Spring.... Finally

Aaaahhhhhh.  I type this while sitting outside in this beautiful 80 degree weather, and as Allie says "God finally wanted us to have some sunshine!" Amen big sister!  It has been a looongggg winter with nothing much to blog about.  It was cold, then it would rain, then somebody would be sick... repeat all that about 5 times and you have our months of January and February.  On top of that I made at least 5 trips to my hometown to help clean out my grandmothers house which was a feat for an army much less 4 people one of whom kept have contractions!  SO HELLO WARM WEATHER AND HEALTHY LITTLE BODIES!
We started off the warm weather the right way by heading south to Point Clear for a few days and stayed at the Grand Hotel with my family.  My sister and her 3 kids have had the sickness too. We jokingly said someone somewhere had a voodoo doll of us and our kids with pins sticking in it everywhere.  So after cleaning out a house, planning an estate sale and making multiple trips to doctors for strep, flu and stomach virus just to name a few, we both decided it was getaway time!  And it was just what the doctor ordered! I highly suggest going there for anyone who needs a long weekend break.  Great shopping, kids activities and good food!!

The hammock was a big hit!

Can I pause for a second and talk about how sweet of a big cousin Link is?  To put up with 4 little ones wanting you to do everything has got to get old, but he handles it with such a kind heart!  One night at dinner Amanda was staring at Link with quite the furrowed brow.... when I asked her what she was doing she said 'i'm wondering why Link is tearing up half his salad on a different plate'  We watched quietly as he tore up a whole plate of lettuce, picked off the tomatoes, poured his ranch on it gave it to Mary Elliott and then proceeds to help her eat it.  All because he knew she loves salad with ranch.  Melted my heart right then and there! Love that kid!  ALL boy but yet so sweet to younger kids!  

Thanks for letting me detour. :)

It only took her 3 1/2 years but she loved the sand and played in it for hours!

 Frank and Allie thought they would teach Mary Elliott to ride a bike, it lasted 10 minutes!

 Dink and YaYa

Sweet girls..... Most of the time!!

HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE!!!!