The airport!

The day that Nana and Papa were to leave the kids had school but Deb thought that it was a special enough occasion for them to get to have a 'sick day' and come with Deb to the airport to drop them off. We usually only see them twice a year so...

When we got to the airport it wasn't too busy and Hudson was looking at the suitcase weigh scale very intently so the ticket agent asked him if he wanted to be weighed. He of course said sure and luckily I had my camera to capture the moment. The other kids thought it was pretty neat except for Emm who wasn't all that sure about it!!

The kids with Nana and Papa and the pictures that they colored for them so they could put them on their fridge when they got back home.

Hudson on the airport scale...should we send him off to Canada too? (somedays the answer is a definate yes!)

Tori's turn on the scale...(five days out of seven the answer is to pack her up in a box and send her to Nana and Papa!! Terrible twos my butt...i say its terrible fours, urgh)

Little Miss Nervous, otherwise known as Emily!!

Mr. Happy...Max is generally smiling most of the time at everyone around him, including strangers!!

Easter :)

The Easter Bunny made a visit at our house and as usual the kids got spoiled.

That evening Deb and Jan made a nice Easter dinner and as usual we all ate way too much!

The loot!

Max and his eggs from his Easter egg hunt.

Deb and her girlies after dinner and with the Easter table decoration that Nana and Papa brought for the kids. It was a fiber optic table center piece that played spring time music. The kids all liked to play 'carefully' with it.

Emily and her new ear rings that Nana bought the girls for Easter. Hudson got a cool magnetic car that he plays with all the time and Max got a super soft bunny rabbit with long legs!!

Nana and Papa's Visit

Okay so i officially suck at the blog thing!! I haven't updated it in two months and we have had a lot of things happen in that time!!

Deb's parents came for a visit during the kids spring break and everyone seemed to have a good time. We played games, went to the zoo and Papa even had a chance to go and see one of Hudson's baseball practices. While they were down here we also had a chance to see Papa's uncle Dave and his wife Gwen and go out to dinner with them. The last time Deb had seen him was when she was around Emily's age. The kids got a kick out of seeing their mom called "Little Debbie".

It was a fun visit even though Max got sick and we had to lay low for a few days. The kids with Nana after their bath waiting for Papa to bbq the steaks for dinner!

Emily with Nana and Papa playing on our new air hockey table.

Jason and Max at the zoo! Yes, Jason either needs a haircut or a ball cap, haha!

The kids with Nana and Papa at the zoo!

Deb and the kids petting sting rays at Sting Ray Bay at the zoo. The kids, Papa and Jason got a real kick out of it. I wasn't too sure. They actually got to feed them pieces of shrimp and little fish out of their hands.

Emily's Birthday Party With The Family :)

Jason's family came over for dinner to celebrate Emily's 8th birthday. During Emily's party earlier on in the day we asked them not to pop all the balloons to save some for their cousin Matthew. The kids had a real blast popping the remaining balloons!!

Jason brought in the kids picnic table for the kiddies to sit at for dinner. Matthew didn't last long at the table. He wanted to play with the toys!!

Max loved eating his cupcake!!

Uncle Tyler and Jason put on Emily and Tori's Hannah Montana wigs and told her that now she definatley had "The best of both worlds!!" (that is a Hannah Montana song) Emily was so embarassed that her dad and uncle would do something so silly!!

Emily really really wanted a talking globe for her birthday. Jason and I weren't sure about getting it but so far she seems to have a lot of fun playing with it. It has all sorts of games on it that teach the kids (and us big people!) about the earth and what countries there are, their national anthems, the major cities, states, provinces etc...you name it its got it and you learn about it. Apparently her teacher has one just like it so she already knew how to work it. It was a lot of fun for us to see Uncle Bob, Auntie Steph and Matthew!!

Emily's Hannah Montana Birthday Party!

Emily invited some of her school friends over to celebrate her 8th birthday. The girls got Hannah Montana hair and then sang karaoke of Hannah then painted their nails, made some mini pizzas and had some cake and then opened presents.

Emily's Hannah Montana guitar cake made out of cupcakes!

After the girls did the cake and present thing, they went out and jumped on the trampoline. Jason and I blew up 150 balloons the night before and the girls had a blast jumping and popping the balloons. It was a fun time had by everyone!!

Tori's Preschool Trip To the Dairy Farm

The preschool on the hay ride!

Tori feeding one of the goats.

Tori chasing one of the chickens!

Tori and her friend Bailey petting one of the bunnies.

Tori holding the chicken!! She loved this part best :)

A group of my friends and I co-op teach preschool for nine kids and today we took them on a field trip to the dairy farm behind our neighborhood. It was nice for the kids to get to see what makes the air "stink" if the wind blows the wrong way!!!

They got to go on a hay ride, feed the goats and horses, pet the rabbits, hold the chicken, play in a hay maze and taste different flavors of milk at the milk bar.

Everyone seemed to have a good time!

Tori especially liked holding the chicken and feeding the goats.

Gram's 14th Birthday!

Grandpa and the cake!

Gram about to blow out her candles!

Gram's fruit flowers.

Hudson and Uncle Tyler with his handcuffs!!

On February 29th we went over to Gram and Grandpa's to celebrate Gram's 14th real birthday. She is a leap year baby and Grandpa got a delicious cake for her! We decided to get Gram a flower arrangement made out of fruit from a company called Incredible Edibles. It sure looked tasty!! When we were there Uncle Tyler brought out his handcuffs from his police training and handcuffed all the kids. Hudson thought it was pretty cool :)