Mardi Gras, Crazy Hair and a trip to Arkansas!

We have had an extremely busy last couple of weeks. We had so much fun at the Shreveport Mardi Gras parade two weeks ago. We went with several couples from church. It was downtown Shreveport by the river. We had so much fun catching beads and stuffed animals for Dane! He really made out pretty good with all of his bling!

In the driver's seat of a Firetruck

Look at all the loot!

Bling Bling!

Dane really wanted to take his Mardi Gras football to church the next morning.

As you can see, Dane's hair is getting pretty long. When it's fixed, it looks really cute, with all of his curls - but as you can see, he definitely got the gene from both Lane and me that mysteriously causes his hair to go absolutely nuts when he's sleeping. One morning this past week, we let Dane take his nap in our bed, and he woke up with an especially crazy head of hair. So, I had to capture the moment!

This past weekend, my mother, Robyn and her three kids, and Dane and I all travelled up to Harding to attend their annual Wings (Women in God's Service) conference. It was really great, and we all learned a lot, especially Dane and J.J., who have made a admirable commitment to attend this conference each year of their lives, so far. It was really fun to be together. We all piled up in Mama's new Explorer, so 4 out of the 7 available seats were filled with car seats. We weren't sure if we could pull it off, but we all packed pretty light and everybody fit just right and we were really quite comfortable. The kids were all so good on the ride there and back. While we were on campus at Harding, I let Dane run free out on the front lawn and followed him around to see where he would try to go. He knocked on some doors and climbed the steps to the administration building. I think he was trying to talk to someone in the admissions department and get a good word in early, so that they'll know that Harding is definitely one of his top picks for college so far.

Knock Knock Knock!

Up the steps of higher education

After we got back from Arkansas, we spent Saturday night at my parents' house and stayed to go to church with them Sunday morning. We got to get pictures of the kids all dressed up for church, which was also fun.



Anyway, I hope everyone is having a fantastic week!

Some fun times around our house!

Happy Valentine's Day a day late. I hope everyone had a great day filled with lots of love! We had a crazy busy Valentine's Day, but it was a great day. My mom surprised us at the front door with some roses from my dad to me, some donuts for Lane (which we all enjoyed), and a huge singing heart balloon for Dane. We were so glad to see her, even if she only got to stay for 45 minutes before she had to head to work. At the Tri-C (Christian Campus Center at Kilgore College), where I work, we had a great "Elementary school" style Valentine's Day party. All of the kids and me and Dane and the campus minister decorated paper bags & exchanged valentines. It was great fun! Then, last night was church, so we headed to Chili's for dinner beforehand. Of course, I forgot to take any pictures of any of it, so I will just post some pictures from this past week.

Like Father, Like Son!

I couldn't resist...I had to blog again today! After church tonight, we got home and I gave Dane his bath, and we went in to play with Dad a bit before bedtime. Lane was playing his Playstation football game, as usual, so Dane found the other controller and joined his dad in the fun. I know that Lane is so thankful that he now has a built-in Playstation playing partner!

Some wonderful Spring-like afternoons!

The past couple of days have been so beautiful in our neck of the woods, so I got to take advantage of some good photo ops playing with Dane outside. We've had a really busy week so far, but we got some good pictures last night of all of us relaxing and goofing off! Dane has moved into a really goofy mood lately, and we spend a whole lot of time laughing at each other. What fun!