2 posts in one weekend??? Well, we figured we'd try and update this a little better than we have in the past. So, over the last week, we've done a lot of Easter activities as Holy Week approached, followed up by Good Friday and today, Easter Sunday.
Last Saturday was a busy day for us. Graham had his first coach-pitch baseball game of the season, and he played great. His coach is a guy we met this year at Graham's Upward basketball games, and we couldn't have asked for a better man to be his coach. His team is the Red Sox this season, and Coach Mike is fantastic. It was sunny, but VERY windy and chilly out there. But Graham was a trouper, he didn't want a jacket or anything.

They were able to fit in 2 innings in the hour time limit and everyone got to bat each inning. Graham was able to get hits each time without needing to hit off of the tee, which was great. Karis had a good time at the game, too. Many of the parents on our team have young girls her age, so she has friends she can play with while Graham plays ball.




KMC held their Easter Egg Hunt last Saturday (a change from years past when it was held on the day before Easter) and Mom came down to visit. She was able to see Graham's first coach-pitch baseball game and go to the Egg Hunt (This makes 7 straight years for her. She hasn't missed one since Graham was born.) The kids had a good time making crafts, decorating cookies, and of course, finding Easter Eggs.







Lots more Easter Activities and pictures to come!






Ok, so it has been a while since we posted, but life has been a bit crazy for us. (As if that were NOT normal!) We have been adapting to the news that we are expecting a new Tuck in August of this year AND some medication changes that have not been very easy to adapt to. All this added to the normal "Crazy" life that we Tuck's lead, has been a bit much.

We are finally "out"with the news as a wonderfully fun April Fool's joke on our family and friends- we claimed to be having twins... but really there is just one. It was a fun way to announce this unexpected surprise that has really thrown Zane and I for a loop. I think I got around 40 emails within only a few hours- nice to know that people are interested in what is going on with us!

Our Good Friday project this year was been to get our raised beds ready for gardening this spring/summer. Zane took the day off and we got both beds built and lined.... who knew that we could only carry enough soil in the van to fill just one??? Guess we need to do more math - calculating the volume would have told us that news pretty quickly. So today, we headed back to Lowes for another load (22 bags of soil/compost/mulch/etc...) and finished filling things in. Then the fun began. We planted tomatoes, lettuce, broccoli (Karis' request), zucchini, squash, peppers, cucumbers, cilantro, basil, and thyme. I'm sure that serious gardners would tell me that my plants are too close together, but, I only have so much space to work with and I plan to have many of them trail over the sides or move upward.


Here are a few photos of the beginnings of our little veggie patch: