Monday, April 27, 2009

New Toys

Since last weekend was the draft, our family didn't do anything. The only exception was a trip to Burger King and Publix. WOO HOO....yeah, no really! So I thought I'd post some older pictures today of the kids playing with their newest toys. Mike's parents went on a cruise earlier this month and brought the kids back something fun from Mexico.


Friday, April 24, 2009

surprise trip


Saturday we were surprised with a phone call from Mike's parents informing us that his grandmother had passed away Friday night. So we dropped everything and headed to Arkansas for four days.
The funeral wasn't until Wednesday afternoon so we were able to visit with some of my family early in the week.




One of Mike's families favorite restaurants is George's on Grand Ave. We haven't been there in years of course since it's been almost 2 years since we've been in the state. Braden was very happy with the portions.


Wednesday, April 15, 2009

haircut time?

Mike and I decided about a year ago that when Ashlyn's hair reached her bottom then that's when she would get her first hair cut. It is already there when it's wet. Thankfully for me it curls up when it dries so I have a little more time before I have to face that.

Monday, April 13, 2009

more Easter PIcs


























Sunday, April 12, 2009

Happy Easter

Happy Easter! I love Easter. It has all the fun and excitement of Christmas without the two months of stressful shopping beforehand. The Easter bunny hide about 30 eggs around the front yard this morning for the kids to find. It took Ashlyn a few minutes to realize how everything worked but she soon was in full egg hunting mode. Braden was the winner though. He found 2 more eggs than Ashlyn. She was so close to a comeback.

For lunch we went over to my in-laws house for ham and another Easter egg hunt. We were hoping to swim this year but the water was just too cold. Maybe next week we can go for a dip.






I'll add some more pictures tomorrow.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Egg Decorating 101

I was so excited to dye eggs today. It's one of my favorite things. It's always so much fun. I was a little nervous being that we are in a brand new house. I could see a bowl of red food coloring being dumped on my light brown carpet. But nothing like that happened. It was very uneventful today. Almost to the point of being disappointing. Both kids used spoons to dip the eggs. It was neat and clean. Usually they both are blue up to their elbows. I never thought I would say this but I missed the mess days. It was more fun that way.


Ashlyn did not remember dying eggs at all. She was totally confused. At first she was trying to crack the eggs into the dye. I couldn't believe she had no memories of doing this before since she's always surprising us with memories that seem impossible for her to remember. It just took her a few eggs to get the hang of it.


Friday, April 10, 2009

more space center pictures