Easter Pictures of The kids!

Today the kiddos had on the Easter Attire since next Sunday is General Conference! They looked so cute matching I had to try and snap a few pictures! They could have cooperated a little better but I was happy with the ones I got! John and I will have to get matching and take a few pictures with everyone. We were going to but after church one was sleeping, one was a mess etc! But I thought they were cute and can't believe how fast they are growing up!

Alex is on the go....

I made a smoothie for breakfast and went in the other room and totally forgot about it and there it was all over him, the table and rug!!

I was putting dishes away and turned around to him in the dishwasher!

Alex is 9 months now and is on the GO!! He has two cute toothers and and tons of straight brown hair. (unlike Bella and Parker he has no curls) He loves to smile, laugh and play! He hasn't had an ear infection since his surgery in Feb. YEAH..knock on wood it stays that way and he wants to get into everything! We have a ton of fun with him and he can't wait to walk. He walks around all the furniture and he has stood on his own here and there for a few seconds. So it won't be long!

Easter Egg Hunt and Brunch!

Looking high and low for eggs!

Trayson and Alex with their ears and books

Alex and Mason

They all looked so cute in their ears...thanks Sara

Trayson was in and out of it, he just want to be sleeping!

We gave the girls bunny teeth and they were trying to keep them in.

Today we had some friends over for Brunch and an Easter Egg Hunt! The sun was shinning (even though it was a little chilly) and the sky was blue and it was a great day to be outside and to be with friends! We started out with a yummy brunch. There went my diet for the whole weekend. Everyone brought something to share, there was egg bakes, fruit, muffins and much more. And you can't forget the candy that was in the eggs. The kids had a blast running around finding eggs and helping others find them too!
They are all so sweet and were sharing with one another. It's so fun to watch them with one another and to see what great friendships they have and will have throughout life!

To end if off we surprised Sara and Kristen with cake and presents for their birthdays. They both share the 31st as their birthdays so we decided to do a little surprise for them! It was a great way to end a fun day, we had dessert and they opened presents.

Thanks to everyone that came and helped make it a fun event! Happy Easter

Time for some Relaxing and Time with Friends

Finished products

The skyline looked awesome as we were walking back to our car. the fog hung down just barely!

They have yummy burgers and fries.

I feel pretty spoiled, for my birthday back in Januray I got to do a few different things with friends, we went out for appetizers, Red Robin with our hubbys and more. Well one of my gifts from Kristen and Sara was a gift card to Aveda to get a pedis!! So we were finally able to get in in March. So we all ventured downtown for a little relaxing and a fun girls day out! We got our toes done and than went out for a yummy lunch. It was much needed and we all had a great time! Thanks girls it was an awesome present!

One of the last times playing in the Snow...

And some of the first sings of Spring...

Space to write on the driveway with chalk...snow melting as soon as they Make snow castles

the kids had fun spraying them different colors with food coloring in a bottle

Karsyn and Bella playing away

They were the Queens of the Hill

It was super nice out...well for MN that is and the kids were so excited to get outside and not have to be all bundled up. They got the chalk out, shovels and pails and much more. I think they were out there for 2 hours. We can't wait for it to be warm enough all the time to be outside!

Family Home Evening with Friends

Alex was eating the crayons

On Monday nights we try and have FHE (family home evening) we have gotten better with this over the years but could still improve. But on this night we had Violet and Daphne over and the day before their mom had given us these window caryons so it was perfect, Bella got to have fun coloring with her friends who knew exactly what to do with them! Thanks Lindsay.

Anyways while I was making dinner they had a blast coloring. Than we ate and had a lesson and played a game. While the lesson was going on we had these yummy brownie treats baking in the over. YUM YUM I love the smell of warm brownies cooking! Once they were cooled the kids decorated them! It was a great evening and were so happy to have them over to join in the fun with us!

Happy Valentines Day!

Gotta love the morning hair

Valentines this year was very low key, wait what am I talking about V-day is always low key at our house, along with many other holidays. I feel now that we have kiddos the holidays are more about them and seeing their litttle faces light up with their special little gifts! We love it though. John and I have gotten to the point where we do something simple and special for one another. We don't spend much money and it's from the heart! He always is more crafty with the cards and spends a lot of time on them! It's cute and so sweet! We really just hung out went to church and had a nice relaxing time with the kids. The funniest part of the whole day was when the kids got up they (moslty Bella) looked at their cards and saw mom and dad on them, but they wanted to know who let the other things?? We kept telling them it was us but they said no who left them?? Made us laugh, os John finally said Cupid! They didn't know who that was!