Easter 2008

Like most holidays, everything seems to rush by in a whirlwind. So, in the last 18 hours we have colored eggs, taken baths, gone to bed, woke up, searched for Easter baskets, got ready for church, attended church, came home, opened the stuff that the Easter Bunny brought and played with it and ate some candy, lunch and more candy. It is time for a nap! Before the nap ~ here are the pictures... We first colored the eggs then took a bath. Once they were all clean and the eggs were dry, we decorated them with stickers.
In years past, the kids put out their Easter Baskets and the Easter Bunny comes and fills them with goodies and then hides some eggs. Well, this year the Easter Bunny decided not to hide any eggs, because they are going on an egg hunt at Karen's house. What the Easter Bunny did this year was hide their baskets and then gave them clues hidden in plastic eggs to find the next egg and eventually their baskets. The best part of it was Carter's reaction when he didn't see his basket in the morning. He said, "I can't find our baskets and all that is here is this egg." He seemed so worried that he may have been in trouble with the Easter Bunny. After the game he said, "This was sooo much better than last Easter! I love the Easter Bunny."
Carter reading his clue. Spencer opening a clue.

Home from church in our Easter best. Cora figuring out the mystery of the plastic egg.

Carter's new metal baseball bat. No swinging in the house unless you see an alien.
Spencer got a tee-ball set. He is really good at balancing the ball on his head. :)

Cora's 1st Birthday Party!

Our CUTE little girl turned 1 Thursday! So we had to have a party, of course.

How sweet is that face?
Checking out the new present from Grandma Sandie and Grandpa Doug with cousins Annabelle and Julia.
That was a yummy chocolate cake! We got the chocolate cake from Costco. It was delicious!
I little pooped from all of the fun.
Her second wind kicked in after everyone left and she really started to enjoy her new toys!
Testing out her new toys with her bros.

Happy Birthday to Two Jeans!

Happy Birthday to two awesome chicks!

First, Happy 1st Birthday to my little girl, Cora Jean!

How quickly a year has gone. She is a loving little girl who knows how to not to take any crap from her brothers. She loves to dance and eat bread (a girl straight after my heart).

Second, Happy Birthday to Jeannie!

She is such a fun friend and is usually up for anything. She loves American Idol and could out-vote any of you!

I hope you both have a great day! Eat as much chocolate as you can!

Taking to the slopes (In CANADA)

Ryan finally got to go on his dream trip. As long as we have been married (12 years, yikes am I really that old), Ryan has wanted to go to Canada to go skiing. Well, he just got back from his trip yesterday, and it was worth the wait! He had the time of his life and actually thinks he could give up skiing because it could never be as good as it was in Canada. All I have to say is, "You get your lazy butt up on that slope and ski off those new clothes you bought! I am pretty sure you haven't gotten your use out of those skies and boots either! Oh, and if you are going, you better take our kids so I can have some girl time."

But I am really happy that he finally got to go.

I am glad you got to live out your dream, Ryan.

One of the many signs he and Phil chose to ignore.
Ryan considering going out of bounds, AGAIN.
Phil Moore right there with Ryan, heading out of bounds. (BTW - Phil has a VW bus that he has had restored and if any of your children are "Cars" fans like mine, then you may have noticed that Phil shares the name with the VW bus named Filmore.)
Just a "little" skiing took place on these mountains.
Ryan in front of a very frozen Lake Louise.I will post a video of a little skiing he did on the trip once I get it edited. I am sure you all are on pins and needles. :)

Annabelle's Birthday

Annabelle turned 6 yesterday. I took the boys to her birthday party last night. The had fun eating cake, drinking sparkling cider and watching Annabelle open her presents.
Annabelle is such a cute girl! I hope you had a GREAT Birthday!

What has been going on for the past month

Once there was a snowman...

It had snowed so much that day that it didn't take Ryan and the boys very long to make the snowman. The problem was that Spence hates getting snow or rain in his face, so he didn't want to stay out too long. Notice the Christmas lights still on the house. It took a while for Ryan to take those down because of all the snow.


Spencer got a new "piggy" bank and was sooo happy. It was in the shape of a baseball.
We went to Grandma Sandie's school to wish her Happy Birthday. She had to have parent/teacher conferences that night (how sad). We took her a cake and a present. It was fun.

Just had to throw in a picture of Cora with her piggy tails.