Nana's Easter Egg Hunt!!!!

Zeke and Evie hunting for their eggs!

We had our big Easter Egg hunt today at Nana and Papa's house. They do such a wonderful job every year. The kids have so much fun and get some awesome prizes and money. It was a beautiful today for an Easter egg hunt too. Mikayla was hunting for purple eggs and Papa found the perfect hiding spot for one of hers. There is a flowering pear tree in front of my parents house that Mikayla loves to climb, hang, hide treasures in and do tricks on a particular branch. She was more then eager to climb that tree in her dress to get her egg. I couldn't resist I had to take a picture of it. That's my girl..... she is super girly but can still climb a tree better than most boys I know!

Baby Kingston

My new nephew Kingston is such a little sweetheart! He has the littlest head with alot of black hair so I decided to style it today while he was sleeping of course. Doesn't he look handsome with his mohawk! When Heather was pregnant with Kingston I made a deal with Ayana that I would get her the Harry Potter wands she had been asking for in trade for her new baby brother that would be born soon. She originally agreed to it but then backed out. We still like to tease her about it. Kingston is so sweet.....I might have to order those wands!

Saturday Hunt

Adri and I wanted to take our girls on Saturday to one of the many Easter egg hunts going on in the valley. We haven't ever done this before so we thought the kids might enjoy it..... which they did. Mikayla on the way there asked me if the eggs were going to be hard to find? She was so excited when we arrived and she saw all the eggs and prizes just laying in the grass! Our girls where split up into different age groups which kind of sucked. But of course I can understand why they do it that way. Mikayla's strategy was to get a hackie sack first and then go for the eggs. She did a pretty good job!

Mikayla's Birthday

It was Mikayla's 8th birthday over the weekend and we had so much fun. These are just a few pictures of the exciting weekend. Mikayla and I thought of a few different things she could do for her birthday, after a some serious thinking she finally decided that she wanted just she and I to spend a night in a hotel with a pool. At first I wasn't too sure about her decision but it was so amazing. We swam for hours, stayed up late, had snacks at midnight and slept in. What a great time for some Mom and Daughter bonding. Mikayla says she wants to do this every year for her birthday. We can't wait to do it all again.




Mikayla of course picked a build a bear which she loves. Later we had a party with my family. She got lots of wonderful things. Thanks everyone for making it such a great day.

My cruise

We've been home for a week now and I am finally getting around to posting some pictures. In my defense.... the last day of our trip I starting getting sick and when we got home my cold hit me pretty hard! Plus with work and Mikayla with school.... well it doesn't leave a lot of time for playing on the internet. For those of you who don't know.... my mom earned this trip through her work and I was fortunate enough to join her. Usually my dad goes but he gets motion sickness and didn't think he would be able to handle the ship. I was really starting to doubt him until the last day when we were at sea all day and half of our group didn't make it to dinner because they were sea sick. He wouldn't have made it! Sorry dad :(. My mom and I had a really wonderful time we slept in, toured the islands, played on the beach, shopped, relaxed on our veranda and ate great food. It was amazing! I would have to say the only downfall to my trip was not getting my luggage (a mess up with the airlines) until the 2nd to last day of our trip. I had nothing to wear but the clothes I came in! That's why in the pictures you will notice me in the same couple of shirts and pants that I managed to put together. It sucks to go on a cruise and not have any nice clothes to wear to dinner. I didn't really want to spend a lot of money buying things on the islands because my luggage had almost all brand new clothes in it that I bought for my trip. So I apologize for the same outfit but I did take full advantage of the laundry service on the ship (free of charge of course)! I would mention what all the airlines and the cruise ship gave me to help compensate for my lost luggage but they didn't give much at all just a couple of celebrity t-shirts, which you will notice I am wearing in some of the pictures and they also gave me a comb, toothbrush and toothpaste. Honestly it was such a downer to not have my stuff but for those of you who know me you know I just dealt with it and didn't let it ruin my vacation.

Thanks mom for letting me come with you. We had a wonderful time and made some great memories together. You are an amazing person and although you are going through a lot right now..... have faith and trust that things will work out for the best. I love you!

I took Mikayla and some of her cousins sledding one afternoon. They all liked the jump! The first picture is of Ayana, then Mikayla and last Connor. Emmy came along too but unfortunately she pricked her finger on a thorn early on and spent the remainder of the time in the car. Poor Em Rose! The other kids had a blast.