Easter morning

The kids were ready to starting looking for their basket as soon as they work up on Easter Sunday! Emma was the last to find her's down in the laundry room. They got some candy, seeds to plant flowers, gum, post'em notes, tape, girls all got new shoes, and Connor a kickball and squirt gun!

Easter Bunny

 Holy Saturday night, the kids had all the baskets set out and ready to go. The kept predicting where their baskets would be hidden this year! Emma added a note and a bunny to give the Easter Bunny. Below is what she wrote!

Here was our little Easter Bunny hopping around that day! She put this outfit together herself.

Coloring Easter Eggs

On Holy Saturday, we colored eggs. This kids had a great time and enjoyed being creative with their designs.

Ted's 1st Birthday

Ted turned on on March 13! Here are a couple of pictures from his gathering at the Farm. We also learned that Ted is going to be a BIG BROTHER in October!! What exciting news!!

Tessa and Ted enjoying some music.

/Girls playing American girl dolls with many of their accessories!

Max, Louie and Tessa

Wilson stuck between Donny's legs!

Elly and Willa

Basketball

Connor, Max and Carter playing against eachother in the DYSA league. It was fun to see each of them step up and play a little harder defending eachother on the court! The Iowa team won this time!

Dance Time

Below are some random pictures of the girls as they had a dance show! Each new song had a new outfit/design. I wish some of the other pictures would have turned out because they were rather interesting/funny. Even Connor and Tessa joined in with the dancing, but no outfits!

First Picnic of the Year 2013

Our kids LOVE to have picnics outside whenever it gets nice out. On March29, Good Friday, it was a beautiful day out and the kids insisted on having a picnic outside. They all sat on the side of the garage (Tessa in the pink stroller) enjoying their lunch!

A Snowy Day...

One Sunday afternoon we had a light snow fall that led Emma and Josie to enjoy some time outside eating a snack and running around!

Bathtime Fun

Connor and Tessa enjoying some time in the bathtub making "bubble beards."

Sunday night activities

As you have read from earlier post, Sunday was a day of no T.V. and computers for out Lenten observance.  Below are some of the fun activities/ games we played as a family.

Puppets that Emma and Josie made out of paper and then put a 20 min. play on for the family to watch. Later Connor made his own puppets for a show also.

Nerf gun wars: this was very popular. One team would wait upstairs  while the other team would hide downstairs. Then the other team would head downstairs and try to shot the hiding team.

 Hide- n- Seek:
This has been a very popular game at our house since all the kids have been little. Each time, the kids are gettting better and better at hiding. Their dad has taught them well. Here are a couple of creative hiding spots.

Emma checking behind some towels looking for her siblings. No one was there this time, but have been in the past.

Blankets usually dry on Terry's inverted table, but  tonight, Terry is hiding behind the  blanket. Can you tell he is there?

Josie tried a new spot.. in the dryer! She was the last one to be found!

Though this isn't the best picture, Connor has a blue shirt on that matches the curtains and is hiding behind  some containers.

Snow Fort

Connor had been working hard on digging a snow fort for awhile. With the help of his sisters, he completed it and could crawl all the way in. Tessa had fun playing in it.