Happy Easter!

Today was Hayden's 1st Easter! We were planning on getting up @ 7:30am so the kids could see their Easter baskets & then hunt for their eggs before going to the 8:30am church service. Sadly, we didn't do that because Garyn slept terribly last night & I was up from 1am-4am with Hayden. I never figured out what he wanted last night but I was up for 3 hours with him, trying to get him back to sleep. I thought there was another church around that did an evening service tonight but I was wrong. So we're really bumbed out that we missed church!

We got up @ 9:15am & had to wake up Rya. She didn't want to get out of bed but once we told her the Easter bunny came, she perked right up & jumped out of bed. She was so excited about her Easter basket. Hayden was more interested in the fake grass than the basket itself. Rya did a great job hunting down all the eggs while Hayden finally took interest in his basket. We got them both dressed & ready to go spend the morning @ Grandma Holmes'.

We always love going to Garyn's mom's place. It's always nice to visit with his family & Rya loves playing with her cousins. The morning was relaxing. Just chit chatting & watching the kids play. Then time for more Easter baskets! I can't believe how patient Rya can be. All the kids sat in the family room waiting to be handed their baskets. Rya sat on the couch & just patiently waited. When Garyn brought it to her & told her that it was for her, her mouth dropped & her eyes sparkled! A sweet facial expression from my precious angel I'll never forget. She loved everything in her basket especially the 2 bottles of bubbles. Hayden was very interested in his!

After such a nice & relaxing Easter morning with family it was time for Easter lunch! Rya wanted to be a big girl & eat by herself @ the bar. She did great! Didn't spill anything on her dress or fall off the bar stool. We had wanted to stay for awhile longer but had to start packing up to leave. Hayden was so fussy since he missed his morning nap & poor Rya's feet were all blistered from her flat shoes. They both looked adorable though!

The rest of the day was spent @ home just relaxing & cleaning up the house. The kids enjoyed playing with their new toys. Aside from a nasty fall Hayden had, it was a great evening! Hayden had a wonderful 1st Easter & Rya had a great Easter as well!

Always thankful for this day! The day our Lord rose from the dead after dying for all of our sins so that we may have eternal life! Happy Easter, everyone!

Mom is definitely always right!

One of the things I miss most about my Mom is going shopping together. I'm very blessed to have a daughter of my own that I can go shopping with now. I will always remember something my Mom told me about shopping. "If it's not on sale, you don't need it". I've always agreed with her on that! It has definitely saved me some money over the years.

I saw this lamp set @ Walmart months ago & totally fell in love with it. I wanted it so badly! I knew it'd match our family room furniture perfectly! It's a set of 4 - 1 floor lamp & 3 table lamps. It was $65 though. As much as I wanted it, I didn't want to spend that much on it.

We're @ Walmart alot since we do our grocery shopping there & live right across the street from one. A couple weeks ago, I was there & noticed that the set was down to $54. I almost bought it then because I still wanted it do badly & it was already marked down $11. I decided to keep waiting. There were quite a few left & if waiting a few more weeks meant saving more money then I could wait.

I was at Walmart last night in search of some scrapbook supplies. While I was walking around I saw the lamp set again. I haven't seen it @ this Walmart lately so I thought they were gone. There were 3 left & down to only $40! That was it! I had to buy them! That's only $10 a lamp! I bought them & brought them home to proudly show Garyn.

I only set up the floor lamp today because I bought them for the family room & we don't have any place to put the table lamps. So those will go into storage. Garyn thought only 2 came in the pack so he was really happy to hear that I paid $40 for 4 lamps instead of $40 for 2 lamps! I got them all put together & set up the floor lamp & called Garyn inside to see them. His face was priceless! I love how much he's really getting into decorating the house since it's something I love to do! He was going on about how awesome the lamps are & how great they match!

Now that I have it set up, I realized that I was right. They match the furniture so well! Little things like this just make me realize that I feel like I'm making the right choice in wanting to go to school to be an Interior Designer. I picked the program & now just need to save up the money. I love my new lamps! Thank you so much, Garyn! I can't wait to use the other 3!