A Taste of Home

Does Ian look like a kid at Christmas or what?


Hmmm...my excuse is I'm pregnant...not sure what Ian's excuse is...oh that's right he would tell you..."I'm married to a pregnant woman so I'm pregnant with her."

Wow we're we ever excited when our awesome friend, Matt brought back some Chick-Fil-A's after doing a quick run to The States. We devoured these in literally 2 days. I'm not gonna tell ya how many he brought back for us. :) Oh we so miss the USA and this is one of the many things we look forward to when we return. Chick-Fil-A originated in Atlanta and since Ian and I are both from there, we grew up eating these things. Hey it's the simple things you take for granted but after living in Europe for 3 years, we will so appreciate everything that makes the USA so great. Thanks again Matt...you're the best!

Ella Rose's 1st Easter Egg Hunt

I had great aspirations of having a little Easter Egg Hunt for Ella Rose, Katie, & Mia with the sun shining bright in our backyard and the tulips and daffodils springing up, but we had 2 inches of snow on the ground so having an outdoor Easter Egg hunt was just not going to happen. So we had the next best thing...an Easter Egg hunt INSIDE. We had a wonderful time, but boy do I sure miss the beautiful Dogwoods and Azaleas that are blooming all over the South as well as the 70 degree weather! Spring has definitely not sprung here in Germany!

Ella Rose on a mission!

Sweet Katie finding some eggs

Mia and Ella Rose...putting all their eggs in the same basket

Katie and Ella Rose

The cross necklace Ella Rose is wearing was a gift from Aunt Vicky and Aunt Toni

What a smile...little Mia

Hmmm...how do you open this egg?

Who me??? I'm not up to anything

Katie playing with Fridge Farm

Celebrating a White Easter in Germany

Can you believe we woke up on Easter morning and we had 2 inches of snow on the ground. I have rarely even seen White Christmas' growing up in GA, but I definitely have never seen a WHITE EASTER.


Going to church on Easter morning...Brrr...it's cold!

Ella Rose with her sweet friends Mia and Katie

It's okay, Mia as Ella Rose pats Mia's shoulder

3 sweet girls

Ella Rose's 2nd Easter

Looking back...Ella Rose's 1st Easter 2007-almost 1 month old

Visiting the Easter Bunny

Waiting to see the Easter Bunny...the beautiful crosstitched dress was made by Grandma Shirley for her 2 granddaughters and now has been handed down to Ella Rose

Yeah...the hair bow is back in

Hmmm Mom...what's all the fanfare about???

Going back...Ella Rose's 1st visit with the Easter Bunny in March 2007 (this fella is from Ian's squadron)

March 31, 2007-Ella Rose is only 3 weeks old

Saying goodbye to the Easter Bunny

Bye Bye

Opening up more presents

Opening up The Dobson's present

We couldn't believe all the presents our friends and family sent for Ella Rose. Ella Rose also got some $$$ from Gran and Aunt Vicky as well as cards that she would not put down for a very long time. Thank you to all of you for loving our girl the way you do! It melts our hearts!

Heather sent napkins for Mama too...yeah! But Ella Rose was not going to give those up

Wow...what is this???

Cool present... A Turtle Constellation Nightlight

Heather, Tyler, Amelia, Heath, and Jarrod, thank you so much for Ella Rose's present. I love all the napkins you sent too because we don't have a good selection over here and Amelia's clothes are awesome. Thank you so much! Both girls will get good use out of those. Can't wait to see y'all again when we get back!

Opening up Grandma Ella Mae's Birthday present

Grandma Ella Mae sent a Fabric Birthday cake with lots of neat toys inside

And a baby doll with Ella Rose's name personalized on it

Thank you so much Grandma Ella Mae...we miss you and send you lots of hugs!

Opening up The Sather's present...little finger puppets

Ella Rose loves the card and Di made the bow on her head too

Diane made these beautiful socks for Ella Rose

And a monogrammed towel too

Di, Mark, Madison and Andrew, thank you so much for thinking of our girl on her special day! Hope to see y'all in Texas again when we get back to The States.