Lately ...

I've been running around, insanely busy. But that's a blessing. :) I have to keep telling myself that.

Cruise on over to the Heartland blog to check out some super-fun family sessions from Oklahoma this weekend.

And .... today, Miss Sarah and I played dress up. :)


I'm having MAJOR space issues on my computer, so I can't give it a proper edit right now ... but there will be more to come. :)

Hellooooooo Atlanta!

When I arrived Saturday evening, I was greeted with THIS! Crazy talk! I was in nearly standstill traffic for about an hour (3 of 7 lanes were closed for re-paving. Evidently they do it on the weekends coz weekday traffic is too crazy). THEN it took me a half an hour to get lost before I finally met up with Sarah and her friends. We had a blast at Watershed Restaurant.

I'm here in Atlanta for Liana's Business Boot Camp, which starts tomorrow. Yippie! BUT before I left, Erik gave me a surprise:



I LOVE Mike and Ike candy! Isn't Erik thoughful??? :-) It tided me over during the drive so I didn't get too hungry, which would have resulted in some SERIOUS road rage! ;-)

Easter Egg Hunt No. 2

This is a little bit out of order, but I wanted to share these cute photos of Max and Gianna with Auntie Sarah in Atlanta! (We all MISS YOU SO MUCH, SARAH!). On Easter Sunday, the Mikols family invaded the Sheldon household. We converged with Marie & Gary and their kiddos. Gianna, top, is all smiles and talk. Max, second, is more quiet, but during the Easter egg hunt, had bunches of rowdy fun! (Isn't Gianna's dress cute? I'm told Auntie Sarah got it for her!)

(BTW, Easter Egg hunt No. 1 was at St. Thomas Aquinas before this hunt ... be sure to check back tomorrow for a few photos of that ... but they will be not of kids, but of priests playing!)

The thing of the Sheldon Easter egg hunts is the eggs are filled with one of two things: coins or confetti. If you get coins, you pockest them. If you get confetti, you crack them open over someone else's head (BUT that must be done OUTDOORS!). It's heaps of fun, usually involves chases around the backyard and peals of laughter and shrieks. The above photo of Max is after Gianna smashed an egg on his head. Gianna wanted to know what to do with the egg, so we told her to crack it on Max's head, and she LITERALLY did it...smacked it on his noggin. Oops. She learned how to open them and dump them on people's heads, though ... see Marie help her get her dad, Gary? (side note: Gary used to NEVER let us get him, but his kids are awesome at getting confetti on their daddy-O!)


Check out these smiles! I think Max and Gianna had a blast! (Did I mention they will be our flower girl and ring bearer in September? They are excited, as are Erik and I!)






The twins, Agnes and Clare, were in on a little bit of the romping and playing. Here's Mary carrying Clare around:


I LOVE how you see the teething ring and her little mouth! It sounds like Agnes and Clare are teething, but Clare gnawed on my fingers for a good portion of Sunday, and I didn't feel any teeth .... but she was chewing away regardless!

Lastly, it wasn't the little kids having all the fun. My dad was distracted with his new camera, so Erik took advantage of it and let loose with some confetti...