Easter

After about 7 hours at church we headed out to Nona's house to celebrate! The kids enjoyed an egg hunt...or two...or three! And of course my favorite part was the delicious food that my momma always makes us! Thanks for making the day so special for everyone Nona!

Spring Break

Kids are back in school today, so I have a bit of time to actually blog about our Spring Break! It went by much to fast and yet I was ready for the fighting to end so I was ready for the kids to get back to school. We really enjoyed sleeping in and lounging around the house.





Spent lots of time exploring in the wilderness.







GORGEOUS out there this time of year! Also have our fruit trees blooming!!





Spent some time at Nona's for Easter, and enjoyed a visit from my Dad too! But I had better post pics from that seperately!

Miss B

Been bloggin about all the older kids activities and didn't even post any pics of Miss B! If I have my real camera out, she runs! But she let me take her pic with my cell phone in the car today. Brooklyn is my buddy throughout the day. She tags a long as we drop-off and pick-up kids at school. She loves to summersault and if the ground is soft enough, she will summersault from point a to b...rather than walking. She summersaults down the hall in the morning and into bed at night. Probably should put her in gymnastics, this momma just can't take one more activity at the moment LOL She is also really in to the Disney princesses right now. Wants to hear all about them each night before we go to bed. Her favorites right now are Snow White and Cinderella. Will miss my little tag-a-long once she is in school. Need to enjoy her now...tantrums and all!!

Another update in pictures

The Watson family has been keeping busy with...

SOFTBALL...Go Wildcats!




KINDER FIELD TRIPS





GIRL SCOUTS (International Fair) - Girls dressed as a Rugby team because they learned about New Zealand for their booth.





MORE GIRLS SCOUTS (Field trip to DC Gymnastics) - Had to get more use out of the Rugby shirts *LOL*




Throw school in to the mix, homework, AWANA and softball practices and our weeks are just flying by! This momma is super excited for down time over spring break!

Lead Me...

Heard this song for the first time today and really felt God speaking to me! I don't want to be so caught up all the day-to-day and not be intentional about leading my children in God's ways! Whether it's just taking time to discipline, talk with them, pray with them, etc. It's overwhelming to think about how I need to change, but I know the more overwhelming it seems, the more I need to depend on my Father for strength and guidance! I'm thankful to have a great husband who leads our family and is by my side through all the chaos.

Sanctus Real - Lead Me (From the album Pieces of a Real Heart)

I look around and see my wonderful life
Almost perfect from the outside
In picture frames I see my beautiful wife
Always smiling
But on the inside, I can hear her saying...

Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, what about us?

Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone”

I see their faces, look in their innocent eyes
They're just children from the outside
I'm working hard, I tell myself they'll be fine
They're in independent
But on the inside, I can hear them saying...

Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, but what about us?

Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone

So Father, give me the strength
To be everything I'm called to be
Father, show me the way
To lead them
Won't You lead me?

To lead them with strong hands
To stand up when they can't
Don't want to leave them hungry for love,
Chasing things that I could give up

I'll show them I'm willing to fight
And give them the best of my life
So we can call this our home
Lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone

Father, lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone

Boots

Brandon got a pair of cowboy boots for Christmas and LOVES them! If Daddy would let him, I think he would wear them every single day. The other day we were out in the back watching Melanie practice and he humored me as I took a picture of his boots. Otherwise, he isn't a big fan of his picture taken these days.

Four Cookie Booths down...

Oh yes, that wonderful time of year when the Girl Scouts sell cookies! Except this year we've had all of the cookies in our garage and I think we've personally eaten about 20 boxes ourselves! Melanie worked 4 cookie booths and has sold over 100 boxes so far. Thanks to all who have bought them to support our girl scout troop!!

Busy, busy, busy...

Softball season has started and this year Melanie is playing in a different division! She has been spending a lot of time practicing with Daddy in the backyard and has three practices during the week. She's even practicing pitching because the girls pitch to each other in this age group!
Brandon is enjoying his break from baseball this season, but still likes to practice with Dad. Brooklyn loves going to Melanie's practices because she gets to play with her "friends" who are also at the park watching their siblings practice. She usually spends a few minutes in a chair and then she's off and running the rest of the time.
With all of the practices and games starting soon, life has been hectic! In addition to softball, Melanie is still in Brownies and AWANAs at church. Good thing Brian has been off work to keep things running around our house!!