Oh, rats!

For the past several weeks Anna and Emma have been begging for a pet rat.  So on Tuesday we headed over to Petsmart and adopted 2 baby girl rats.  Their names are Marly and Carly and they are AdOrAbLe!!  I am amazed at their sweet and friendly personalities.  Now we are up to 3 dogs, 2 cats, 2 rats, and a saltwater fish aquarium.  Plus 3 daughters and a husband.  Now wonder I am tired.  LOL! ;)

Here they are:

Carly

Marly

Field Trip!!

We just took another field trip to Balsam Mountain Preserve in beautiful Jackson County, NC for a wildflower walk. We saw about 13 different wildflowers.

The kids had a great time with Miss Blair as always.

Trillium

Wild geranium

I feel so blessed to live in an area where we can see sights like this everyday! You can see more about Balsam Mountain Preserve here

I stink at blogging!

I was never good at keeping a journal.  I remember I had a diary in the 7th grade.  The only thing I ever wrote about was the cute guys and then my first kiss, which completely horrified me, BTW.   I am going to be better about keeping this blog up to date.  And I promise not to write about cute guys or kisses.   Just cute little girls and my days as a chickymomma.  

I thought I would post a picture of us from Easter.  It was such a beautiful day to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord!  And I think we look pretty darn good too!  I think my sweetie was especially handsome.  I know I promised not to write about cute guys.  :)