Oh how I love spring and all the life and color it brings to this world! 
month: April 2009
I love getting packages in the mail. They are especially special when you have no idea that they are coming! I remember back in college when I would get these big packages full of goodies. My parents and my aunt were especially great with sending both cards and packages. The whole time I was in college, packages kept coming to remind me of home. I really figured they would stop when school was over, or when I got married. Nope!! I still get them….I don’t get to see my family at Easter most years or on my Birthday and other little holidays like Valentine’s day due to living so far from home. However, they never let me forget they are thinking about me! My first easter package this year……
If you look real hard, you can see me taking the photo in the reflection! 
Little Bobby is not sure what to think…
***Blogging Daily in April!!
We had a great time in Morganton! This girl is so much fun and full of energy! It totally made my job easy!
I love these images! 
I have the greatest memories of Egg hunts!! Growing up, we had one every year!! It is amazing to see how the little things make kids so happy. Sometimes I feel that us “grown-ups” are in such a hustle and bustle that we forget the little things! You can view more photos from the egg hunt here in Marion on the website. Just click here and click on the proofs tab. Password: Egghunt . Enjoy!
The girls at Bella Rouge Design did a fantastic job with the face painting (just see for yourself)! I don’t know who was more popular….them or the Easter Bunny? 
The hunt is on!
Look at their expressions! Priceless!! 
She just might be the new cover girl of Autumn Olive Photography. 
This photo was taken here in Marion and has been on my webpage for sometime now. I ran across it again the other day while I saw searching through some photos and changed it up a bit. I love the vintage look. What do you think?
Well, one boy that is. Chris headed out to Cherokee (to fish) and then to Nashville, TN to go Turkey Hunting with his good friend JD. Today, he sent me a photo from his blackberry of where he was…then this evening I got another photo of what he caught from fishing! There will be some good eating when he gets home on Sunday!
From Chris’s Blackberry..
Chris’s catch
Rain really is good. It might have caused a few sessions to get postponed, but that’s okay! I love how everything starts to grow and bloom in April. Chris and I knew the rain was coming so we frantically have been working on seeding our yard. As many of you know, we started building our house about 2 years ago. Chris cleared the land of all the trees for our house site. Most of the property is filled with trees so I talked him into a BIG GREEN YARD. Chris: “You know that there will be a lot of mowing with a BIG yard. If we keep trees close to the house, we won’t have to mow as much.” Me: But Baby…..I grew up with a BIG yard and had so much fun with it. I want our children to enjoy a yard like I did. Chris: “Cristen, you are right, you are always right” (okay, so maybe I added in the last part, but I do have my big yard!) So I won that battle in the house building process. However, we have been facing a whole other battle. Getting the grass to grow. We heard it takes about 3 years to get it the way you want it. We are on year 2……aerate, lime, fertilize, seed, straw. I actually think Chris likes it…it gives him an excuse to get on our tractor. Boys and their toys!!
Chris on his favorite toy! Can you believe that we bought the tractor while we were still engaged!? Who would have really known how much we (he) would use it. I got banned from it after a couple of months of having it (I hit a rock…opps)!
This is my tractor. Chris says I can play with this tractor as much as I would like. It is plastic and I cannot break anything with it. So I wasn’t raised to drive a tractor…..geesh!! 
Today starts the event of blogging daily for a WHOLE month!!