Easter Sunday

Sunday was a really good day.  The Easter Bunny - who Eli and Josh say is Mom - came and left some goodies. Eli got a 'big kid booster seat', a chocolate bunny and a Reeses egg.  Josh got a chocolate bunny, a Reeses peanut butter egg, some new underwear and a baseball glove (he's wanted one for a while.)  Eli and Josh also gota new hamper for their clothes. Oh - each of the boys got a new Sunday shirt as well.
Noelle got a new dress and some pretty bows. Morgan got a Reeses peanut butter bunny and Reeses PB eggs, and I got Reeses PB eggs, and a Dove chocolate bunny.

I really love that our kids get so excited about getting useful things as gifts. Granted, I think anyone would be excited about getting out of a carseat and into the next step of booster seat.

We had a mellow morning with our colored eggs for breakfast and pancakes for lunch. I took pictures of the kids in their Sunday clothes, Noelle was too cute, I couldn't stop taking pictures of her! :)

We had a nice time at church. Our family sang in the choir, the kids got to help sing Teach Me to Walk in the Light, then the adults sang This Easter Morn. After church we went to a friend's home for dinner. Eli and Josh had a great time playing with their friends and we had fun socalizing. We got to bed around 9pm, but it was a great day.

The Goodies 

So excited!

Josh with his underwear and baseball glove. 

Eli is showing off his candy. 

The kids got to eat some of their candy before breakfast. 

Josh is eating the ears off his bunny.

Morgan made deviled eggs for his and my breakfast. 

Noelle was a happy baby. 

Here is Noelle in her new dress and bows. 

Noelle loves baths and wanted to get in with Josh. 

Isn't she just too cute!

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Eli ... the ninja boy

Joshua 

Eli and Josh are such great brothers. 

They LOVE holding Noelle 

My sweet kiddos

Me and my kids

Morgan didn't want to get on the grass, so we just took his picture with Noelle. 

Dyeing Eggs and Fish Fillets

Saturday evening we dyed our Easter eggs. Everyone got five eggs to dye any way they would like. Morgan always does cool designs on his. This time he did the Sig Sauer logo (its a gun maker) and a picture of a guy shooting a gun. I made a little Mockingjay egg and Eli and Josh colored on their eggs a little bit.

Morgan also did our family/

This is a guy shooting a gun.

Saturday night I didn't want to spend a lot of time making dinner so I decided trying to fry some salmon fillets. I had seen a recipe on the back of my cornmeal bag, and I decided to try it.  It actually turned out really, really well if I say so myself!  I also made green beans and we had leftover oriental chicken salad, green salad, and fruit cocktail for dinner. Eli and Josh both loved it as well.

Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday we went to Prarie Grove park for an Easter egg hunt. It was a pretty good group of friends and families who came. It was cold, windy and slightly sprinkling.  We had a lot of fun and a great lunch.

Red nosed baby- this was at the beginning!  

While the parents hid the eggs the kids were in a different spot playing Simon Says 

Eli got to be the Simon. 

The youngest kids got to go first. 

Each child got to find 1 dozen eggs. 

Eli found one that was buried. 

Josh's favorite pose. 

Noelle and Mom in the cold. 

This shiny egg was Eli's favorite. 

It was too cold for Noelle so we hung out in the car for a while.  Morgan fed Noelle lunch in the car while I got Eli, Josh and myself lunch and then we switched places. 

Big Hair

Noelle has a lot of hair on the top of her head. When it is not in ponytails it is all over the place.  She reminds me of the big hair and big bangs that were so popular during the 80's.

So here is Noelle's Big Hair.

It's hard to see in the front view. 

But here is a side view of all of her bangs. 

Chillicothe Fun

We just returned from spending an extended weekend at Oma & Opa's in Chillicothe.   We drove down Wednesday afternoon. Thursday Morgan and I went to Nauvoo to attend the Temple Sealing of a friend. We had dinner with the wedding party and then drove back to Ottumwa and saw the 9:40pm showing of The Hunger Games.

We were exhausted and somewhat concerned about such a late showing. The movie was excellent and we were not tired once it started. I would definitely recommend this movie.

Friday was Jim's 25th Annual 39th Birthday Party.  Shari made 9 batches of home-made ice-cream. We had chocolate, vanilla, mint chip, cherry chocolate, rhubarb, peach, strawberry, and tutti-frutti.  We also had several types of brownies.

Saturday and Sunday we got to watch conference and just enjoy being with family.

Noelle likes Honey

Honey is good with Noelle 

Noelle wanted to try self-feeding. 

Noelle & Anne

Josh, Henry, Dan and Eli watching Cars the movie.

Climbing on Morgan

We also went shooting - this is Morgan's round. 

Gordon and Guy 

Melissa 

Emily

Pete

Morgan