Easter

Lost back in the archives of my blog are the Easter pics!  My little men in their pink...they were a total hit!  The big kids are growing amazingly fast, too fast and my little Ruby Jay was a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e in her Easter dress, especially bending over to pick up her eggs.

Grandma Audrey The Easter Bunny hid color coded eggs all over Grandma's house.  Each kid had a color and you could not tell the others if you found one of their eggs.  Of course the eggs were hidden with a difficulty level based on the child's age.  Or so we thought.  We had more fun watching Grandma A watch the kids hunt for eggs...it was priceless!




It was really cold on Easter, hence her red little nose...but it was a great day spent with family.  We went to church in the morning where I led the kids in a bell routine and then headed home for our Easter egg hunt. 
We ate out at Ray at Mom and Dave's for lunch.  Deb's was so sick that it was hard to watch but she did manage to get herself ready and then lay on the couch until a 6 hour ride home!  YUCK!


We left Ray early afternoon and headed out to Loman for supper.  Casey had made us supper and we enjoyed another egg hunt.  Ruby's first!  The boys loved shouting to her the location of another egg!



Shelby Lynn...just shy of turning 13 in this picture...

4 of these pictures of Debs kids became a collage for her Mother's Day present.  They are just getting too big...but not too big to let their auntie capture some great pics of them being who they are.



Another great weekend spent with family...
The photo of him that made me realize just how great of a dad he was gonna be...
Happy Anniversary Deb & Chris...June 15th, 1996...Lilacs were in perfect bloom, it was a gorgeous day, I stood beside my sister along with family and friends and witnessed her marry her soul mate.  I tried to keep it together, but I cried so hard I had a half circle of lilacs at my feet when we left the church.  Chris got crapped on (his tux) by a bird flying over head!  And that is totally Chris...I remember him hugging me, stopping my tears by saying "you are not losing a sister, you are gaining a brother" and that I did.  After growing up with all girls in our family, we sure did get some awesome brothers added in!  He is a big brother to me.  He is quick to hug me, he loves my kids, he is always good for a laugh, he is strong spirited, extremely passionate, one of the best dads in the world, and a very affectionate husband.  Debs rolls her eyes when he puts on "a show" and grabs her in the kitchen, but that is Deb and Chris...they were made for each other.


The Funny JibJab that Tammy Made
We did it!  I am just finishing up the fundraising efforts of our Healthy Hooters Team and we hit our goal of $2,000!