New Furniture

Finally, we have all our new furniture.
And we LOVE it.

my favorite, so comfy

Sofa

loveseat

all together now...

the old furniture was moved to the
bonus room. This is a great space for the
kids, the boys have all their legos and toys
stored in here and when they have friends
over, they have plenty of space to sleep on the floor.

Memorial Day

Yesterday we took advantage of the relatively warm day and rode approximately 7 miles.
We got on the bike trail in Mattoon and rode and did a little geocaching along the way. Only found 2 out of 4, not bad. Was a good family fun day.






the trail

looking for the cache

this is how Trevor felt after
4 miles...

A Good Day!

Today was such a fun day. The sun was shining
the birds were singing and my kids helped me
plant the flowers and the garden. Before I started
planting, I was telling Darrell that I thought the
garden was to big and probably would not fill it up
this year...well, my garden is full and Drew was
disappointed that we didn't plant a row of peas.
I was kinda glad, because I really don't like to pick
and shell peas :(


Alysha has really taken and interest in the flowers
this year. She chose pink petunias and yellow
daisies for our potted flowers.

Two sow the seed and all of us reap...

Drew loves to garden

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful mom's out there!!

Today we went with Grandma, Mom & Dad and Doug and Mattie's family to Famous Dave's for lunch.Had a great time, wish the rest of ya'all could have been with us. :(

Busy Weekend

This was a very busy, yet fun filled weekend. The boys
had an art show at school on Saturday. Each week, since Jan. they have
been drawing and sketching and using their artist talent. Drew has
really been enjoying this class, I knew he had talent, but it is really coming
out with the help of his teacher.

Drew's art work

too cute....

...and then Alysha had a tournament in Mattoon, started
Friday eve. and finished up on Sat. eve with a first place win!
Her team made history, this age group had never won first
place in their home tournament. Good stuff!

camera

Finally! after months of begging, pleading and complaining, Darrell
bought me a new "Canon SD750" camera. I love it!
It's much smaller and a little faster than the old one.
Now (Amy) don't start thinking that I will blog everyday. :)
But I will try to do better.

Softball

It was a great weekend for Alysha's softball team. They went undefeated!
They played 3 games on Saturday,and it was a very cold, windy day,
but today was a beautiful sunny day to be a the diamond.
Alysha pitched one game today and wow, she did
great! She pitched 42 strikes out of 63 pitches, Amazing!
What a great way to start the season.

She is number 18