Butterfly Day

"A butterfly lights besides us like a sunbeam. And for a brief moment its glory and beauty belongs to the world. 

But then it flies once again, and though we wish it could have stayed, we feel so lucky to have seen it."

As you release this butterfly in honor of me, know that I'm with you and will always be. Hold a hand, say a prayer, close your eyes and see me there. Although you may feel a bit torn apart, please know that I'll be forever in your heart. Now fly away butterfly as high as you can go, I'm right there with you more than you know.
By Jill Haley

Zoe's Grandpa Herb passed away the Friday after Thanksgiving last year.  My Dad works for a local hospice that had a butterfly release on April 18th to honor lost loved ones over the last year.  He invited Zoe and Shane to come out and release a butterfly in honor of Grandpa Herb.  I made a little slide show of the pictures from that day.  Shane and Zoe spent the morning with PaPaw.  They went out to breakfast and then headed to the ceremony in Dallas. Before the ceremony they had a little time to waste, so they played at the park where the ceremony was held.  That's were all the animal pictures come from.  Zoe was a little intimidated by the butterflies at first, so some of her faces in pictures are priceless.  Hope everyone enjoys the pictures.  It sure was a great way to honor Grandpa Herb's memory.

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Earth Hour

Earth Hour was on March 28th this year.  The purpose of Earth Hour is to raise environmental awareness.  It is on a Saturday Night at 8:30 pm.  To participate all you had to do was turn off your lights for one hour.  We participated as a family by shutting off the breaker to our home for the hour.  

During that hour we:

• lit the fireplace for the first time in our new house (we've lived here almost a year)
• had a candle light dinner 
• told ghost stories 
• played with flashlights
• sat around the fire and Grannie played the guitar while Zoe played the violin (of course!!)
• part of the time Pops played on the laptop (battery power only) and Papaw snoozed on the sofa 

Zoe's first reaction to turning off the lights for an hour was not great.  She was really whiny and pretty much a drama queen about being afraid of the dark, but after the first few minutes she was just peachy.  She really enjoyed the story telling and sitting around playing music.  When we got ready to turn the lights back on she even cried!  She didn't want it to be over.  Now she wants to have Earth Hour every week....we're gonna try!!!

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Spring Break Pictures

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Here is a photo recap of Tutu's Spring Break.  Hope you enjoy :)

Luck of the Irish

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