Easter & Spring Break 2010

we had the most beautiful easter and early spring break. . .warm weather and a fabulous 4 day get-away with the kids. on saturday we had easter with terry's family in mackinaw, il. a highlight?? the easter egg hunt, of course {even though the kids are getting a bit big!!}

mr. money bags went around picking up eggs and if the were too "heavy" (in other words filled with candy) he would put them down!! the goal?? to find the ones with money in them!! thanks, rich, for that!! luke was thrilled with his $5!
we headed to chicago on saturday night to stay with one my "greatest of all time ever" friends: noel and her family! it has been years since we have been able to spend more than a few hours together--so a day and a half was out of this world!

it was a great easter day, visiting our old chuch and seeing old friends--kind of seems like nothing has changed, but we all just now have kids running everywhere.
the kids got along SOOOO well! it was absolutely unbelievable! amazing how kayla (blonde) looks JUST like noel and grace (brunette) looks just like andy (noel's husband) and zel--he is quite the mix, isn't he?? tehee! really he was welcomed home in december from ethiopia and has the cutest face ever!!! so, there were guinea pigs in the house and of course the boys are trying to convince me that we need one. no way. no rodents in my house.

we spent monday morning with my grandma! at 96 she still lives by herself! don't you love the couch?? it's the only one i remember in her house, we think it is about 45 years old. yikes!!
monday afternoon the boys and terry went to the lego discovery place and i got a kid-free afternoon at ikea!! perfect for everyone. a favorite for the boys is staying in a hotel and swimming and jumping on the beds! we topped it off by watching Butler play NCAA championship game.
on our last day we headed to the museum of science and industry. we saw lots of great stuff including the mayes and heiking families from school!

Easter's coming!

Everyone is getting exited for EASTER around here. Our super warm weather has definitely helped and is a great start to Spring Break. We had a chance to see the Easter Bunny last weekend coupled with lots of little boy giggles!

sock hop

one of the fav events of the school year. . .the SoCk HoP!! Luke and Grant dressed 80's! Funny to think that the 1980's is its own "era!"--kind of like the 50's was to my generation as a kid! I got lots of questions from the boys--why did you wear 2 shirts?? and --why did you wear the collar up?? I could go on! The kiddos had a great time 'dancin' the night away!

my mom's birthday

yesterday was my mom's birthday. she had a great day-a little lunch with dad and some shopping. and then it was dinner time. out went the perfect little day when you add 3 crazy boys in the mix. i think this picture represents how our life with them is 90% of the time. happy birthday mom!

valentine's Day was great. . .a quiet day at home and valentine's were exchanged. i even found a valentine on wrigley's crate! this one is from cole. you kind of have to ready it in a clockwise direction??!!

look ma, no teeth!

grant lost one tooth at two this afternoon. . . .
and he lost the other at eight tonight. . . now he has a new look!

the igloo

so we have enjoyed plenty of snow this winter. it was quite nice outside today and the boys spent a big chunk of the afternoon digging, playing and building. grant had a plan to build an igloo. with a little help from his brothers and dad he got his igloo.