Easter 2014

We started Holy Week by coloring Easter Eggs! The kids had a great time dunking their eggs and Nora especially liked playing with her eggs!

 We started Easter weekend by going to Owatonna on Friday night! It was nice enough to bike to the park, so we played at the park at Wilson School for awhile.

Nana is so fun!

Nora had so much fun playing with Nana at the park!

Cuddles with Papa!

 The Bormann's joined us on Saturday and we started our day by going on an Egg Hunt!

The girls were excited for the Egg Hunt!

There is an Egg Hunt for each age group starting at age 2, so this was Nora's first official year to get Eggs. There were a lot of 2 year olds and since most won't go out by themselves, all the parents go out too. It made it hard for Nora to get eggs--but she got one purple one, which is exactly what she wanted! :)  Bishop definitely made up for shortage of Nora's eggs by getting a ton of eggs! The 2 and 3 year olds were inside and all the older kids were outside. It was a nice, sunny day--but it was VERY windy!

Bishop ready for his Egg Hunt!

When we got home we played in the garage-the kids loved it!

Cousins!

 The Easter Bunny visited Nana and Papa's--the kids were thrilled!

 We ate a delicious Easter lunch and then went to visit Great Grandma Marlys! There was another Egg hunt at her place. The kids definitely had their fill of candy!

It's hard to get a picture of us all together! ;)

Great Grandma LOVES hugs!

Another Egg Hunt

Jack loved the piano

Cuddles for Great Grandma

 After visiting Great Grandma we headed up to Cold Spring for the night and to celebrate Easter with Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle Jake!

Bishop and Grandpa!

Nora and Grandma and Grandpa!

 Easter Sunday was a beautiful day! We went to Grandpa and Grandma's church at 8:30 and then came back to play outside before lunch.  The service lasted almost 1 1/2 hours so the kids lost patience and interest before it was over. Luke and I took turns taking the kids out to let them run around a bit during the service. When we got home we took a hike to the lake and then hiked to the "big rock" to play on the rock!

3 Generations!

The Easter Bunny visited Grandpa and Grandma's as well--and the kids got Butterfly nets!

"Fishing with their Butterfly nets"

 It was an absolutely beautiful day and we had so much fun playing outside at Grandpa and Grandma's-after lunch we came home and the Easter Bunny had visited OUR house too! Wow!

We were so fortunate to be able to spend the weekend with both our families! It was such a wonderful weekend!

Weekend Fun

Picture day was last Friday--so I took a couple pictures before the pros!

Happy Girl!

Silly boy!

Saturday was Bishop's last day of basketball. He has been playing out back with our neighbor Casey, so he showed a lot more interest during this practice/game.  He made a bunch of shots during practice and even wanted the ball during the game (and could be heard yelling...PASS to his teammates)! It was fun to see him excited and interested!

All the kids got medals for playing, which was fun! It was a great experience/introduction to basketball and he's played at home as much as possible since then!

Go Terrapins!

We were supposed to be celebrating Madelyn's birthday on Saturday after basketball, but due to Jack's stomach bug, that was cancelled/postponed. 

Luke had a fundraising event in Cold Spring on Saturday afternoon and Nora went to spend the night at Grandpa and Grandma's, so Bishop and I had a date day! We went to the movie, Rio, went to Target, played basketball with Casey, went for a bike ride to play at the park, get icecream and come home to watch a movie! Whew-it was a busy day, but so much fun! I don't get one on one time with the kids very often, so it was very fun. I'll have to plan a day with Nora sometime soon too!

Excited to play at the park!

ICECREAM treat!

Nora had a great time at Grandpa and Grandma's and Luke had fun with his friends so it was a win-win for everyone!  Sunday the weather turned COLD and windy.....and Spring left us for a few days. We're looking forward to sunshine and warmer weather next week!

Happy 3rd Birthday Madelyn!!

Happy 3rd birthday to my sweet niece, Madelyn!

Jack woke up on Saturday with the stomach flu, so they had to postpone her party for another day! Poor girl-she was so excited...but it all worked out in the end, as she got to celebrate on Saturday and Sunday!

We had an absolute blast at her party! The kids had so much fun playing together and although it was COLD on Sunday they insisted on playing outside the majority of the time!

Reading Elmo with Great Grandpa Ray

The Beautiful Birthday Girl!

Such a SWEET girl! Love HER!

Madelyn, you are such a beautiful girl, inside and out and you are so mature for your age! You seem older than 3 to me! Thanks for being so good to your cousins-they absolutely adore you and LOVE you so much! Nora loves having an older cousin to look up to and your smile and laugh just melts us all! We love you so much!!

Last Weekend

Last weekend was a time to get outside....to enjoy the 8" of snow we got....and then to enjoy the nicest, warmest day we've had all year, just 2 days later! Crazy! It appears Spring has arrived and we are all so thankful for that!

The kids love to "play wrestle" with daddy! Here they are trying to tackle him!

 And they both love the flying trapeze!

 Bishop has changed so much in the past year! He still has an unbelievable amount of energy, but he's growing up and he is definitely helping off-set the 2 year old in our house! :)  He's doing really well in school, especially behaviorly. He's excited to learn and yesterday he requested to practice his writing, instead of playing. It's fun to watch him grow and learn.....but still be a boy! :)

A Smile for Auntie before bedtime

I think he's also accepted the fact that I'm going to ask him to smile for a lot of pictures.....so the sooner he does it the sooner he can move on to what he wants to do! :)

Friday morning we woke up to a bunch of snow! I'm not sure how much, but I'd say at least 6". The kids couldn't wait to get outside to play in it! It was warm enough to enjoy it and we knew it wasn't going to stay!

Watching a movie with Danny

 Saturday morning brought basketball and Bishop's first made basket of the season (during practice). I think that gave him a lot of confidence and got him even more excited to get involved in the game! He still had his moments where he would walk around the 3 point line--but there were also moments when he really wanted the ball and he took a couple shots!

Point Guard! 

Treats with Colin

The Farm Babies were at the Zoo so we went to check them out. It was a bit cool, but definitely nice enough to be out and enjoy the sunshine!

 Saturday night we went to the Bormann's to watch the NCAA Final Four! The kids had an absolute blast together! They played SO well together, it was so fun to watch them interact and be on their own!

 It was a very fun day and we were all exhausted when we got home!

Sunday brought the nicest day of the year...it was warm, sunny with no wind-a perfect day to bike/walk/run to the lake and meet the Hennum's at the park!

We stopped at Sebastian Joe's on the way home and then got home to see Nana. She came to spend the night. I had to leave Monday morning for a meeting in KC and Luke left the house by 6 on Monday, so my mom took the kids in to school, which worked out great! Thanks, mom!

It's always hard to see such fun weekends come to an end. The exciting part is--our outdoor time is just starting again so we have a lot of fun times to look forward to this Spring/Summer!