Easter is continued!

My friend Natasha hosted an Easter/Spring party a week after Easter because Easter just came so quickly! It was definitely worth the wait. She had amazing food and amazing games set up for the kids to play. One of the most fun parties I've been to!

 To start with we had a HUGE Easter Egg Hunt. We each had to bring 10 eggs, and Natasha set out about 250 eggs before hand. They all loved it! 

 READY. SET. GO! 

Brecken could care less. 

Our friends Leah and Landon and Bethany! How cute is Leah with her pregnant belly??!!

Liam and Landon looking for eggs. 

Brecken would rather play in the mulch. 

Resting after getting not only the one basket shown, but TWO! Lucky kids. 

 LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

 Egg Races. Jackson walked the entire time making sure he did not drop his egg. Safety First! 

Ball races! 

Love all of these pictures! Lera looks like she is riding a bull, Caleb's hair is outrageous and well Jack is Jack. 

Teagan's so happy and showing me her cat impression! 

 Potato Sack Races!

Again there is Caleb with his luscious locks and the picture of Molly is AMAZING! I'm so proud I got that shot!

Everyone's favorite Tug-A-War!

This was so cute to watch. All the kids had a lot of fun.

Natasha and her husband Scott are shown in the picture too and they both were great hostess and hosts! 

We love Easter!

Jack's Easter Concert

Jack has been practicing his songs at home and he would get very angry at us when we didn't know the words to what he was singing. When we would sing "Jesus loves me", he would tell us that we needed to use sign language throughout the whole thing. It was cute. However, while he was in the concert he did not sing or sign. 

He started acting very silly throughout half of the concert. Sticking his tongue out at us, picking his nose and he even starting fighting with his friend Dalton, who is on his left side. 

Jack's Easter Egg Hunt!

Brecken was able to participate too. 

Dying eggs is hard work. 

Carrots for the Easter Bunny!

Apparently if you plant jellybeans the day before Easter you might get lucky and get lollipops! Jackson was very excited for the possibility of this and wanted to keep checking on them throughout dinner and the rest of the evening. 

The Easter Bunny Came!!

 Love Brecken's facial expression here. 

 Someone is VERY excited for his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle sword! 

Time to find LOLLIPOPS! 

 Grandma Sue got us bubble guns and they LOVED them!! Used all the bubbles in about an hour. 

Unfortunately the lollipops that we planted up by the trees the ants got a hold of because it rained! 

Happy St. Patrick's Day

A parade, Price's Chicken and the Whitewater Rafting Center is what entailed celebrating St. Patrick's Day this year. Nate and Jill came up with their two girls, Shelby and Madison, and we had a great time. The boys are IN love with the girls, and the girls in return ate them right up. The parade wasn't a parade until the belly dancers and the Ghostbusters came out. But shortly after that we ended up at the famous Price's Chicken, which by the way was delicious, and then we were off to the White Water Center for some beer and a live band. We did not expect the thousands of people that were there and surprisingly about 1,000 dogs. I mean thousands of people so we were in line for longer than we were there getting beer. They died the river green, and it was so sunny that a few of us got a mild sunburn.  I love St. Patrick's Day. Everyone is mainly happy and mainly because they are drunk, but it is always fun. Thank you Nate and Jill for making the trip down to see us!

Kevin, Madison and Nate at the parade. Do we go anywhere without a red solo cup?? 

I must say this is one good looking little guy!! We put gel in his hair because it's SOO long and it is always in his eyes..

Shelby and the boys on the left and Jill and I on the right! 

Like I said..It's not a parade until these beauties come out. :) Happy St. Patrick's Day!

The Green River!  We will be visiting more during the summer! 

Nat and Jill are so cute! And I love that Nate is still sporting his bow tie. 

Shelby and Madison are cracking me up in this picture. :) Love it!! 

 I'm in love with this picture!!

Shelby and I are wearing the same outfit...Sort of..

