Happy Easter...

We hope everyone had a very blessed Easter. It was a beautitful day so after church we spent most of the day outside. The kids had so much fun playing with their cousins. We look forward to summer so we can play outside with them alot more. :)

It's baseball time...

We are on the same team again this year, the Cubs!! Colin has so much fun, all of his best friends are on the team. I must say that the parents have alot of fun too. There is just something about watching your kids play sports that brings out the competativeness in the parents, we get so excited. Stay stuned...I won't promise when but there will be more baseball pictures to come.

Kennedy's CSA Expo...

I am finally updating...but these are a couple of pictures of Kennedy and her friend Madison. This was from the CSA Expo. Kennedy was Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Madison was Susan B. Anthony. They had to write and memorize speeches like they were really these women. They did a great job. Oh, and special thanks to Mammaw for dropping everything she had going on to make Kennedy's dress and apron. She even let Kennedy borrow her dust cap, which belonged to Mammaw's mom. What a great Mammaw we have!

More Swim pics...

Thanks Coach Josh for the awesome swim pictures. These were taken at one of their swim meets. Kennedy is doing breaststroke and Colin is doing butterfly. These will be framed for sure! :)

Another great swim meet...

We went to Chattanooga this weekend for our District swim meet. It was a great meet for Kennedy and Colin. Both of them improved their times on seveal of their races. Colin ended up winning 2nd overall and his age group (8 and under) won the meet. Colin's friend Thomas won 1st so needless to say as Colin says "the SAC Attack was there" :) (SAC is the name of their swim club) If you would like to see their times click here.

Kennedy with her friends Rachel and Chandler...they are so encouraging to each other!



Coach Josh with his 8 and under group...Thomas, Colin, Brady, and Samuel


Coach Josh with Colin and Thomas! Go SAC

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts...

Kennedy is selling Krispy Kreme cards for $5 each...you get 1 dozen doughnuts per card. She is selling these for her Jr. Beta Club trip to the space center in Alabama. If you are interested please leave me a comment or email me at amysrussell@yahoo.com and let me know how many you want. We have to pay for these before we get them so you may bring or mail the money to me and I will get you a card as soon as we get them. You have until February 24 to let me know! I wanted to let everyone know this way hoping that if you don't want Krispy Kreme doughnuts then you won't feel so obligated to buy. :)

Cousin Courtneys Coming, Cousin Coutneys Coming...

All I heard on Tuesday was..."when is Courtney coming to play in the snow". Well as you can see she showed up :) Thanks Coutney for coming to play with the kids...they had a blast! The kids were out of school for almost a week and we loved every minute of it! I don't know if we are ready for more snow or summer :)

Kennedy getting some Benjamin love :)

Way to go Pappy...he is so much fun! A true rebel at heart :)

Cousins...Courtney, Kennedy, Colin, and Benjamin

Courtney...still a true kid at heart :)

LOVE the snowmen that they built!!

I even sent this picture into WBIR (our local news channel) and they showed it on air! Now they are famous :) Courtney, you should have been in this picture too!

The Shack...

If you are looking for something to read this is it. I read this book in 2 days...I just could not put it down. It is different from anything I have read and I loved it. God really opened my eyes to several things as I was reading it. If you would like to borrow my copy please just drop me an email amysrussell@yahoo.com and I would be glad to share it with you. It is quite possibly one of the best books I have ever read!

Fun times in the snow...

Last week the kids had a great time playing with Ben in the snow. We had several days off from school (which was awesome) We are hoping for a little more of it in the coming days...we will keep out fingers crossed.

Oh, and Whitney...I stole no borrowed this picture from you :)


I think at first Ben thought...why do you have me out here, it is freezing :)


As you can see in this picture the kids are making LARGE snowballs to throw at someone...Matt :) They had so much fun...wish daddy could have been home too!


Colin and his big snowball!

Ok I know I am a little late...

We had Christmas with my family after Christmas. My stepdad works 2 weeks on/2 weeks off. This is something that we are used to, he has worked this way as long as I can remember. It actually was alot of fun to know that we were not really done once Christmas was over!

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