A Happy Easter

This past week was a fun filled week of family and friends. I took the kids twice to the gym and poor James cried the entire time, but he atleast let me get in 30 mins each time. I think I will stick going at night, and then Thursday we went to our friend Paula's for a Hot Tub Party and lunch. We had pizza and enjoyed the Hot Tub. James loved being outside and was really good for the two hours we were in there. Reaganne and Taylor loved it and reminded me that they want swimming lessons again this year. I think Taylor is defintely ready, he had no fear as he jumped right in and had a blast. Reaganne is just a fish and remembered all the techniques from last years lessons.

Then Friday we went to the park to hang out with our very missed friends The Holbrooks. Amanda and the girls and some other friends from church all got together to picnic and play while we moms caught up. It was great to see Amanda and the girls. Then we came home and dyed our Easter Eggs for our Easter Egg Hunt for Saturday! (The Easter Bunny was coming early, because the weather was going to be bad on Sunday ;))
Then we headed over to Grandma's and Grandpa's for an Early Easter Dinner and Egg Hunt. The food and company was great and the kids really enjoyed the back yard (which has been child proofed since the late Muffin has passed away) and the sunroom is a great place for the kids to play now too. Really nice for the parents, because they are not surrounding us all the time now and we can hold a converstation without screaming and stuff. I just am reminded everytime we get together how much I love that all the cousins are close enough to each other to grow up together. We have twelve under the age of 7 and they all have soooo much fun together. The all are different, yet a like and it is so fun to see them growing up together. I feel very blessed.

Then Saturday we spent the day as a family and I woke up extra early to hide the eggs for the kids and was so excited to wake them up and Reaganne ran to the Refrigerator and looked to see if the dyed eggs were in the carton still, and she was so excited to see they were gone. So out they went to hunt for eggs. I was so proud of myself this holiday, because I did not procastinate for their easter baskets. I bought them cute personalized buckets from my friend Amanda Holbrook (www.mandyswallcandy.blogspot.com)

and bought in advance those extralarge prepackaged baskets at walmart about a month ago. Hiding those three suckers was the hardest. The kids were very excited. Reaganne got a basket that had all cooking and tea party stuff, Taylor got the tool basket with all kinds of tools, and Baby James got the one with three stuffed animals. It was a good Easter Weekend!
Reaganne is still in her dance class on Mondays and I hopefully will get some pictures soon! I can't find the battery charger for my camera, so I am having to take pictures with my phone and they are not turning out very good when I take them, so hopefully I will find the charger soon! Here are some decent pics from the week!

My BIG helper!

Easter Sunday! I really need to just pay the money for a portrait! ;)