Nesting Has Begun

I think with moving into a smaller house everything seems to be everywhere. And Ben and I can't stand it any longer. Today Ben mowed the lawns and then proceeded to clean out the back covered patio "sun room." We have been talking about kicking the dogs out of there for a while but we finally did it. We just need to get a storage container for all the yard stuff and it will be perfect.



Ben then tossed bags of stuff from the attic and put more stuff to replace it in the attic area. Ben really wants to clean up the garage so that it is organized more and I am all for it. There is stuff that we just don't use and won't be using so it needs to go.

As for the inside I have been going through all of Katelynn's clothes finding the things she doesn't fit and sending them to Taylor. Katelynn and the baby will be sharing a closet so I have moved Katelynn's stuff to one side and am putting the baby's stuff on the the other. I am going to go through this house room by room and clean it top to bottom over the next 16 weeks and hopefully keep everything organized between now and then.

Easter #2

On Friday afternoon before Easter we went over to my parents house and had our Easter Party. We Dyed eggs. Katelynn dyed one egg but REALLY wanted to drink the dye and was very upset that I wouldn't let her drink it. She got over it though. There was an egg hunt. This is the first year that I can remember that we didn't hide the boiled eggs. Last year Damien was only hunting the plastic ones. If he found a boiled one he would leave it for his brothers.
The hunt was on and Katelynn knew exactly what eggs she wanted. Grandma bought some eggs that had a plastic wrapping on them and she would only put those in her basket. She found one that had Starburst jellybeans in it and it opened and I thought she would sit and eat the Jellybeans but she would have nothing to do with them. She did not want that egg. We soon found out that the eggs she liked had stickers in them and I told the boys if they didn't want the stickers they could give them to Katelynn. When we got home and she learned that there were "sicks" in them she wanted them all opened and we put them in her coloring book. I think next year she will be excited about the candy eggs.
We had an awesome dinner with a great ham from Costco cooked by Grandma, Relief Society Potatoes with real potatoes not the frozen, homemade bread by Sarah, Rainbow Jello that I won't be making again (way to time consuming and didn't taste good), corn on the cob, Fruit Salad, and of course the Bunny Cake.
Everyone played outside until it was too cold and windy to be outside.

Dying Eggs



Katelynn putting Stickers on the egg


Katelynn upset about her "drink"


More Egg Dying




The Hunt is on


What they Found


Katelynn being Cute


Grandma with a bunny treat bag I made


Mike wasn't mad, I just took the pic too quick, he was adjusting his face to smile


Playing

Easter #1...

Last weekend Caleb and Heather came up for the weekend. Everyone got together and had we had a big dinner on Sunday after church. The kids had a great time playing together in Beth and Kevin's Backyard. Mary brought some stuff and we were able to have an Easter Egg hunt. This was Katelynn's first actual hunt, last year she just smiled big and ate some goldfish. I showed Katelynn where an egg was and to put it into her bag. After she saw it done the first time she was all over it. I would point to another egg and she would run go to it and put it in her bag. She found quite a few which I later gave to the other kids since we (I) didn't need to eat all of those chocolate eggs. There was a bunny for each of the kids that Katelynn would not put into her bag. I would put it in there and she would toss it out. The bag was for eggs only.
It was fun to spend time with family.

Grill talk

Eden and Brynne


Josh and Jonah Bouncing



Tara


Joshie the Cutie Pie


My Favorite Picture of Tara


Everyone Bouncing


Hunting for Eggs


Eating the spoils of the hunt...



If it doesn't get all over the place it doesn't belong in your face

Dogs

Yes, in case you all forgot we have two massive dogs. I do NOTHING for them. I don't feed them, walk them, play with them, NOTHING. I really just don't care for them, but we keep them since Ben wants them and Katelynn thinks they are totally awesome. Max and Jesse have been over a couple of times in the past few weeks and are totally in to these dogs. They are usually scared of them at first, then will warm up to them. When they were over on Friday I let them all play with the dogs in the front yard. Everyone was happy. The dogs loved chasing the boys and they were all licked. Jesse or Max said to me, "They really like you." I was sitting on the porch chairs and the dogs would come and sit at my feet or just be way too close to me.
We played for about an hour before my allergies got the best of me and we all had to go inside.


Jesse with the dogs


Jesse took this picture


I don't know what she was doing here, but she was concentrating pretty hard doing it.


Max