On a Train

While in Nashville at a store, we stepped out to find a BIG CSX train hanging out on the tracks that ran long the parking lot.  My Dad took Mason over to see it up close aaaaaaand... the engineer saw them and invited them on board!  Mason was a little afraid inside (big, loud, dark...), but we were all pretty tickled!  Pretty cool :)

Sunny Days

Just because... I really love these guys. And we all love being outside!

Living Room Reveal (+kitchen window)

There is nothing quite like a company-deadline to make you decide to complete some projects! Unfortunately I have way too many to complete them all in time, but painting windows was a worthy goal! So, this brings me to this post: it is high-time to show a snapshot of the front room.

Work completed: new carpet, some new drywall due to a previous leak in the roof, new baseboards, new crown molding, painted ceiling, painted walls, new front door, removed wallpaper, painted window, tiled an entryway. And supposedly the ceiling fan we bought a year ago might be installed sometime soon :)

AND... check out the painted-window in the kitchen! Huge difference! I now have 4 windows down, only 3 more to go (in the boys' bedrooms... wish me luck!).

Easter 2012

Although we attended several Easter egg hunts this year, I really want to emphasize the true celebration of Easter: the Resurrection of Jesus Christ! We know that because He rose that third day we will ALL rise. Although death separates us for a time, death has no victory. What glorious news! I know He lives and I know He LOVES us.

We enjoyed a wonderful Easter that included sharing this message with our children, a great church service, and lots and lots of family time! We buzzed around to three different homes to spend time with loved ones and it was awesome. The boys were wired and pooped by the end of the day but had a great time! Lincoln even managed to fall into my Moms fish pond at the end of the day... we were all with him when it happened, thank goodness.

Happy Easter everyone!!!

General Conference

Life Flight

There was a health fair in town yesterday and I caught wind there would be a helicopter... naturally we couldn't miss the chance for a free cholesterol check for Mr. Spann (teehee) & a helicopter for the kids! The boys... and the parental unit... thought the helicopter was super cool. Sure hope we never need to be life-flighted though!
This is where we were "heading" when the locked-in-the-car incident occurred. After that drama, I said we definitely needed to go enjoy the helicopter!

Firetruck... at our house

Little boys love fire trucks... but it is a little different when the truck has to come to your house for a purpose. Dear little Lincoln, with the help of his big brother, managed to lock himself in my car with the keys today. ??!?!! Thankfully, besides some trauma from catching his finger in the inside door handle and having it pinched for several minutes, he came away unharmed from the whole ordeal... and we're really grateful for our little fire department that is a hop, skip, and a jump from our house & the firemen who didn't seem to mind coming out to rescue our cutie pie. Oy vey.