Flowers

Well, I haven't posted much this week. There might be a reason. I've been busy! I worked 50 hours this week doing taxes. And as crazy as it sounds, I LOVE doing taxes! I don't love doing them 50 hours a week. But I've only got 2 1/2 more weeks to go. Yippee!





So, to give you all something besides babies to look at (kidding, Felio's!), here are pictures of my finally-blooming daffodils. Daffodils are my absolute favorite flower. I remember them planted in a circle around my grandmother's tree in her front yard. I did that at our first house, and I've planted some at this house, too. I plan to plant daffodils everywhere we live. It'll be like my trademark.

And my favorite setting on my digital camera is "macro" for close-ups. I used to try these shots with a regular point-and-shoot and couldn't figure out why they were always blurry. Now I know that there's a 4-foot minimum distance for most all point-and-shoot cameras. So I use my macro setting frequently!

Happy Easter!

We had a very relaxing Easter. We all got dressed up, went to church, came home, ate lunch, and did nothing. I sat in my chair and read the paper and watched TV. Jim played some WoW, I think. The girls played in their rooms and then got on webkinz.

Here are our pictures from this morning. Once again, Easter was FREEZING! So we took pictures inside and wore coats to church.


We used our tripod and the timer to get this picture. I think it's a pretty nice one of all of us!











This is one of the few pictures where Alpha doesn't have her mouth wide open in a "smile". When you take her picture, you either get this or her tonsils. They both have on polka dot dresses with small sweaters.

She's here!

Anna Elizabeth Felio was born this morning at 1:19 am. David and Jennifer, our friends from college, are the proud first-time parents. Go to David's blog to see pictures!

We made it!

I had to update everyone on the results of our evening slumber fest. We did it! We all managed to make it through the night with no nightmares, no wakings (well, not by the kids), and no fights.

The kids all fell asleep around 10:00. I woke up at 1, 3, and 5 when one of them coughed. At 6, I heard Beta talking. Alpha soon followed. I thought, "no! way too early!" I went in and shushed them and said it was still nighttime and to go back to sleep. It worked! They slept for another hour and got up about 7:00.

Here is a picture of them eating their nutritious chocolate chip muffins for breakfast!







In the afternoon, we headed to the outreach Easter egg hunt that our community group put on. All the kids (and even the adults) had a wonderful time!

We can't wait to see J & Z again soon!

Thank you for bringing them, Gramma & Pop!

A first for us!

Right now, this very minute, Jim and I are hosting our very first slumber party! Or bunkin' party. Or sleepover. Whatever you want to call it. Ok, it's not quite our first one with a bunch of giggly girls. But it's a sleepover nonetheless.

Jim's parents, along with his nephews, J & Z, drove up here to see us! They were going to come up a couple of weeks ago, but they had that major snow storm in Little Rock.

Well, somewhere along the way, Jim's parents intimated that they would just get a hotel room for everyone. We knew the girls would be crushed if they didn't have the boys spend the night. So one of us, (I'm not sure who, but he knows who he is....) suggested that maybe the boys could stay here while his parents go to a hotel.

............

Right.

So, that is how we came to be hosting our very first sleepover! All 4 kids are piled onto our hide-a-bed and turned sideways. Alpha read them all a bedtime story and Gramma said their blessings.

And actually, they are SOOOO CUTE!!!! I have some pictures already. (I have a quick video, too, but it was taken with the lights mostly off and I can't get my new iMovie to work tonight.) They each have their own blankets and 1 (or 2) things to sleep with. I am hoping they all sleep all night, but I'm not that naive.

Well, enough of my talk. Here are the 2 best pictures:



















I'd like to go ahead and add a note to this post. I don't want to call it a sad note, but it's not entirely happy. Jim's brother, who is in the National Guard, has left for Iraq. Please keep him and his parents in your prayers.

Now go to bed!!!!!!

WAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

NOT FAIR!

Jim gets tomorrow off because it's Good Friday.

Alpha is off because it's spring break.

Beta is off because her preschool is closed for Good Friday.

Where am I?

At work.

Because I WANTED to be. I SIGNED UP to be.

I enjoy my job. Really! I LIKE doing taxes! But not at times like this.......

Oh, and the forecast for tomorrow is 70 degrees and sunny.

Feel sorry for me. Please!

New Look! Same great blog.

In honor of St. Patrick's day, I thought I'd change things up a bit. Notice my new quote at the top. This will stay up through tax season. I have so many people asking me how to get big refunds. It's quite simple. Pay the government more taxes. They will cheerfully refund your money, with no interest. If you don't pay them timely, however, they WILL charge YOU interest AND penalties.

Anyway, the countdown is on! One month and counting....Have YOU done your taxes yet?