Storytime

February 28th was a big day for Grammie Lowe.  She was able to have Hip Replacement Surgery.  This is something that she has been wanting for a long time!  Everything went better than we could have ever hoped for!!  She was taking us on a tour of her hospital wing just two days after her surgery!  Her recovery has gone so well!  We are thrilled!!  Aunt Christina came out to help her mom for about a week and then we were able to take over.  It was fun spending time at her home, helping her out as well as just enjoying her company.  The best part of it was seeing how quickly her recovery was taking place!!  Yahoo!!  I would generally go over for a few hours during the day and then we would try to head over in the evening once The Big Guy Lowe was finished with work.

This was a picture I just couldn't resist!  The boys love storytime!

Then I turned around and found this curled up in front of the fire...

I love my family.

More Lowes at the creek

We were pleasantly surprised this week when Aunt Christina arrived in town. We decided to have our Family Home Evening(FHE*) activity down at the creek. The boys were thrilled to have Grammie Lowe and Aunt Christina there to share in the fun!



In celebration of our new "creek guests", the Big Guy Lowe and our oldest son caught 11 live crawdads--a new creek record(for us, that is)!! I specify catching live crawdads because the unfortunate dead crustaceans don't offer much of a challenge!

I would love to know what our second son was thinking when these pictures were taken. This was the first time he ever held a crawdad by himself!


After a nice time at the creek it was time to head home. Our youngest lead the way in style!


Once again, a wonderful time at the creek!

*For those of you not familiar with Family Home Evening(FHE), here's a brief explanation--We believe that families are extremely important! In our church we dedicate one night a week, generally monday night, where we focus on our family by sharing Christ centered mini-lessons and fun family activities--all with the goal of strengthening our family. I can remember having FHEs as a little girl growing up too!! I hope my kids will be able to say that when they are parents someday too...

Who doesn't love raspberries?

While out running errands today I remembered Grammie Lowe offering to take us to her friend's home to pick raspberries. Today was beautiful--perfect for a family outing!
We loaded up containers, threw in some crackers and other snacks along with sippy cups, and headed out to pick. Unfortunately, the bushes were pretty picked over, but we had a fun time anyway.

Just enough berries for a taste testing by the youngest boys.

He liked the berries before I got the camera out, but this is the look I caught...just before he spit it out!

His older brother just about finished off the bucket though. Thanks Grammie Lowe for playing today!