Sweet Ella Rose

Our crazy boys keep us so busy that sometimes Ella doesn't get represented well on our blog!  These are some of my new favorite pictures of her.  She has just started pursing her lips together, it's so cute!  The boys still are MADLY in love with her.  When I get her up in the morning I can't hardly make it out of her room without them at my feet trying to kiss her.  We put her in the swing for the first time last week, Haynes initially was not thrilled to have to share but loves pushing her now.  Ella is such a blessing to our family!

Snakes

Snake #4

My Tough Men

We don't have spiders, ants, moles...we have snakes!  This is the 4th snake we have found this year and I haven't even got in our flower beds yet!  

#1- Our Bathroom Floor!!!

#2- Under College Students shoe in the front yard

#3- Front yard

#4- Back Patio under table...where Brian was sitting:-)

They are doing a lot of construction in some fields around us, which is what we are believing is the problem.  All I can say is my boys are getting much tougher...specifically my sweet husband!

Three kids, Hartley, and Thumper=Hartsock Zoo

One of our concerns for Thumper was Hartley's reaction.  We had good reason to be concerned since Hartley is completely obsessed with getting to Thumper.  We put Thumper in the top of the boys playhouse, thinking she would be pretty safe...After about five minutes Hartley learned to scale the playhouse steps.  The rest of the night the boys fought her off!

Friday morning we host Mom's Prayer at our house.  I was running around trying to clean, get kids fed and dressed, when I realized the boys let Hartley in the backyard.  Ell and I ran up the playhouse and had to physically push Hartley down the slide....about that time I thought, "I really do live in a zoo!" 

Brian lets Thumper out of his cage so the boys can chase him around the yard.  All day long Haynes comes up to me saying, "Thumper out!"  While Port refers to Thumper as "Sumper" :-)

Thumper

The boys and Thumper

Meredith...Thumper's future Mommy (hopefully)

This year for Easter JuJu bought all of the families a pocket bunny.  Due to a few unfortunate incidents we had to wait to get our bunny...Tuesday night I was surprised to see that Brian not only brought home our kids from JuJu's but a new member of our family!  I was meeting with Meredith and Catherine, and Meredith fell in love! She plans to be an elementary school teacher, so we are encouraging her that Thumper is exactly what she needs.  

Good Fruit

I was getting ready for our trip to Disney World.  I looked out the window to see what the boys were doing and had to take a picture.  They had secretly taken the Resurrection Eggs out to the play house and were going over them together.  We tend to loose parts to toys quite easily around here, so we usually only pull these out at night before bedtime.  Thank you Jesus for sweet moments like this that remind me we are producing "Good Fruit!"

Last night at Disney

Jenny and Haynes

Our Family

Josh and Jenny

Our last day at Disney we had breakfast with the characters, spent the afternoon at the pool, and ended our day at Magic Kingdom.  One of the funniest stories is of Haynes and Jenny.  On our way back to the hotel Jenny held Haynes on the bus.  He was still eating his sucker from the parade, but quickly fell asleep.  He was so tired he stuck his sucker to his shirt, and it stayed there.  We laughed so hard, we are still working on putting the video on here!  Josh and Jenny were awesome, the boys LOVED them and we loved having four extra hands!

Day 3 at Hollywood Studios

Bike races 

Tired Kids

CrAzY HaYnEs

Lolli and Champ riding the boat

Our third day we went to Hollywood Studios.  We got to have lunch with the characters at Hollywood and Vine.  Champ loved the Rockin' Roller Coaster so much he stole the extra FastPass!  While we were waiting for the parade, I looked down to find Haynes in the bottom of the stroller!  After spending the whole day at the park we enjoyed an evening at the Boardwalk.  We did race bikes (Brian, Sarah, Granma, Jenny & Haynes...v.s. Josh, Lolli, Champ, Port, & Ella)  it is still up for debate over who actually won the race!