Easter Sunday Morning

Here are the kids after they all found their Easter baskets. I totally forgot to take one of Bailey with hers when she found it later. :-(As soon as Lacy saw me taking pictures she started crawling towards me.RIGHT up to the camera.To show me what was in her egg

Peace Out

Easter Saturday at the Smith's

After leaving Grannie's we went to my mom's house and the kids decorated Easter egg's, but I forgot to take pictures of that. Then, we went to celebrate Easter with the Smith's.

Here are all of the kids under 12 who were waiting for the Easter egg hunt to startSomebody said something like, "who wants candy?" or "who wants an Easter egg hunt?"Check out that backyard!! So many places to look!!EllyShyannKatieCheckin out the goodsLacy

Easter Saturday at Grannies

We've been so busy this past week I got pretty far behind in downloading pictures, so I'll break this up into a few posts.

Last Saturday we started our Easter celebration at Grannies place where they had some fun and games for the kids. My camera was being really goofy. It was on, but wouldn't take a picture and wouldn't turn off. I was ready to give up on it when my mom got the brilliant idea to take the batteries out and put them back in. Yay mom! It worked and the camera was better after that, but I missed a lot of pictures that I had thought it was taking of the kids on an Easter egg hunt through the building.

Sydney (cousin) on the Easter egg huntBraden (cousin) on the Easter egg huntHere the lady is telling the kids how this game works. She puts an egg out in front of them and whoever rolls their egg closest to that one wins. Lacy just wanted to get an egg. The kids were the entertainment for the residents...if they could stay awake. :-)Check out Hailey holding her back.She finally got one.Two!!In the next game they were all given noodles and they raced to see who could push their egg past the finish line first. Check out Talon! I had a coach tell me once that if you're not cheating you're not trying hard enough. LOL

Saturday - Easter bunny & Earings

Saturday we took the kids to see the Easter Bunny at Superstition Springs. They were sooo excited! As soon as we got there Hailey was not as excited.

Talon loved it! But, it took a little (OK a LOT longer) to get the girls to sit there...dang they're cute!!When we were finished we had some time to waste before meeting the Smith's for Joe's birthday dinner, so we decided to get Lacy's ears pierced. I won't say anything about the girl who did it, but if you've been to Claire's at Superstition springs you know what I'm talking about...HE was really nice and did a wonderful job. ;-)

Lacy didn't really appreciate it though. This is right after she finished the second ear.AwwwwDon't feel too bad for her though. This is about 5 minutes later...she's fine. :o) She's so lucky she was born in April...her diamonds look beautiful!!

Sunday

Sunday morning we got up, went to breakfast, did some grocery shopping and then took the kids to Chuck-E-Cheese. Way to keep the Sabbath day holy right? Hey, at least we spent the day together. :o)

Here's a picture Hailey took of Talon (wearing my sunglasses) and me at breakfast. Hailey and LacyTalonLacyTalon & HaileyAfter Sunday dinner (yeah, we did some things right that day) Joe got to blow out ANOTHER set of candles for his birthday. Bailee, Lauren, Joe, Lacy, Hailey and Talon.

Happy Birthday Joe!!

A visit with Great Grandma Katie

Saturday afternoon we met my mom, with Sydney and Braden, at Grandma's. Seriously, this is the best picture of about 25 I took.

Grandma, Braden, Talon (grumpy!), Hailey, Sydney and Lacy.Talon didn't want to have his picture taken, so we took him out and tried again.The kids went outside and started climbing the tree.

SydneyHaileySydney&Hailey Talon slipped and scraped his leg, so we don't have any of him in the tree this time. Maybe next time?

A couple of updates

Weight Loss Update

It has been 6 weeks since THIS post. I am proud to say I have not gained any weight back, but I have not lost any more weight either. Maintaining is much easier than losing! I am still working full time, coaching softball in the afternoons and making it to the gym a few nights a week to work out with Joe. I am pretty tired, but my new jeans still fit, in fact I think I could go down a size!

Softball
This past weekend the softball team drove to Page for a double header. I did not go. 5 hour bus ride there + 2 games + 5 hour bus ride home = No thanks! The team won both games, and I got to spend the weekend with my family! :o) Seton is now 6-0!!

A new roommate
A girl that Joe works with turned 18 last week and was kicked out of her house. She is still in high school. She is now living in our spare bedroom/computer room. She doesn't have a lot of space, little to no privacy and our kids make it practically impossible for her to sleep in. Yet, she is very appreciative and respectful, and the kids ♥ her. Welcome to our house Bailee!
Joe's Birthday
Joe is turning 33 on Thursday. Not only do I not have a gift for him...I have NO IDEA what to get him. Really, NO IDEA! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Send them to kdairman@apexcapital.com so Joe will not see them, and I can pretend that I came up with them on my own. Seriously!

Get Your Lemonade!!

Talon has been asking to have a lemonade stand forEVER! Last Saturday we finally let him, and he had a great time. He set up at the back fence for the golfers.

How can you pass up those cute faces without buying a cup? You can't! Talon was sooo great! He ran his lemonade stand for about 2 hours and stayed there the whole time. He would stand there patiently and wait for the golfers to finish the hole and as soon as they started walking to their golf carts he would yell, "Get your lemonade! Get your lemonade!" until they stopped or passed him. At one point two guys stopped and gave him $1 each, but didn't want any lemonade. Talon said maybe they gave him the money because he's so cute...I think he's right!

He made $13.75 and gave $2 to Sydney for helping. She would only run over (sometimes) when he had a customer. :o)

After her, Hailey and Braden went in the jacuzzi (hot cozy at our house) I did her hair. I loved the 4 leaf clover that I saw on Cute Girly Do's, so I tried it on Sydney.Monday night I added ribbon and gave Hailey a shamrock, which is a slight variation of what I saw HERE (another one from Cute Girly Do's).I thought it turned out really cute.

School Zoo Trip & Star Hair

I got the idea from The Story of A Princess & Her Hair - it's a little bit of a variation to her Twist Braid Star I started out with the 5 ponies and then made two twist braids in each one, then took them each to the appropriate pony. But because each pony had two coming and going from it I couldn't use a rubber band to attach it. I used a little clip instead. Although it looked cute when I did it, those don't hold her hair all day.So, the next day I just did one twist from each pony and made a star patten, rubber banding each as I went. The very last one couldn't be rubber banded, so I used a clippie. It fell out ALL day at the zoo and I put it in over and over again about a hundred times until I just put it in my pocket. The other clippies are there just so the one that I needed didn't look out of place.The kids took a field trip to the zoo on Friday and I got the afternoon off work to go with them. Here is Hailey and Ava and a friend waiting for the puppet show to start.

Talon didn't want to sit on the floor, so he sat in a chair next to me.The whole gang (almost)

On the train rideWe got off the train near the petting zoo, but once we got close Talon said that it smelled too bad and he didn't want to go in. Hailey was already in with Grandma & Grandpa Dairman, so I told Talon he could either stay at the stroller by himself or come in with me. He wasn't happy about it, but he came in. Once we were inside with the goats, one peed and the other one was licking it up. Gross!! At least the goats don't lick you. He stood around for a little while and then looked at me and said, "Fine, where's a brush?"Ava, Hailey and GrandpaEven Grandma got in on the action!