Yahoo.....Paddle Tires

For Easter Josh received paddle tires for his traxxas. He couldn't have been more excited! Here are the boys gluing the rims in the tires.

SWEET!

Testing the tires out in the dirt.

What's Joshua going to do when I make this a garden? :)

What do you think Jared and JB?

Joshua blew up the motor after this run.

What an expensive hobby.

Resurrection Rolls

After church I did this little activity with the kids. My mom told me about it and it was much easier than the one I was going to do. It was found on Sugardoodle!

The crescent roll represents the cloth that Jesus was wrapped in. The marshmallow represents Jesus. The butter represents the oils of embalming and the cinnamon and sugar represent the spices used to anoint the body. We dipped the marshmallow in the butter, then the cinnamon sugar and wrapped the marshmallow tightly inside the crescent roll. Then we baked it for 10 minutes. The oven represents the tomb.

After the rolls cooled, we opened then up to discover that Jesus is no longer there. He is risen.

This gave me a good chance to talk to the kids about the true meaning of Easter and we had a great time doing an activity together.

Easter Extravaganza!

HAPPY EASTER! THANKS FOR THE OUTFITS NANA AND PAPA! WE LOVE THEM!
THE KIDS WERE VERY EXCITED TO GET MAIL!

COLORING EASTER EGGS!


EASTER MORNING....
COULDN'T WAIT TO TEAR INTO THEIR BASKETS

EASTER ENDED WITH A WONDERFUL FAMILY DINNER AT AUNT JONIE'S HOUSE AND THEN ANOTHER EASTER EGG HUNT!

Since the weather put a damper on our plans to go to the Sand Dunes for Easter,we decided to take the kids on a day ride to 5 mile pass instead. It was still a little cold, but the kids really wanted to go riding. Hailey got a new machine and has been dying to ride it and Josh has his ATV class this weekend to get his license, and needed to practice a few things. We went with some friends and had a great time.

Hailey on her new 4-wheeler.

Now she has to learn to shift and use a clutch.

She's learning quickly.

eating lunch....
Hailey with Brooke....

Josh and his buddy Connor ....

Hanging out.....

Going on a ride.....

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

SICK! GROSS! WHAT? HOW DID THAT GET IN THERE? AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!

Mike came into the kitchen and said, "You don't even want to know what I just found in the tub!" I thought it must be a huge spider. I never expected a MOUSE to be in my tub!!
When Mike tried to catch it, it ran to the drain and got stuck! Mike thought he was going to pull off its tail trying to get it out!! I'm just glad there is a man in the house that can accomplish this task because Hailey and I were totally grossed out!

Finally......

Definitely not as cute as the movie Ratatouille, or Ralph the Mouse on the motorcycle.

Hailey didn't think it would be very nice just to throw it in the garbage, so they took it to a field and let it go. Just hope it doesn't find it's way back.

TWILIGHT FEVER!

The BIG NIGHT finally came!! This is all Hailey and her friends have been talking about! As I dropped Hailey off to her friends house to have a TWILIGHT party, the excitement in the girls was unbelievable. Her friends mom had decorated the house with black & red crepe paper, apples on the table and the soundtrack playing on her I-pod! How FUN is that!!!!! I kind of wanted to stay myself. :) I caught up with the girls at Wal-mart. The moms waited in the line to get Victoria's autograph and the girls went and got their faces painted.Is 3 HOURS worth a scribble mark across your video? Can you see it on the picture above just under the T? I could not believe the people there. The parking lot was jammed full, the store was even worse and the line to get an autograph wrapped around the store. It was amazing.

The sign Hailey and Kasidee made for the party!

Getting their faces painted! I LUV EDWARD!!!!!

Check out the look-a-likes....James and Victoria roaming Wal-mart!

The girls went back to the party and watched Twilight twice and didn't go to bed until 5:30 in the morning. Hailey had a great time. This meant everything to those girls. Of course, Hailey lost her voice from screaming and got sick from no sleep. Will we do this again? YOU BET!!

NO TRAINING WHEELS!!

Carter is one determined kid. The conversation went something like this.....

Carter: Can you take the training wheels off my bike?

Dad: No!

Carter: How come?

Dad: Because if I do, you won't be able to ride your bike anymore.

Carter: Yes I can!! I'm big now. Remember I'm 4!

This happened on Sunday, and before bed he was crying about it.

Monday....

The same conversation happened between Mom & Carter. He started driving me crazy about wanting them off so bad, that I said, "Fine!! But you won't be able to ride your bike w/o your training wheels."

Carter: YOU Can take my training wheels off? (I guess he thought it was just a dad thing) To his surprise Moms can do "daddy" tasks. The training wheels came off and Carter was soooo happy!

"Ok Carter..... Let's see if you can ride your bike? "

I helped him a couple of times before I got tired of running up and down the street. ( I'm way out of shape :))

Then I told him he had to wait until I helped the kids with homework and then I had to take Hailey to dance. He didn't stop trying and when I got back from dance to help him, this is what I saw.......

I guess he really knew he could ride his bike w/o training wheels. I'm sorry Carter that I didn't believe you! WAY TO GO!!