It is quite evident Max would rather take a bath with the Jordan and Eric. The kids spent the night during a recent weekend and Max is overseeing the bath to make certain they get clean. The other sad picture of Max is with him wearing his new colar. We installed an underground electric dog fence to keep the boy from roaming and he isn't a happy camper when he forgets and gets zapped. He is actually doing good now and doesn't roam to far away from the back door.

Jane took Jordan, Eric and Karoline to Imagination Station in Wilson, North Carolina for the day while everyone else helped Kristi and Matt move into their new house. Actually Jane was checking the place out since Eric has expressed a desire to have his 5th Birthday Party there. They have animals and play exibits for the kids to interact with and oh yes Grandma interacted also (all she need was the nuts to go with the fruit cake). The kids had a great time and the move went better than expected and everyone is now settled and awaiting the arrival of Julianna Lotti in April.

Spring has sprung in our neck of the woods. The daffodills in our backyard have been blooming for over two weeks. The peach trees in the back yard are full of blossoms and we hope they do better this year than last as we had a heavy frost that just about did them in. The grass is greening and people are sneezing so summer isn't far off. Sunday is Easter so the flowers will add to the occassion.

Here are a few pictures of the Surprise 40th Birthday Party that Kristi and Jane had for Marcia. Marci was completely caught off guard and had no idea that this was going to happen. It was quite an ordeal for Jordan as she knew it for a month and couldn't tell her Mommie. The upper left picture is the entire group that helped celebrate. The upper right is Kim a friend of Marci's who graduated from Virgina Tech with her. Kim and her daughter came down from Virginia to help celebrate the occassion. Then we have Kristi (new mommie to be) and big sister Karoline resting up a little from all the excitement. And lastly the Birthday girl herself getting a little help blowing out her candles. A fun time was had by all and it was well worth the surprise on Marci's face when she walked in the house and saw everyone.