Willy Wonka!

 One of our good friends (and Ryan's clinic administrator) was Willy Wonka in a children's theatre performance with his children so we headed over to Trenton to see them!  The girls loved the show and we got a chance to visit with Willy himself after the show!

 Of course, we had to get autographs from the cast!

 We ran into one of Ryan's partners while we were there and got a "clinic" picture!

Willy Wonka, Ryan, Julia and Gracie after the show!  Great job Nite Lite Theatre and Ewing family on your performance!

Easter Sunday

 We spent Easter Sunday at Neena and Pappy's house and celebrated with a wonderful Easter meal!  The weather again was gorgeous so we spent a little time outside celebrating and just relaxing with our family!

 The girls with their Neena

 Julia, Pappy, Neena and Gracie

Most of us all got in a little afternoon nap and I caught these two "relaxing" after Daddy's nap! :)

Northwood Easter Egg Hunt

 Our SIXTH annual Northwood Easter Egg Hunt was so much fun this year!  We had absolutely perfect weather (for the FIRST time ever) and all our kiddos enjoyed playing with each other and hunting eggs!

 Gracie's ready for the hunt-she has her basket and space staked out!

 My big girls with the Neighborhood big girls.  Don't they all coordinate so nicely?

The whole crew ready to GO!

Our First Egg Hunt of the YEAR!

 We had our annual church Easter Egg hunt this past weekend.  Even though I didn't get any pictures of the girls actually hunting the eggs, I did get some pretty smiles from them!  The weather was beautiful (a little hot this year for April) and everyone had a wonderful time!

 Julia showing off her lost teeth!

Next up, our Northwood egg hunt is this weekend!  Always a fun party to look forward to with our wonderful neighbors!

Julia's First LOOSE Tooth

 Julia's first tooth became loose while we were on a spring break trip but she HAD to wait to get back to school so her teacher Mrs. Vicki could pull it!  So, we waited ten days during spring break and it popped right out!

 Our first "snaggle-tooth" picture!

She gets to sign her name on the big tooth!  Mrs. Vicki is the tooth puller at Julia's school and Julia's tooth was #73 for the year!

Spring Break in Chicago

 We took a few days off for Spring Break and took our little family to Chicago.  One of our first stops once we got there was to Gino's East for Chicago style pizza!  The girls loved it!!!!

The weather was absolutely gorgeous (by Chicago standards) so we did a lot of sight seeing while we were there!  The "Cloud" at Millennium Park was a favorite stop.

 And of course, we had to make a few trips to the little girl capital of the world, the American Girl Store!  Brunch with our dolls, hair done for the dolls, and exploring EVERY square inch of the store!  We had a great little trip and fun few days off!

Arf! Kindergarten Musical

All of the Kindergarten classes at Julia's school put on a performance of Arf! this week and they were all so adorable!  There's not anything much cuter than little kids dressed up like doggies, singing and performing on stage!!!!  Job well done Kindergarten cuties!

 Getting ready at home!

 Almost time to perform, gotta go get our makeup and "doggie ears" on!

 Her BIG line!

 Cute little sharpei puppy dog!

Julia and her friend Mary Payton after the show!  It was wonderful!

Gracie's #4 Birthday Party

 Gracie turns FOUR on Monday, February 6th, but we got to celebrate on Saturday with a Fun Zone jumpers party with family and friends!  Everyone had a great time running, jumping and celebrating with Princess Gracie!

 Julia plays hide and seek in the jumpers, peek-a-boo, I see you!

 Julia and Gracie and some of their friends that came to celebrate!

 "Happy birthday to myself" she says as she slides down the big jumper slide!

 Beautiful princess cake for the cute little birthday girl!

 Smiling with her cake

"Make a WISH!"  Sweet little thing is FOUR and we had a great day celebrating with all of our friends!

Meet Charlie - Our NEW cousin!

 Our new cousin, Charles Wade "Charlie" Lomax was born last week (01/24) and all of us are so excited that he is here!  He is the first boy on the Lomax side and the first "first cousin" for Julia and Gracie!  We went to Memphis on Saturday to go meet him and he is absolutely adorable!

 Charlie was 9 lbs, 3 oz, 22 inches long so we know that the Rebels will be signing him up SOON!

 Julia is so proud of her new cousin!

 Sweet baby boy!

Proud cousins and "little mommas!"  Welcome to the world baby Charlie!

Daddy/Daughter Dance

 Julia and Ryan went to the Daddy/Daughter Dance at her school last Friday night and had a BLAST!  He was such a gentleman and even took her out to dinner before the dancing (yeah, I know, we have a good one!).

 Posing....

 Showing off her dance moves!

 Daddy and Julia

One of my favorite pics of ALL time!  Thanks for being such a good daddy!  I heard that they (mostly Julia) danced ALL night!  What a fun memory for the two of them!

Ballet Tea Party

 The girls went to a ballet tea party at their ballet studio on Sunday and had such a great time!  They got crowns, had their nails painted and even got a little make up (blush only!).  All of the helpers were costumed characters and there were LOTS of princesses around!

Julia waiting for the tea party (snacks!).

 Gracie modeling her beautiful gold crown.

 Both girls waiting to get their nails painted by all the dress up characters.

 Julia and Gracie after the dance "performance"

Beautiful girl all dressed up in her "finest"