Happy Royal Wedding Day!

In honor of the Royal Wedding Day yesterday, I got out my own wedding gown. Yes, I tried it on, and, no, it didn't fit. All I'll say is "I'm nursing" and leave it at that. :) But, two little girls were more than willing and excited to try on mommy's dress.

Landon thought they looked like princesses.

He's gone country!

A few weekends ago we headed up North to visit Dan's family. On Friday we spent the morning at Dan's sister's house. While we were packing up to head back to Grandma's house for naps, my brother-in-law (also named Dan) called into the house to see if Landon would like a ride in the tractor, excuse me, pay loader. Now, my son is all boy when it comes to heavy machinery. In the car he's always on the look out for "big rigs," "car twansporters" and bulldozers. So, I was confident that a ride in a real machine would be a hit. Yep, it was.

The look on his face when he was "driving" was priceless. Once he sat in the driver's seat and the tractor started moving it was all business. The smiles went away and he became serious, there was work to be done and Landon was the one to do it. I am pretty sure he truly thought he was in charge. I think he could have stayed in the tractor all day long. If you ask him what he did with Uncle Dan he will tell you "We scooped up the mud and then we dumped it out!" All in a day's work.

Thank you Uncle Dan for making that little boy's day. :)

BLASTED (update)

The insurance adjuster came out today and...drumroll please...thanks to the little storm last week, we need a whole new roof. Good times.

BLASTED!

About a month ago, I was at a friend's house during some crummy weather. We were discussing the difference between sleet and hail. I thought it was hailing outside and she said, "No, that is just sleet." Obviously, since I grew up in Southern California, where any moisture coming from the sky is a rarity, I took her word for it.

Then last Sunday night (April 3rd) happened. We had just come home from our small group so the kids were still up. We were having our bedtime snack when I heard some knocking. It sounded like someone was throwing some rocks on the side of the house. Then it got stronger and louder and then it went crazy!!! We kept the kids away from the windows, meanwhile, I am trying not to freak out in front of them.

This is what blasted into our windows...

Thankfully (and amazingly) our windows weren't broken. But, many neighbors and friends had windows shattered, and cars and roofs totaled. The area is hopping with insurance adjusters and repair companies.

Pieces of solid ice compared to a quarter so you can get an idea of the size

I think I want to go back to Southern California where I just have to worry about earthquakes and wildfires. :)

Here's Dan's attempt at a video of the chaos...he starting taking it just as the storm started to die down...but you can get a little idea of the sound...

Untitled from Rebekah Eekhoff on Vimeo.

Special Visitors Part 2

If you had a free airline ticket to anywhere Southwest Airlines flies, where would you go? How about Kansas to visit us?! Yay! That's exactly where my brother, Mark, chose to go. Instead of flying somewhere exotic and exciting he chose to visit Our Plain Life in the plains of Kansas. Granted he did come from San Diego so it's not like he was looking for better weather. However, I think at some point in his visit the weather was better here than in SoCal.

It was a nice visit and we are so glad he came to hang out for a weekend. His nieces and nephews would agree.

In the course of the visit I asked Mark what his mornings were like. He said he usually gets up really early and then is able to drink his coffee and have some quiet time to study the Word, etc. As you can see that didn't really happen when he was at our house. For some reason 4 kids don't really make for very quiet mornings.

We were able to see some local sights and he even exprienced a light snow fall! Hope it was all worth giving up the free flight. Thanks Uncle Mark! Next time bring Auntie Michelle and we will be sure to hit up Oklahoma Joes!! :)