Monday, April 28, 2014

College Friend Meet-up

We were lucky to get together with some old college friends over the weekend In Sacramento. Jessie and her kids came up from Arizona so it was a good time to meet up. We don't get to see each other often so it's nice when we do.  Fairytale town was fun - despite me losing Aaden for a few minutes. Longest few minutes of my life!!!
Aaden and Hudson
Chow time 
Jessie, Carrie, Dre, Moi 
Kiddos telling stories 
Fairytale Town
Sissy is excited 
Carrie with Grant and Hudson behind her 
Sandy 
Aaden 
Mommy and Sissy
Eyeing each other's food 
Sissy wishes she had a corndog 
Cuties 
Solving the problems of the world 
Aaden's facial expressions crack me up




Chico State Alumni Kids 
Addison checking out the ducks
And waving hi
Andrea, Me, Jessie, Tiffanie, Carrie
(and a photobomb by Teagan)

And in less than 8 years, we've gone to this!
Poop check! LOL
After Fairy Tale Town Andrea and I took our kids to the zoo
We saw these monkeys making funny noises!
Anteater
Checking out the giraffes 

And flamingos 
Loved how vibrant they were!
Me and my babies 
Andrea and her babies 
Sissy loving on her baby 
Always with her baby and lovie 
They were excited to be on the giraffes! 


Monday, April 21, 2014

Easter 2014

We had an early Easter celebration with my high school girlfriends a few days before Easter.  Complete with an Easter egg hunt!
The kiddos watching TV while Mommies hide eggs
Kodi, Alivia, Jack & Aaden ready to look for eggs! 
Sissy was pretty into it because Cynthia had been practicing with her 
She knew exactly what to do 
My sweet boy on the hunt for his green eggs! 
(all the kids had their own color eggs to look for to keep it fair)
All the kids
Cheeseball Aaden
We ended the day watching Frozen 

The night before Easter we dyed eggs.  Aaden was really into this year and Addison was too but she wasn't too gentle.  We were worried about her spilling over the dye cups so I filled a bowl with yellow dye for her.
We had a couple cracked eggs after Addison man-handled them 
Love this! 
They're so pretty, I must touch them! 
But she's so cute! 
Aaden's awesome monster eggs!
Proud boy!
Cute video of them - 

The Easter Bunny came!
Sissy Monster 
I love the expression on her face in this picture 
Bubby 
Loving Easter so far! 
Addison - haha! 
The Easter Bunny left this note on Aaden's basket...
And here's the video...
(Needless to say, Aaden was a little disappointed)

After our morning at home, Aaron left to catch his plane to Korea!
 The kids and I packed up to go to Mom's.
We did the hats & bonnets again this year since Gam missed Easter last year and didn't get to wear hers
Loved her outfit!
Pretty Ellie
This little sand table was a hit!
My Dapper Dude
Be still my heart
Her headband was too cute!
Kate and Grant
(Kate's sister, Ellen, and her kids joined us for the day!)
Sissy and Mommy
Not a great picture of me but it's the only one I got of us on Easter together
Stella and Sissy having fun with bubbles
Stellie
Christopher and Sean Man
Papa photo-bombing
Yum, bubbles!
Sissy enjoyed being pushed by Emmy on the trike 
Uncle Brother and Sissy
Cute couple
This was a definite Kodak moment - Aaden is usually shy around Ev
Duck, Duck, Goose while waiting for the eggs to be hidden
Colton
Mom got Pinterest-y with the cupcakes!
And the Goldfish snack baggies
Egg hunting time! 
Bubby in action! 
Ellen and Grant
Jenifer
Ellie 
Colton 
Jenifer sharing some of her finds 
Addison didn't last long once she realized there was candy in some of the eggs 
Emery helping Stella 
Joey helping Aaden find some eggs 
Kaitlynn's first Easter 
And yes, that's a Miley Cyrus sticker on Uncle Terry's shirt 
Auntie Kate and Grant
After the Easter egg hunting, these boys decided to run through the sprinklers  
Stella joined in too 
Addison...did not. 
This picture of Aaden cracks me up 
They were having a blast! Nothing like running through the sprinklers in your chonies 
Love this kid! 
Stella was a little unsure about the sprinklers after all 
Braving the water again 
Addison was happy to stand on the sideline and watch 
Caroline, Willow and Aunt Renee 
Aunt Renee taking Willow in the sprinklers 
White little Del Paine girls! 
This picture is awesome 
Nice selfie, Kenny 
Uncle Danny 
Jim 
Uncle James (can you tell where all the guys spent their afternoon?) 
Playing Heads Up in the backyard.  
Beautiful Gam! 
So happy Drew and Nicole came over! 
Addison snuggling up with Auntie Kate 
Oh my, a face only a mother could love!  
My pretty Mama! 
Murph - right in the middle of all the festivities! 
Heads Up 
You just know Aunt Kerry thought the game was stupid until she 
thought she could win.  Not competitive at all. ;)
Such a fun, fun Easter.  We were all so happy that Gam could be there with us this year! We missed Aaron though as he was off on his Korean vacation.