"Hoppy" Easter!

I'm sure my husband is getting REALLY tired of me saying this, but I think it is a cute play-on-words! Our Easter was VERY "hoppy" and was Ally's first. She had a blast and got almost as much loot as Christmas (thanks to everyone who gave her Easter presents)! It was a really nice day to visit with family.

I will let the pictures take you through our very busy day...

Riley started off the day by sniffing out everything the Easter Bunny left for Ally...only thing that really caught his interest was of course the plastic Easter grass (weirdo cat!)

Then Ally and Daddy made their way downstairs to find the Easter baskets that were left...

This was VERY exciting as you can see (you can also see by the looks of their hair that they had both just woken up).

Yea! Cheerio filled Easter Eggs...my favorite!Ally wondering what IS UP with this weird plastic grass??As you can tell by the preceeding pictures, Ally made out like a bandit this year! Three baskets filled up with fun stuff for babies...a brand new sippy cup, a stuffed bunny, some crayons made just for littles, a brand new beach towel with her name on it and...some candy for daddy. :-) After baskets, we all got dressed and in our Easter best and headed to mass with Grandma and Grandpa C. We thought Ally would sleep through the whole thing (the reason we decided to wait and go to noon mass), but she was more interested in waving to everyone around us and looking at everything she possibly could. After church, we made a mad dash to Grandma Lang's for a nice Easter lunch. It was great to see everybody. While we were there, Ally snuck in a short nap in Maw-Maw's arms...

Cousin Jilly showed up in her Easter finest...pretty girl! We wish she would have been feeling better on her first Easter, though...pesky colds! (Get better soon, Jilly!!)Cousin Kaylie was putting on a show for everyone, looking as cool as can be in Aunt Tiffany's sunglasses. :-)We woke Ally up from her nap and made a beeline for Grandpa and Grandma T's house, where Ally got a new pinwheel which she enjoyed very much. Grandpa T. showed her how to get it to spin and she really tried hard to do it herself (she'll figure it out soon enough!). Granddaddy came down from Mentor, OH and it was very nice to see him, as always. We had another Easter meal, giggled at Ally and Jillian playing together, got some great shots of Ally in her pretty dress and then we were off to our next stop...

The last of our stops for the day was to the Henderson's for Easter dinner and red velvet cupcakes...yum. It was DELICIOUS, even after all the food we had already eaten. Of course, like at the other two stops, Ally was showered with gifts. She got finger puppets, a new outfit and...

BEACH TOYS...yea for vacation only being a couple months away!

Cousin Dylan was all dressed up and looking as cute as ever in his little sweater vest...Here, he and Uncle Dave share some time on the couch watching The Masters...
Ally and Grandma enjoy some time and smiles together after dinner...It was a great day and thank you to all of our wonderful family for a wonderful Easter. We love spending time with each and every one of you and we miss those of you who were not able to be with us. Happy Easter everyone!

A Birthday Breakfast

Today we celebrated Grandpa T's birthday with a nice breakfast made by my Grandma T. We had eggs with hashbrowns, waffles, bacon and hot chocolate! Tonya, Ryan, Alyssa, Julie, Brian, Kayla, Jillian and Kelly were all there!

After breakfast, Grandpa T opened his gift...a brand new dehydrator! He was very excited and is ready to make as much jerky as he can fit on those trays! He has wanted a dehydrator, since David introduced his first batch of beef jerky on Christmas Eve, but I don't think Grandpa T. expected us to get him one for his bithday. We look forward to trying beef jerky, turkey jerky or any other kind of jerky he thinks up!

We had a nice morning and the kids had fun playing together! Yea for Birthday Breakfast!

Christmas with The Truitts

After filling up on homemade pasta, we gathered our stuff and headed down to Grandma and Grandpa T.'s house to continue in our Merry Christmas celebration!
The house was warm and filled with that yummy Christmasey cinnamon smell! Grandaddy and Uncle Jerry were both in town to celebrate with us and it was a nice afternoon of chatting and gift opening, before most of us retired to home for the evening after a fun-filled day. Lori loved the picture we had made for her of all the children and grandchildren.
Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa T, Aunt Kelly, Grandaddy and Uncle Jerry for the gifts and for a nice Christmas celebration! It was great to see all of you!

A Truitt Family Christmas Party

Tonight was the annual Truitt Family Christmas party and this year it was held at Grandma and Gramdpa T's house. It was a fun night, with lots of laughter and good food and the turnout was great! Grandma T. had gifts for everyone and we all took turns drawing a number and choosing our mystery gift! David got cookies and chocolate (somehow he ended up with two gifts!) and I walked away with a nice candle warmer for my office! Ally had fun playing with her cousins, including the two newest, Jackson and Gabriel Thompson (David's cousin Melissa just had twins!). It's always great to see everyone and this year was a special treat, because Uncle Dwight and Uncle Phil came in from North Carolina. We don't get to see them very often, so it's great when they can make the trip up north! Another successful Truitt Family Christmas Party!