This Crazy Life

Things have been so crazy this month!  I have been busier at work which is nice.  I have also been super busy at home.  We had a garage sale on April 10th and it was a great success.  Then we were scheduled to go to Pearland for a show, but unfortunately we were not able to go.  It actually worked out well because I was still getting ready for our first festival in Brenham. We went to Brenham this past weekend and it was great.  It was a smaller festival, but we still had tons of lookers and had quite a few sales.  It was a good confidence booster because our stuff was some of the nicest quality yet moderately priced stuff.  All in all, it was great. 
Riley and Bentley have really seemed to be changing to me lately.  Riley is like a little man, I mean really.  He talks so maturely and he CAN be a real sweetheart.  He has been helping Bentley with her adjustment at school (going more) and it is SOOO sweet.  I want them to be close and really all I see at home is him agitating her, but there is obviously so much more to their relationship.  He also knows EVERY word to EVERY song...even songs that I don't know!  It is crazy.  He is signed up for camp with his cousins and is getting excited about his trip to Florida in June.
Bentley has really done good with getting off my hip since she started school two days a week.  Her teachers have been telling me how they really see her personality and she is so happy and almost goofy with them.  I am so glad she is coming out in front of others.  She is so fun, especially when it is just her and I.  I want the world to see that personality.  We have started calling her "DVIA" and she loves that.  She is all girl.  She loves bows and clothes and especially shoes!  She really is my kid!!!! 

The Wedding Party of 2031

Riley and his first love Anna are planning to wed after college when they are 4 years old.  Or at least that is his version of the story.  Anna came over to the house to get her birthday gifts from Memaw and she also opened Riley's gift too.  She just has to dress up in her new duds and that prompted Elvis, I mean Riley to dress up as well.  So here you have it....Princess Anna, Elvis, Bentley (note, that is a PLAY shirt) as the Maid of Honor, and Firetruck (that is what Cole insists his name is) as the best man!!!!

Mr and Mrs Bryant

Riley also told me that he and Anna are going to have 5 children (he started with 8) and their names are going to be Oscar, John, Bailey, Freddie, and Cedric.  Hmmmmm very interesting.

Easter 2010

Our Pastor, Larry preached a great sermon on walls that you encounter in life.  These walls range from losing a job, to fighting an addiction, to getting along with your spouse.  Basically there are many walls that keep us from getting closer to God.  We must overcome these walls and focus on him.  Easter this year to me was a wall.  Easter is tough because it is a constant reminder of my Dad.  We also had several issues that kept arising (weather, news reports) and kept coming in between our making plans.  Easter Sunday, after a very busy morning with Easter baskets with the kiddos and then working in the church nursery and plans still not being hammered down, became a wall persay.  But after a while, I realized that it was just Satan trying to spoil a family event and draw us even further from God.  I changed my attitude and then everything started falling into place.  The weather turned out to me beautiful - we could not have asked for more.  We ended up going to a beautiful shaded park and the kiddos had an absolute blast running around and hunting eggs.  Nana brought cupcakes and bubble guns and WEIRD jellybeans.  It was a great afternoon.  I am so thankful for what Christ did for us.  Sometimes, we just need to stop getting caught up in the worldy things going on around us and focus on him and he will do the rest.

Tricia has strep throat and could not join us and we missed her very much.  That was the only problem with yesterday afternoon.  Click the link below to see the pictures!

Easter 2010