Easter at Choctaw Baptist Church

Today we went to the Easter service at Choctaw Baptist Church in Idabel, OK. After hearing a wonderful message of the death and resurrection of Christ, the kids went on an Easter Egg Hunt in the field next to the church. After church, we went out for lunch at Papa Pablamo's Mexican restaurant.

Relaxing Day at Beavers Bend, OK

This weekend, we headed up to Mom and Dad Abbott's for Easter. On Saturday, we decided to go to Beavers Bend Park in Oklahoma for a picnic and some hiking. The day turned out to be beautiful. It got up into the 70s. We walked through the forestry museum, ate lunch, took a train ride, and hiked a little through some of the trails. Below are some pictures...

Traders Village

Last weekend, we headed out to Grand Prairie to Traders Village. Traders Village is a large outdoor flea market. It was a nice day and we wanted to go look for some palm trees and anything else that we might see. They had pretty much everything you could think of. There was an area where people were selling puppies. There was one puppy who was sleeping in his food dish. I guess he didn't want anyone to take his food while he was sleeping! haha We did end up buying some palm trees for the pool area and a painting for our living room. Below are some pictures of the flea market (including a Mexican band that was playing) and what we bought. Enjoy!

New Trees at the Abbott Estate

This weekend we had six new trees planted at our house. We had some trees planted in the front of the house, along the side of the driveway and one in the back. Unfortunately, the blue spruce from NY didn't survive the Texas dirt and weather. So, we had to replace it with a live oak. There was another tree in the front yard that hadn't grown any when the previous owners planted it. We also started to plant trees in the back and hope to plant more maybe this fall. Hopefully these trees survive!!!!

Live Oaks in the front of the house....

Red Oaks along the side of the driveway....

Crepemyrtle near the garage....

Texas Ash in the backyard...

And last but not least, a picture of Kevin who was spreading weed killer while I was taking pictures...

'Lil Mavs Win Final Game

The girls won their final game 10-2. They were up 10 points in the fourth quarter and had to remain in the paint on defense in order for the other team to have a chance. Maya, Emily and Callie made the baskets. Emily scored three of them, but the other girls had a big help in moving the ball around the court in order for Emily to make some shots. Below is a video of Callie's basket...