Mother's Day

After a yummy lunch out with my Mom and Grandma, we headed over to Grandpa and Nana's house for a while. Time for a photo shoot!

Tonight we headed to Kirksville to meet up with Janice and the rest of the Doolin gang. We met at Ruby Tuesday's for supper. (Yummy!) Here's a picture of Janice with all of her grandkids!

A big thanks goes out to our moms and grandmas who set such a good example for us! We love you!

Tri County 5K and May Day

This morning I joined my buddy Niki in running the Tri-County May Day 5k. I ran it in 27 minutes and probably 30 seconds. I was okay with that time, because it was a hilly course. Niki did great too. She improved her time from her first 5k so that was good.

My little cousin Callie ran the race and even managed to smile for an "after" picture with her little brother Corbin.

After I got home and cleaned up we headed over to Tri-County for the May Day festivities. First stop...the petting zoo.

May Day wouldn't be nearly as successful without the bounce houses. My kids love them!

Ella tried her hand at the ring toss. She was a little short so...

her teacher/buddy from daycare helped her out!

Gracie managed to ring that big 2 liter of cream soda. She was more than happy to take that home with us!

Of course our girls wanted to try the putt-putt golf.

The huge inflatable basketballs were fun. It was hysterical to watch them trying to lift these balls over their heads!

The Queen of May Day was my cousin Callie. She worked very hard to learn memory verses which helped her earn points toward being the Queen!

I couldn't get Gracie to put her head in the flower cut-out. Ella was game! All in all, it was a great day. We got our first sunburn of the year.

A Little Misunderstanding

One of today's conversations at our house:

Gracie - "Mommy, do you like Cheezits?"
Me - "No. I think they are disgusting."
Gracie - "Ella, did you know Mommy thinks Cheezits are disgusting?"
Ella gives me a piercing look and says, "No he isn't."
Me - "What? Who"
Ella - "Jesus. Jesus is not disgusting."
Me - Laughter, laughter and more laughter. :-)

Easter 2011

After church we went to Moberly to spend the afternoon with my family. Here we are at Todd and Dawn's, salivating over the food we are about to eat.

Dad was feeling a little better, but was still pretty weak.

Ella, Gracie, Lily and Elsie - They were glad to reunite for a fun afternoon!

Ella was my snuggle bug today. I loved her pretty polka dot dress Nana bought her.

After lunch, the little girls went for an egg hunt. It was fun to watch my cousins Amber and Taylor hide the eggs. They are in college now, but I can remember hiding the eggs for them when they were little.

A mad dash to find the remaining eggs. This picture makes me think of Little House on the Prairie when the kids are running down the hill in the theme song.

Gracie Doo, striking a pose!

How did Sadie get in the picture??? She knew Ella was a friend.

Lets see what's in these eggs...

Money! Even better than candy.

After she changed into her play clothes, Ella went outside to see the animals.

Todd spoiled Gracie, Elsie and Lily with a wagon ride. They look forward to this every year.

We went to Grandpa and Nana's before we came back to Macon. They had an Easter egg hunt planned in their house since the weather was a little iffy.

Nice haul, Gracie!

The Doolin Fam 2011

Cheering for the Cardinals

Ella is an old pro at cheering for the MU Tigers, thanks to being raised by a Daddy who is a die-hard fan. She has been able to chant, "M-I-Z-Z-O-U, goooooo Tigers!" for a very long time. Well, tonight Brent was watching the St. Louis Cardinals game. Ella came into the room, looked at Brent and said, "M-I-Z-Z-O-U, gooooo Tigers!" Brent said, 'This isn't the Tigers. I'm watching the Cardinals." Without missing a beat Ella said, "M-I-Z-Z-O-U, goooooo Carnaboards!" I guess we'll work on her cheering.

Ella's First Haircut

This was a big day in Ella's life. She has been insistent for the past year or so that she does not need a haircut. She also told me that "it's dangerous." I assume she's referring to the scissors. Well, today was the big day. She has been dreading it, and even shed some tears before we left the house, but she ended up being a big girl and doing a great job. Here's the before picture as she's getting the cape on.

Here's a proud "after" picture. It doesn't look a whole lot different, but it really is making her curls spring up well. Someone asked me if she got a perm, so I know it's a noticeable difference.