Easter 2013

Apparently someone stole my idea and already filed an indictment against Punxsutawney Phil for his false prediction that Spring would come early this year.  Lucky for Phil, his handler has chosen to take the fall and is now claiming he "misinterpreted" Phil's prediction.  What Phil really meant to say was that we would have 6 more weeks of winter.  Stinking groundhogs.

I really hate winter.  For about two weeks I enjoy having a fire in the fireplace, drinking hot tea and hot chocolate and wearing comfy sweatpants with tall socks and using a blanket as a poncho whilst in the house.  After those two weeks I become very cranky.  I think I have that disorder where lack of sunlight seriously affects me.  You know the one.

Mostly I hate to wear jackets.  And layers.

So this past weekend while we were in Texas for Easter (and the weather was in the 60's and 70's) was awesome!  My toes saw sunlight for the first time in months, and I didn't wear a jacket once.  I also got to meet the newest baby donkey at my mom and dad's.  Collin thought he was super soft and my niece, Tinsley, told me he gave good kisses.  They were both right!

My city-boy checking out the donkeys.

Collin and Tinsley are so precious together now.  They talk to each other and play together and it makes my heart melt.  I wish they could see each other more often.  Collin has been pointing at things since we've been back home and saying, 'Dat's Tinsy's'; he misses her!

My brothers were obsessed with shooting crows while we were there, and now Collin thinks that's what you do.  He keeps saying he wants to 'go soot birds', and if we see a bird he'll make a gun with his hand and say, 'Pow-pow!' 

Collin got to hunt Easter eggs at my parents' house.  He wasn't very excited by this process, and enjoyed petting the dog afterward more than hunting the eggs.



Her name is "Little Ann", from Where the Red Fern Grows, but Collin told me, 'Nuh-uh, dis BIG Ann'.

The weekend went by too fast, but I'm super thankful we had a chance to visit.  Jarrod and I both say there is nothing we look forward to more than being able to sit on the porch at my parents' house and do nothing.  I took this place for granted growing up and now that I live so far away I miss it tremendously.


I wish I had realized sooner that not everyone can have a view like this from their porch.