CEC Day at the Railroaders

Because the eye clinic has season tickets for the Cleburne Railroaders, they have access to the stadium twice a year for events.  This year, they held their annual Christmas party there and then they started the first annual CEC softball tournament. 

 Spike, the Railroaders mascot, even made an appearance at the event.

 The girls enjoyed spending time with Jewell.

 And they loved the face paintings!

Cory, Parker, and I all played softball with the employees and their families.  Parker ran the bases for both him and Cory.

 The clinic provided hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch.  The kids had fun eating on the dugout!

After lunch, they had lots of games for the kids, including a sack race.  The winners got Sweet Frog gift cards.

Bad thunderstorms in the area cut our afternoon short, but we still had a great time!  We are thankful to the partners for planning such a fun, family event and hope this is something they will do again next year!

The Triplets are Here!

Surprise!  They're here!  The triplets decided to make their debut 8 weeks early and were born yesterday morning!  Meredith was admitted to the hospital on Thursday because of her blood pressure.  The plan was to stay in the hospital on bed rest for two weeks until her scheduled C-section on April 20th.  She called me yesterday morning to tell me that she had started having contractions overnight and that they were going to take the babies early.  Emily and I took off of work so we could be at the hospital with her and Craig.    

After they took her and Craig to the delivery room, her sweet nurse came and got Emily and I and took us to the hall that led from the delivery room to the NICU.  She told us we could get our first look at the babies on their way to the NICU.  We were so excited to be able to be there and take pictures/video for my mom who was at home keeping Holland.

Luke Thomas Harshey was born first and weighed 4 lbs 12 oz.

Hadley Elizabeth Harshey was second and was the smallest at 3 lbs 12 oz.

Kathryn (Wryn) Reese Harshey was last and weighed 4 lbs 1 oz.

After they moved Meredith to recovery, Craig came and got us and let us go up to the NICU with him to check on the babies.  They were all so little but so perfect!

The anesthesia made Meredith very sick and she had a very rough afternoon.  I'm glad Emily and I could be there to help her through a hard day.  They all have a long road ahead of them but I'm glad they're here and are doing well so far.  And I feel so blessed that I got to be a part of such a special day!

Easter at Granna's

Easter at Granna's is always fun, especially when you have so many cousins to hunt Easter eggs with!

Everyone had a Golden Egg to find this year!

We have to be creative when hiding Parker and Addison's eggs in order to make them work at finding them!

The boys

The girls

This sweet girl is going to be a big sister soon!

The kids loved finding a $2 bill in their Golden Eggs.

Granstan was such a good sport!  He let the kids break the confetti eggs on his head!

Thanks Granna and Granstan for another fun holiday!  Next Easter, there will be 10 sets of eggs to hide! 

Easter 2018

We enjoyed a fun weekend celebrating Easter with my family.   The kids loved waking up to see what was in their Easter baskets and looking for all the eggs the Easter bunny had hidden around the house. 

We went to church before heading to Granna's for a fun afternoon with the cousins.

These kids clean up real nice!

Happy Easter from The Browns! He is Risen!  He is Risen indeed!