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Sunny Days and Sidewalk Chalk

What a Beautiful day!!  We have really enjoyed the past few days.  Saturday I was supposed to attend a Vacation Bible School Seminar in Pine Bluff but Carl had to work and I didn't want to bring Trey along, so I stayed at home:(   We decided that since there wasn't anything else to do we would go to the park.  I did take my camera along but I ran into an old friend and I didn't get the opportunity to take any pics.  We had only been there for about 30 minutes when Carl called and said that he was coming home, so he came by the park and watched the kids play for a while, then we all went home. 
 Demolition is in full force at our house.  Carl finally finished my storage building and we are working on tearing the old one down (YES!!)  I'm really hoping that it will be done by Easter, but since Carl is already in the field, it may or may not happen.  Yesterday after church the girls and I took a bike ride while Carl and Trey burned some old boards and junk from the building, and it felt so good to just ride and talk with them.  They are growing up on me way too fast!  I'm about to have a ten year old, an eight year old, and a five year old.  I don't have any babies anymore.  On the bright side, they are now old enough to do more things and it is so much easier going  anywhere. 
Today I took the girls to school then I came home and started doing my usual stuff.  Trey and I spent the majority of the afternoon outdoors.  We rode bikes, jumped on the trampoline, and played in the sandbox.  Then my mom got home with the girls and brought some sidewalk chalk and sidewalk paint!! So guess what we did the rest of the afternoon!  Carl will die when he gets home because he HATES sidewalk chalk--I can only imagine what he'll say about the paint!!
Carlie's girl
Makena's girl wearing a swim suit!
Trey's boy with some really long toe nails!!!

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