10 on 10 :: April 2012

10 pictures on the 10th day of the month!
{Document a snapshot of your life & find beauty among the ordinary things in your day!}

It's April & this is my Spring Break Edition of 10 on 10!

Last night at 9:00pm my mother in law called and told me to bring the girls over to her house in the morning when they woke up so that she could watch them & I could have a day to myself and go buy myself some maternity clothes!!!!!
Ummmm...twist my arm!!!!
Here we are arriving at Grandma's house in our pj's/rainboots ready to make pancakes:

Then, I was off to run errands. First stop? The new Home Goods that opened up in our town. It used to be where Borders was, but since that went out of business, Home Goods filled the vacant spot.
I spent an hour at Home Goods walking through every single isle. It was great.
All that walking made me hungry and baby wanted a Sausage Egg McMuffin.
Don't judge....I crave these when I am pregnant. (No wonder Claire was 9 lbs 6 oz. Ha!)

Then it was off to Old Navy to buy some Maternity Clothes. I gave ALL my maternity clothes away 2 years ago, so I have none. I am still in normal clothes, but they are getting VERY tight.

I got a few things there & then headed to my Happy Place....Target!
It was so nice to wander the isles of Target without my girls trying to escape the shopping cart. I picked up a few maternity items there as well.

It was after 1pm, so I was way overdue for lunch & I was craving a Chicken Salad Sandwich from my favorite sandwich shop.
(My sister was craving one also & I ran into her and a friend getting lunch there also)

I headed home to organize some things & work on my 40 bags in 40 days. It was raining all day & I just enjoyed hearing the rain tap on the windows.

I had a couple hours until I had to get the girls, so it was time to head to Starbucks for a decaf Vanilla Latte & get started on reading The Hunger Games.

On my way to my in laws....the hills are SO green right now...so pretty!

Then, I took the girls to their swim lessons. Kate did so awesome today, I am so proud of her!

After swimming, it was time to head home....dinner prep...It's fajita night!

I had such a great 10th.
It was so nice to spend a day of my Spring Break going on errands, getting things organized & having time to myself! So thankful for my mother in law!

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The Best thing about Easter.

The best thing about Easter isn't the Bunny.
The best thing about Easter isn't kids crying on the Easter Bunny's lap.
(Although, you know I love a good crying Easter Bunny picture, which my girls seem to have grown out of. This was our first year with no tears. Click here to see years past. Keeping my fingers crossed Baby #3 will give me some good crying pics. Ha!)

The best thing about Easter isn't the Easter Baskets, the cute bunny shirts, Easter Egg Hunts, Easter outfits, the Chocolate or Dyeing Eggs.
All those things are fun things & great things, but the best part about Easter is JESUS.
He died on the cross for You & Me.
He rose again, defeating death so that we could have LIFE.
Thank you, Jesus for your LOVE and FORGIVENESS even though we don't deserve it.

"He is not here; he has risen, just as he said."
Matthew 28:6

Praying you reflect on Jesus today & remember all HE has done for us!
Happy Easter!!!

Tie-Dyed Easter Eggs 2012

Last year I dyed Easter Eggs using silk ties and had so much fun, that I wanted to do it again this year!
Here are the ties that I got at Goodwill!

Here is how they turned out once I dyed them:
Claire's Favorite:

Kate's favorite:

This one was a fail. Didn't really turn out:

I liked this one:

This one is fun:

This was my favorite:

All of them together:

Step by Step Tutorial HERE!

I just love making these Tie-Dyed Eggs!
We are off to dye more eggs at my In-laws!
It's a great way to start off my SPRING BREAK! Woo-hoo!!!
Happy Good Friday, friends!