Wow, life is crazy...

The beginning of April was pretty crazy, I am still trying to figure out why. The kids were on spring break and we did a few pretty cool things together. We went to the Reds/Findley Market parade for the first time. It was really pretty fun for me. The kids liked it for about 15 minutes but became increasingly bored as they realized that no one was going to throw candy. They said they liked the Norwood Day parade much better because it has candy and all the "big men who drive the little cars." We got to go over to grandma grace and grandpa tim's for dinner and to watch the reds game. It was lots of fun, the weather was great and we played in the yard and ate some really good steaks.

We also went to lunch with our friend Christy and her little one Lewis. Christy took all the pictures for us. We walked from her house to Wendy's and then to a park. The boys are really into jumping off of the swings right now.

The weather was beautiful for the first few days of spring break and then it sucked. That is the best way to describe it.

Another cool thing we did that made one day a little better in spite of the weather was go to Barnes and Noble. The kids got gift certificates from grandpa dennis and grandma linda. They each picked out a book and a little toy. It was a great way to spend some time and find a book to read later. The kids really enjoyed the entire experience.

Easter weekend was pretty cool too. The kids got these awesome easter baskets from our friends gil and Joanne. They have sort of adopted all of us as family. They get the kids Christmas presents and easter baskets. The get good stuff too! The kids were so excited about their baskets. They went through them immediately. It is such a blessing to be loved by so many.
On Easter we got to hang out with Josh's family and ours. The annual Easter egg hunt at the Seurkamps, the kids really love it. Josh's grandpa goes all out. He fills the eggs with money, prize tickets, candy, etc... Then all the adult men hide about 75 eggs and then the chaos begins. All the kids just start running and you know which ones know how it works because they don't stop to look in their eggs they just get as many as they can. The little ones like Eve and Providence just can't put their eggs in their bag, they have to look inside of it. It's really cute.

Providence and Eve got the special treat of hanging out with "our Nichole" on Saturday. They spent the whole day hanging out with her and her family. They loved it. We just wish Nichole would stay here in Cincinnati all the time, she's like family and it sucks to have her far away. We miss her.

Easter night we had a huge meal with my mom and that side of the family. When we got to her house Josh and I realized they had hidden about 40 eggs inside the house. We had to keep the kids quarantined in the kitchen until dinner was over so they didn't cheat and find them. That was next to impossible each kid found some excuse to come through and look for eggs while thinking no one knew what they were doing. It was comical the way they tried to trick us or talk to us while looking around the room for eggs. All in all it was a great holiday.

The transition back to school hours has been lots of fun...