march madness.

well, at least i didn't let a whole month (or 2) go by without a post!  

ballet - fancy nancy

march brings park days!!

hayes's preschool has spirit night at chickfila where a portion of the sales are given to her school.  the cow comes the morning of to promote.  hayes typically likes to talk about the cow but doesn't want to get too close, but on this day she was feeling brave and held her hoof!

h's first beach day of the year

there were hundreds of these guys up and down the beach hanging out in the surf.  i loved it!  hayes liked them, but she was more interested in trying to talk me in to letting her swim.  

captured the toe/wave meeting - first one of 2015…first of many.

a family that crunches together…...

a friday morning at the aquarium….hayes decided to pet this snake which is kinda cool and kinda creepy

a rainy saturday afternoon at the movies with my big girl!  cinderella was fantastic!  sk is so quirky….she wouldn't eat one single piece of popcorn until the movie started - like the actual movie not the previews.  and we got there 30 minutes early.  ha!  she also drank her water all in one sip (before the movie)….therefore we had a mid-movie potty break.  just a funny little kiddo.   

columbia, sc.  went to the zoo one sunday after church but it was too crowded to even pull into the parking area so we ate lunch and found an awesome ice cream shop downtown.  

mimi sends us the cutest little clothes=)  we love boden dresses!

cruisin' the hood

i don't know.

spring picture day 2015.  she said she smiled!  yay!  

update: she was honest!  she DID smile.  first time.  last spring she wouldn't get her picture made (but she did do a sibling pic with sk).  last christmas she looked like she hated everything in the world in her school pic.  this past christmas she was trying to smile through tears in her school pic.  so finally….hayesie overcame her picture day anxiety.  she told me on the way to school that she was going to smile for the picture and was not going to cry.  growing up!

her proof

alden & ames had dinner and played with the girls on st. patrick's day

they were all doing their "passé" ballet pose=)  guess which one wants to be an actress.

the littles

the bigs

could someone please get this girl something stuffed! =)  

community egg hunt with hayesie girl

on nice weather days we live outside.  this girl can jump for days!

our church always has a team who participates in Water Mission International's Walk for Water each march.  we are always glad when we are in town to participate in this walk!  these are some of the kids in tow.  now that our family sponsors a little girl from kenya, this walk means more to sk and she can understand how far our joshephine probably has to walk to get *dirty* water in her bucket.  and how important it is for us to help raise money to put systems in place in areas that need clean water.  it's amazing how many children die each year from diseases caused by consumption of unsafe water.

hayes and sydney strolled some but walked a good bit, too!  way to go crazy little 2 year olds=)

brunch downtown after church.  and then jeni's for ice-cream!!  trey and i give up refined sugar for lent so sundays are our days that we are allowed to have a sweet treat and jeni's is amazing!   

sk started a new musical theatre class a few weeks ago.  after only going to one lesson she still agreed to participate in a little beauty and the beast "be our guest" performance for the parents.  she did great and she loves it!  i need to do a video post with all my recent videos.

we started an egg dying tradition with the murrell's when sk and alden were 2 (pic on the left). now they're 5 (on the right).  and sk has on the same bunny shirt…ha!  we will retire that after this year.

random.  this has nothing to do with march.  but this is me.  hayes resembles my younger self some with the blonde hair.  as i got older i looked more like sk does.  

hayes had her school egg hunt and party at a little friend's house.  she had so much fun!  she loves her little school days so much=)

her favorite part - mimi was there!

sadie and hayes

ames and hayes

me and my funny girl!

this is sk and alden on the left at their 2 year preschool easter party.  and then their sisters ames & hayes at their 2 year preschool party on the right.  it's funny that both these parties, 3 years apart, were at the same house.  the little boy who lives here and who is in h's class has an older brother who was in sk's 2 year old class and their mom hosted both parties.  

and finally, palm sunday.  sk entered the church with her choir group waving a palm and then they sang  a song.  she did a great job and really enjoys participating in all the church activities/performances.  we are really proud of that big girl!  

Easter is next!  we are going to spend easter with my family in georgia this year and everyone is looking forward to it.  mimi has been slowly heating her pool and with an above 80 degree day forecasted for friday, i believe the kids will get a fun swim day in!  spring break starts tomorrow and we are so excited to be on our OWN time for a week.  no schedules, no school, no planned activities, just enjoying our time together.