Easter was a fun weekend with our great friends the Howells. We went to Longwood, had a fun park day, had an indoor egg hunt thanks to the rain, enjoyed a parents' night out (thank you Sarah for watching ALL of the other kids!), and a middle eastern meal on the floor for our Easter dinner. We love having them around. (I wish I had remembered my camera on our outings, but these will have to do.)
My Grandma Chandler (Mama) and Aunt Lynn came to visit a couple of weeks ago. We LOVED having them here. We enjoyed a trip to Longwood, of course, and a sheep shearing day at a colonial farm. We also enjoyed a BBQ with Lynn's brother and his family. Turns out they live pretty close to us! Mostly we enjoyed talking and laughing together! Thank you Mama and Lynn for spending some time with us! You are welcome any time. We love you!
LONGWOOD
Mama and all of us
Aunt Lynn and the Italian Water Garden
SHEEP SHEARING DAY - BAAAAAA!
Before. . . HAAAAAAAWT!
During . . . AWWWWWWW! (This was actually amazing to watch. The sheep really didn't fight at all - which I'm sure was good considering the size of those shears!)
After. AHHHHHHHHHH!
Carding wool is tougher than it looks. Sarah and Matthew opted for the team approach.
We had a great time. More to come . . .
9 comments:
Oh I'm so glad for another post. Looks like you've been having a good time. ;) Those tulips are to die for. Gorgeous!
Looks like fun! Those must have been some well-trained sheep, because I've seen sheep that HATE being sheered.
p.s. Parents night out?!? Sarah can come live with us for a while. Seriously.
Wow, looks like you guys have been having a blast. I hope everything is going well. We need to catch up and have another random phone call day again! We miss you guys!
I sure hope Longwood is on the schedule for our visit next month! It looks beautiful!!!
I love visitors!!! I'm so glad you've had a few of late. I just wish I could be one of them.
Love you guys.
Yea!! Fun pictures. Conference reflections were great, but I'm glad to see all of the smiling faces. The tulips were glowing!!Great picture.
My old buddy Anthony used to shear sheep for extra money. They use special tricks with their legs to get them to hold still. I sheared a sheep once, and wasn't good at the trick (my legs weren't strong enough). The sheep ended up a bloody mess and I felt like a huge jerk. Also, all my exposed skin broke out that afternoon because of the lanolin. But I loved the taste of the pastoral life.
Holy cow! Here I figured you guys were just sitting around sucking your thumbs! And you've been having adventure after adventure! Thanks for posting pics and news of all the neat things you've been doing.
You're really making me want to go to Longwood Gardens. I have heard nothing but GREAT stuff about that place.
Way to go with the middle eastern feast. That looked like a lot of fun.
We love you guys!
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