Swimming, Birthday and Blessings

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Here is almost the entire gang that came to our Pizza, Pool and Birthday Party!  Aunt Lynn and Aunt Dawnie were sweet enough to give us this gift for a pool party at the YMCA.  Aunt Lynn is behind the camera here and I think we are missing Trin in the picture.

We definitely had a great time swimming and just plain being in the moment!  This was just what we needed.  Daddy was so proud of Merrick, who warmed up to the idea of being in the water.  They are in a pool in which they are able to raise the floor to accommodate wheel chairs.  They raised the floor just for our little ones, to the depth of two feet!

Here is my nephew Reese, the birthday boy!  What a creative kid, making use of ALMOST all of his resources.  Great picture Aunt Lynn!  Oh, I didn't mention that I lost my camera the entire Mother's Day weekend, did I?  Thank you Aunt Lynn for coming to the rescue with you photographer skills!

This year I couldn't believe I received a Mother's Day gift from all of my children!  They made me melt when they started pulling out the gifts they had made for me.  Here they are with their Mother's Day gifts to me sitting in front of them, along with these very precious eggs which have a story.  On Mother's Day our whole family went to church.  After church I dropped Ryan off with our beloved Aunt Lynn, to enjoy some Mother's Day time at the 5th Third Field watching the mud hens play ball, while the kids and I were treated to a steel of a brunch by my thoughtful Dad.  The day keeps getting better...

Then, we decided it would be the perfect day to visit Grandma Long.  Grandma lives with a lovely lady named Michelle who raises chickens, ducks and geese.  The kids had a blast helping her go on her daily egg hunt.  As you can see, they were thrilled to bring home some of their findings!  They were enthralled with these eggs for several days.  Kierce was attempting to sit on hers, love her humor.  Merrick ended up smashing his the next day because he forgot he put it in his pocket.  Hey, thankfully we were in the garage!  Rowan's duck egg is still happily sitting on the top shelf of the fridge!  The kids said that these eggs look like colored Easter eggs ;)  This was definitely one of the best days ever!