Easter!!

We had a pretty good Easter this year. I love when we get to spend Holidays with Family. It's just not the same when it's only us at home. We headed to Utah Friday night and spent the night with Dallas's family then Saturday Morning we went to Garland. We took the kids to the community Easter Egg hunt where they got lots of fun goodies!Avery was so excited! Last year she was so young, she didn't really know what was going on. This year she ran and grabbed as many eggs as she could! Gavin and Kenzie were in the groups with the older kids so I didn't get to watch them but it looks like they managed just fine! Mackenzie and SaraAll the kids opening their eggs
and look who stopped by after the egg hunt... The Easter Bunny came to say hi to all of the kids!
We were all there except for Erick, Leslie, and their kids- I wish they could have been there!The kids got to have another egg hunt at Grandma's house. ready....set....Go!! Of course, Grandpa made his famous homemade ice cream.. It was SO GOOD!! Avery and Gavin thought so too!
The rest of the day the kids spent playing. I think they all had a good time. At least I know my kids did! The kids all fell asleep on the way home so we just packed them in, but a dry diaper on Avery and put them in bed so this is what they looked like Easter morning.. The Easter Bunny brought the kids a big cardboard playhouse and markers that they can use to color it! They were pretty excited! They also got baskets with a few treats, books, and movies in them. Mackenzie got Ramona and Beezus and Tangled, Avery is OBSESSED with Tinkerbell so she got 2 Tinkerbell movies, and Gavin got Bambi and Megamind. They were all pretty happy! The Easter Bunny even brought Dallas and I something- a new pocket camera. I LOVE my SLR but it is so big and I wanted something that I could just throw in my purse instead of having to pack around this huge camera all of the time. We got it a few days early though so I could try it out Easter weekend. It doesn't take as good of pictures as my other camera but I am happy with it. For things like "easter egg hunts" it will be nice to have a little camera to take along.After opening Easter Baskets it was time to get cleaned up and ready for Church. We were in such a rush that I didn't have time to get any decent pictures of the kids. I snapped a few of Avery while the other kids were getting ready.
Avery in her easter dress As soon as we got home from church, Avery wanted her dress off so she could put on the tinkerbell dress that grandma Sill gave her for Easter. Mackenzie's Easter Dress Gavin dissapeared outside outside so I snuck a picture when I got the chance! I will have to be a little more prepared next time they wear their easter clothes so I can get a decent picture of them all together!

April fool's and Gavin's Birthday!

I have never done anything to try and trick my kids on April Fool's day but this year I decided to! When they woke up, I had fresh bacon and eggs waiting on the table! These are special bacon and eggs because they are made of CANDY! Mackenzie knew- right when she saw them she said "April fools!" Gavin looked at them and poked them with his finger. Finally, he looked at me and said "Mom, these are not eggs."

Avery was just happy to get some candy!

Today is Gavin's 6th Birthday. I can't believe he is 6! It really is sad to think about how quickly my kids are gorwing up. I wish they could just stay little! For the past couple months, Gavin has been saying that he just wants to go fishing for his birthday so yesterday, Dallas woke him up early and took him fishing for the day. He had so much fun! When they got home last night, we let him open one of his presents. It was the movie Secretariat. We had a movie night, then me and the kids had a "slumber party" in the living room. This morning, Gavin wanted to watch his movie again so he turned it on in the girl's room. Avery has this little wood table and chair set in her room and was trying to put the chair up on her bed. The chair fell backward and hit her so she got mad at it and picked it up and threw it (she has quite a little temper). Unfortunately, it landed on Gavin's face.

He immediately had this HUGE goose egg. I felt so bad for him. We got him an ice pack and after a while he was feeling much better. Not a great way to start out your birthday is it? here's the side view As I am sitting here writing this, he looks much better! He's still got the bruise but the bump has gone almost all of the way down.We also had some visitors today! Grandma and Grandpa Sill came to see Gavin on his birthday! I was making dinner but our power ended up going out for an hour and a half so we got some pizza and just let the kids play for a few hours. Mackenzie and Trey spent most of their time playing wii just dance. It's such a funny game to watch! Especially Trey.. he gets so into it and pulls the funniest faces! This is Tigger. My friend had her baby this weekend so we have been dog sitting for a couple days while she is in the hospital. My kids LOVE him and he has been fun but I still don't think I would want an inside dog. Gavin-opening some presents.

He got a stuffed deer and a stuffed elk from Mackenzie and Avery. He also got 2 nerf guns, and a camoflauge machine gun...... and he got some "hockey talkies".. That's what he has always called them. We have tried to convince him that they are called walkie talkies but he just doesn't believe it! Grandma Sill got him another k'nex roller coaster to put together. He loves those things! It's a perfect project for him and Dallas to do together on the weekends. Dallas and his new best friend! (He did not want me to take his picture)and.. more wii just dance! I bought this new silicone baking set that is supposed to make a giant cupcake and Gav wanted to try it out for his birthday. It looks more like just a big blob of cake than it does a cupcake, but- he didn't care! Gavin going to bed with all of his new stuff! He says he had a great day! I hope so! Happy Birthday Gavin! We love you so much and we hope you had a very Happy Birthday!