Team Woodard: Temple Egg Hunt

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Temple Egg Hunt

Okay..I was briefly having a little pity party. I am over it (almost) now and I am moving on. And, of course, because of my little pity party, I haven’t blogged in a couple of days…and, SIGH, I am behind. Our Easter weekend was the best that I can remember in a VERY long time. Every event was laid back and relaxed and pretty much stress free. I will start with the Temple Egg Hunt. We go to this every year (minus last year when we were seriously ill with flu and rsv). The kids LOVE it. The Neals always host it and it is wonderful! My shallow self loves holidays because I like planning my kids attire for all the events…shallow, right? Well, I am just being honest. Usually I stress over this and have to have the perfect outfit for each child for every event and make them semi coordinating. However, I felt like I just didn’t do that this weekend…guess what? they still looked cute…or I thought so. In fact, I don’t think I bought anything for this weekend…even Easter Sunday. My boys all dressed in matching blue/white seersucker pants/shorts and pink shirt. We just happened to already have all of this. T’s is from last year and still fits. Campbell’s was triggers. And matt, because I am sure you are all on pins and needles about his attire, has had these clothes FOREVER.

The first thing we had to do was to play on the jumpy.

My friend, Kristen, and I tried to get our girls together for a picture but none of them were having anything to do with posing. Kristen’s twins are a couple of months older than Larkin…and look how much taller they are. Of course, this might have something to do with their gorgeous, tall momma. We went on the hayride. The camera lens that I had on only took close up pictures. **do you see that hair on campbell…breaking my heart right now as I look at this picture…it’s been cut.**Uncle Gabe, Nolan, and Trigger…I LOVE nolan’s expression.And then it was time to hunt eggs.Campbell and Larkin were in the same hunting category so I had a hard time getting pictures of them both. Matt showed Larkin how to find the eggs and put them in her basket…she went to town. I was impressed.ohhhh…that beautiful hair….Then it was Trigger’s turn. He was slightly excited.My loves…The five of us…The woodard/hogan boysThe hogan/woodard (Hallie, Nolan, Campbell, Trigger, and Larkin) childrenMy boys…You shouldve seen Campbell when we left there. He was COVERED in chocolate. That boy LOVES him some chocolate!As we were leaving, Georgia (triggers friend from school) came running up “trigga…trigga…”. Without hesitation, Trigger leaned over and gave her the biggest hug. I didn’t get my camera out fast enough but look at t’s face as he is pulling away from the hug. He loves georgia. And who wouldn’t…she is so sweet..just like her momma (that just happens to have been one of my sister’s best friends in high school…I actually used to drive Joanna to school every morning…WHAT were her parents thinking?!?)This might be my favorite picture of all of Easter. LOOK at those two. So sweet.

We left the egg hunt and went home…which was really sad because we usually all go eat at sundown but we had to get home for naps….because our next easter stop was that night for an egg hunt at my grandmothers. Naps were a necessity!

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The Woodards

My name is Garson Woodard. I'm a wife to Matt. He is the most incredible husband a girl could ask for. We met in Kindergarten at Cedar Creek (the school we attended for 13 years). Matt and I started dating our Jr. year in high school and dated for 6 years. We got married on June 26, 2004. I am so thankful that God brought us together! I am a mother to Trigger, Campbell, and Larkin. We worked hard to have all of them. After 2 miscarriages, two years after trying to get pregnant, a 2 week hospital stay, and a short (didn't seem short at the time) NICU stay, we brought home our first precious miracle: Trigger! He was born on July 29, 2008. Trigger's completely spoiled rotten! He is full of personality and definitely shows some of the same tenacity that his namesake had!

With our second child, Campbell, we made it to 38 weeks. He was born on June 3, 2010. He still had to stay in the NICU for 5 days for breathing issues. Campbell is absolutely precious..shy but such a little clown. I can't wait to watch our two boys which are 22 months apart) grow up together. I know they are going to fight constantly but be BEST of friends at the same time!

I just thought my boys were our miracles...and they are...but, at the end of May 2011, Matt and I found out that we were expecting the biggest surprise of our life. We were having baby #3 after being told we could never get pregnant on our own. AND, to add to the excitement, we were having a GIRL. After dealing with my medical issues, a two vessel cord, and IUGR, Larkin was born on January 6, 2012. She came here ruling the roost and I am sure that is not going to change anytime soon.

After what seemed like forever thinking that I would not have any children, God has blessed me with three beautiful babies all within 3.5 years.

After having Campbell, Matt and I decided I would become a stay-at-home mom. In alot of ways it is more difficult than teaching because I am with OUR children all day...and OUR children don't seem to listen like my students would. HOW DOES THAT WORK? Haha! Seriously though, it is the BEST job in the world and I feel very blessed to be able to be home to witness each and every minute of our boys' lives!

I started this blog when we found out we were pregnant with Trigger and have continued to document our crazy lives with a toddler and a baby since I don't have time to scrapbook anymore. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you visit again!