Easter 2014

Yes the title says Easter. That's how far behind I am on my blog. We had our dinner and egg hunt at my brother Aaron's house this year. My nephew Adam helped us strategically hide the eggs. Lol

We started this egg hunt stuff when these kids were so little. I can't believe how big they are. Back row: Tyler, Ethan, Brandon, Jordan. Front row: Caroline, Dalton, Jaymie, Adam, and Kasey. Matthew is too much of a teenager to egg hunt with us. Not sure where Julia was either. Julia??? Where are thou??

Easter 2011

My Two handsome boys on Easter



Jordan and my mom at my brother Aaron's house for our Easter egg hunt.



Kasey's loot.


Kasey and Caroline's egg hunt.



We always split up the kids by age and do separate hunts since we have so many different ages. Jordan and Brandon's loot.

Easter 2010

We had another great Easter this year. I love seeing my kids wake up and get all excited. I can't sleep the night before because I'm so excited to see the looks on their faces. I wonder how long this will last...because I just LOVE it. This is Jordan with his gifts. Legos of course.



Kasey was up first around 6:30 or so...ugh! We tried to keep him in our room for awhile so Jordan could sleep, but it didn't last long. Around 7:30 we went in to wake up Jordan and he says "why did you wake me up so early" (if I could only say that to HIM when he wakes ME up). Then when he realized it was Easter, he had no problem getting up. Here is Kasey with his Bionicles.


Me with my handsome boys all ready for church.



After what always seems like forever and a power struggle to get the boys to cooporate, we let loose and did a "funny face" I have to say though that the kids did MUCH better this year. We had conference this year on Easter which was actually nice because we could take our time getting ready and eating chocolate. In between conferences we went to my brother Aaron's house and ate, celebrated my Dad and Nephew Matthews birthday....and of course had our egg hunt. My brother Ernie and his family have moved back so it was the first time we all had Easter together in almost 20 years. The weather was PERFECT, and after all the hard times a lot of people had to go through this last week with all the flooding, including my parents, it was like a rainbow after the storm. It was a good thing to see so many people pull together to help out others in need.

Below is a video of the kids telling me that they did indeed HEAR the Easter bunny hopping past their door at night AND pooping out jelly beans. I love the innocence of children.

Hope you all had a happy Easter.

Easter Festivities

I love Easter when kids are young. It's so precious to see their eyes light up!! Easter is like Christmas for me. I can't sleep the night before because I'm just too excited. I am still like this even as a mother with kids only this time it's mixed in with a little stress that they'll make it to the living room before I do and I'll miss all the excitement. So, I set my alarm early and read my book until they awoke, with the camera in hand. The Easter bunny always left a trail of jellybeans from my bedroom to my Easter basket when I was a kid and the tradition lives on. Here is Jordan about to attack his trail. What's funny is they try to shove them all in their mouths as they follow it.


Kasey got a new bike for Easter. Now, I usually don't buy big things like this for Easter but Kasey has wanted a bike for awhile now. I can't get him one for Christmas because it would be too cold to ride it outside and then he would be upset. His birthday is just a week and 1/2 after Christmas so again...no bike in January. So, we saved it for Easter since we have been playing outside lately. He picked this one out at the store and of course it is a Hot Wheels one. I'm just loving his cute little 'I'm a big boy' smile in this picture.


Here are the little chitlins all dressed up for church in their new Easter outfits. I saw so many adorable dresses at the store and really had to resist the temptation... girls clothes are usually so much cuter. But I thought these outfits were pretty cute. Such handsome boys AND they smiled for it...halleluiah.




This is Kasey riding his bike. At the store he just couldn't get the peddling right so I was worried; however, he picked it up quite quickly before we left for church. He rode it up and down the hallway ALL day until company came and then couldn't wait until he was alone again so he could ride it. (ignore the mess) Up and down, and around the island. I almost had to wipe a tear as my little baby boy rode his first bike. How fast they grow and how sweet is their nature when they accomplish something. I love my boys!! Hope you all had a great Easter. I am fortunate enough to have both my parents still living and all my siblings here with me except for 2. I wish The Gooch side of the family could of been there with us. We missed you. Happy Easter !!!