Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny came today and left baskets of stuff for the kids. Included was sunglasses and garden supplies--as the Bunny knows that I want to plant a garden with the kids this summer. Most of our day today was spent driving back from Grand Forks where we were able to spend time with family and friends. Thanks Lisa and Josh for having us over on Saturday. It wore the kids out just enough for them to nap on the way to Kylie's birthday party! And it was great to see you today, Vanessa! I enjoyed meeting Owen. He is so cute!

Zander stealing a few Easter eggs.

Here are some pictures from the weekend. They are all from Kylie's 2nd Birthday party. Zander didn't really realize what was going on, but Zoey sure had a good time.

Kylie had a blast with all the balloons that her mom had placed around the house. Here she is running through them all.
We of course had to try to get a picture of all three together. This one is the best one I got.

Uncle Robby and Zander.

Zoey was really into all of Kylie's gifts--especially the tricycle that she got. Zoey did her best to take turns with her cousin. There were only a few fits thrown.

Here is Zoey singing happy birthday to Kylie and waiting for her piece of cake.

Grandpa and Zander.

The rest of the weekend was great. Tyler and I sneaked away a couple evenings and went out to eat and went bowling (I just have to brag a little that I got 4 strikes in a row!)

Spring Break is now over and everything will be getting back to normal. We are all feeling better. And just an FYI- I have been cleared by the doctors from my blood clotting issues--so I don't have any more blood tests or medications to worry about.

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Easter!

Spring Break

Yes, I know! It has been almost a month since my last post. But in all honesty, had I posted earlier you would only see pictures of snotty noses, kids coughing, and a mommy with the flu! It has been a tough March as far as health. I basically started my Spring Break last week when I stayed home a total of four days from work because of Zoey, Zander, and myself in some sort of combination. I still have the sniffles and a cough, but for the most part we are all on the mend.

Zoey has been able to play outside a few times during the nice weather.
Zander got all decked out for St. Patrick's Day yesterday.
Today Zoey and I had our special day out on the town. We had "yotsta, yotsa, yotsa fun!" We ventured out to the Children's Museum and spent a lot of time wandering around looking at the exhibits. Zoey really enjoyed all the interactive things there.

We made a hat with newspaper.

She played happily in the bubbles.

She explored all the water and pipes.

Stopped for a quick game of chess. Zoey won.

Zoey was absolutely fascinated when she got to be on TV with Elmo.

A quick wellness check and we were done.

We ended our day by going to Grand Ave. for a short bit and looking around at a toy store. So many neat things. Both Zoey and I are exhausted, but I love doing special things like today with the kids. Zander stayed at daycare and had a wonderful day himself.

The rest of my srpring break is pretty busy. Tomorrow I am going to Bon Jovi, then on Thursday the family is heading up to Grand Forks to visit family and friends. Zoey is super excited that we get to go to Kylie's 2nd birthday party on Saturday. We are looking forward to it!