The Russo's

 Saturday night was spent at Nana B's house with an egg hunt and dinner.   Jules' first Easter and she was happy about it  Easter Sunday at church   After church, we went to Uncle Joe's house for lunch. The kids did an egg hunt there also. 

Gianna took dance pictures for the upcoming recital. She is  not a fan of getting her hair and make up done, but I tried my best.  Her two pictures  Soccer season wrapped up Josh coached Gianna's team once when Mario had to work.  Gianna is still new at it, but she did score twice during the season.  Hudson got an award for the silver boot- 2nd highest scoring player. He is getting better every year and more confidant in his skills.  We went to the Shenandoah carnival and my kids were riding all the big rides! Not scared at all, having a blast! Josh's birthday was on Good Friday. We had a fish fry at his parent's house.  The kids made posters and did a parade for him. 

Josh and Hudson spent a lot of time together during hunting season, so it was Gianna's turn to have a date with her Dad.   She had it all planned out: eat at Buffalo Wild Wings, play games and get yogurt after. They had a fun night and G did a lot of talking.  Nerf gun wars. Josh brings Hudson to the store to get more darts and comes back with 2 guns!   National Yogurt Day treat   The kids set up at the road to sell water. We don't get any traffic down here, but they had fun.   Spring soccer season started for both Hudson and Gianna Uncle Dillon even made it to two games when he was in town for weddings Mom threw a Chinese New Year themed party to celebrate the birthdays and anniversaries in February. We celebrated our 12th anniversary. We spent the day at Avery Island and had dinner at Flemings that night. Hoping for many more years with this man that I love!

Josh built a box stand for him and Hudson to hunt in at the camp in Amite. They put it up in September.   A lot of work went into getting ready for deer season. They planted a food plot, put corn out and checked cameras. Josh estimated they hunted 12-15 times. He would send pictures from the stand. Poor Hudson was tired from getting up so early.  They weren't seeing any deer and the season was almost over. We let Hudson go with Papa to Mississippi. They went on January 26 and didn't see anything.  They went back on January 31, which was the last day of the season. Josh called me around 7:30 a.m. saying Hudson shot at a doe and they were going to look for her. While we were on the phone, this picture came through: Josh and I both started crying! We were so happy for him! He has been trying to get a deer for two seasons. Papa documented the experience with pictures and videos. Right after he shot it and sitting in the stand, Hudson...