What is Green, Short and only comes around 3 days a year???

TOAD SUCK DAZE!!!

Yep, in one week the center of Conway will be mostly populated with green slimy amphibians know as Toads. If you see one around your house put it in a box (make sure you put holes in the box) and bring it down town to race all the other toads.

This is a weekend where Calories DO NOT COUNT!!! So pick your stick of choice and eat something on it. I love the chocolate covered bananas and might even venture out and get some candy bar deep fried.

I will say that I have a shirt from every year since this festival started in 1982 (my birth year). I am making a quilt to display them because I certainly cannot wear them anymore.

Both of my children have the same fashion and will get a quilt one day.

Have a great weekend!!!

Erin

Absent and Plagued

I have so tried to post everyday but as the year goes on it is put on the back burner. As some already know my little one Kylie has been plagued with multipule ear infections. Some may think this is a little surgery but to me this is big. So tomorrow (4-20) we will be going in and getting a second set of tubes plus take her adenoids out. We have prayed about this and feel that taking the adenoids out will be the best solution right now.

As a momma I'm worried for the safety of my precious little one but know she is under God's wings.

Please keep us in your prayers.

Erin

Easter (one week late)

I has been a while but I had some issues with loading the pictures. Then I forgot about posting and it didn't save anything. It is mostly pictures, so here we go.

Each year we dye eggs and even dad helps.

Ashton the pro.

Kylie wasn't allowed to wear clothes due to the fact that she is messy. But she came out very clean.

The final product.

The girls Easter bunny gifts including the yearly chocolate bunny.

Now time for Easter dress pictures. (due to the fact of the height difference Ashton has to bend down and Kylie likes to do the same.

Last year probably for matching dresses. (tear, weep weep)

Here are some family pics.

The original Woodcock family.

Mom (aka Kathy), me, Shelley, Dad (aka Lance)

The grandparents (Richard and Nancy Ogden)

Now it is time to hunt eggs.

All done (it didn't take them long)

Then they had to go through each egg to see their prize. Kylie was just excited about the eggs.

It has been awhile.

I hate to say that I haven't had time to post in a while. I have been on Spring Break and told myself that I will take a week off. Didn't realize I took two weeks off.

Spring Break consisted of Branson and hanging out around the house. It was nice outside so we got a lot of playing time.

Then I came back to school to go to State FBLA on Monday and Tuesday. This meant I spent two days watching hundreds of high school students down at the River Market. It was kind of relaxing.

Then I came back to school Wednesday and hit the floor running. It has been busy and I am so excited for the weekend.

Hope you have a GREAT EASTER. Remember what it really means. Not just that you get a new dress and wear white shoes.

Till then,
Erin

Spring Time Is Coming!!!

Since there was one beautiful weekend of spring like weather. Patrick decided to plant a flower bed. Even though he picked the weekend with 50 degree weather.

This is what we started with.

Tada...

I will give him credit for all the work.

Even though he is OCD about lines.

So after he dug all day in the flower bed I decided to grill out. I was surprized that I didn't burn

ONE THING. (That is a first for me and the grill-no little man lives in my grill)

Now that I've seen this food. It is time to cook supper. Till next time.

Remember When

Last night I had a flash back. Due to work, I had to go to a meeting last night. So I asked my parents to come a hangout with Kylie and Ashton. Mom came over after school and I left for the meeting. My dad came over with Chick-fil-A and had dinner with the girls. Ashton had softball practice so my dad was asked to take her. They went on their merry way and came back with many stories. One being...

Ashton came up to me and whispered in my ear. "Pawpall told me to not tell you we stopped for Ice Cream."

Knowing where the ball fields are and the distance to Baskin Robbins I had already figured it out that they would stop. There were many days after ball practice that dad and I would stop by BR to get a treat before we went home. Mom always knew that we did but just let us have our moment. The rule is you have to finish before we get home and mom can't find out.

I remembered some past-times with dad. Here are just a few...

Showing the team how to slide. Not realizing he knocked me 10 feet off the base. But I didn't drop the ball.

Going to Greers Ferry just to knee board on a pretty day. Don't forget to look back to see if they dropped the rope.

Six Flags and the Bungie Swing.

Many talks about if someone had ever touched the top of that tree.

Spitting seeds as high as you can out of the jeep.

There are many more but I'm laughing my head off.

I pray that everyone has a best friend like I do. He is my dad.

I will always be a daddy's girl.

Thoughtful Thursday

After yesterday I thought today would be a good day to express some of my thoughts.

The past few weeks I have been emotionaly drained or what you would call a rut. It could be from an incidental run in with someone who I rather had not talk to, many friends who have lost a loved one, sickness in our family, or just feeling like I'm running 90 to nothing.

Yesterday I got a call at work from a lady at church and she asked what I was doing after work. I replied by saying going and getting the girls then heading home. She asked if she could meet me and bring our family dinner. In my mind I thought phew what a blessing.

I met her at Kylie's daycare and she loaded my car with spaghetti, salad, bread and the most awesome chocolate chip pie. She said she remembered how it was being a young working mom and trying to get everything ready before church. She is such a blessing.

Then last night we were about to leave to go to church and Patrick (who is sick with strep) was watching the news. He said I might want to wait cause a HUGE storm is coming this way. Then my phone rang, it was dad. He asked where I was and said if I could stay at home. The storm had already hit close to my aunts house in Benton and was headed towards us. I decided that I rather not endanger my children and myself. We stayed at home close to the safe room.

In all my thoughts were I am so blessed to have a wonderful friend to bring us dinner, a husband who build us a safe house to keep us dry, and a father who still calls just to make sure we are safe.

Till next time,
Erin