hoppy easter

Hope everyone had a very nice easter 2011!! We sure did! Saturday was our family day because Chad was home. Today it was just Ellie & I, we went to church then to a easter egg hunt @ the Denham's!!

Ellie's Easter Basket this year (i love how it turned out!!)
Ellie in her new, white, beautiful Easter dress, before Church!

Ready to hunt eggs for the first time

& she got the idea~ YAY!

Chad was on call in Kingsport. After our get together with friends, we drove out to take him dinner & visit! Ellie & I had a pretty full day with church, then she took a nap while i cooked for the party. She woke up & after some lunch we headed over. Allyson had everything SO nice! She made all the kids a little basket with their name on it & goodies in it! They all had so much fun hunting eggs! We brought eggs with little kid goodies (puffs, fish ...) & let them hunt first then all the big kids got the real candy! We all brought some yummy sides to go with the ham! It was a delicious meal with special friends. Then after all the fun was over, we drove to see Chad at work! I really wanted him to see ellie in her dress & he really wanted some good food. We visited for a little while & I got a picture of my 2 loves . Then just as we were ready to go ... whoops, we lock the keys in the car!!! OMG seriously?!? wonderful ~ So, Ellie stays with Chad in the on call/trauma house @ holston valley as I drive back to Johnson City (20 miles away) get the extra keys & drive back (we only have 1 car seat)!! Whew~ what a mess ;) I had to share because I am sure its not the first time this has happened to someone & I bet its not the last time it happens to ME!! & it will be funny to look back on!! :)

Well, there was our Easter 2011 ~ Ellie has changed so much since this time last year! We feel so blessed to have her in our lives & I THANK GOD for her everyday!

~Jesus Christ has risen today!!~

Marie's Baby Shower

Marie with the hostesses of the shower

Aunt KaKa, DoDo, & Brittany

Marie & baby Ryan are so blessed to be surrounded by such love & support! The girl is having a total of 6 baby showers! She has gotten some really cute things for him already! Her first shower was at our Aunt Charlene's house. Mostly my dad's side of the family & some close friends were there! Her nursing school classmates all brought her goodies to school ~ how sweet!! Then her APSU volleyball coach had a shower in Clarksville ~ a baseball theme (since Ryan's dad is a college player!) It was the cutest themed shower I have ever seen!! All the girls brought a signed baseball for him, all the food was like what you would eat @ the ball park (hot dogs, popcorn, rootbeer...), the baseball invite was adorable & he got lots of cute baseball outfits!! Next was this shower @ my mom&dad's house! Our Aunt Kate did it all ~

the precious centerpiece


Marie is glowing!!! She is such the perfect pregnant girl!

Such nice gifts!!

Ryan's hand made quilt

My Ellie girl @ the 3rd shower of the trip!

R P B (his initials) painted on canvas from the Rosenthal's

Ryan's grandma's with his mommy

Leigh (Michael's mom)
Marie

My mom, Sarah

& Sherry (Michael's step mother)

all the Lipscomb volleyball friends & Dani

Us sisters (Ellie taking Ellen's place)

Maggie, Ann, Marie, Lynne, & Ellie

Marie is having a high school friend shower this weekend @ the Molteni's, then heading to Memphis for a shower with Michael's family! I can hardly wait to meet this boy! Still kind of hard to believe he is a boy!! I have had so much fun shopping for him & getting his name on lots of cute things!! Any time after May 15 he is welcome to arrive! Please keep Marie, Michael & baby Ryan in your thougths & prayers as his arrival is quickly approaching!
~WE LOVE YOU ALREADY, sweet baby Ryan~

Courtney's Bridal Shower

Ellie & I at the shower! She had the cutest little dress on, that matched my top perfectly!!

Mother of the bride, Grandmother of the bride & the bride herself

yummy strawberry cupcakes!

& my favorite gift~ the wedding invitation frammed!!

Ellie is helping Aunt Courtney read her card~

Last weekend, we had my sister in laws bridal shower! All of the family came & a few friends! It was a nice afternoon, showering the bride to be! This was really her only shower ... she isn't all about being the center of attention, therefore having a small destination wedding! We are heading to Santa Rosa, FL for the beach wedding. Chad was able to get his week of vacation the week leading to the wedding! We are flying out on the 6th!

Congratulations to the soon to be Worley's!!!

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Easter Card

We went to Portrait Innovations for Ellie's Easter picture this year. We just had her 1 year pictures taken, so didn't need to go over board & the $10 deal they have was too good to pass up! After how the Santa pictures went, I didn't figure it would go so well with the Bunny!! So we went last week & decided this was the best one!! Of course, I was photo shopped out. The cards we got for the family are really sweet~one even has her Easter basket in it, but no bunnies because she was not very fond of them :( Miss Ellie is my heart & just the cutest little girl ever ;) still hard to believe she is 13 months old... Sometimes we can get caught up in bunnies, eggs & candy at this time of year. But this morning, I am remembering what this time of year really symbolizes. I am truely blessed & so very thankful~

Happy Easter season to YOU!

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