hApPy BiRtHdAy TODD!

Well, Todd is still getting older!!! Yesterday was his 36th birthday. Todd is always telling me that I am going to catch up to him, but I hope not. I can't image being that old!!! :)

Todd worked all day so we didn't do much to celebrate. The boys and I took some cookies out to the golf course and made a sign so all the golfers could help rub it in that he is getting old! Then we came home and hung up some balloons for when Todd got home. The boys couldn't hardly wait for dad to come home and open presents. Even though they helped me wrap them, they wanted to be the ones to unwrap them too. Todd said that he didn't want to go out for dinner, he just wanted to stay home so I made lettuce wraps for Todd's birthday dinner...they were way yummy! For Todd's cake I made a Heath Bar cake...it was yummy too! What could be better than gooey chocolate?! I just stuck a few candles in his cake and the boys helped Todd blow them out!
Happy birthday Todd! I hope you had a good one. We love you lots and appreciate everything you do for us! You are a fabulous dad and husband!!

Easter Weekend

Well, besides the COLD weather, we had a great Easter. We kept thinking we wanted to go somewhere for the Easter weekend, but because of the weather, we just couldn't get excited to do anything. We ended up staying home and had a blast!

Our Easter Bunny comes on Saturday morning, so when the boys woke up, the Easter Bunny had hid all their eggs and their baskets. The boys didn't waste any time finding their eggs they had colored and then they had to find their baskets. This is a fun tradition that Todd's family did when he was a little boy so we have done it with our boys and they love it. It is crazy that they can remember where the Easter Bunny has hid their baskets all the previous years. I forgot to take a picture of the boys together with their baskets, so I only have pictures of them individually finding their baskets.
With lots and lots of help from Jaygen, Briggs found his basket hidden behind the chair in the livingroom...what are big brothers for!! :)Pace found his basket in the bathroom behind the shower curtain. He found it all on his own, but on accident...it was way funny!
Jaygen finally found his in the dryer after getting a little help. He had told us that since he is 5 years old the Easter Bunny was going to hide his in a tough place. After he couldn't find it FOREVER, I think he had changed his mind and wanted the Easter Bunny to find an easier spot. Sorry Jaygen, that is the fun of it!!! :)

Then we loaded up and headed to the Delta City egg hunt. You can tell how cold it was. The boys had to be bundled up, but they got some good treats. Don't ever be late, because trust me, it is a quick event. We were all done and back home in 10 minutes!!

The grandkids all love grandpa Marshall!! Pace climbed up on grandpa's lap and had a little rest while we waited for Mel and Josh and their kids to come. How precious!!

Well I have some more really cute pictures to post (especially of grandma and Briggs) but I am having a hard time posting them, and I am sick of trying, so no more pictures.:(

We had an indoor picnic with grandma's yummy potato salad (it is requested every year by Todd), then did an egg hunt outside with all the cousins. They had a fun time. My boys had such a fun time playing with Braylee and Ty. I am glad they all came for Easter! Then what a better way to end the day than to have a Delta famous 10 cent hotdog for dinner!!?? We only had to stand in line for a few minutes this year, unlike last year when grandma stood in line for THREE HOURS...no joke!! We had a great Easter weekend even though it was freezing cold!!

Coloring Easter Eggs!

You would never know it was Easter time because of the snowy, cold weather but it is! We colored Easter eggs the other night so we would be ready for the Easter Bunny. The boys were really excited to color eggs, but I could not come up with a fun idea of how to decorate them. So we just kept it simple. The boys drew pictures on the eggs and put some stickers on them. Then they put them in the egg dye. They would put most of the eggs in more than one color, so their eggs turned out to be pretty crazy. While Jaygen and Pace were coloring their eggs, they kept trying to guess where the Easter Bunny was going to hide them. Hopefully the Easter Bunny comes up with as good of ideas as they did!! :) The boys had lots of fun and were pretty proud of their finished product! Briggs just wanted to throw the eggs across the room, so I held his eggs while he colored on them. We could have had a real mess!! :)

Look at those awesome eggs...and look at Briggs! He can't wait to get his hands on them!!!