Easter

What gorgeous weather we had for Easter this year! The kids daycare had an Easter Egg hunt on Saturday that we invited friends to. Then Easter morning the kids woke up to Easter baskets and a pirate tent! I told them we had to be quiet as we walked downstairs in case the Easter Bunny was still there and maybe we would catch him. The look on their face was precious and they urged me to go first and they would follow closely behind :) Well, we didn't find the Easter Bunny, but we did find the cool stuff he left behind, sunglasses, socks, toys and candy! After naps we went to my parents house where the Easter Bunny left some more eggs! The kids had fun having the whole backyard to themselves and could take their time finding the eggs. They scored big time, each egg had a ton of candy. Thanks Easter Bunny from both the kids and us! Bonnie, Al, Adam and Lucas came over for dinner. Uncle Dan was sick so we didn't get to see him. After dinner we made "resurrection rolls". That was a big hit especially with Ashley since she's learning about the resurrection at school. Our ingredients were marshmallow's, butter, cinnamon, and crescent rolls. White marshmallow's for Jesus pure and without sin, butter for the oil and spices his friends anointed him with when they took him down from the cross and the crescent roll as the tomb in which he was laid to rest. When we took the rolls out of the oven the "tomb" was empty. Jesus had risen!

The pirate tent that the "Easter Grambunny" left for the kids along with Isaiah sporting his new sunnies! The tent has a little lean to it, but the kids LOVE playing in it. What's really cute is they don't think we can hear what they're saying since they can't see us :) A couple nights we got the giggles listening to their conversations.









I got the kids their own bunny shaped egg tongs this year. They couldn't wait to use them! Isaiah was a little aggressive with the "drop in" which helps to explain why he's wearing a smock.

We tried something a little different this year and colored our eggs with Kool-Aid. The colors turned out a lot more vibrant and it was fast!

Easter egg hunt at Grammy and Grandpa's



Aunt Bonnie and Grammy



Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Al

From Pinterest of course! They didn't turn out exactly as planned, I forgot the carrots for a nose and used cheese instead, but the idea was still pretty cute.

Birthday's

That time of year again to celebrate a lot of Birthday's! We went up to the mountain for my birthday, which unfortunately didn't pan out to be a very fun day of skiing. We started out in snow, then freezing rain making it impossible to see, then the weather turned to full on rain soaking through our gear before we called it quits 2 hours later. I was bummed, but we warmed up with lunch around the fire at Paola's and an evening with my family. That weekend my parents had us over for a birthday dinner celebrating all three of our birthday's, which is always something we look forward to every year. Then to top off the week or so of celebrating we went to Cirque du Soleil "Ovo" for Brian's birthday. It was fantastic, the best show I've ever seen! The costumes were incredible and we were 3 rows from the stage thanks to a discount Brian got through Kaiser.

Pancake Breakfast

I get an email every Thursday telling me about events for kids going on that week. I love planning fun stuff for the kids and a lot of things I would have never known about. One of them being West Linn's annual pancake breakfast and carnival. It was a perfect thing for me to take the kids to while Brian was on call a few weekends ago. The Easter Bunny was there and even though we didn't get a picture, Ashley gave him a few hugs and high fives while Isaiah stood a safe distance away and waved to him. He wanted nothing to do with the Easter Bunny this year! The carnival was fun, but the best part was seeing the fire engines and police cars. They let the kids climb in to see where all the action takes place and Ashley was even brave enough to speak her name into the loudspeaker on the police car. She instantly turned red when she heard her voice, but I was proud of her for doing it.