Easter 2013

Easter weekend was a beautiful weather weekend. Full of new beginnings, pretty color, and of course, family.

To start off, sweet B had her Easter party and egg hunt at school. Her friends are so sweet and while we shed some tears because we didn't get 13 eggs, she was happier when her teacher made it all equal in the end!

Counting her loot

Okay, then we headed to Oklahoma to celebrate with the Levings' clan. I had posted earlier about the Bad Chicken video we shot. We are STILL laughing at that sweet boy.   But we love being together. Had a great meal, a fun time playing and hunting eggs outside, and we ended the day by smashing confetti eggs on each other. I didn't get any of those pictures. I was too busy defending myself.

My doll

My big boy

Need some help here!

Alyson

He could not be bothered with a basket.

Missing one, but love this pic. Boys checking out the tree.

Dad and Trav

Love

Carter showing Grandma his loot

this boy is beautiful

Loves her Me Ma

Money eggs!!

Blake and Bren back outside to play

Gorgeous

Bad chicken!

Time to get the eggs! Where did Pa Pa go?

Let me see! Let me see!

What a big wonderful precious beautiful bunch! So blessed.

Bad Chicken

I have got to get my post up about Easter, and I will. But in the meantime, I have promised to send this video out to my parents and brother and I can't figure out how to make the video smaller so it will email. So this is my best option of viewing Mr. Ryan James and the Bad Chicken.

Love this boy. Love this boy. Love this boy. We laugh so much every time we watch these video's.

Catching Up - Wrapping Up Spring Break

As I sit here and type, it is snowing outside. Yep. Date stamp is correct, it is March 23th. So not only has it been 70 degrees already this month, but as we wrap up Spring Break week, we are closing it out with rain and snow. Ah well.

However, I snapped this picture the other day. It made me smile. Just some geese. Walking down the street. No cares or worries (or water) for them.

Just need to catch up on a few things. First of all, Brenley got her 5 year old shots last Thursday. It hurt her (and me) both, but she did well. We celebrated a successful check up with ice cream and DISNEY ON ICE!  We went that evening and it was so much fun. She loved it. Clapped after each character show. She is awesome. I love spending time with her.

Let me back up to earlier that same day. I went on her school field trip to Taco Pronto. It was just a lunch field trip for tacos and bean burrito's, but the kids were cute, and lunch was good. I picked the perfect field trip to help drive!

Then we celebrated St. Patrick's Day at  her school the next day.  Equally fun and festive, although someone ended up going home with Mom during the party because the shots had taken a toll on her and she was not feeling herself. Good time for some snuggling at home with my baby girl.  She was better by the time her Daddy got home that night!

This is Tryniti. I've enjoyed getting to know her this year. Such a sweet girl.

Silly Dale.

 And here is their St. Pat's song.

And last but not least, Spring Break hasn't been all that exciting.  I did, however, have an amazing day off shopping for prom dresses with my two oldest nieces and my mama.  It was a great weather day and the most fun shopping experience.  We all had a great time together. Here is a pic of her dress (pretty sure her boyfriend doesn't know about my blog). Alterations to come, but she was so pretty in it. Perfect color. Perfect girl.

Basketball has come to an end

This season Beau played basketball for the Kansas Hoopsters. Coach Wilkes was head coach and Brian was the assistant.

I loved every minute of Beau's basketball season.  Well, not every minute. We had some poor officiating, but I loved how well the boys progressed.  They are such good kids. And I loved watching my boy play ball.  He has come so far over the past few years.  I love how aggressive he can be.  His shot has gotten so much better (just ask him about the 3 point shot he made in the last basketball game!). It was a just a fun season even though we came up in 2nd place in every tournament we played in. Boo!  But the boys had great spirits and sportsmanship about the whole thing. So proud of them and their coaches.

Got his arm around a teammate. Love his sportsmanship.  So supportive.

Get your butt on him, boy!  

Familiar scene this season. On the floor. Fighting for a loose ball. MY. FAVORITE.PART.  Loved when he got in "Beast" mode!

Shooting free throws. Shot quite a few this season.

And another one.

This is his Dad yelling at a YMCA Director. Nice one, Dad. Only two technical fouls this season? You don't say.

Last game. Boo Hoo.

The boys. Front row left to right. Jaden, Tyler, Keegan, Josh, Micah, Austin. Back row. Coach Brian, David, Keeton, Beau, and Coach Dwight.

The Hoopsters biggest fan, Brenley May, loving on her Daddy.

My two basketball stars.

Twin's Turn Two!

Our nephews, Brandon and Tyler, turned 2! I can't believe they are already two and are certainly every bit of a toddler - moving and grooving. They had a Sesame Street birthday party where their Mom and Dad went all out. It was a fun time, and I think they should be set for outside fun this spring and summer.

Their party was Saturday in McPherson in Trinity Hall, so it was a great place for big and little kids to eat and play!

Seth checking out the present. My two kids eager to see too!

Boys and their Daddy playing with the new toys.

Their Mom and Dad are having fun opening gifts!

My sweet pea

Dad is tired in the background, while Mom tries glasses on Tyler.

My favorite picture all day. My girl fighting for her ball back. Who is this kid anyway to take my girl's ball!?

This is what we got them. A Teeter Totter!  Tyler wasn't so sure about this because brother liked the middle seat and he knew that is not how you teeter totter!

Their Mom and Dad knew just what they wanted. New Trikes!

Just one of the two cakes that Grandma Ek made along with the cute cupcakes. So special.

Happy, happy boy on his new trike.

Bren and her Daddy playing catch with her new favorite ball.

This boy. Will.  So photogenic. So ornery. Love his smile.

March 1st

See? Here we are again, a short 28 days later. It is already March 1st!!

February flew by with Bren's BD, Valentine's day, basketball games and lots of travel for Mom.

March doesn't appear to slow down. We just transition from basketball to baseball. Beau has state assessment tests. There is spring break, March madness basketball, Daylight Savings, a weekend of out of town baseball, St. Patrick's day, our basketball party, and of course our twin nephew's birthday party tomorrow!

So before too much time gets away, we got to celebrate Beau's exemplary rating in his last year state assessment test in reading at his school on Thursday. Proud parents!

And from there ..... Here we go! Happy March!