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After the eating and egg dying, Gigi and Granny were kind enough to watch a show with Syd before bed. Brokeback and Poppy, helpful as ever, quickly camped out on the recliners as soon as dinner was done.

Dying Eggs

Well, last night was a delight. My brisket was scrumptious, if you don't mind me tooting my own horn, as were the twice backed potatoes and apple dumplings with vanilla ice cream. I wish I had pictures of THAT. Tonight was the kick off of our Easter Weekend. Here are some pictures:

HAPPY EASTER!

Just wanted to stop in and say Happy Easter! Mom and I got the kids dressed up and took them to see the Easter Bunny today. They LOVED him! Hayden cried when we moved along.

Not much time, but we are going to dye eggs tonight so I will post those pics in a few days. I am cooking a brisket today and my parents and Granny are coming over tonight to eat and watch the kids. Tomorrow we will go to an easter egg hunt at Granny's retirement home. The kids are looking forward to all the festivities!

H-Dubya got a haircut....

And I LUUUUURRRRRVVVVEEEE it! Last time I was just sad. This time he had it done at the Fantastic Sams by Kohl's. Donna was his stylist. And my, my, he is looking soooooo handsome! I could just squeeze and hold him all day, I love it so much. Which of course, he would never allow. He is in busy mode. H actually put his head on my shoulder after I changed his diaper and put his clothes on today. It was a big deal. I looked in his mirror and he was just smiling and content. Here are his before and after pics:

Before, a tad scraggly but still cute:

After, can you believe it? Delightful Donna layered his hair! I didn't know this was an option for boys. I thought your hair just looked like this or didn't!

Pizza Party!

We had the Farley family, sans L, over last weekend. G brought her two sweet baby boys. Syd just loved C and played with him all night! P is the most precious baby. I wanted to share pics, I especially loved the one of Syd holding P. She was so proud!

Easter Egg Hunt!

Syd and H had their school egg hunt Thursday! Syd's class also had a little party. I subbed for a teacher in her class that day and I was thrilled to be a part of all the festivities!

I was really proud of H! He actually understood what was going on. He refused to carry his basket but we can work on that!

Here are some pictures:

Back Update

We went to see Brokeback's neurosurgeon yesterday. The news isn't too good. His last surgery was to clean up the ruptured disc and was to help with the pain in his back. It didn't due anything to help the terrible nerve pain that goes all the way down his left leg. He is going to have another back surgery on Thursday, March 27th. This is to decompress the nerves that don't have much room due to bone spurs. They also mentioned something about arthritis in his back.

It will take about 2 weeks to recover and be able to drive, etc. It will be 4-6 weeks total for a full recovery.

Please pray for the surgery to go well and for it to get rid of the leg pain. And pray for our spirits. We are really frustrated, tired, disheartened. It definitely puts a strain on the marriage.