Easter Egg Hunt

We enjoyed our annual Easter egg hunt with the Moore family this past weekend. We are so thankful for Chaney and Kinsley's grandparents who host this event. The past two years Barrett has been too little to hunt, so he has watched from his stroller. This year both boys were ready to hunt! It certainly didn't take Barrett long to catch on!

After the hunting was over they sat to examine what was inside the eggs.

It didn't take Barrett long to realize that there were good things in the eggs.

An attempted picture with my boys... it was windy and their mouths were full of jelly beans!

These sweet little friends have grown so much over the years! You might remember this year or maybe this year...

or maybe even this year with our precious little ones...

We have added to our bench since then (Preston not pictured).

After the hunt and the photo shoot we headed to the backyard to play and eat yummy Easter cookies. The boys are showing me their cookies, although it looks like Barrett is trying to hand me his. Don't worry the boy wasn't going to miss out on one crumb of his cookie!

Another great year of Easter memories! We are looking forward to next year!

Saturday Snapshot

Sunny Welcome?

I am not so sure we had the sunny welcome to spring that we were looking forward to this year!!

We could not believe our eyes when we woke up to find the yard covered in snow!! This mama is tired of cold, wet, snow, and wind... so this is how we enjoyed the snow this time...

Yes, we stayed inside in our pj's and enjoyed the view from the warm house.

The boys decided to be NASCAR drivers while we were waiting out the snow, complete with their racing goggles!

Followed up by being Olympic swimmers in the tub.

We played several games of Red Light/Green Light, Mother May I, and Simon Says... all in our warm house. Grandma always said we have one more cold snap before the warm weather comes to stay... I think she was right!

St. Patrick's Day

We started our day off here...

It was time for Barrett to get his cast off and new x-rays done. He cried and cried while they sawed his cast off. I don't blame him! It was loud and scary! Blake stood off to the side scowling because he didn't like them upsetting his brother. So I ended up comforting Blake while Robert handled Barrett. As soon as they turned the saw off, Barrett stopped crying. They used a special tool to finish the job and then his arm was free. Let me tell you his arm smelled lovely (yikes!). After several wipe downs with baby wipes, we knew we just had to wait until bath time to get it smelling normal again. We weren't lucky enough to leave without one more contraption... He has to wear a splint for two more weeks. At that point he will be contraption free!

I wanted to take the boys somewhere GREEN for St. Patty's Day...

and so to the lush green grass of the Arboretum is where we went!

My grandparents had a membership here and lived right around the corner, so I spent lots of time here when I was young. With sadness in my heart I walked my boys around where I used to spend so much precious time.

Of course the boys brought so much joy to my heart as I watched them experience one of my favorite childhood places.

These two boys love flowers! They couldn't get enough of smelling them. Barrett was sniffing so hard that the flowers were blowing under him . He couldn't resist trying to pick a few as Blake was busy shouting out the names of the flowers he recognized.

It was pretty crowded since it was spring break and Wednesday coupon day. We sat on our quilt and watched the boys run around... until Daddy joined them in a game of tag and hide and seek. Even though it was crowded, there was still plenty of room to play in the beautiful green grass.
Our little photographer was happy to take our picture. He takes his job very seriously!

After a few hours and a few grass stained knees we bid the "flower patch" (as Blake called it) farewell.

Afternoon Play Date

We kicked our spring break off with an afternoon play date with our Baker friends! We met at a local school playground and watched as the kids climbed, slid, ran, and giggled!

On our way home we spotted an owl. I pulled over in the ditch so that we could watch him for a minute. I was just as excited as Blake was to see this fellow sitting on the fence post!

Happy Birthday

to Jaden!

This picture was taken last year at his 1st birthday.

Please say a prayer for Jaden and his family as he will now have to face yet another surgery.

M-I-C-K-E-Y

M-O-U-S-E
We celebrated Barrett's 2nd birthday today with a Mickey party.

He loved opening all of his presents.

After presents and some playing it was cake time. The cake was delicious!
You might notice as we got ready to sing to Barrett that his older brother was not thrilled with all the presents and attention little Barrett was getting.

"Happy Birthday to Barrett"

He didn't waste any time blowing out the candles.

Cutting the cake... Blake still not digging his lack of attention.

Yummy!

We are so thankful for Barrett's sweet little friends...

Lydia

and Luke.

Our family pic

Barrett with his daddy and mommy.

Happy 2nd Birthday Barrett Owen!