Brody's 1st "kid" birthday party...

Brody had his first kid party this year and he decided that he wanted to go bowling. So, he came up with the guest list. At first he wanted everyone in his class and when I told him that we couldn't fit everyone in the car if he wanted to go bowling he said that "daddy can drive, you can drive, grandma can drive and Mrs. Oyster can drive..." I then had to explain why all those people were not coming, especially his teacher! :( He finally tamed it down to the "wrestling boys and the hockey boy" and we were set. They came over on the bus to our house after school, ripped into the presents before they even made it into the house and we headed out for bowling... They were rowdy, as kindergarten boys often are, crazy and had a ton of fun!

opening presents on the front steps...

Seriously - not even in the house!


Ripping into the gifts...


Levi, Hank, Brody and Collin


Brody and his cake (and the bowling pin that they give the birthday kid as a souvenior! Very cool!!)


blowing out the candles...


Pizza time!

Crazy Kid!

I don't know if it is my blondies or what... Both Beau and Braxton have done the craziest thing - they pull their own hair! Beau would actually pull it so hard that he would make himself cry - Braxton isn't quite that bad, but when I looked over and saw him doing it too it made me giggle a little bit and I had to get a picture!

Braxton pulling his hair...


Our peanut! 9 pounds 1 ounce now! (still smaller then Bella when she was born!)

Easter!

Easter was a fabulous day once again for our family! We got up bright and early for church, headed to my mom's to hunt for goodies and then spent the rest of the day at my aunt and uncle's house with the relatives... After a full day of fun we came home, hunted for more eggs, played with the new bubble machine from the Easter Bunny and a rousing game of Hungry Hippos (what was the Easter Bunny thinking?)... It was a day packed full of family and fun and the kids went to bed great!!

Easter Egg Hunt

The group that I am a part of had our annual Easter Egg hunt at the park again this year. The rain held off long enough for the kids to run around and have some fun picking up eggs and meeting the Easter Bunny. Bella ran screaming and crying from the Easter Bunny but other then that the had a great time!

Meeting Grandpa Jerry

As usual our family is full of big news and the excitement never ends around here. Josh's mom decided to move to Minnesota while she was here visiting us when Braxton was born. So, she made the trek back to Arizona, picked up all her stuff and Jerry helped her move back out. So he got to meet his newest grandson for the first time!

Dying Easter Eggs

Everyone got into the act with dying our Easter eggs again this year. I love that the kids have so much fun doing it and that Brody is getting to the age that he can write stuff and decorate the egg before he dyes it. Beau was dye from fingers to elbows!! He left the spoon to the side and just used his hands...

Rainy Days

Spring is finally, sort of, here in Minnesota. We keep getting little patches of snow here and there, but mostly it has settled into rain. The kids, of course, love running and playing out in all the weather!!

Beau


Bella