Easter 2012

Easter weekend was wonderful....celebrating Jesus' resurrection with egg hunts, family time, and delicious food!!!

We kicked off the weekend with Saturday's Optimist Club egg hunt. We've went to this for the past three years, and by now, the kids know what to expect and know what friends will be there, which is what makes it so fun!



Everlee's first egg hunt!!!! Well, first one she's actually participated in.



After a little instruction from Grandma, she was good to go!



Cru had things figured out too.....



.....figured out there was actually chocolate under those wrappers! I think he ate about ten pieces while sitting there.

Reese's age group was across the park, so Grandpa took her. I was worried about her being shy and hesitant, but boy, did she make a hall!



Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa for helping since Daddy had to work.





Almost all the people were gone, and my kids were still picking up pieces of chocolate....



Our bag of candy probably weighed 10-15 pounds! ALL was thrown in the trash!

Onto Sunday.....

Instead of Sunday school, the kids had an egg hunt at church.



Everlee knew exactly what she was doing!



The older kids hunted across the street at the park.



Since there were only three kids in Everlee's group and what seemed like 100 eggs, the big kids came over to help!






Our pastor's beautiful daughter, Maggie, whom my kids ADORE!!!! They refuse to leave church until they see her. She is such a sweet heart.









After church, we headed to my parent's house for lunch and more egg hunting with Ty, Audrey, and Charlee.


Charlee Mae....isn't she the cutest?! And getting so big!


Little girls :)


Big kids!







Cru and Everlee took a short nap, then we headed to Chet's parents.




Cru and Cheyna playing with Cru's new glow-in-the-dark soccer ball!


Reese and Casyn playing with squinkies!

So thankful Reese is old enough to know that although Easter egg hunting and the Easter bunny is fun, it's really about Jesus! So thankful for our families! So thankful for our children who make each and every holiday so much more special and memorable than I ever thought possible! So thankful for Jesus Christ who died and rose again to save each and every one of us!

Soccer: Week 2

I have so much to blog about....Easter, fast and easy recipes, my cousin's wedding, tornadoes! But first, I have to keep up on soccer posts before I get too far behind.



The first day of week two went pretty much like week one.....



My child is by no means innocent, but seriously, parents need to get their kids under control! Props to our coaches though, who put up with a lot and who are doing such a better job of wrangling those boys.



By the end of Tuesday, I was about to call it quits! Which means, Daddy to the rescue and time to watch Reese!



I feel terrible that I haven't been able to watch her much because of the time I have to spend with Cru. And when I finally do get to watch her, they play are always playing the same game....centipede millipede.

At least the little sisters are hanging in there and having fun! What good little girls we have :)





To say I was dreading Thursday would be a total understatement! And it did not help matters that it was rainy, windy, and cold!


Two ornery boys in the background....never ends!

We toughed it out though!





One of Cru's coaches is so good with him, and before I know it, he has him actually participating and playing games with everyone else.



I think he was especially excited that his buddy, Asher, was on his team that day (low numbers forced them to combine groups). Asher is a bit hesitant about participating as well.....mommy to the rescue!



Reese continued to do well.....



Who wants play something new???





Nice, sis! I think she's going to be a lot like me when it comes to sports....she may not be the best or the fastest or the most aggressive, but she's a thinker and knows how to perfect her skills and drills.

Ok, so maybe things are starting to look up a bit....onto week three.....hopefully, posted soon!

Huntin' in the Hood

The weekend before Easter, some of our neighborhood families got together for a little egg huntin' in the hood!


Back row: Reanna, Reese, Carter, Mallorie, Lynzee
Front row: Asher, Alyssa, Hunter, Cole, Cru, and Karlie








Poppers!


Chocolate!


Rings!


All the happy egg hunters!


Big girls: Lynzee, Reese, Reanna, and Mallorie


Boys of the hood....being boys! Carter, Cole, Cru, Asher, and Hunter

After the egg hunt, all the kids went to the Eilrich's house to hang eggs on baby Kooper's tree.











I can't express how truly blessed our family is to be surrounded by such wonderful friends! I'm not quite sure what neighborhood we'll all be living in when these kids are teenagers, but I still think we should get them all together and go egg hunting. Just like we'll continue to have Santa in the hood even when they are teenagers :) These traditions create so many memories that are just too priceless not to continue. Agreed, mommies?

My Kind of Monday

Feeding ducks, exploring, finding a one legged duck, playing, unplanned picnic, Daddy joining us for an unplanned picnic, more playing, and cookies!

He is Risen!

Happy Easter!!!