Garber Easter Egg Hunt

We joined the Texas family at the annual Garber Easter Egg Hunt.  It was a really great time. The weather was perfect (little windy, but warm and sunny).  My brother and I had a great time laughing - sometimes at the expense of others.

The kids had a fun time also. Beau who had repeatedly told me he was too big to hunt eggs this year, amazingly, was ready and willing when he found out their could be money in the eggs.

Before we started the hunt, I gathered everyone together and said, listen kids, "You've got Levings' blood in you, and we are here to win. We are in it to win it."  Keep that story in mind as you read down.

Ryan, Alsyon, and Blake

Sweet peas

Let's get this thing started already.

Okay, so the first hunt was the 0-2 division and Ryan James dominated that category. He ran over those babies that needed help from their parents picking up eggs. He saw eggs and scooped them up in his basket like a little man possessed.  Unfortunately I got caught talking to someone, and I didn't get any pictures of him. But after the hunt was over, his Dad told him he was proud of him and he did a really good job hunting eggs. And I kid you not, he told his Dad that he was in it to win it.  

My day had already been made by 11:00AM.

Next up was 3-4 age group. None of us in that one. Then Brenley's division was 5-6.  We gave her a strategy to go long and she did.  Pure bliss on her face when she found out she didn't have to stop at a certain number of eggs (like she had to at Northridge). No baby, you can pick up as many as you want.  And boy did she ever.

On your mark, get ready, get set.....

My favorite picture

Alright. Next up. Blake's heat. The 7-9 division.

Bless his heart. Stupid girl tripped him.  He was going so fast to beat her!

But NO ONE is getting his eggs.

Finally, the last heat was 10-12 year olds.  I've never seen our boy run so fast. We joked with him afterward that we were going to start putting eggs on the bases to encourage him to run faster in baseball!  But here he is with beautiful Alyson.  They dominated the race too.

Giddy up!

Checking out their haul.

None of the kids were grand prize winners, but we had a great time. The hunt was well organized and it was a lot of fun to see our competitive kids in action.

Brenley's Easter Party at NR

I am going through my Easter pictures overwhelmed about how I blog about all the cuteness that is our family.

I'll start here..... Brenley's Easter party at NR. Always excited to have Mama there, and Mama wouldn't be anywhere else.

Rain moved the Easter egg hunt indoors in their gym.

This is her new pose - for everything.

Going through the loot.

Playing duck duck goose, or for this game, I think it was pat, pat, bunny.

Sharks and minnows game.

Now for the goodies.

Baseball Season 2014 has begun!

And so far, I have yet to capture our traditional fire place picture of Beau and Brian, all clean, all smiles, and ready for baseball.

I have, however, captured some pretty good pic's of our winning team.

Three baseball tournaments down.  Two championships and one cheated championship win!

Excited to see what this season brings. Official league play begins this week!

"Put this on Facebook"

She tells me that a lot. I love it. I'm not sure if she even knows what she is talking about, but she knows her teacher posts pictures on Facebook telling us what the kids are doing in the classroom. And one of Brenley's friends (that I am friends with her Mom on Facebook) told her once that she "saw her" on Facebook. Ever since then when she does something cute or clever, she tells me to post it on Facebook. So naturally, I'll just post it here instead!

 Playing "sardines" with her "babies."

I bought this shirt for her. It's a kill. It explains this portion of her report card.

 Like A Boss, baby!!

Spring Break

I can't say that our spring break was terribly exciting, but a break it definitely was.

The kids got precious time spent with both sets of grandparents and several of their cousins. Beau got in a K-State baseball game. Bren got in a few hours jumping at Pump It Up. Both kids got to go the movies. No homework. Sleeping in. Staying up late. Chilling. Yes. That is what we did. No complaints there.

So tomorrow starts our schedule again. Baseball is in full effect with Beau's first game Friday night. Beau enters his last 9 weeks of 5th grade. Bren her last 9 weeks of Kindergarten. I just submitted pictures for her K5 Graduation ceremony.  Wow. 

The movie we saw. Mr. Peabody and Sherman. 

 I got Courtney a job working at Target. Kidding. We were killing time while Makayla was trying on clothes. She is silly.

 Making pinecone bird feeders with PaPa.

Hanging the feeders up.

And my handsome nephew, Carter.

 The boys playing basketball.

"Tractor" rides with PaPa.

Beau is driving the tractor??? Help us all!!

Basketball is finally over

I forgot my camera at home a lot this basketball season. I guess between last year (took a lot of pictures) and this year (only shot at a few games), it all balances out. 

Anyway, so proud of my son. So very proud of him and how he played every game. His sportsmanship, his knowledge of the game, and of course his skills.....all improving from season to season and game to game. 

My husband did a great job helping coach this season.  He yelled at the boys today. Called timeout and came off the bench hollering. He never does that, but it was well timed and intentioned and the boys pulled their heads out after that. The yelling thing can be overused, but I guess he saved it all up for one last game, because he typically only yells at the refs, but no T for him this season. So proud.  So very proud.

Our Nephews

I guess after Valentines Day I just shut down?!? Not sure what happened between then and now. I think a lot happened, but I certainly didn't document it. I know we played some basketball games. I know I traveled.  And in between…..we wrestled with the cold and snow from this long winter. But….guess nothing worth documenting with photos.  Except…….

Our twin nephews turned 3! And of course I forgot my camera and we had to leave early because of the pending storm. Sigh. 

But Mama Laurie did manage to send us cute pics of Brandon dressing up in his new play clothes. I guess Tyler isn't sure about them yet, but Brandon is all in!

And Sister made both boys two rubber band bracelets. She worked all week on them and was so excited to give them their Denver Bronco colored bracelets! 

And then here is our "almost" 3 year old nephew Ryan catching a fish. Pure joy on that sweet face!

And here he is being a Cowboy and singing. This boy..... Has my heart. 

And here he is just singing loud and proud. Our Ryan James.

Love these cute boys. Blessed to know them and live in their world.