Random

Eating lunch from the van trunk to watch it rain.

 We were hoping for a bigger rain, but it was still fun.

Finding all the things to push and pull.

Sleeping with his little ninja.

Dad time.

Home made slip-n-slide without the slide part.

They played in little water pockets in the tarp with little army guys, boats, and toys.

Helping to water our next grass patch. We have found the only way to kill the grass we don't like is put the trampoline over it for the summer.  We are growing the spot from last year.  In another couple years, we'll have a whole yard full of nice green grass! 

Love this one. Big brother helps little brother a lot.

Happy Easter!

Before we get going with Easter, here's another Elias funny.

So Isaac has made these things at church. I walked in the kitchen one morning and I said "Oh one of your guys is sleeping!" (He was lying down flat instead of upright on his clothespin.) Elias immediately ran to the window saying "no! no! no!", grabbed the guy, ran to the rug, laid down and .....

...did this. Then Elias says "change diaper. He change my diaper." Hmmmm....??? 

He was the goalie when J, Isaac, and him played soccer in the living room while Olivia and I were gone.  Looks like a tough job.

We took a family hike/dinner picnic the day before Easter.

We were in the Norris Lake area. We hiked down to the water and threw rocks in.

It was fun!

Opening Easter box from Nana and Gramp!  Thanks!!!

Easter morning. The balls are a huge hit for the trampoline!

Grandpa and Grandma came to church with us and hung out for the day.

Of course they jumped!

Colored eggs...

Ta Da!!!! 

The hunt....

He wanted to stop and open each one before moving on to another one.  I had to coax him along so Olivia and Isaac wouldn't get them all first.

Brothers....  they were checking out the goods inside the eggs.

Very appreciative for what Jesus did for each individual person on the cross. We can approach him with confidence!

Soccer!

Ok, so this may be a bit too many soccer pictures, but hey....

Isaac soccer practice.

The Funny Run.

 The "Ker Pow" Kick.

 The "Body Slam". (total accident)

 The Determined Get-By

 The Handsome Soccer Stud. 

Parent tunnel at the end of Isaac's soccer game.  Kids run through and high five the other team.

 The rest are Olivia's.  I was a bit nervous with putting her in soccer, but she has turned out LOVING it....which is totally great and amazing!  This is a practice. Whatever her and this little boy were doing, no one else was doing it...

 Her and the team. Coach Travis is a wonderful, patient coach.

 We get to see the Stringfellows each week since Elaina is on the team too.

 These next few are from her first game.

 She's number 16.  I like the pony tail swish.

 Grandma and Grandpa came.

 This is great for her sweet nature.

 Olivia has scored once so far. This was coach congratulating her.  14 got in the way of the picture at the last second.

 Water break.

 You can barely see Olivia in the picture, but I think it's cool they pray together as a team.

 Just a random funny. Elias is learning how to use scissors.  I'm so proud of him. :-)  (They are really just play doh scissors....don't worry.)

Getting bigger.....

Fowler Fiesta

My sister Tara visited for about a month while her husband was home studying for a big test that most people take 6 months to study for....but he studied 3 weeks and PASSED!!!! Whoop whoop!

So here are the adventures of the time.

Issac had a fish restaurant in his box and was handing out fish for everyone to eat.

Boat ride.  Everyone stayed in the boat this time! (Poor Connor!)

Fires and marshmallows of course!

After the initial burst of flames from the highly flammable yard waste, the fire went to almost nothing which made for a challenging roasting time, or lack thereof!

Do you see the spark?

And if you can't roast em, shoot em!

Hanging from the back of dad's chair. Looks like fun!

Tara gave me a trim while here. I cut Olivia and Elias's hair while we were at it since Tara bought some new actual hair cutting scissors (something I've never used before). I may invest in some myself, they were amazing!

Volcano attempt. The bottle was too big and nothing actually came out, but it was still exciting. 

It was great to have nice enough weather to eat outside.

Free ice cream at Brusters in our pjs.

Marking the boiled eggs.

Frozen yogurt treat.

We had a birthday party for William and Logan once Will got here. Both are on the same day. Will, I mean Logan is really into trucks so he got a monster truck cake.

We claim these guys!

Updated family photo.

Isaac wanted me to catch him in mid air. The boys used Olivia's bed to jump from while she was at school.

Ok, so I may be a little embarrassed now that there is proof, but it was fun while doing it. This is how I went to a girl's dinner party my neighbor had while her husband was out of town. I was the only one dressed like this. And I knew I would be. I did it on purpose. Thanks to Olivia's dress up box, I looked simply dashing.

And this is what Elias does all by himself. What a stud!

Bundles of JOY! (and joel and james...ha ha)