A couple candids

We have been busy lately, but I haven't taken many pictures! :( The first picture here was at church. There is a basket of blankets for anyone who is cold; evidently Aspen discovered it, and climb in. I didn't see it myself, but someone snapped a picture for me.

The second is kinda pitiful... Aspen has been sick this week...running a temperature on Sunday evening, and some of Monday. So, we decided to have a family movie night last night since Aspen wasn't up for much else. We watched Dumbo. :) Aspen had received it as a Christmas present, and we finally got around to watching it. She loved the fun music & made it through about 30 minutes worth...course, that includes getting on & off the couch multiple times! It was fun though! In the picture you can see she how she likes to wear her pajamas! Silly girl, she always pulls that one arm out of the sleeve. Aspen started doing that around January, and I thought it was because she was hot...now I think it's because it's fun. :)

Resurrection Sunday

Easter was pretty non-stop for us, but was so special to celebrate our Lord Rising again!

We went to our church that morning, then to the McDonald's for lunch. Mom prepared a delicious spread complete with Aunt Ginger's Asparagus and Granny Strait's Mac & Cheese! After lunch, the girls has fun searching for empty Easter eggs...they were empty, just as the tomb was early that morning, years ago. :D

After that, we headed to Galveston to celebrate with the Moreno's! :) It was a nice evening, hanging out on the back patio just visiting. Mom had homemade fried chicken, pea salad & corn! Great job Mom! Mom & Dad Moreno had a piñata for the grandkids to bust earlier in the day, but Nanny saved a few things back for Aspen! :) I somehow didn't take pictures in Galveston! :( I think I may have a few on my camera, just not my phone...I'll try to do better!

In the last picture, the one of the McDonald Granddaughters... Brian thinks Aspen is making a Meagen face. And, I'll be honest, there's a picture of me looking very similar when I was little... So, to you who wonder who Aspen looks like, she favors both of us, it varies from facial expression to facial expression. :)

Easter Weekend

Easter weekend was busy, and mostly fun. Friday was kicked off with a PLSC conference call on the way to Cy-Ranch HS where Brian rehearsed with the double quintet he's playing with next weekend for some fancy event. :) It was nice to visit with the other wives and daughter of the quintet, once I was able to wrap up the PLSC call. After the rehearsal most everyone headed to lunch together. Next, Ruben, Brian, Aspen & I headed to the outlet mall. Ruben was in search of Crocs for his missions trip to ....my mind JUST went blank! ....missions trip somewhere, and Brian needed new tennis shoes. Uncle Rub didn't end up buying him any Crocs, the yellow ones in size 2-3 kinda melted his heart a little...or, maybe it was the cute face & bouncy pigtails uttered "shhhhhssh" that melted his heart...either way, he so sweetly bought Aspen the cutest little Crocs, which she proudly wears. The Disney store was next I believe. I don't typically make it into this store, but thought it'd be fun. Uncle Ruben saw a Pooh Bear, and thought Aspen needed one of those too...but this time, she melted Daddy's heart........ :D I'm pretty sure the picture says it all! Brian did find him some tennis shoes, and we even got me some too since they were 1/2 price, and at the outlet mall. Praise the Lord for great deals, and a great day! The rest of the day was spent in Cy-Fair with Uncle Ruben & other fun friends too!

On Saturday we celebrated Caleb & Becky's Birthdays!!! Mom McDonald planned an extra special theme - Pixar's Up. It was SO fun being all together! Happy Birthday Caleb & Becky!

Stray Strawberry Picking Pictures

Some how these pictures didn't make it in with my other posts...sorry about that!

Strawberry Picking!!!

We had SO much fun on Tuesday! We had been invited to go Strawberry picking with Aspen's "McDonald" cousins, and looked forward to it with great anticipation. :) Aspen has had strawberries before, but didn't recognize them right away once we were out in the field. One of the rules of strawberry picking was *not* eating the fruit... I really did try hard to not let Aspen eat them, but she was so fast...and, what are you supposed to do when her cute little finger goes through & smushes the ripe berry when she pulls it off the plant?!

Aspen did great the first several she picked. She learned fast to only pick the red ones. She'd spot one, squat down and pull as hard as she could...when it finally "let loose", Aspen would often either have to take a couple steps back, or end up landing on her tush. So fun to watch... When she discovered what she was picking, it was even more exciting. It was hard to "hide" the fact she had eaten a few strawberries due to the juice stain that had run ALL the way down her arm, and the finger marks on her hat. The lady was sweet, and very forgiving though. :)

After we finished picking the berries, we purchased fresh produce and some yummy honey! Next, the girls wanted to swing on the swings, and we enjoyed some strawberry sugar cookies Rebekah had made. It was such a fun outing!!! Thank you for inviting us!!!

Strawberry Picking (cont'd)

Spring Day