Easter Fun- "catching up"

I have to say this is probably the most pictures I have ever put on 1 post.... But I have to get caught up and we had so many Easter activities this year that it only made sense to compile the remaining post into one.

So, here goes... :) Enjoy!!

~Coloring Easter Eggs @ Grandma & Papa Gary's~

Jon took the kids over to his parents house to color Easter eggs while I was getting my hair done. What a sweet hubby & daddy!!! They were half way there and Jake told Jon he felt sick..... Poor baby!!! He was sick all afternoon and evening but still had a wonderful time.

That is alot of eggs...

Jake trying to hold their bird Maverick Jared holding Maverick
So creative
Having fun with Grandma

Jake

I wonder what Papa Gary was telling him???

Looks like it was interesting... :)

YUMMY!!!!
Yes~ this is the BAD habit he has started....

What a good big brother Jared is.... Reading Jake the directions :)
~and Jake listens to everything Jared tells him because he says that Jared is a Scientist...haha

~Breakfast with the Easter Bunny @ Nordstrom~

This is the 2nd year we have gone to eat breakfast with the Easter bunny at Nordstrom. We ate breakfast, the kids did an Easter egg hunt (in the kids shoe section), saw a magic show with real bunnies and got some one on one time with the Easter bunny. :) We had a really good time and were able to enjoy it with some of our best friends.

This is Wendy's daughter Leighton... Wendy and I have been friends for years and years... Since we were way little.

What a SWEET little girl!!! Oh my word... I swear she has got to be the cutest little girl ever!!! And I have to say~ what a cute outfit!!! This was her b-day present from Jake. :)

Leighton~ cutie pie!!!

This is Kase one of Stacy's little boys. I believe Stacy and I have been friends since Kindergarten. WOW!!! A long time... :)

Kase is a sweetheart!!!

And this is Keller... Stacy's youngest son. He makes me laugh so hard because at first he was real far away from the bunny and just looked at him like he was crazy. Then he slowly got closer and closer... and finally gave him a high five.

How cute!!! This is Stacy's sister Morgan and her daughter Presley. She is just precious!

Landen & Jake

~what sweet boys~

Lacy and her kiddo's...

OR should I say Mrs. Packard?!?! This was Jared's 1st grade teacher and a super sweet friend of mine.

Emmi is on the left and Addi is on the right then sweet little Cannon is in the front.

Wendy & Leighton

Julie, Wendy & Stacy

CUTE!!!

Jared & Jake with the Easter Bunny

The bunnies from the magic show

~Easter Morning~

The kids were so excited to wake up and find their Easter baskets filled with all kinds of goodies. And the Easter bunny even left them little carrot shaped notes...

We heard that if you plant jelly beans in the ground the night before Easter that they will turn into colorful lollipop's once the Easter bunny has come to your house. So..... we tried it out this year and we couldn't wait to see what would happen on Easter morning. Let me just say that in addition to it being extremely cold that it rained really hard all night long and the rain "seemed to end" very early Sunday morning. Well, the rain had not ended.... It rained again and when the boys went out in the backyard Sunday morning our colorful lollipops were plain white. There was NO color on them at all. The boys didn't even notice though. They were so excited that the jelly beans turned into lollipops. I will not say what I was thinking!!!

Pure Excitement!!!

I love the jelly bean trail....

URGH!!!!!!!! What pretty WHITE lollipops

~Easter Egg Hunt @ Tuttle~

We took the kids to the city Easter egg hunt and they had such a fun time. They got a ton of candy and little prizes. They got to see the Easter bunny, the Culver's Ice Cream Cone character and as Jake calls it, "The Easter Clown". LOL!!! I think he only said that because the clown was making balloon animals at the Easter Egg Hunt.

On your mark, get set, go!!!
~Jake~

I got caught stealing their candy!!! :)

Cutie Pies

Priceless~ I love these sweet little looks

Easter Day

What a wonderful day Easter turned out to be... We had family over to our house for a cookout and an Easter egg hunt for the kiddos. We had so much fun!

I found this yummy desert recipe on Pilsbury.com and it turned out pretty too. Jake was so excited that he was going to help me make it but he got sick on Saturday and spent the majority of the evening in bed. I promised him we will make another one sometime soon.

And a big Thank you to Uncle Rudy, Uncle Steve and Momo.... Jake loves his new Pinocchio movie. :)
~They weren't able to come to Jake's b-day party and brought his gift on Easter. He had been begging me for this movie every time we went to Target.

YUMMY!!!

Mame & Papa Jim with the boys

I love this picture!!!

