All Sorts of Congratulations

First, I want to say congrats to Andrew. He had a big jury trial this past week and he did a great job. His client was actually on trial for first degree murder. The jury ended up finding him guilty of second degree involuntary manslaughter- a much lesser charge. Andrew worked very hard and his client's family was very happy with the outcome. We are so proud of him.

The second big congrats goes to Sara, Ryan, and Bella. They will be adding another little one to their family this May. Sara is actually due the same day as Amanda is with the twins. Crazy! We found out last weekend when they were back, but they weren't able to tell Ryan's family until this weekend, so we couldn't say anything. My parents will be doubling the number of grandkids (starting with Lincoln) in one year. By next summer there will be 10 grandkids. In other news for the week, they finally poured the walls for Andrew's office basement. We have had some pretty wet weather, so at least they got that done.

We had small group here again on Thursday and we were in charge of snacks, so Ellie helped me make some muffins and Oreo fudge bars. She loves to help me when I am baking and she also loves to sneak little bites while I'm not looking.

Jackson had another soccer game on Saturday and it was another cold, muddy one. Andrew's parents got back into town after being down at Gulf Shores for a month and I think they got a shock to their system having to sit out in the cold at Jackson's game. I only stayed for half of the game and then took Lincoln home. Then after lunch with Tom & Mary we went to my parents to see Lissy, Kaitlin and Zane who were all back in town. That night we made dinner for Lis while the rest of the family went to a wedding. Lissy was nice enough to help me hang my new canvases I got. They are bright and big and I love them.

Then she just got to hang out with our crazies.Ellie really wanted her to stay the night and even found some pjs for her from my dresser, but Lissy had a lot of shoots this weekend and had to get some work done. Andrew did let Jackson and Ellie sleep together though. I don't think they actually fell asleep until 11 or later.

Sunday we decided to head to the pumpkin patch after church. I thought it was the best day we would have because the sun was shining. It was still a little cold and muddy though. The kids played with several of the different activities, but we opted out of the corn maze because it looked like a trail of mud.

Lincoln slept the whole time, so this is how he spent his first trip to the pumpkin patch.

Fun was had by all.