Easter 2011

Easter 2011 was a BLAST!! So many opportunities to celebrate with family God's gift of grace each day, but especially at this special time of year.

Ready for the Easter Egg hunt and party at school!

Another Easter Egg hunt & party at Abney Memorial Baptist Church in Greenwood.

Hunting eggs with (second) cousin Emily

Yummy jellybean crafts! Each color represents something about Jesus' sacrifice for us.

Coloring her bunny for the jelly bean craft

Pippy helping her make an Easter basket for the residents at an assisted living home.

"See mine, Mama?"

Adding goodies to the basket

Decorating her cupcake

Eating her cupcake...with no hands for some reason... :)

Cousins!

Riding the carousel at The Shoe Dept at the Greenwood Mall. Big fun!

Holding hands with cousin Will

Cheesin in her Easter dress

Family photo

With Nanda & Pippy

At the Easter party at She-She's house after church

Loungin at the Easter party

What fun! - An adult-only Easter egg hunt with prizes! Pippy won the prize for "Most Ghetto Basket" and I won for "Most Creative Basket".

Time for the kids (Addison & Emily) to get in on the egg hunting action

Another egg hunt with cousin Trinity at Grandma & Papa's

Cousins being silly!

Aunt Julie

Happy 3rd Birthday!

Addison turned 3 in April and it was quite an event! We had one party with a few friends at our house and another party the next week with family in Greenwood at Nanda & Pippy's house. She also celebrated at school with her friends after the Greenwood party. Needless to say, she went a couple of weeks saying "It's my birthday!" which was fun. She had been talking about having a Tinkerbell party for months, but just before April she became obsessed with the Princesses instead. So, when I went to print out hte Tinkerbell invitations, she declared, "Mommy, I don't like Tinkerbell, you do. You can have a Tinkerbell party and I'm going to have a Princess party." HA! So, we re-grouped and did Princess instead. I was behind with party planning anyway, so we were basically starting from scratch. I wouldn't even have gotten the invitations out if it weren't for Sheila Mullis delivering them to school the week before while we were at the hospital.  Here's some pictures of all the festivities! As you can see, a good time was had by all. I can't believe my baby girl is 3!

Making cupcakes for her party at home

Mixing up the batter

She's good at stirring!

Aren't they beautiful? She did a great job decorating.

Almost time for the princess party to begin, hurray!

Yummy cupcakes, ice cream, cheese puffs, and pink lemonade. All the 3 year old favorites.

Enjoying the food with her friend Julia from school (across from her) and the neighbors, Bryley & Brayden.

The girls jumping and daddy inspecting the safety net.

Opening presents

Getting some softball tips from Jordyn  :)

Pinata time!

Fun times with friends. Look at Addison's big smile!

Modeling her new Cinderella dress

Getting a hug from her buddy Julia before she goes home

Testing out the bowling set

And the batting tee. That's my girl...hitting that ball in her dress, heels, and crown.  :)

Happy Birthday breakfast!

Princess cake

Singing Happy Birthday and getting ready to blow out the candles!

Hanging out with Uncle Bwad (Brad)

Swinging with Uncle Bwad

Opening TONS of presents with her cousins Jayden & Trinity

Sitting like a lady :)

Cousin Will checking out the gift situation

Tinkerbell desk!

Minnie Mouse bike