Me & Sydney

(Aunt Laura's little girl)
Jared & Papa Gary

Uncle Rudy in the maroon chair & Jason & Papa Gary on the couch

Sydney & Jake behind the couch

Jared & Ethan (Aunt Laura's little boy) on the floor

Grandma & Jared

Aunt Laura, Ethan & Sydney in the background

Jared & Jake and a ton of Easter eggs

HOLD ON JAKE!!! Where are you going?? It is picture time!!! :)

Ethan, Jake, Jared & Sydney

Momo- how cute!!!

Awh- what sweet boys!!!

Me, Alex & Angela

(no~ I don't wear glasses any more... yes~ my glasses are fake... just having fun)

Papa Gary & Grandma

~awh... this pic turned out cute :)

Angela (my sister in law) & Me

~YES~ we are goof balls!!!

"Our Family"

Our 3 Boys

Jared, Jake & Ranger

Easter Surprises

Although it appears Jake got $3.00 in his Easter card.... he really didn't. :) Mame & Papa Jim are always so sweet to send the kids holiday cards and a nice little surprise for their piggy banks. For obvious reasons, the kids ALWAYS get the exact same thing from them. So, on to why it appears Jake got $3.00 from them... Well, I always forget that Sonic doesn't let you put a tip on your debit card and when I reached for my purse I saw the mail I had just gotten out of the mailbox. And there was 2 purple envelopes on top. One for each kiddo and they were from Mame and Papa Jim. I quickly grabbed Jake's envelope and discreetly opened it and paid for our food with his $10.00. I had every intention of putting another $10.00 bill in there and taping it up.... but by the time we got home I forgot and then the kids were in bed. The next day Mame called and asked if they got their cards.... I couldn't tell her right then what had happened since the kids were standing there. I looked in my purse and all I had was $8.00, so I put that in Jake's card and taped it up. Since he just turned 4 yrs old, I didn't think he would realize it wasn't the same amount as Jared's. The kids opened their cards and Jared started screaming, "I got $10.00... WHOO HOO!!!"

UGH!! That is all I have to say....

Jake said, "I got $10.00 too!! YEAH!!" Jared looked over and said, "No you didn't... You got $8.00." And then Jared got the look from me.... He got quiet real quick!! Before I knew it the kids were on the phone thanking Mame & Papa. Jake told Mame, "Thank you so much for my $8.00" Mame said, "Well Jake you should have $10.00" He kept saying, "No Mame I just have 8" It was so funny because he knew he was right and he was.... So I told mom what happened and we got a big laugh out of it. :)

Jake

Jared

They were SO excited to see the mailbox wide open with these big packages crammed in there. They always get such nice holiday surprises from Colorado. Thank you Aunt Tricia, Uncle Rocky, Brennan and Dylan.

So sweet!!!

He can hardly wait....

So happy!!!

AHHHH!!!!!!!!

The Texans- Jared's Baseball Team 1st Game

Jared is playing baseball this season for a new team.... "The Texans"

He is playing on the same team with Luke, one of his best friends. Luke and Jared are in the same class at school and played basketball together last fall. So needless to say they were both really excited to be on the same baseball team this season. It is really neat to see Jared building such good friendships because if he is anything like me then these are the friends that he will stay in contact with for the rest of his life. :) I feel so blessed to have my same little group of friends from when I was Jared's age.

These pictures were from Jared's 1st game a couple weeks ago.

Mamie & Papa Jim

How sweet!!! :) They were leaving the park, so I quickly got out the camera and started snapping. They are just so cute togehter!! :)

YEAH!! WE WON!!

Jared is right in the middle and Luke is on the left of him looking toward the left... I just kept snapping the camera, so I am sure Jared was thinking... QUIT MOM!! :)

Jared is on 3rd base in this one... He is ready for some action!

GO JARED, GO JARED, GO JARED

This is priceless.... I just love when they don't think you are taking a picture. I am sure Jake was asking Jared 100 questions about the game OR he was telling him a story about some kind of bug that he found during Jared's game.

I am so lucky to have these boys in my life!!!

Jared & Jake

Let me introduce you to Raegan... She is Luke's little sister and Jake loves her!!! She is 1 year older then Jake and they always have SO much fun together.... Stacy- Raegan's mom and I thought it would be cute to get them shirts to match their big brothers jerseys. The front has the team name and the back has the last name and Jared & Luke's number. They turned out really cute!

I am sure Jake had some kind of bug in his hand here... haha There is really no telling what he is showing her in this one. I just thought it was a cute one

Jake trying to get Raegan to climb the fence with him... It looks like she is thinking about it??

How Sweet!!!

Raegan & Jake