Some more pics...

Gracie has been a total HAM as of late!! So I thought I'd share a few pics from the last few days. I've tried each time to take some of Grant but he is on his schedule for picture taking these days.I know my sister will totally comment on these though she has seen most of them. She swears I have m family trained. What can I say my kids love their picture being taken. Gracie right now is just in a total "me" stage. When she sees the camera she goes running, sits down and screams, ME ME ME. So I HAVE to take her picture!! It's a must. :)




Showing off her new shoes!
TOTAL HAM!!


Another cheesy grin!
A little more serious....wanting to show off her new outfit from Papa and Jan.

A few pics....

I've been taking alot of pictures as of late. Yesterday we got some Valentine's day stuff from Uncle Boo...and the pics show how much the kids loved their stuff. Greg and I loved our stuff as well but it's a little harder for us adults to show excitement in pics without looking totally goofy. So I just took a picture of the gifts wrapped... :)

This was our gift from Boo. Candy, picture frames, photo album, craft goodies, and the wreath on top is actually made of ribbons from my mom's funeral arrangements.
Here are both kids getting ready to open...can you notice Gracie isn't to concerned she just want to open it...silly girl.
Grant showing off his new hat and gloves.
Grant showing off the bear and penguin they both got. Gracie was being stubborn about pictures so Grant took her bear and posed with it.
And this was a little bit later. Gracie getting even with Grant for taking her bear. She stole his sock hat that he hid in a "secret" place. Apparently not to safe though b.c she had the hat on her head a good 30 minutes before he realized it was missing....ha!!

We loved everything! Grant I don't think has put down the hat and gloves. He even slept with them last night....how sweet!

My dear Aunt Connie.....

We received word yesterday morning that my mom's sister, Connie, passed away. What a blow to the Eads family once again. My Mom just passed away on Mother's Day 07 and then to lose yet another member so soon after. My Aunt was younger then my mom at just 65 years young. She was a hoot. Anyone that knows the Eads side will know they are a bunch of comics. There is NEVER a dull moment when we get together. I have a ton of memories that involve my Aunt Connie and I wanted to share a few with you.

I'll never forget the time that she called down to our house and it was when my brother, Ran, still lived at home so that was forever ago. But my Aunt Connie called and said "hello Ran, It's your Aunt Connie". Ran simply replied, "I don't have an Aunt Connie". Well for anyone who knew my aunt the littlest thing got her all stressed out. Their conversation went on forever..my Aunt Connie swore to Ran that he DID have an Aunt Connie. I think he kept her going for 15 minutes before he finally gave in and handed the phone to my mom. Poor Aunt Connie!

Second I'll never forget when my mom came home from having surgery after discovering she had breast cancer. Aunt Connie called and said she was coming down to visit b/c she had something for my mom and she wanted to help with whatever needed done. Well my Aunt Connie showed up with roasting pans ( I believe 3-4) FULL of cookies. We bagged them up and had cookies to eat for months!! She called them her "worry cookies." From that day on whenever I saw her or mom was talking to her on the phone I always asked her if she wanted to "worry" about me she could. What a sweetheart.

And last but not least I have to brag on how wonderful she was to my children. She adored the kids. Everytime she came down she always brought them a coloring book or something. She always told my mom that Gracie reminded her of a porcelin doll. I spoke with my Aunt Vickie this morning and she said they found an envelope from my mother to Aunt Connie thanking her for some stuff and then tucked inside that letter were two pictures of Gracie. It brought tears to my eyes knowing that both my mom and Aunt Connie are in heaven together looking and watching down over my children and the rest of the family.

Aunt Connie will be greatly missed!! We love you Aunt Connie.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hey Everyone! Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy V-Day! We don't have a whole lot of plans as Greg isn't feeling very well today. SO he actually stayed home from work...WOW! For anyone that knows Greg you know that just doesn't happen...lol So anyways...here are pics of the kids I took this morning in their Valentine outfits. Grant really isn't an in outfit..but he is in red. What can I say...I'm one of those goofy moms who have to do color matching etc. for holidays...lol


Gracie being her usual self in front of the camera. Poor thing hasn't felt good all week so I'm impressed she even wanted to do it!
Grant being a stinker about getting his pic taken!

Grant's Valentine Gifts for his teacers.

a half dozen roses for his teachers and he's mentioned "the girl he's going to marry"

Ok so honestly...I'm starting to scare myself with all these projects I'm doing...ha! I found these online at the Family Fun website so I decided to do them. We try and do things for the teachers each yr that they will remember and honestly these are the cutest things he has given out I think. So easy to make you just have to find the peace and quiet to do them. No kids around is MUCH easier!!

How cute! Fun in the Snow!

A little fascinated with her built in face mask!
Pulling the kiddos around didn't last long. We started pulling them behind the four wheeler.
All bundled up and ready to go out!!


Well here's some pics from over this past weekend. We FINALLY got enough snow for the kids to play in and it was warm enough to spend more then a few minutes out there. What I love most about this is that Gracie is wearing my snow suit from when I was a little girl! We found it in a box of stuff that was mine that my mom had kept all these years. So I just happen to have it handy and told Greg I was going to see if it fit. It is a tad big in some places but she stayed nice and warm. She LOVED the snow but we had some issues with her eating it. Which wouldn't make me terribly nervous except for the fact we have an outside dog. ha! So we kept an eye out for yellow snow.

TaaaDaaaa It's finished!

Well my sister will be proud! I just finished my first knitting project. The scarf I've been working on is done and I love it! It was really easy to make. Here's the pic!