Spring Breakdown

Over Spring Break we took the kids down to the Lynn Meadows Discovery Museum on the coast. I had to pay Porter a dollar to pose for this picture, but I find that it is well worth it.

For Easter, we enjoyed a great visit with Brice's mom and step dad Mike.We managed to get a family picture while enjoying lunch with some friends after church. Lizzie must have been suffering a mild heat stroke from the 85 degree South Mississippi spring weather.

We took the obligatory picture with a bunny on Easter, and we are now fending off the "but I would take really good care of a bunny if I had one like Ramsay has one and I would clean its cage every day" routine.

Happy Easter from the Youngs. May the sickness in our tummies over all that candy never dull our longing for the sweetness of our Savior who is risen indeed!

3 and 6

Liz had a great third birthday. She spent most of Saturday answering all those hectic birthday calls....

painting with friends at her art party,

and showing off her splatter-paint cake.

Riley woke up to some new tunes for her 6th birthday so now she can listen to Taylor Swift to her heart's content.

She even fixed her own side ponytail before heading off to school.

Happy Birthday week to both of my sweet girls!

Pinewood Derby

As we've been watching the Olympics this week we've been laughing as the commentators have said things like, "ever since she was a seven year old girl she's been dreaming of winning a gold medal in the women's half pipe." Really? Who dreams of being a professional snowboarder when they're seven? But, when Porter woke up this morning, his first words were, "I've been waiting for this day." So... we may have a professional mechanic on our hands.... or at the very least, a really great boy scout den leader like his dad. Derby Day has come and gone, and all the boys hard work paid off. Po's car ended up placing 4th out of 12, which was just shy of getting a trophy. But... we were proud. Ben, Porter, Seth

Po and his wedge car... he got caught up in the Olympic Spirit and named it "USA."

Kite Flyin

with the kids on a windy January day. Fun.

We are Living in a Material World....

and I am a (30 year old) material girl. My cousin Erin and I got to celebrate our 30th in style... we were born just a few weeks apart in January of 1980.... so it seemed only natural for our respective spouses to throw us a rockin' 80's bash. We sang karaoke....we drank Bartles and James. Thanks Brice and Blair for the awesome party!

Two Children and a Wedding

Porter and Riley were honored to be the ring bearer and flower girl in our dear friend's wedding. Haley and Will are such a beautiful couple and they had quite the lovely wedding. I may be a bit biased, but her wedding party was exceptionally good looking. Porter's dance moves earned him the name "Soul Man"... Lizzie relished her role as the "princess of the wedding" and Riley can tell you exactly how many petals she dropped. Success.

Fa la la

Our Christmas was filled with miracles... snow in Mississippi in December, and Santa somehow located Zhu Zhu Pets despite the drastic shortage nationwide. Sure hope he didn't pay those e-bay prices! Merry Christmas!