Easter Morning

The girls both show off the baskets. They raided them LONG before we got up!


Good morning, Jake! Happy First Easter

Jake's First Easter

Jake spies his basket for the first time and.....
quickly grabs the truck the Easter bunny has left for him.

He spends a few brief moments looking it over and then..

he's OFF --- pushing it all over the house. Still his favorite pasttime.

Easter 2008

Here are my precious angels before church Easter Morning.

A rare family photo

Paul and the girls

My two favorite Wilson men!

Hannah and Emma enjoy the egg hunt after church is over.

Easter Parties at School

Hannah's school party was onThursday. Emma and Jake and I were lucky to be able to enjoy it as well. They hunted for eggs on the playground first, then...

Enjoyed a pizza party to celebrate the entire class completeing eight weeks of "Math Mania" homework.

This week's celebrations started with Emma's preschool party on Wednesday. She REALLY enjoyed trying out petite fours!!



Emma's all smiles after the egg hunt is complete





Emma and her best friend "Pakenzie"



Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Boudreaux's three year old class

Dyeing Easter Eggs

After some badgering by my precious Mother, we dyed Easter eggs with the girls for the first time ever. It was a tradition that I loved myself, so I thought they'd like it. Of course the event wouldn't be complete without somebody crying, but it was still fun.

Hannah chooses yellow for hers.

Paul and Jake get into the fun of things.

Of course no event in New Orleans would be complete with Daiquiris. Even Jake gets in on this tradition!!

The finished products!! Can't wait until next year!

Pulling Up

After mastering crawling last month, Jake is now pulling up on everything he can get his hands on.

Look how proud he is of himself!!

Laundry Helper

Hmm....looks like we're a "little" behind on our laundy folding. Five people's dirty clothes adds up fast!!

This pile of clothes is great for climbing!

Mommy's little cutie!

Jake in February

Trying out a "biter bisquit" for the first time.

Practicing his Marine (or Army!) low crawl.

His favorite pasttime - chasing balls all over the house!

Look, Mommy! I caught it!

Fort Macon, N.C.

(Read the post below before this one). On the last day of my trip, the weather finally cooperated enought to visit nearby Fort Macon. It was really a fascinating excursion. This was the main entrance to the fort.

View from the kitchen down the many rooms in Fort Macon.

View inside fort (forgot to rotate, sorry!)

Wally and I on the steps leading up to the top of the fort.



View of the beach from the top of the fort.



Walking around the moat



Beach across the street from the fort.

Cherry Point, N.C.

In February, I had the incredible opportunity to visit my brother Wally, finally back from Iraq, in Cherry Point, N.C. Momma met me there and we had a great time catching up and just enjoying each others' company. This is the main gate entrance onto the base.

This is part of of POW memorial right beside the base. I loved the sign --- it really speaks volumes, huh?

On the base


A jet that's also part of the POW memorial.

Mardi Gras 2008

Our one and only Mardi Gras parade this year was in Mandeville called the Orpheus parade. It's not as big as the parades on the south shore but it's still just as fun! Hannah and Emma are visiting with "Mr. T" by his float before the parade. Mr. "T" is the husband of Hannah's teacher. He loaded them up with "throws" before the parade even got started.

King Orpheus comes by on his float.

Hannah shows off her signature moves while enjoying the music from the floats.


Emma enjoyed the parade from the best seat in the house, but refused to move her hands from Paul's eyes. She insisted this was the only way she could hang on to him. Kind of made it hard for Paul to enjoy the parade as much!!