Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Easter Day

I really think this was my favorite Easter ever.  Our day couldn't have been any happier.

It started with a bed party in Grandad and Nana's bed while the finishing touches for the big day were made.
Then baskets!
The Easter Bunny left ears for the girls and much to our surprise they loved them (and I loved the pictures we got with them)!
Trying Peeps for the first time.  They were a no-go even for this marshmallow fanatic.
Maylee modeling Mikayla's new goggles.  This has to be one of my favorite pictures ever!
I swore my kids would never have stuffed animals and Maylee is in love with them.  The Easter Bunny brought her her first one and it was love at first sight. 

The big hunt!  The Easter bunny hid over 140 plastic eggs and two dozen real eggs.  This was the real deal people!
Must.Not.Put.Down.Purse...EVER.
The race to the middle of the pond for the jackpot of eggs.
Maylee and Dustin celebrating victory!
Money!
Mikayla ended up finding the "golden egg" with $10 in it and got to go shopping the next day to spend her Easter money.  Ariel has now joined our growing collection of Barbies with dreads from our neurotic hair loving child.

Easter best!

Dinner!
We had kabobs and dutch oven potatoes for dinner.  Definitely sensing a tradition starting with that choice.  It was SO yummy!

And we ended the day with a little bit of reverent horse riding and duck feeding.
See why we love this place and these people so much?  



Awesome Surprise Visit!

Dustin was supposed to work Saturday, but he got everything done he need to on Friday and showed up with donuts in hand early Saturday morning.  We were so excited to see him and had an awesome fun-filled day with him!
Bed party!  One of Mikayla's most favorite things to do.
"Maylee-are you feeding the ducks or yourself?"     -Grandad
Grandad checking the water in style.
Replacing the microwave.  It was a good thing Nana left during this process and a really good thing I was there for supervision!

Next up was dying Easter eggs!
Then we had a Easter picnic and egg hunt in the river.
Grandpa Kartchner was her helper for the egg hunt and I loved watching the two of them together.  She has no idea how lucky she is to spend so much time with her great grandparents.
Why is it the first thing kids do when they see a green jelly bean is stick it in their nose?

Marm Vacation

Dustin has been working long hours and Saturdays lately so the girls and I decided to head to the Marm early for our Easter weekend.  My parents were really good sports and put up with us and we had a blast!

Here are some of the highlights.

Early morning story time with Grandad.
Chasing Toby.  He deserves whatever Maylee gives him!
" We're matchers! Pens in our heads!"
This girl finally discovered the art of tower building!
The favorite Marm toy is the water table.
Cookies and milk with Grandad and the boys.
Eating 10 pounds of dirt a day.
Playing in the sprinkler on the mud lawn.
Nana was the hero and got Mikayla to play in it.
This girl always has her undies backward.  They are usually inside out, too.
Maylee hated the sprinkler and went back to eating dirt instead.
Dance party in the mess.
Making cookies!  Mikayla set naked Big Barbie (Chrissy) on the counter and informs us "Usually we wear clothes when we bake."
Playing doctor.
Cowgirl!  She is wearing my Dearie's old hat.
Mikayla running the backhoe by herself!