Easter

We had a nice quiet Easter Sunday. 

It started with finding the Easter baskets. 

Then, the big boys couldn't wait to find the Easter Eggs the bunny left. The bunny was tricky this year and hid them in the front instead of the back. It had them confused for a while. 

They saw some on the way to church so we had to stop so they could find them all.

After church, we hung out at home for a few hours and then headed over to Tom and Shelley's for a nice Easter dinner. The evening ended with a rousing game of "I Spy", which lasted quite a long time. It was a fun day.

Happy Easter!

Coloring Easter Eggs

We dyed Easter eggs on Saturday. The boys really got into it this year. 

Here they are waiting for the tablets to disolve. It was a little too long of a wait. 

 Then they started coloring the eggs, which for them meant drop the whole egg into every color possible. 

They started out nice, then ended up a mish-mash of colors.

They enjoyed it though.

Patrick helped out with his egg, too.

 How cute is this guy!

Here are the results. 

The Croods Movie

While my mom was in town, we took the boys to see the movie "The Croods". It was a pretty cute movie. 

I was hoping Patrick would take a nap during the movie but he stayed awake the whole time and was a good baby.

Daniel's favorite part of going to a movie theater are the snacks. That boy associates everything with food or toys. 

Happy Patrick's Day

I mean....

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!  (I couldn't resist)

A Snowstorm in Pictures

So, the snowfall wasn't nearly as big as they thought it would be but I thought I would post these photos anyway. 

These were taken at 8am.

This is at 9:30am.

This is at 1pm. 

And 5:15pm, after the snow finally stopped.

We got out to shovel the driveway on Sunday. I had some good helpers. I hope they never figure out this is hard work and not fun. 

Update: here are pictures from Thursday morning (although it looked like this Wednesday, too). I love Colorado weather!

Josh Turns 7!

I can't believe he is 7 already! Seven years as a mom. Crazy!

I like to make birthdays a big deal so we did a lot of celebrating. It started on Saturday with a dinner out with just the five of us. Josh got to pick and choose Red Robin. 

So we enjoyed a nice dinner out and Josh was serenaded by the wait staff and provided a nice sundae. 

Then, after that big ice cream, we went home and enjoyed cake. 

Per Josh's request, the frosting was actually flavored orange. It was pretty good.

Then, on the morning of his birthday, Daddy went into work late so he could make him a special breakfast. Josh requested a breakfast sandwich made with pancakes instead of english muffins. I think he enjoyed them. He had two.

After breakfast we opened presents. This boy is so spoiled. 

Patrick was even enjoying the unwrapping.

We finished the birthday celebration with dinner at Outback (Josh's request) with Tom, Shelley, and Alex. I hope he enjoyed his day. Thank you everyone for the calls and cards. It really made it special.