Sunday, July 31, 2011

Sooo....yeah. I'm FINALLY catching up!

After a very, very long hiatus.....I'm back! Well, I'm going to try to be. I have a lot to catch up on, so here we go:
Grandma Sweetie visited in May!
 Reading the girls a book....
 ....check out Ashley chillin'....
....Grandma's the BEST!!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Easter photo-shoot!

I claim absolutely no talent. But the odds of having a VERY NICE camera and taking about 100 pictures usually means that a few cute ones show up!
Cutie pie!
 Little smiles....
 See Mommy?
 ....just looking....
 Awww....
 Sisters!
 ....not sure why she looks so worried....
 ....secrets? (already?!)
 Just plain silly!
 More silly face!
 Oh, those eyes!
 What a sweetheart!

Easter Egg Hunt (with family)

The family got together on Easter and of course, we HAD to have an Easter egg hunt. Tim and Lynne were kind enough to hide all the eggs outside, and then we all had fun with the kids!
 The kids were let out to the backyard....but the 4 oldest were told to wait on the steps....
...while the two toddlers got to look first!
So exciting!
Timothy filling his bag....
Ok, how adorable is that?!?!
 The big kids are getting restless....
Mary's concerned because she sees an egg, but Timothy doesn't understand!
....and Danielle needs a hug and a little pep-talk from Aunt Mary about waiting.....poor thing, it's so hard to wait when you can SEE where you want to be!!
And they're off!!
Uncle Raymond helps Mary get her egg!
Ethan poses so well for a picture! (very artistic, Bob!)
Hi, Asher!!
....reach.....
...showing off a bag FULL of eggs!
....one last egg!

Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter Egg Hunt (at church)

Our church does a great outreach every Easter -- we have an open-invitation Easter Egg Hunt! This year the kids got to watch an adorable movie....it was two little girls telling the Resurrection Story with stick-figure illustrations. So sweet. Then it was into the fellowship hall for a craft....we decorated flower pots and then planted seeds (ours are already about 3 inches tall!). Finally the kids were released to go outside.....and since it was pretty darn chilly, lots of people stayed home, so the girls were told that they could ONLY collect 32 eggs. EACH! Hm, the adorable little baskets I found in the $1 bin aren't looking so wonderful.....but I had the diaper bag, so the girls would fill their baskets and then dump them into my bag......everything worked out great!!
 So excited to go!
 Silly face....
 Please, can we go?
 Getting the hair done....
 Waiting to go!
 Almost ready!
 We're there!
 Kids during the story time....
 So intense....
 Ashley during story time....
 Making our crafts!
 Lots of people, lots of fun!
 Let the hunt begin!
 Mommy helping out!
 Cute!
 Aw.....
 Another cutie....
 Running around...
 ...an egg with two colors!
 Cutie!
 ....emptying the baskets into Mom's diaper bag....