Well the Hunt's could not visit without some sort of game. We had a cupcake eating contest. They brought down cupcakes from their bakery, and we got some from ours. I LOVE Madison's face in this picture, I love that Nate fed Kevin a cupcake, and mostly I love they are wearing my socks as blindfolds. And FYI...our bakery won and Kevin swears he hates our bakery. :) Good times!

Soccer Stars

Since Brecken is obsessed with kicking balls and Jack loves anything to do with playing with other children, I just knew signing the boys up for soccer was a good idea. Kevin's parents were here for their first soccer practice/game a few weeks ago, and we could not be more excited for that. Jackson did absolutely everything Coach Jay told him to and now we have stolen his slogan, "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit".  So fitting for my life.  As they warmed up they played Simon Says, which was adorable, and then they scrimmaged. Kevin and I could not watch both the boys at the same time so we switched in the middle of it. The synopsis of soccer week #1 was that Jack LOVED it, and Brecken would rather pick his nose.

Such a cute little soccer player!

Simon Says! 

Caleb and Landon are also playing with us! Friend's make everything better. :)

Sorry Brecken but I had to include you picking your nose! I'm sure your coach is impressed. 

Birthday Party Fun

Who has a birthday party at the Panther's Stadium?? Lucky for us my friend Shana had her son Carter's 4th birthday party there! It was a blast...a cold blast, but a blast nonetheless. They had the party set up in the concourse, and Sir Purr made an appearance. They also gave us a special tour of the stadium, which included the cheerleaders locker rooms, which is something Kevin has always dreamed of, and we also got to see where they store the garbage cans. Who doesn't want to see where the garbage cans are stored at an NFL stadium?? Awesome!!

The boys were all ready for bed after several hours of birthday partying, but we geared up for another in just an hour of being home. But this wasn't just any birthday party. My friend Michelle surprised her husband and our friend Brian for his 40th birthday! It was priceless to see the sheer surprise on his face and even better the look on his face when they told him later that he, Kevin and another friend were going to Pinehurst for the weekend to go golfing! Michelle is a stellar decorator and hostess. I was amazed at her creativity in setting up in an Irish theme. She also had it catered, AND the selection of beer and wine was like no other party I have been to. I realized that I am not in college anymore (or ever), and I should serve a selection like this at our parties.

Now I just need to start planning the boy's birthday party, which is something I am honestly dreading.

The birthday boy Carter and his beautiful mommy Shana!

Carter and Jack. Jack SOOO did not want to be next to Sir Purr!

Our other best buddies were there. Grayson and Kaden! I like how Sir Purr is hiding Kaden's Dolphin's jersey. :) 

Kevin and Tyler giggling about being in the cheerleader's locker room. Dreams do come true!! 

In one of the many boxes we toured. They loved being up high and looking out the windows. 

All of the kiddos listening intently on what the woman had to say about the locker rooms. Very interesting for them I'm sure. 

Birthday Boy Brian and his beautiful wife Michelle! 

Shanna and I and Shanna and her husband Dave! 

Snow Hour

The days when you least expect something fun are usually the best days. About two years ago after winter blast 2010, I went out and bought a sled and a snow shovel.. Why? I am not really sure about the snow shovel, but I have been waiting patiently for us to get to use the sled! Usually we know there is snow in the forecast for a week in advance but but not this time. It just started falling. At first it was wet and melted as soon as it landed. My kids didn't even have coats on the first time we went out. It was almost dark when it started actually snowing or dusting, but we got the kids dressed and out the door within minutes. The sound of children laughing in the distance was music to my hears.  The boys had a blast, but got cold and wet pretty quickly since the only snow gear we own is sweatpants, mittens and hats.

The snow before it stuck!

 Talking with the neighbor girl Erika

 Yes we are attempting to sled on a dusting. 

 I love Jack's face!

 Snowballs!

We had enough snow left in the morning to do a miniature snowman.