Mom's Birthday

We celebrated Mom's Birthday with strawberry shortcake.  Jessica and Samantha enjoyed making them for Nana and PawPaw.

 Samantha is waiting patiently for Jess to hurry lighting the candles.

 Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday dear Nana, Happy Birthday to you!

  Sam helped Mom blow out the candles.

 Jessica's creation.

 Let's eat!

Bethel Fishing Trip 2012

Hayden was being a stick in the mud...

I mean that literally!

Blake and Samantha always seem to find themselves together.

Hayden, Emmaline and Jess 

showing off Hayden's catch of the day.

Looks like Jess is asking how that fish got on her hook.

Jessica's catch.

Samantha dropped her fish before showing it off.

MaLeah, Jess and Hayden

Hayden and Sam.

Jess with her little buddy Sawyer.

More Easter Pics

Pictures from Easter at Sue and Scott's House. 

 Below: Hudson and Eli

 The other Smith Family: Lilly, Megan, Blake, 

Emma Kate and Maddie.

 Lilly, Emma Kate, and Maddie looking cute as buttons for Easter.

 Briggs and Max with the new addition to their family, Duke.

 Lilly found all the eggs.

 So Samantha gave up and used her basket as a bonnet.

Easter Photo Shoot

Jessica decided we all needed to have a photo shoot Easter at Nana's house. I took some pictures of her and Samantha and then they took the camera from me. 

They took pictures of everything including the dogs and cats. 

I did not include all the pictures because there is not enough room on this entire blog to post them all!

One little monkey swinging in a tree.

The Shoemaker girls, but two very important members of our club are missing.

Here they are...Linda and Hanna

Hot Mama!

Easter Egg Hunt 2012

The Easter Egg Hunt was great as usual. 

Jessica's team won Mrs. Marcie's scavenger hunt. 

(She was thrilled.)

Below is Maddie, Hayden and Jessica.

The next picture is Emmaline, Samantha and Blake.

 I am not sure what was on Sam's mind but it was probably how she needed to get outside before Blake so she could find the most eggs. Let me tell you, I was in charge of the 1st and 2nd grade and there was an Easter Egg Hunt throw down. Blake prevailed in the end.

Singing "That's Why We Praise Him" before the Egg Hunt.

Jessica and Hayden devising a plan to win the scavenger hunt, perhaps?

I didn't get pictures of them hunting eggs because I was too busy with my group but we did hunt eggs in the cemetery again this year. I always think that's funny...

"God is not dead, NO! He is alive!" 

 MaLeah and Samantha having lunch after working up an appetite hunting eggs.

Angels, roll the rock away;
Death, yield up thy mighty prey:
See, He rises from the tomb,
Glowing with immortal bloom.

  ~Thomas Scott, "Easter Angels"

Hanna's Senior Prom

Hanna was so beautiful on Prom Night that everybody had to get their picture taken with her!

Hanna and Dewayne.

 Linda and Hanna.

 Hanna and Jessica.

 James Bond and Hanna, wait that's Caleb.

 All eyes were on Hanna, she was queen for the evening, 

especially to Caleb.

Time for us to go...