Quote Post- Plus Extras

I've mixed a lot of quotes in with the pictures of our daily lives. I hope you enjoy!

We cleaned Gram's yard one chilly windy afternoon. We unearthed some crocuses... Sam planted some flowers for Gram...

The bags of leaves

The best little town- Griswold!

My sweet little niece, Alaina.

My goofy dad :P

Sam and Timmy

Shamrock shake and caramel frappe from McDonald's :)

My good little brothers making themselves breakfast. :)

:)

Atlantic Hyvee has a giant holstein cow in its garden center.

My sweet mom

I'm putting the finishing touches to a carrot cake for Gram's birthday.

We hosted a birthday party for Gram's 78th birthday. Mom invited all the ladies from church over to our house for a brunch a couple Saturdays ago. Mom did all the decorating. She did a phenomenal job! (She says she isn't talented, but her decorating begs to differ!)

Heavenly carrot cake...

I'm making the Irish scrambled eggs. To find out how to make them, check out my sister Abi's blog post. You'll never taste better scrambled eggs!

Irish scrambled eggs

Gifts for a very special lady- my grandma.

The hot drink station

My cousins' dogs are living at our house right now (long story). Brie's dog, Kate looked extremely bedraggled and woebegone one chilly rainy day.

Josh loves babies!

Abi and I took fresh, homemade cookies and hot chocolate to the boys one day. They were thrilled! :)

Josh is such a dependable guy!

KK- the family clown

True. True.

This is me in the morning. :) I am not a morning person!

This describes the "Grice Junkyard" to a "T."

LOL

Josh is such a big help!

The clown again... Abi has been wanting to try to make a paper mache nose on KK for sometime. She finally did it. :)

He looked pretty horrendous!

Along with the big schnoz, they smeared charcoal on his face.

Don't forget to stop and smell the flowers!

Oh, yes, and don't forget that early morning cup of coffee. It is the elixir of life. :D

The grass is greening up!

Gram sent me this. :)

Mom bought me one of my favorite candies, orange slices.

Pulling our big couch out is like digging for treasure. You never know what you'll find under there!

There was a leaky pipe out by the shed, so Josh rented a mini ex for the day to dig it up and get it fixed.

Snow!? This is supposed to be spring!

My sweet brother, Josh, bought me this sugar cookie sandwich- something I'd been craving for awhile.

Matching a mountain of socks

Our comic relief crew...

Ryan sent this to me...

Spring has sprung! We're welcoming it with open arms!

Emmetsburg, Iowa

The week after Bible School was a full one, but the highlight of the week was our trip to Emmetsburg, IA. Emmetsburg was originally an Irish settlement and still boasts of a large Irish population. Emmetsburg is named in honor of Robert Emmet, one of the leading rebels in the Irish uprisings of 1798 and 1803. The 1803 rebellion aborted, causing the capture, trial for high treason against the king, and execution of Emmet by the British.

Gram, Mom, Abi, and I have been wanting to explore the town for quite awhile now. As you know, anything Irish is highly interesting to us.

We stopped at a Dunkin Donuts in Carroll, IA for coffee and donuts. Abi and I got Oreo cheesecake donuts and hazelnut cappuccino. :)

Mom wore her Irish sweater for the special occasion. :)

Emmetsburg is centered around the southern bay of Five Island Lake. It was very beautiful!

The only Irish shop in Emmetsburg, called, "Emmetsburg Irish Gifts."

Not quite, but it does seem that way at times. :)

I bought this beautiful picture at the Irish gift shop. Their stuff was decently priced compared to other Irish stores we've been to! We were impressed by the prices. :)

Some of the guys in our family have a problem with being "hangry." :)

Some of these pictures were taken at another cute store called, "Etc."

I thought that I should put the picture of the Martin girls and Abi and I in this frame, but when I checked the price tag, I decided it wasn't worth it. :D

We stopped in at a small bakery in Emmetsburg called, "Your Family Bakery." They had some pretty amazing looking stuff!

A&W for lunch! Who doesn't have childhood memories of A&W corn dogs and root beer floats? Definitely one of the most nostalgic restaurants.

My chili cheese fries

After we were done shopping, we took time to drive around part of Five Island Lake. It was very idyllic, but extremely windy!

 Abi just loved this house! She said it was her dream house. :)

We had a lovely time in Emmetsburg! We'll definitely be going back sometime!

 Bonus Picture!