Fun Easter Baskets

Daddys' Basket
He is holding one of our favorite trees a Japanese Maple.

Joshua won the prize an extra water tank for his gun.
We weren't real original on the contest, pick a number between 1 and 10. We decided to play this way instead of hiding a prize egg. The church Easter Egg hunt was enough for this year.

She is proud!

Nerf water guns really? Well that wasn't all. Each basket also held Toy Story Dvds 1, 2, and 3, chocolate bunnies, their favorite candy, an animal that ate jelly beans and then deposited them LOL boy did they have fun with those I am still finding jelly beans in unusual places, and lastly a packet of seeds to plant in our porch flower pots.

I didn't get myself one at first, but you can bet I went the next day. You would to if this is what you faced.

And here is my crew all wet and sweaty after having fun together!
These are the times I cherish!

Easter 2011 Pictures

Beautiful spring back drop!

Our girls had to join us as always looking for a snack.

I asked each of them to do "pose" however they wanted and just have fun. This is Joshuas' version of fun and I love it!

Thank you daddy forgetting some great pics of Mommy and her three. I do publicly apologize for acting like a fool and getting upset that the dog was in the pictures and they appeared to be ruined, and that nothing was going right. You did a great job and I am grateful!

Our Beautiful Princess Pie!

Brenden had a harder time just having fun with his pictures. He wasn't feeling creative. Here he is saying I just don't know.

Here Joshua was watching a ladybug on his hand. Both the stillness and curiosity are precious.

The sun was a bit bright but a blessing all the same!
Thank you God for the miracle of your son! We are sinful and unworthy and you love us just the same.
For whoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16

Fish and Frog

Joshua caught this fish with his new big boy fishing pole!

While playing in the creek Tayler and Joshua caught craw fish and a snail. They gave Brenden and I a snail craw fish show. This one in Taylers hand was named Molly.

We were eating dinner and Tayler spotted this tree frog on the dining room window.

Jesus's Cross

Joshua told me hurry Mommy get your camera I see Jesus's Cross in the sky!

Jonesisms

Jonesism-a phrase or word created by one of the five us.

I have two to share today.

Joshua-We need to take a walk so we can extracize. Mommy don't you want to extracize?

Tayler Rayn-While shopping at Sams' the kids were enjoying all the food samples. They had gotten to one cart before me and the lady told them ask your mom first,there might be something you are allergic to in this. Tayler already had a brownie bar in her hand before the lady mentioned this and she walked back to me and said."I can't eat this it might have pillacillin in it." Now Tayler is allergic to the antibiotic penacillin. It took quite a bit of convincing to get her to understand she didn't have to worry about an allergic reaction sampling food, there was no antibiotic in it. Still in the end she still would not eat the bar.

Meet Alexander Nibbles

Yes it appears we are working on a miniature petting zoo. I had bunnies growing up and enjoyed them! I have tried to talk Josh into an Easter Bunny for about a month. He finally let me have one. Mr.Nibbles joined our family a week before Easter. He is the sweetest little guy and loves to snuggle. I have plenty of help to care for all these critters my only problem is that the kids fuss over who gets to hold them and how long!

Church Easter Egg Hunt

My first strawberry pie. I took this to share for lunch. Unfortunately it looked better than it tasted. Though many people were kind and said it was great I knew better ;). I did not have gelatin of any kind so searched for a recipe without. Next shopping trip I will buy gelatin to keep on hand and find a strawberry recipe with it!

This is his mom can't you see I am busy hunting eggs look.

Not to shabby there Bren.

Joshua did the best by far, even one found the prize egg for his age group and won $10 Walmart card! He and Josh even hunted all the rest of the eggs and found tons more once everyone else moved on to other things.

Tayler and Reid were serious egg hunters!

Tayler and her bounty.

There was a "spoon egg walk" this age group got to use hard boiled eggs. The kids had to go down to a tree and come back to the sidewalk. Next year Brendens' age group moves up to a raw egg toss. He says he isn't looking forward to it.

Brenden dropped his egg right after this picture!