There may or may not have been some requests for more pictures of the kids from some family members that shall-remain-nameless. Here ya go! Our spring in pictures:
Tobin was on his first t-ball team this spring. His team was the Royals and he LOVED being a part of the group. His favorite parts of each game were the snacks (of course!) and putting his hand in the pile and yelling "go Royals" on the count of three before each game. 
I've discovered a love of running and was able to run two half marathons, the Fort Worth Cowtown in February (a 2:17 time) and the Rock and Roll Half in Dallas in March (a 2:06 time). Tobin and I ran the same one mile race we did last year and he was thrilled that he beat me across the finish line and won. I LOVE the fact that he enjoys doing things like this with me and can't help but hope that I'm helping to set a good, healthy example that he'll hold onto for the rest of his life.
Here's photos from this years Easter egg hunt. We have a baby rabbit living in our back yard that likes to help himself to Matt's garden. Tobin was convinced that this was the rabbit that hid the eggs filled with candy for him to find.
Heidi celebrated her second birthday with a milk and cookies party at the park. Many of our closest friends were able to join us to celebrate our precious girl. 
Here's two of my favorites from her actual birthday. Tobin got her a jack-in-the-box after she enjoyed a friends and her face when it "pops" open is priceless: 
More pictures to come....promise!
Monday, June 27, 2011
Spring updates (as requested!)
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Chickens
Yes, we have gone one more step towards the "granola" side of things. There are a lot of perks to having an environmentalist husband: healthy and nutritious meal planning, an eco-conscious car that saves a TON of money on gas, a desire to have a self-sustained homestead as soon as possible, and now...chickens. We've been playing with the idea of having chickens in our backyard for a while now and just went for it this spring as soon as we saw that Tractor Supply was having their "Chick Days." We picked out six baby chicks, as cute as can be, and brought them home for a new family adventure. Last week, during Matt's spring break, we built them a very nice coop to call home. Here are some photos of the process and of us all enjoying our newest family pets:
I love this photo. Heidi decided to blow bubble for the chicks. This was after she tried to feed them dandelions.
The final coop minus paint. We're still deciding how we want to paint it.
It has been so much fun for the kids and Tobin is doing great with helping us take care of the chicks. We have had all of our playgroup friends over to share this experience with us and I know we will all have sweet memories of this adventure!
