He is Risen! He is Risen!

I'm finally getting around to posting our Easter pictures. We went to church Sunday morning. The kids were unbelievably good. I thought someone had taken my 3 naughty kids and replaced them with 3 well-behaved kids. I heard both readings, the gospel, and the sermon. Amazing! They sat through the entire mass and we only had to go to the bathroom once. Speaking of going to the bathroom, I had to take Riley. When we walked in, there was a little girl in a white frilly Easter dress. Riley was staring at her and I could tell she liked/wanted her dress. She turned to me and said, "she's not a princess. She's not a princess." Thankfully, the little girl didn't hear her. I couldn't help but laugh.

The kids couldn't wait to do the Easter egg hunt. They were so excited to find their eggs. It was such a gorgeous day, too.

Mia was a pro at it and found two of them before Ethan and Riley got started.

Mike called these eggs, "the twins." Ethan was the lucky one to find them.

I swear Ethan has a mission to wreck every single picture I try to get of the three of them. :)

Ethan biffed it in the parking lot of the church. He had a pretty decent battle wound.

We set the trampoline up. It went pretty quick with the three of us helping. The kids love jumping on it. Ethan can do flips and he's actually really good at it. I don't know who taught him that, but I'd like to thank you. ;)

Enjoy...

I love this!

Dying Easter Eggs

Mike and I alternate holidays with our families. This year, Easter was with his family. Mark decided to host Easter which was awesome. My mother-in-law does the cooking so it makes for a nice relaxing holiday...for me, anyhow! I'm sure it's not so relaxing for her! The day before Easter, we decided to dye eggs. The kids had a lot of fun decorating them.

 Ethan got carried away with the stickers. His blue egg was completely covered with them and he was still trying to find spots to put more stickers.

 Even Grandma Andrea decorated one. Hers looked like it was from the 80's! :)

Our monster Easter eggs. The kids did a good job at decorating them!

We Have a New Member!

 I'm proud to announce that I have a new nephew! Evan Christopher was born March 14th and weighed in at 9 pounds. My mom, Sarah, and I went to visit when he was two weeks old. He's so cute. You tend to forget how little they are.

He wasn't sleeping the greatest. Amber said he woke up every 2 hours to eat and would stay up for an hour. I remember those days! You're so sleep deprived you really don't know what's going on.

He's Probably Going to Kill Me...

 ...so my dad told my little brother, Nathan, to make a face when they took his picture for his swimming pass. I don't know if you can see very well, but he crossed his eyes and had a silly grin on his face. He had to show this pass every time he went swimming. :)

It makes me laugh every single time.