Spring Fever

Spring is a time to take the dog on long walks....

Spring is a time to learn new things....

Spring is a time to go on bike rides and wagon rides...

Aunt Tara going on a "bike ride"

Grandma taking the kids on a wagon ride ( :

Spring is a time to eat fresh fruit with your clothes off.  

                        (Just to clarify the having your clothes off part only applies to children under a certain age, sorry!)

Or eating fresh fruit with your clothes on works too...

Spring is a time to get creative...

And since the weather is so nice, spring is a time to strip down and enjoy the sunshine ( :

Again...if you're over a certain age this does not pertain to you.  

As tempting as it may be, you will not end up enjoying the sunshine if you're sitting in the back of a police car! 

Best. Friends. Forever

We lost Mr. Bear for a whole week and Lahna was out of sorts.  After we lost him we were reading a book with a teddy bear in it (my mistake!) and she pointed at the bear looked up at me and shrugged her shoulders like, where is Mr. Bear?  She then hopped off the couch and walked into her room.  I followed her to see what she would do.  She looked under her bed, behind the chair, and in her closet.  She lifted up her blanket and when she couldn't find him she looked at me like fix this mom! It broke my heart.  Tara made lost signs for Mr. Bear which I posted at the YMCA.  After a week of not sleeping through the night I figured I would have to go buy a new one for her.  Then I got a call from the Y saying someone had seen the sign and turned him in!  Lahna was ecstatic to see Mr. Bear again.  He may only be a teddy bear to the rest of us but to Lahna he's the world!

BFFs!

Kisses from Mr. Bear

Don't you just love Aunt Katie in some of these!

Easter!

For Easter we dyed eggs, had an Easter egg hunt, ate candy, got dressed up, had an amazing dinner, and hung out with family.  Those things were all fun but the most exciting thing about Easter is the fact that we are a resurrected people...our God is Alive!!!  Check out Andy Cherry's song Our Gods Alive  not just an Easter song but something to remember every day ( :

Dyeing Easter eggs on Friday night at Grandmas.

This is what I call team work...

Ryan gets the egg, and drops it on the floor where...

Jackson just happens to be sitting (and waiting)

to eat the egg!

Jackson

Ryan

So cool he just had to touch it!

 I told Lahna to look up at the camera...she looked up a little too far!

Luckily I'm such a good parent I wouldn't let her drink the dye even though she wanted to.

All of the beautiful Easter eggs.

Easter Sunday we all dressed up and went to church.  This year instead of going to Grandma Lila's house (with all of the babies we are starting to grow out of the house!) we stayed at the church and had our Easter egg hunt and lunch.

Her pretty new dress.

Family picture

Henry "fixing" Mom's hair.

What a good picture ( :

Lahna loved the Easter egg hunt.  We hid eggs all over the apartment and she was so excited about it.  We also had an egg hunt after we ate lunch.  She couldn't care less what was in them she just loved finding them.    I now know if I ever need to keep her entertained all I have to do is hide Easter eggs and make her search for them!  

Easter egg hunt...

Opps...