Happy Easter!

 

We have never really established any traditions for Easter since some years we are on vacation and if we aren't on vacation our extended family may be.  This year we had just gotten back from Florida and we seemed to have bought the nice weather with us.  It was beautiful for Easter!  It ended up being 75 degrees and sunny.  On Good Friday we did a Easter egg hunt outside and it was 82 degrees!  On Easter we went to Blythfield with my parents and brothers after church.  It was a very nice brunch and they had a petty zoo set up outside for the kids.  Afterwards we headed home and the kids stayed busy most of the day with all of their new things from the Easter bunny.

Siesta Key

We had a great time in Florida but there was just too many pictures to post and explain.  Here is a collage of some of my favorites!

Road Trip

We survived!!  And all that I have to say is that Chris and I were both blown away with how much easier it was this year.  Last year driving to and from Florida was quite eventful.  There was puking, crying, screaming, making baby bottles in very disgusting gas stations, and crawling into the back of the van countless times.  Not to mention Kaden throwing up on the floor in a truck stop and a lady stepping in it and falling!  This year we did not have to deal with any of that.  Perry was facing forward this year so he was able to watch dvd's, which helped a lot.  All three of the kids did great!!
Now that we are home and I'm trying to get organized again, I will attempt to sort through all of the photos and put some up on the blog soon.

Project 52- 11/52

On our weekly (or sometimes daily) trip to Meijer

Our downtown adventure

Last Saturday night we went downtown to go to a Griffins game.   We hadn't been to a game all season so we decided it was finally time to take the kids and they were very excited.  After parking at the very top of the ramp and walking over to the Van Andel, we found out that the Griffins game was sold out.  We couldn't believe it.  We have been to many games that most of the upper level is empty.  They were selling tickets for $10 that would get you in the door but wouldn't get you a seat.  We obviously decided that wasn't a good idea for us and tried to decide what else we should do.  We had already had dinner so we decided to go have dessert with the kids.  We went to 2 different places that had over 30 minute waits.  We were just headed home when we spotted the horse-drawn carriages.  Since we didn't have any luck doing anything else we decided to spurge for a ride around downtown.  The kids said that the horse ride was way better than a hockey game.  It ended up being a really fun night!

Project 52- 9/52 & 10/52

Perry discovered Kaden's superhero mask and wore it around the house for at least an hour.  Most of the time running around the dining table over and over.  The second picture is Kaden and Perry in the most popular seat in the house.  Kaden, Emerson, and Perry all fight over who can sit right in front of the register in the middle of winter.

Hitting the Slopes

 

 Yesterday Kaden went skiing for the first time.  Kaden LOVES any sport that takes place in the winter so I was guessing that he was also going to love skiing.  His cousins have started skiing recently and they were going to go on Sunday, so we decided to join them.  I used to ski in middle school and high school but I hadn't been skiing since the one time that I went in college.  I was a little bit worried about trying to teach Kaden how to ski since I hadn't been skiing in so long.  But he was a natural!  The hardest part was teaching him to go up the tow rope on the bunny hill.  After a few tries, he got it and went up and down the bunny hill more times than I could count.  Before we left he even went up a chair lift with me and we slowly ventured down the double hill together.  He is already asking for skiis for his birthday in October so that he can go skiing right away when it snows next winter.  Hopefully we will be able to get out one more time before winter is over this year.  I might send Chris with him next time though b/c I am very sore today!