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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

We are having a...

Ok so I decided to make you wait till the end of the post to find out.... And now that most of you jumped to the end to find out and are now reading the rest...

We just got back from Spring Break. We spent the whole week in Austin with my parents. It was fun and had been a long time since we had been down there. We spent about 95% of the time shopping, which is my favorite thing to do, as many of you know. My mom bought lots of cute outfits for Faith, since we didn't know what the new baby would be at the time (thanks mom). And I also got several new maternity outfits (thanks again mom)... which I actually hate doing since you only wear them 9 months (and actually not the whole nine months, since you don't start wearing them till like 4-5 months pregnant - waste of money, oh well). Anyway, we had a great time and it was nice to get away for a while.

We were back in Abilene for Easter. It was fun and a bummer at the same time. Stacy was sick, so he missed all the festivities, so we really missed him. BUT it was so fun actually seeing Faith hunt eggs and play with her cousins. Here are a few Easter pics. Faith has just reached the age that it is really hard to get her to stop for a pic, so we have a ridiculous amount of pics to get just a few good ones.

Sunday morning before church in her Easter outfit... yes we did pants this year instead of the dress... we must be rebels.



All the cousins before we let them play. They love each other so much. It is so fun to watch them together.


Ok so haven't figured out how to turn the pics (advice is welcome). Faith with her 2 Easter baskets. Notice Nana and Papa showed up mom and dad with the ELMO Easter basket filled with all Elmo stuff. (Crazy Elmo)


This would be minutes before Faith laid a big sloppy kiss on her Elmo basket. I guess we can say she liked that gift.

Ok no more delay... We are having a girl!!! We are very excited and it is a huge blessing that it is a girl. Many of you know Stacy recently took a huge pay cut and took a new job in order to have more time with the family. Previously he was working regularly till 8 and 9 at night. It only took one morning to help him decide money is not worth missing family. The story - He kept Faith and went to work late and as he was leaving she went hysterical crying for him and telling him to stay. He hadn't seen her the whole week before. It was very sad!! All that to say, with all the clothes and "stuff" we have for a girl, it truly is a blessing to be having a girl.

OK those of you brave enough, we need some help picking out a name. Not to say we will pick based on votes, but are curious of what you think. We always new Grace would be the middle name (even before Faith was here), but first name is the problem. The choices (as of now, which could still change) are Eva Grace or Sophia Grace. Eva (comes from Eve) means Life giving and Sophia means wisdom, both biblical (with Faith you can see our theme). So in your comments throw out your vote. Sorry this post is so long!!! Lots to say for once.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Rattlesnake Round-up

We took a little family trip to the Rattlesnake round-up today. It was lots of fun, but if you don't like snakes, you may want to skip the pictures. They had a ridiculous amount of snakes, which I thought was awesome. The shopping was really good too, tons of booths with jewelry and purses which are my biggest temptations. The carnival was there (which we didn't get any pictures of, don't know why). And the best part, as always, the food!!! You can't beat the super fatty foods you find at places like this. We had the huge turkey legs and roasted corn, probably as healthy as it gets. It was a fun little day trip though. Nice to get away for the day as a family. Enjoy the pictures....

Yes, those are all rattlesnakes - crazy I know!!!



Faith's favorite part I think. She ate pretty much the whole thing.

Close up!! Say cheese!



Ok this was even gross for me. They are skinning them, and notice that 2 are kids.


One of the bigger ones.


Another pic of ONE of the snake pits, there were so many snakes.


Big fangs, if you can see them. The one near the guys shirt is the easiest to see.