never have gotten up off the end of the slide without flashing the goods.

Lee stepped up and took Erin on the slide.  Amy said at the top William insisted on going by himself.  I shot a video of them coming down.  William looks scared to death.  Lee and Erin were very happy.

I intentionally shot the video in slow motion.  It turned out hilariously. 

Youtube Video:  Fun at the Rodeo

Our Trip to Disney…

I honestly can’t remember if I posted this video from our trip to Disney.

Our hotel was on the boat transit at Disney.  It was wonderful.  Other people had to wait for the bus but we were on the boat route.  One night after we had been there all day we were going back for our 2nd trip after our rest.  We brought Erin’s ipad with us for the lines we had to stand in. 

She got the ipad out on the boat trip to the Magic Kingdom.  Her and Annabel turned on Frozen and started singing the song.  Erin the ham started really belting it out.  Everyone on the boat was laughing.  At the end they clapped for them.  Erin was so proud. 

Erin is such a little performer.  I think we need to get her into drama or acting lessons or something. 

Youtube Video:  Let It Go