Easter Morning

We had a super busy Easter since we blessed Ivy that day, but the Easter Bunny still came to visit and the kids were spoiled with plenty of fun stuff!  It was even more fun since Grant was here.  The Easter Bunny found some fun things at a consignment sale-not looking forward to when they are old enough to figure out that things aren't new:) 

The Baskets...

Emery has been eying this my little pony toy for months now at our friends house so she was pretty excited about it!

Davis showing off his new church clothes

Almost every picture I had of Emery she was shoving her face with candy! 

Davis got a new game called Ned's Head.  I have it at work and little boys love it.  It is disgusting-you have to find things in Ned's head without looking-throwup, dirty Q-tips, dirty diapers, etc.  

Grant enjoying some early morning Easter treats. 

 

Easter Weekend

On the Saturday before Ivy's blessing /Easter we went to the park with the Larsen's and shot off rockets that they had built. It was super fun...the kids loved chasing them and trying to be the first one to get to the rocket wherever it landed. I thought it was hilarious after they shot off the last one, there were kids in different corners of the field pouting because they hadn't caught the rocket. Those Larsens, not competitive at all! Grant just thought it was fun to run after the kids.

Uncle Micah hanging out with Ivy at the park

That night we colored Easter eggs. I made the mistake of saying we were having a contest for the best decorated eggs. As I mentioned above, there is a little bit of competitiveness in our family and they were all about a contest. Christie and I had to get a little creative and come up with an award for each kid. It all came out okay with no hurt feelings and they had some great eggs. It was fun to see what they each came up with.

Glad to see Emery coloring on an egg and not one of my walls.

Mammoth Caves

We were so lucky to have Micah (my brother), Christie and Grant come visit us for Ivy's blessing. While they were here we went on a little trip down to Mammoth Caves. It is so beautiful there and the kids thought the cave we went in was pretty cool. We had a great time and even had enough time to stop at the Zappos outlet on the way home. It was a great day.

The only way for Emery to stay out of trouble...strapped in tight!


Some sibling love...
Coming out of the cave

Ivy Love

Ivy sure gets a lot of love...from her brother, sister, aunt, cousins, etc! Here are some pictures of our pretty girl and some of those that love her!

Davis Learns to Ride a Bike

At the end of March, Davis learned to ride a bike! Steve was super frustrated trying to teach him...I was inside one night when they were practicing and Davis comes running in telling me he rode down the street all by himself. When I asked Steve what he did to help Davis figure it out he said he got tired of holding on so he just gave him a big shove and let him go! I guess the moral of this story is just push them when they don't get it:) He has gotten really good really fast and rides around like a maniac. Good thing we live in a pretty secluded culdesac. He wants to go bike riding every day, all the time. He thinks he is big enough now to play with the 12 year olds that live on our street and ride their bikes out together. It makes me laugh but they are really nice to him. He is super proud of himself and I have to say it was kind of a moment for me when he first learned. It is a monumental achievement in a child's life when they learn to ride a bike! That is big stuff!

Ivy's Birth Announcement

Here is Ivy's birth announcement...hopefully if you are reading this you got one in your mailbox! Also, we are blessing her on April 8th at 1pm so consider yourself invited! We would love to have anyone who can make it.

Ivy's Newborn Pictures (and an attempt at sibling pictures!)

I wanted to post Ivy's newborn pictures...we attempted to take some pictures of all 3 of the kids. Lets just say we weren't super successful! Some of them just make me laugh. It was a complete circus and it shows in the pictures!!

I love Emery's smile in this one but Ivy looked away:(


This one cracks me up-it shows all of their personalities!
My favorite picture of Ivy. So sweet.

They are all looking, but not sure what Ivy is doing?







I love the face she is making in this picture. She probably felt completely tormented by this point!