Hoppy Easter

We got our family Easter underway by dying eggs the day before. Reese thought we were 'killing' the eggs since we "died" them. We decided to go simple this year and only do solid colors. I know that disappoints some of you (andi and mom) but gives them more to look forward to right? We used a mixture of white and cage free brown eggs, so we got several different beautiful hues. 

 The Easter bunny came over night and filled the girls' baskets and hide their dyed eggs. Here is Reese's basket.

 and Brady's basket.

 The girls were thrilled that the Easter bunny was able to make it to our house.

 After the baskets were searched through, the girls ran off to find their 24 eggs.

 Brady was an awesome sister today. She showed Reese some eggs instead of swiping them all for herself, this made me happier then I can put into words. And you can tell she enjoyed helping her sister out.

 Then outside for springtime fun.

 Which included rehiding the eggs for more search and find fun.

 Well, hide and seek turned into crack and smash...but the fun was still had!

 But again, my heart was happy. My girls cleaned up their mess...how did I get so lucky?!?!?!?!?!

Happy Easter to all!

Pre-Easter Festivities

We got the chance to participate in so many Easter Egg hunts that I have to make a post separate from the holiday itself.

Our first party we attending was for our playgroup.

 We did a craft of yarn eggs to start off (you pop the water balloon a day later to have beautiful yarn eggs.

 Then the most sought after part...the egg hunt!

 Yes, Reese choose her heart (valentine's) dress to be the 'perfect' Easter dress....

Egg hunts with a small group of friends is always so much more pleasant then the ones open to the public!

We also attended a neighborhood Easter party complete with a bounce house. I decided to not take photograph since I (unfortunately) do not know most of the kids (we have had quite a few move in and out the last 6 months). But the girls had a blast and we really appreciated the neighborhood family who opened their home to us and invited the ENTIRE neighborhood.

Yesterday we attended an Easter event hosted by the Navy. We always enjoy what the base does for the service members' families and love these free events. We also ran into a couple of our friends there which is always a plus!

Here are the girls in their custom Easter dresses and bonnets made by my mom, as I always say, she has so much talent. I love you mom, thanks! The girls loved that the dresses almost touched the ground.

 Father daughter love, enough to melt a pregnant momma's heart!

 Waiting for the three year olds to have a run for eggs.

 Easter fedora?!?!?!

 And she is off....

 She was picky and picked mostly only pink and purple eggs...she could have doubled her egg count.

 Now the 4 year olds turn. Brady brought tears to my eyes as she floated around the field. She held her shoulders back with the sweetest posture, that combined with her dress just got the best of me!

 Craft time with our preschool friend.

 We ended the afternoon with a hayless hay ride! Best hay ride I have ever been on ;) 5 beautiful Easter ladies on a carriage ride, love it!

Spring is such a wonderful time of year and this spring has not let us down at all!

Beppa and GP visit

Karl's parents recently came to visit. We had a ball and did lots of great things (most I didn't capture on film), but I did get a few highlights of our trip.

While, Beppa and GP didn't get to play the Reese's favorite puppy game, ice cream game, a second runner up was enjoyed.

 We brought Kim and Walt to a local legendary restaurant, McGuire's Irish pub. 

 This is what the ceiling looks like all over this multi-room restaurant. It is estimated that there are over one million dollar bills stapled to the ceiling! It is definitely a sight! Go ahead, scroll back up and look at the ceilings and walls...

 We just had to add our own mark to this amazing landmark. This is not the first time Karl and I have been to McGuire's but it is the first time we stapled up a bill!

Karl choose a spot down low to staple so that the girls could partake in the festivities. (I also think this safety officer didn't want to stand on his chair to reach the ceiling)

 They kept going back to check on their dollar...

 Another defining characteristic of this local eatery is the bathrooms.

 Yep, us ladies go in the second door pictured. There are a second set of doors for hasteful or urgent bathroom users.

 Kim also joined the girls at school. The girls really enjoyed showing off all their hardwork and friends. Below Brady is reading a book for Beppa.

Thanks for coming to visit Kim and Walt! We enjoyed having you!

Quick photo shoot

AHHHH, I am so so so behind on blogging!

I recently took pictures of Karl and the girls (including Elli Dew) so I thought I would share my favorite ones...

 This is my totem pole of love...no particular order!

 Reese is really becoming a 'ham' lately!

 As we were finishing up our pictures outside our new neighbors across the street opened their door and out walked a bride. The girls LOVED watching all the chaos as the family prepped to leave and the bride snapped a couple pictures!!

I love looking at all the above pictures; it really makes me appreciate how lucky I am to be surrounding by such awesome people! I really do love this life!