He Has Risen!

Happy Easter from the Dutton Family.

Sweet girl just couldn't make it through service.

We ran into some friends on the way out of service.

Silly faces! Silly Macy!

This one opted to chase the dog to get the Easter egg away from her rather than hunting for them herself. I guess the days of searching for eggs are starting to come to a close.  Although I'm always up for a good egg hunt!

Dancin' Time!

These two had a daddy-daughter sock hop at school this month.

So of course Marc took them to a diner for dinner. They like to visit the Waffle House whenever I'm not there. I'll eat there, but I'd prefer to eat somewhere else. :)

Best Friends

 

Macy also had her first clogging performance at the Canton Egg Fest this year.  She was nervous, but she did so well!

March House Update

We have basement walls! And mud! And a pond!

This rain has been insane! And every time we try to do something to clean it up, it rains again. 

These two worked HARD to clear out the water so the basement slab could be poured.  And this little system where Brooke pushed water to Marc was her idea.  It worked amazingly well, and she was so proud of her self.

 

Finally!

The girls were wearing shorts a couple weeks ago and here we are back in winter coats. But we have basement walls! Making progress!

A Quick Trip

Why is it that the messes all begin right before bedtime?

Macy is happiest when she has queso.  Kidding (sorta).

In the midst of the chaos our life has become in building this house, we took the girls to Dollywood.  It was good to get a way for a couple of days just to focus on something non-house related.

Someone was excited to ride in the front of the Fire Chaser.

The 50's cars are another ride that we can't leave without riding.  Unless the line is long, which is crazy to me how this ride ends up with such a long line sometimes.

It was a fun little weekend away before we jumped right back into house stuff... and more mud...

Random March Happenings

More bedtime messes.

Macy's sweet Sunday School teacher was having a baby, so a couple of the mom's from the class hosted a baby shower.  It was so fun to see these girls playing baby games and having so much fun. Macy tried all 9 of these baby foods and got most of them right!

We also had some time for backyard soccer. In dresses, of course.

Germ Invasion

I'm generally pretty good at diagnosing a sick child.  None of us get sick often, and when Kayla was complaining of a sore throat (with white spots) I knew she had strep. Trying to find a pharmacy clinic without a 2 hour wait during flu season is basically impossible.  We stumbled across one that could see her in 45 minutes so off Marc went to get her checked out.  I was wrong. No strep. The flu. Ugh.

We had already been on the elderberry bandwagon once kids started dropping like flies at school. Our kitchen counter was covered in medicine, and I made everyone take the elderberry daily.  They weren't happy about it.

But after just a couple of days this one was feeling MUCH better.  She was still pretty tired and slept a lot, but I know the elderberry is what helped keep her case of the flu pretty mild. And thankfully no one in the house caught it.  I'd call that a success!

February House Updates

Marc thought we could clean up this pile ourselves and sort through firewood and burn pile. After 30 minutes of hard work he changed his mind and called for a dumpster.

It rained in February.

A lot.

So we were working in a mud pit - when we could work. Most days were too rainy or wet to get anything done at the site, so we got pushed back in our schedule.

 

 So rain and mud are what basically sum up this month of construction.

February in Georgia

5th Grade 50's Day

 

 

Sweet Sister Time

 

It wouldn't be winter in Georgia without a few warm days sprinkled in.  Warm enough for water play in our bathing suits.

Warm enough for washing cars. 

Warm enough for eating ice-cream outside.

We had one day to complete the egg drop project.  It just so happened that Marc was out of town for that one day. I can handle science projects just fine, but Marc likes to help with them, so I tend to pass them off. There was no time to go and shop for materials to protect the egg, so we worked with what we had at home.  Project was successful! The egg did not break!