Easter

He is Alive!! I love Easter! It is just a great day of happiness. There is not a lot of hoopla in this house for it (I guess mainly because the kids don't get candy), but we do an Easter egg hunt (filled with marshmallows) and get a basket with some fun prizes. I just love the way you feel on Easter. You just get filled with happiness!! I mean that is one day where you are reminded the entire day of what Jesus did for you on that cross!! I am SOOOOO blessed to know the Lord and have Him as my Father! Thank you Lord for your sacrifice of your Son Jesus, so that I may live in eternity worshiping the Almighty One!! And thank you Lord for this amazing family you have blessed me with:

We are blessed!

After church, we did our egg hunt, naps, and then my parent's house for dinner. Gotta love that over the top stuffed feeling!! The kids did an egg hunt with Reilly and Reagan at my parent's house too. They were all cute counting out their 6 eggs each!
My boy - need I say more?!

He is very sweet, rough, but sweet!

Finley watched the festivities of egg hunting in her saucer. She was entertained.

Kid shot - Chloe looks like she is struggling with Finley!

We also went to Matt's parent's house on Tuesday evening. The kids did an egg hunt too. They also got a few prizes - including Grandpa Eddie's famous BEADS!!! He loves getting the girls necklaces - you know those bead ones - and they absolutely love them. So this time, they each got a bag of 25 - I so look forward to untangling them all!!! LOL - well, we know they enjoy them so much so I guess it is worth it.

All in all - a wonderful Easter!

Easter Bunny

I actually forgot about going to see the Easter Bunny this year. Sarah had mentioned going and I said I would have to go too. I mean, it's Finley's first Easter!! So on Good Friday we hit the mall. Here they are with their buddy Preston (Ethan is the newest one and I didn't get a picture of him :( - well he was eating)!

This is probably one of my ultimate favorite pictures of my babies. Too bad it is with the Easter Bunny!! I felt like a tourist doing this. I had the video camera around my neck, I was placing the kids and taking pictures with one hand. I can't believe it actually came out this good - I only took 2 pictures!!

Finley's First Easter!!!

My Boy

My Harper Banks - Man, I love this kid!! He makes me smile so much! He is one awesome 2 year old. Even though sometimes 2 year old things come out of this kid, but for the most part he is one amazing package! Thank you Lord for let me keep him longer!! The other day I get out of the shower. Harper had been in and out of the bathroom while I was in it. When I look at my sink I see that he had set everything out for me. My toothbrush, toothpaste, deo, lotion, hairbrush, etc. Everything I needed when I got out, he had sitting out and waiting. I could just squeeze him he is so cute. Then the other day he had to go potty. Matt told him to go in the kitchen bathroom. Well, there isn't a stool in there, so Harper decided he would resolve this problem on his own since he couldn't reach the potty so well. Here is how he adapted:

Now do I even need to say it again: I love Harper Banks!!!

Catch up for the week

This boy is just so cute, we can't help but take pics of him. He was waiting to get his sheets changed before bed, so he made himself one in his chair.
Reagan came to play with us one day last week. The kids love playing with their cousins!

One night, we went in to kiss the kids goodnight before we went to sleep, and Carly had gotten in bed with Chloe and they were snuggled up. It was so cute. Carly is the one with the glove on (she wears that so she is not tempted to suck her thumb)! I love the bond these girls have - it amazes me!

And Finley is right there with them! We have been telling them that when/if we move then Finley will get her own room. They aren't loving that idea!

Finley tried some broccoli tonight. Matt came home and she looked like this!

Harper was trying to get the girls to play party with him today. They were busy coloring. I felt bad for him because he wanted someone to play with so bad, so I volunteered Finley. Harper loved it! He ran and got her some toys so she wouldn't eat the metal pots (but he did give her 1 cookie). They looked so cute. They are such buddies!

Yes, Finley is in a baby high chair - she loved it!

Side note: For the inquiring minds - we are putting our house back on the market! We are just patiently waiting for God to tell us when it is HIS time for us to make a change! So for now, we wait..... We did go out house hunting and found a place we really like. Will let you know what comes of it!!

6 Month Pictures

Finley's 6 month pictures are up and loaded. Deanna did an amazing job once again - we love our favorite photographer! Check them out - I know you will enjoy them.

www.deannadevine.smugmug.com/portraits

Carly's Book

In honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday this week, we have been reading some great books. Today we read Green Eggs and Ham. I read the story, they watched the cartoon on you tube, we made green eggs and ham to eat, and then they made a book. I was quite proud of their accomplishments. They did this all by themselves! I just supervised.

Picture of Carly - she has a heart hairbow.
She likes circle and rectangle crackers! She also made sure to add the stems on her apples.

She likes bananas because they are shaped like crescents! She copied the cover on Green eggs and ham - she did an awesome drawing. The ham even has the fork stuck in it like the cover!

The black this is a roll (rowl) she likes crescent rolls too! and the picture on the last page is her sitting at a table eating all her favorite things! Great job Carly!

Chloe's Book

Here is Chloe's version:

This is a picture of her. Believe it or not, it is very detailed. She even drew her belly button before drawing the shirt. This is exactly what she had on today. You can't see the eyelashes. She took her time and made sure everything was in this picture. She did a great job.
Here is her green eggs and ham. She even drew the fork in the ham and it was on on a yellow plate. Now the next picture: She loves rolls - dipping rolls. I give them a bowl of oil and balsamic vinegar to dip their roll in, so the brown blob is the roll and the purple on is the bowl with black scribbles - that is is the balsamic vinegar!

Her meat - it has a fork in it. The other is a cracker. She likes the octagon kind - that would be vegetable wheat thins. She did the speck of seasons on the cracker. She was so thorough with her pictures.

This one is my personal favorite - Jese Poos: translation - cheesy poofs! This is her eating a banana - notice the yellow on her lips. And she also added a scratch on her forhead and a scab. She is fun to sit and watch as she thinks of all this stuff. I love it! And here is her reading - we couldn't get the whole thing in, but you get the jist!