Happy Easter to you!

Every year we go to the park for a picnic lunch on Easter Saturday.  The Easter Bunny comes to our house on Saturday, we asked him to do that so that we could focus on the Savior on Easter Sunday.  This is a tradition that I grew up with & we just love keeping the Easter Bunny & the Resurrection of our Savior separate.

 We had a delish lunch of ham, potatoes, fruit & a yummy cake.  Thanks Grandma V!

 You are never too old for swings...right?  Alesha & Kyle

 Reese, Averee, Avia & Uncle Jason getting the track ready for rolling eggs

 Owen, Averee, Reese, Lydia, Adee & Aiva

Roll those Eggs!!

Easter Eggs

 Gotta love decorating Easter Eggs!  I decided to try something a little different this year...thanks to Pinterest.  However, our eggs didn't turn out quite like the professional looking ones on Pinterest :)  But the kiddos had a great time making a mess-I mean decorating their eggs with glue & glitter.

 Reese LOVED the pink glitter the best

 Averee & Adee are getting so creative & artistic

 Owen is a good sport...Aunt Alesha's eggs were gorgeous!

Look at those BEAUTIFUL eggs!!

Hoppy Easter to You!

Each year our neighborhood does an Egg Hunt before Easter. The kids love it & we have a great time hanging out with all our neighbors & friends. Easter Morning...The Easter Bunny spoiled us this year! Then we headed to a nearby park for our traditional picnic lunch and to roll eggs down the hill. The kids love to make tracks in the dirt then race their eggs down the hill. Happy Easter everyone!

HoPpY eAsTeR!

We had a great Easter weekend. The Easter Bunny brings baskets to our house on Saturday morning, that way we can concentrate on the Savior (& the true meaning of Easter) on Sunday. The kids were excited to get games, swimming goggles, squirting sticks, & of course-CANDY! Then they headed outside to find their eggs that the Easter Bunny had hidden. I am just glad a certain dog named Katch didn't eat them all before the kids found them!

That afternoon we went to a park with my parents & sister Alesha for a picnic & to roll eggs. This is a tradition from my childhood, we would always take our colored eggs & roll them down a hill. We made little tracks for them to race in & it was so fun! Well, my kids love it just as much as I did-especially Owen. :0) Happy Easter!

Easter Eggs to DYE for

Ryan & Shannon invited us over to color Easter eggs. She is so brave! The kids had a great time dyeing eggs with their cousins. Easter is almost here!

Owen coloring eggsAdelyn was getting very creative trying to do multi-colored eggs

Megan, Shannon, Brecken, Ryan, Stockton & Adee

Owen & Camden...best buds!

Say Cheese!

Averee had to write with a white crayon on all her eggs before she dyed them

Going on an EGG hunt

Our neighborhood always does a fun Easter Egg Hunt the weekend before Easter. Everyone brings a breakfast treat to share, the kids find eggs & get too much candy, while the adults get to relax & chat. The weather was awesome & the food was great-but the company was even better!

Owen with his Easter lootAveree & Adee with their eggs

It is always a mad dash for the eggs!

Reese wasn't quite sure about all this...but Happy Easter anyway!

It's been awhile...

Wow, I can't believe how long it has been since my last post. These past few weeks have been so busy-in a good way. Between spring break & family in town I haven't taken the time to update. But here ya go:

As you know from a few posts ago- Averee has turned 5. We got her a scooter for her birthday-she has wanted a 2 wheel scooter for awhile & she loves it! Luckily, Adee is content with Ave's old scooter. The weather has been great & we have gotten a lot of walks in lately. The girls are getting so good at scootin'...

remember when we didn't even bother to wear shoes let alone safety gear?

One of Averee's birthday presents was some sidewalk paint-she couldn't wait to use it! Knowing what a mess it would make I was a little hesitant to get it out-but I finally caved in. They had a ton of fun-but what a mess! I think the pictures speak for themselves...

Owen REALLY enjoyed the sidewalk paints

The package said 'non-toxic', but EEEWWWW!

Averee lost interest in the paint pretty quick so she stayed pretty clean, Adee had it mostly on her hands & feet, but Owen (as you can see) had it EVERYWHERE! He had quite the colorful fro when he was done :0)

During the week of Spring Break, my Grandma Funk (yes, that is her REAL name) was down from Richfield to visit & staying at my parents house. We had them all over for FHE & the girls loved having Grandma Funk there. We love you grandma Funk! Of course we had to roast Smores-our favorite past time lately...

Grandma V, Grandma Funk, Adee, Averee & Owen enjoying the fire pit

Papa helping Owen roast his mallow

I am so glad my kids love Smores as much as I do!

We had a great Easter weekend full of fun & family. Saturday morning the kids had fun discovering their Easter baskets & that the Easter Bunny ate all the carrots that we left out for him! :0) Later we met my mom at the park for lunch & played in the beautiful weather. Then that night we got to see my nephew Beau recieve his Eagle Scout award-AWESOME! Way to go BEAU! Then we went to their house for the rest of the Easter festivities-mainly the egg hunt. The girls got even more candy & had fun chasing with their cousins looking for eggs. Owen was content with a piece of candy and room to run! What fun!

Averee & Adelyn got lanterns & magic wands from the Easter BunnyOwen got a racecar from the Easter Bunny-but of course he just wanted to play with the grass!

At the park with Grandma V

Just give a boy a ball...

Owen did stop running around long enough to find a couple eggs-thanks daddy!

Here are the girls with their Easter loot-yum!

Well, I think that about does it for the update of the last few weeks. I hope you all had a great Easter as well!