Easter cookies

So after all my Easter posts I found some more pics on my old camera Jess had taken of Brandon and I making Easter cookies! Brandon was very creative with the frosting and the sprinkles! I wish I had more pics to share but that's what happens when someone else runs the camera!!

Easter with the Lawson's

After church we went to Chet and Cindy's of course Mam and Pap had baskets for the kids and we also took some time to get some shots of the kids with cousin Caydence. We then headed over to Lori and Jeff's for lunch and an egg hunt for the kids lots of sunshine and fun had by all!
Brandon got a spiderman watch in his baskest.
Rachel got a new cup and a cute little dress in hers

What cute little cousins they are!

Thanks Chet for your awesome photography skills!

Easter's Here!

Other than Christmas Easter is my favorite holiday I love the candy, egg hunts, as I have grown the true meaning of the day is the most important. To think of Jesus's death and the true power of God in the resurrection is awesome! I just think of how unworthy I am of his gift and what a sacrifice he made for us I know I wouldn't give Brandon and Rachel's lives for human race. If you are reading this and don't know of the gift that was given to us please ask me and I will tell you about it...you don't want to miss out on this gift!

The baskets were delivered!

The hunt is on...

Taking a break to check out the goodies!

Ummmm Easter Candy...

No Rachel its mine...she thinks whats his is her's!!

Fine...I will have my own!

Coloring Eggs

After the egg hunt we went over to the Culver's for a little coloring fun! The kids had a blast even though the were a bit impatient and Nicole and I in our analness redipped a few to make them darker!
Brandon takes a second for a grin!

Madi and Autumn working hard.

Nicole offering a bit of assistance!

This is very serious business!

The finished product....Beautiful!

Rachel entertaining herself..next year she'll be able to join in!

AND of course the night wouldn't be complete without alittle
video games!!

Look no wheels

Brandon decided that he was big enough to ride his bike at mam and pap's house without training wheels...of couse I stopped at home to pick up the camera to record this awesome milestone! I write this a week after this event and now he can ride in circles and doesn't have to stop and turn around! Next will be taking the wheels off his new big bike.

Please excuse the imperfect pictures...I'm working on my manual skills!

Searching and Searching...for Easter Eggs

We meet up with the Culvers to have a joint egg hunt at mom and dad's house...Nicole and I got together on Thursday for coffee and egg filling and in the merriment of coffee drinking we forgot to count the eggs but we think we had around 145-165 and we found 155ish so maybe Dad will find some while mowing this summer! The kids had an awesome they all ended up with TONS of candy and each found a "special" egg with a big reese egg and a dollar in it!
Ready Set GO!

Rachel thought this egg business was pretty nifty!!

Miss Madi had a great time and with the help of her Daddy
came in second for finding the most eggs!

The kids just ran around looking high and low I couldn't
believe how fast the found them all.

Ramblings.....

So its been forever since I have last blogged...I will blame it on sickness! So what has been happening in our lives you ask well hold on and I will tell you!

Brandon had Kindergarten Round up March 4th so we are getting closer to that big step in his life...he also had his shots the week before when Rachel went for hers he was not too happy to get there and be told he got shots as well. Then when the nurse said it was going to be in his leg you would have thought they said they had to cut his leg off! He was so embarassed to have to pull is pants down but quickly recovered and was relived when I told him he wouldn't be having shots next week when all the other kids would get theirs.

He also got to go skating for a class party he had lots of fun I wasn't able to go but Mom and Dad went so he had Pap to help him stay up but he proudly told me that by the end of the morning he was able to stay up all by himself and did really well on the limbo (was one of the last to be out) I was so proud of that he is carrying on my legacy!

Then Jesse turned 30! We decided we would take alittle mini vacation and go to Fort Wayne go to Science Central and just have fun. Well the weekend didn't go quite as planned...we all got sick except for Jesse...but crazy me decided to go anyways...so Brandon threw up on the way there, we started running fevers and were achey, Brandon threw up again in the elevator of the hotel, then good news Brandon and Rachel woke up and felt better but I still felt terrible, then we get online to double check directions to Science Central and they are closed on mondays so we couldn't do that...are you getting the idea it just wasn't a whole lot of fun! So we ended up going to Toys R Us so Brandon could get a new bike then to the mall and just shopped around then came home.



The next day was supposed to be back to normal but I got sent home from work because I was so sick and snotting around...I battled the sickness for over a week then went to the Dr. and had a sinus infection so got some meds and am getting back to normal they also found my thyroid to be enlarged and she wanted some blood work done she said if that came back normal then she would want an ultrasound done. So we will see what comes of that.

Brandon had his Easter party on Wedensday and came home with the cutest bunny he had made and a bag full of goodies!

We have also been able to get outside and enjoy some of the warmth of Spring!

So I think we are all caught up...I will try and be a better blogger in the future!!