Truitt's 4th birthday party

Truitt is 4 years old on May 5th…4 years old! I can’t believe it. He brings us so much joy. He’s a funny kid that makes us laugh all the time. He loves music and enjoys dancing and performing. He’s smart and very observant. He is an awesome big brother and has a sensitive heart for others. What a blessing Joshua Truitt Ross is to my life!

Sunday was the much anticipated birthday party at Chuck e. Cheese’s. Last year we held our mostly out-door oriented party indoors because of an awful storm that later went on to cause the Nashville flood. This year we hoped for better…nope. We drove through a severe thunderstorm to get to the party and then listened to tornado sirens up until 10 minutes before the party started. : ) Almost everyone came to the party and Truitt had a great time. We found that he LOVES the games, but did not care for the life-sized mouse. Happy birthday Truitt!

Truitt and Logan

Best Buds - Truitt, Logan and Josh

He loved the horse game. Always so serious.

He did not like the truck...neither did Noah.

Logan, Truitt, Josh, Caleb, Kayla, Evelyn, and Noah

Yummy ice cream cake!

When Chuck e. came out Truitt went nuts. He was deathly afraid of him. Our hostess is begging him to participate. HA!

Truitt stayed in my lap until Chuck e. left the room.

"Stay away from this kid"

Truitt wanted to know where he was at all times.

Evelyn hiding from Chuck e. under our table

Caleb, Truitt and Logan

Dad caught quite a few tickets in the Ticket Blaster

Easter

I am always excited for Easter to roll around. This year we have been focused on the story of Jesus leading up to Easter Sunday more than usual because we bought Resurrection Eggs. For the 12 days leading up to Easter we opened a new egg every morning and talked about the events leading up to Jesus rising from the grave. It has been fun and I think it captivated Truitt. He has wanted to read the story of Jesus dying on the cross every day for a while now. Here are some new pictures of the boys. If you ask Truitt what Easter is about he will tell/yell at you, "Jesus is ALIVE!"

Bunny tracks

The hunt

My new favorite flower, a Peony. FAN-TASTIC!

The boys 1st beach

Last weekend we were all in Houston, TX visiting Josh's brother Jonathan and his family while we both spoke at a youth conference called Soul Link. It was a great and busy weekend. When we left to make our way home we stopped down in Galveston to let the boys visit the beach for the first time. It was priceless! Josh's family has been on many family vacations down in Galveston/crystal beach. Great memories. We took the ferry and then stayed about 30 minutes on crystal beach. Here are the pictures. Love, Kayci

It was very windy on the ferry

we saw one dolphin!

Truitt LOVED the beach

Noah, not so sure...

playing games

Josh had them wait til the last second and then they would run from the waves. There was a lot of squealing.

Noah loved running from the waves, until he fell and then he was not happy. : )

He kept saying "Owie, owie, owie!"

Good bye beach. We will be back!

Noah's First Haircut

Today I did the un-thinkable; I took my boys to get their haircut...simultaneously. It was fantastic! Truitt settled in to his chair and watched Mater's Tall Tales on our portable DVD player. All the while, Noah was perfectly still and quite eating a sucker during the whole event. WOW! I will make sure to have 5 suckers at the ready every time we do this. : ) My boys are just so handsome!!




This is awesome. I NEVER get these at home.





This is really good. What do they put in this thing?





I think i just swallowed some of the stick





I'm finished? Great, can i get another one of these?




Truitt's new "Super Duper Fast" shoes

Action shot

Snow Day

Last night it snowed about 4 inches. Noah and Truitt both suited up in their Cowboys gear and enjoyed the snow with Daddy.

Noah - 1 year 4 months, Truitt - 3 years 8 months

Our backyard

saying "Hi" to our neighbor

After about 10 minutes...this isn't so fun anymore

Our Cove

Of course, Mommy was inside with her new heater. : )

I've Got a Cravin'

I know it's been 4 months since I posted and many of you would expect some recent pictures of the boys, but this post is urgent and pertains to another matter. This past weekend I spoke at the West Texas Girls' Conference in Abilene, TX. I had a blast with the 634 girls that attended. I was energized by their desire to love God with all they had and to go be Jesus in the world. The theme for the weekend was CRAVE. I spoke on craving the word, crave sharing Jesus with others and crave an intimate relationship with him. In preperation for this weekend I made a list of things I've craved since I was young. The list then morphed into a poem and finally, at 3 am one morning I woke up with the song "I've got a feelin'" by black eyed peas in my head. Jackpot! I changed the lyrics to the chorus of "I've got a feelin' " and here you have it...I've got a cravin'. Per request of some of the girls at the conference, and much to my embarrassment, the lyrics are below. Enjoy a laugh on me.

I've got a cravin'
Woo Hoo (the girls sang this part for me)

For some mexican food or some do-nut holes
a tall glass of milk with some oreos
a strong Mr. Right with a red red rose

Clap, clap, clap
I've got a cravin'
Woo Hoo

For a road trip to TX and BBQ
a parent to say "I believe in you"
when I was your age it was BIG, BIG boobs! (behind me, a picture of Dolly Parton)

Clap, clap, clap
I've got a cravin'
Woo Hoo

To be thin, to be trendy and funny
to lay on the beach when it's sunny
to love my new job and make tons of money

Clap, clap, clap
I've got a cravin'
Woo Hoo

For fajitas or sonic or snow cones
Chocolate chip cookies, an i phone
my name in bright lights for the big, big show

Clap, clap, clap
I've got a cravin'
Woo Hoo

For the Lord and to hear what he would say
at the end of the day, it's me he saved
and above all Lord, it's YOU I CRAVE!

Clap, clap, clap
I've got a feelin'
Woo Hoo
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night

WOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!