Easter Day!

Typically the Easter bunny just brings each kid a little basket of goodies but this year mom and dad added to it with fish tanks....one for the girls' room and one for the boys' room. We have been promising them for a long time now that we would get them some so we finally did. We went ahead and let them have it the night before!

 

Tanks and a basket full of fish goodies!

 

They were super excited!

 

So excited that daddy went ahead and set the tanks up that night (even though he had said they were going to wait until tomorrow)!



Then the next morning they got their little basket of goodies.....

candy for the 4 bigger kids and....



 

and adorable little animals for the 2 littles (yes even something for the baby)!



They were happy kids (Rylie must not have let me take her pic)

 

Then we got dressed up and headed to Nannys!

Kinley can make picture taking difficult especially when she keeps messing with her nose!

 

My pretty girl waving Hi and .....

 

eating her sucker!

 

 

They love the little table and chairs that used to be mama's!

 



 

 

We always have an easter egg hunt in Nanny's backyard....

 

 

Xan man!

 

Kinley could have cared less about putting her eggs in her basket, she just wanted to open them and find the candy!

 

Katelin!

 

Haylie....each kid has their own color of eggs, i'm pretty sure the big kids only participate because they know they have one egg with some money in it!

 

Dylan and Owen....double trouble!

Evan!

 

Rylie!

 

On the hunt!

 

Grammy with her big girls!

 

My beautiful niece and nephews....love them!

 

It's not a family picture without a nose picker (at least it wasn't Chet this time)!

 

Swinging with the big kids!

Checking out the goods!

 

Kinley was sooo tired she finally just sat back and relaxed with sissy.....

 

and it wasn't long and she was sound asleep!

My beautiful girls!

 

And my devilishly handsome boys!

Twas the night before Easter....

 

and what did we do?????

 

we dyed easter eggs!

 

and things like this always bring lots of emotions!!! 

 

It was mostly smiles and laughs but there were a few tears....Kinley because she couldn't throw and crack the eggs and Katelin because Kinley got ahold of an egg or two....but nothing a little popcicle couldn't fix!!!

 

She was so happy to get ahold of an egg, she would hold it out and say "huuuuuuuuuuh"!

 

These 3 liked the funny faces, Rylie was trying to look like her egg!

 

I finally convinced Katelin we had plenty of eggs and not to be too upset over the couple that Kinley cracked! 

 

Evan didn't mind the cracked eggs....in fact, I think he preferred them! 

 

He just went ahead and decorated it!

 

Owen with his egg mob!

 

She made a ford egg for daddy! 

 

Rylie and Owen created an egg mob!!!! 

 

All the kids' eggs....they did such a good job! 

I later opened up the fridge and found these two hanging out!!!!

Katelin's 6th Birthday!!!!!

So May 5 2014 my beautiful blue eyed girl turned 6! Her best friend Ella turned 6 six days before Katelin so they invited us to join in on her birthday party at the dance studio and have a joint party. They invited 4 of their friends and all but one were able to make it!

 

My birthday girl!

 

The cakes turned out so so cute!

 

The girls got to dance, dress up, put on make up, hear a story and make a craft....they all had a great time! 

 

The birthday girls......these two have become such good little friends!  

 

The other kids were there too, they ran around in one of the other dance rooms and Rylie was mad so she hid in the bathroom for most of the party. See owen's piece of cake....he had me cut a piece with the head so he could eat Katelin's head!!!!

 

The party was on Sunday the 4th so Monday was Katelin's actual birthday, after school we have gymnastics then soccer then Owen has baseball at 7:30 so she had to wait until 8:30 to do her presents and cake.

 

Katelin's ice cream cake! 

 

 

Mom and dad got her a kindle she was super excited! 

 

Grammy got her a set of princesses and their prince charmings.....she loves it. She also got her new jammies and some barbies and Barbie clothes!!!!! 

 

Grandma and Grandpa in Idaho sent her gift in the mail...... 

 

They sent her an easel, Katelin said "I know why they picked this gift because Grandma calls me an artist!" 

 

She loves it and the really cool colored pencils they sent that are carved out of wood!

 

 

Nanny always mails the kids a card with $25, this card had princesses on it with jewelry you can decorate and punch out.....she said it was the coolest card ever!

 

 

Thank you so much to everyone who help made Katelin's birthday a special one, she was so happy and excited to receive all the birthday wishes whether it was coming to celebrate with us, sending her a card, calling to talk to her and for all the wonderful gifts! She is such a special girl and deserves to have a special birthday and the people who love her most made that happen :)