Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Easter

We always get Joe's side grandkids together to color eggs for Easter.  Always fun, chaotic and slightly stressful!! lol......This year the kids realized the longer they left the eggs in the color, the brighter they turned out......so this year was much better than last year when they only wanted to dunk them for a few seconds then move onto the next egg!!  They are quick learners!!  haha......I think this year we did 9 or 10 dozen.......Thanks Grandma for boiling all those eggs for these kiddos!!  :}



Someone (daddy) told Ella the plastic ones had money, so I'm fairly certain she was dropping the hard boiled eggs, once she realized they weren't plastic, and moving on!!  lol


Our favorite Old Man!!

She looks so ornery.......and beautiful all at the same time!!

What a handsome man!!  My kids make me so happy!!

All the grand babies..........


The Easter Bunny even treated the kids pretty good too!!

Ella Turned 5

It would have been wrong of me to post Ella's birthday pictures on time since I was nearly a year late getting Evan's posted......haha!!  Ella of course had a fantastic birthday party......friends, family and everyone special to this little girl!!  She never ceases to amaze Joe and I.......we Love You Ella!  5 already.....where does the time go??!!

Her amazing cake, done by Stephanie!!  Thank goodness she's willing to entertain my crazy ideas!!  And they are always more yummy than they look!!

So.Cool.





Piñata time......pay no attention to the socked feet.....she was on the trampoline before this began!!


Monday, April 15, 2013

Christmas (in April)!!

I'll eventually catch up with this blog........

Here are some pictures from our Christmas.  Of course the kids made out awesome......Santa even thought they deserved a trampoline!!  :}

Heading to Christmas Mass.

Christmas morning!








Santa wrapped the door.....why would he do that......??


Wondering what's behind there......


Outtakes

Oh my kiddos.......here are 'some' outtakes from our session attempting to get the 'perfect' Christmas card picture.....Ella is her usual goofball self, and Evan seems to forget how to smile and gets crabby when my camera comes out.......never a dull moment!!  Love these two.......Enjoy!!












First Days......

Overdue as well......but here are the kids' pictures from their first day of school.......both very excited and prepared to start the school year!!  (Now it's almost over!!) haha

Evan's first day, missing front tooth and all!!  Ella wanted to ride along......yes, she's very excited!!


 Ella's first day of school......she looks much more happy!!




Killing time.......we didn't know what time her bus would arrive, so we hung out at the end of the driveway (for over an hour total!)........but we had fun!!


We even caught a glimpse of the local wildlife.......always very cool!!


Evan Turned 6......

So I may have 'overlooked' posting pictures from Evan's 6th Birthday party celebration!!  At least I didn't forget the birthday itself!!  But in my haste to 'catch up on posts' I skipped his birthday pictures.  So.......here they are.......have I ever mentioned I LOVE that he has a summer birthday!!??  So easy to have everything outside and allow everyone to swim and have water balloon fights......doesn't get much easier.  We Love You Evan!

We take the kids (just our two) to Chuck-e-Cheese for their birthday's........always fun......



Another awesome cake done by my friend Stephanie.......she's amazing!!




 Those 'legos' were candies........enjoyed by all the kiddos!!



Lots of kids and presents!!


The kids painstakingly line up before the water balloon fight begins........