Easter 2011

I am sure that I have mentioned this before, but Easter is by far my FAVORITE holiday. I love Easter because:

You get to paint Easter Eggs. I love painting Easter Eggs. I always boil a ton so that there is enough for me to color some too. The boys also had a blast painting their eggs. Kade made his into monsters and Tyce was thrilled with his superman egg.



The Easter Egg Hunt's this year were also fun. The first one we went to was at the local grocery store (can I just say AWESOME!!!). The kids all came home with bug juice, string cheese, donuts, rubber band bracelets, soda's, and tons of other fun things. It was a hit. The next one was at the city park. We got to take our picture with EB himself.....the hunt was well.....ok.

Chase, Kade, and Tyce ready for the BIG hunt

On Thursday we headed out on the desert for our annual Easter camping trip. In all my 28 years, I have never not camped for Easter. The best part about camping is that my kids play and play and play until they are exhausted. Here are Kyle and Tyce gearing up for a 4-wheeler ride.

Jess was also a great sport. He is a great little camper (a very handsome one as well).

Tyce

We played a really fun game of baseball. Kade is becoming quite the little athlete (he gets it from his mom...... J/K)

The Easter Bunny always finds us out on the desert and this year he brought Kade and Tyce a basket full of fun things like this little paintball gun.

The EB also did a great job hiding their eggs, here we are at 7:00am looking for them.

Jess did a great job hunting for eggs too

Here are my cute little boys posing with their Easter baskets. They were so excited. Tyce said that he saw the Easter Bunny come into our trailer and leave treats (he is always full of stories).

For our ride this Easter, we drove down to "The Jump". Each year we take a drive somewhere cool....thankgoodness it wasn't the dinosaur quarry again.

Our next camping adventure was another Easter Egg hunt. When we were all through finding eggs, Tyce sat himself down in this little spot and "had a picnic". We weren't even close to camp, but he wasn't about to move from his special little spot. He cracks me up. (EB did not give him those shades, it was a treasure that he found on his hunt)

Finally, it is also our tradition to "roll our Easter Eggs".....well or throw them, but it's all the same. By the time we were all done rolling eggs, the hill was all sorts of fun colors.

I am sad that Easter went by so fast. I already wish that we were back out camping! Happy Easter everyone!

Our Awesome Vacation

I have been wanting to take my boys to Disneyland for such a long time and we finally did it! We decided to fly to California first of all because Tyce LOVES airplanes and has never actually been on one.....well lets just say it wasn't his favorite part of the vacation......he HATED it. Anyway, we flew into San Diego, rented a car, and started our trip at the Maritime Museum:

Kade and Tyce loved the submarines and the pirate ships

After the museum, we checked into our hotel and then headed to the beach. The boys loved playing in the sand and running in the waves....until they got really cold.

Kade sporting his roo's on the beach

Our next stop was Sea World. We spent two days there and the kid loved it. Their favorite part was the sharks. We had to go and see them quite a few times.

We ended our little trip with a few days at Disneyland. We all thought that the buzz lightyear ride was the coolest. Tyce wasn't much of a thrill seeker, so Kade and I had to ride a lot of the rides without Tyce and dad. Here they are in toon town.

We left Jess at home with Grandma Jo. We missed him so much and we were so happy to finally get home to give him kisses. Here are the mickey ears we bought for him. He is so cute isn't he!!!

Now that we are home and getting back into the swing of things we are getting ready for Easter and Kade's birthday.

Wrestling and Lovin the Outdoors

Can I just tell you that I have the cutest little wrestlers in the WHOLE world! Kade and Tyce have been wrestling for the past month now and I have had a blast watching them. Kade does so good and never gives up. He always looks up to the audience to make sure that we are all watching him take down his opponent. Tyce cracks us all up. He gets out there ready to wrestle and then he starts running.....it is so funny because usually the person that he is supposed to wrestle starts chasing him and it becomes quite the game. Last Thursday was their last big tournament where they got their hoodies and their medals. They thought they were pretty neat stuff with those medals......well I thought they were pretty neat myself.

Here they are getting ready for their big match

This is what Tyce spent his time doing.....well that and running around and doing cartwheels Look at my tough little Kaders Receiving their medals

We have also been spending A LOT of time outdoors....usually out on the desert to check on the cows. Here is Jess loving being outside. He is such a cute baby and is always so happy. This little man melts my heart every time I look at him.

Two of a kind aren't they?

On one of our trips out to the desert, we fixed a fence around the covert by the water trough. By the time we were done fixing fence, Kade and Tyce were soaked from playing in the water trough.

Best buds

This Saturday we took the four wheelers and rode out to cupcake rock to carve Jess and Bodee's names in the family rock. The weather was perfect, and the ride was a blast. Jess did really well on his first 4-wheeler ride.

I just hope that this warm weather sticks around so that we can continue to enjoy the outdoors. I have really enjoyed seeing all of our baby calves and can't wait for our next adventure.