EASTER

I'm a few weeks behind in getting these pictures up, but oh well! I've had good intentions! This Easter was pretty fun. I love that Elley is old enough to enjoy holidays. Some friends of ours, invited our whole play group to a family/friend Easter egg hunt and lunch. There were so many kids there and Elley was in heaven...... She has really become quite the little social butterfly. The Easter egg hunt was broken down into age groups. 0-2 was Elley's group along with all the kids from our play group. She got the hang of the egg hunt pretty quickly but got side tracked if one of her eggs broke open. She can't help it if she loves CANDY!

Thanks again to Brittney and Josh for inviting us! It was FUN!

These are our play group buddies. Hunter, Ryan and Carter. Our good buddy Cohen, who also is in our play group, is still to young for Easter egg hunts. We missed him there. Look at little mother Elley making sure Carter stays for the picture.

Kim, Ryan and Elley enjoying their sloppy joe lunches

Hunter and Brittney

Swimming with the Girls

Here are a few pictures of us swimming while Ashley and Shayla were here.

These 2 girls crack me up! There's something silly that happens when these 2 get together. This first picture below explains them perfectly! Always full of laughs and jokes, they are so fun to be around. I miss them both very much and can't wait to see they both again this summer

I wish someone would take me swimming!

Spring Break with Ashley and Shayla

We were so lucky this spring break to have Ashley and Shayla visit us. Elley was in heaven with older girls around to spoil her. She would wake up every morning and ask for both of them. Mornings were hard because all Elley wanted to do was go get them up out of bed. Elley just couldn't understand that they stayed up later than her and wanted to use spring break for sleeping in.

We did lots of fun things....movies, food, swimming. We had lots of fun and hope they come back next year!

Here are some pictures of their trip here.

Like I said, Elley was in heaven with older girls to play with and Ashley and Shayla were so good about playing with the 2 year old. Although, I think Ashley had more fun dancing in the tutus than Elley did.

Little did we know that Shayla and Molly have the same coat. What cuties!

The girls being silly. We had a huge rain storm one morning while they were here......and what better thing to do.....go outside in it, and take the 2 year old. Elley loved it, I'm not sure why....maybe because I never let her go out in the rain or because Ashley and Shayla took her out.....in any case, she didn't want to come back inside.

Sometimes You Just Gotta Let Them Learn

Elley wanted a bowl of cereal last week for a snack. After she was done with her cereal she had some milk left. Usually she drinks the milk right out of the bowl making a milk moooostache and has a few giggles. Well, on this day she decided that fishy crackers would taste good in milk. There was some fishy crackers in a baggie on the table and she was pretty determined about putting them in the bowl. I live my life picking and choosing my battles......and she won this one!

Needless to say, she doesn't like fishy crackers as a cereal!

Bouncy House Fun

About a month ago, my brother Mark had a work BBQ over at his house. Most of the people that were coming had kids so he thought it would be fun to rent this bouncy house for the afternoon. Before the party started he invited us to come over and play. We stayed over for about an hour taking advantage of this fun toy. I sure enjoyed seeing Elley have so much fun, not only in the bouncy house, but with her cousins.

The ladder was a little tricky.... for the younger kids at least

All the kids loved going down all together. Adam would help them up and then push them down. Needless to say, Elley had a good nap that afternoon.

This picture is my favorite! I love the looks on their faces....it's priceless!


Daddy and Elley

The cousins......except for Cooper!

Tobin, Gavin, Louden, Elley and Macey

5 Months Old

I been on this kick lately of reading blogs about coupons and great deals in my area. Although I'm not a "couponer" I find it interesting how and why people put so much time and effort into getting deals. About a month ago fabulesslyfrugal.com had a post offering a free photography session with a photographer that was trying to build her portfolio. She was looking for children between the ages of 0-3. I went and checked out her site jammiesphotography.blogspot.com and I loved her pictures. So, I offered up my kids! This weekend, Jammie came over. That night she sent me an email that said she had posted some of Molly's pictures on her site. This one is my favorite, but you can go to her site to see them all.

A Long Time Coming

A little over 2 years and it was time to cut Elley's hair. She has such a mullet....but hey, what's not to love about a mullet?

Her little piggies were looking a little long and scraggly!

Not much, but a huge improvement!

Notice the toothpaste in her hand and in the first picture, the toothbrush hanging out of her mouth.....she loves to brush her teeth, and it's the only way to get her to sit still.

She's fine....she's got her toothpaste!