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i guess it's about time for another photo dump...

grace said, "i ate all of my green beans tonight because i'm going to be an artist.  i want to be strong, and i wanted cake!"

carter ate an entire pineapple snake (aka: hawaiian steak)!  well, except for the pieces stuck in his teeth.

found this in the fridge...she knows me well

he made his favorite color...rainbow!!!

crazy sock night at awana!

checking out our caterpillars!

we went to the opening eyes to autism 5k with our favorite drew boy!

the kids had so much fun cheering the runners on as they crossed the finish line.

the cool glowsticks made cheering a little more exciting!

grace even got some snuggle time with cousin bailey.

aunt steph had an entourage of kids help her cross the finish line!

team crew. light it up blue.

our "paterkillers" are getting bigger!

we have a monkey that lives in our tree.

happy

happy

friday!!!

field day!

Grace had her first field day and she was super excited about playing all day!

...hula hoop rolling...

...balloon hopping...

...digging for treasures...

...preparing for tug of war...

...tugging...

Glad we got to cheer on this cutie and her friends!

HaPPy FieLD DaY!!!

her first loose tooth

My little girl lost her first tooth!  She is so excited!  I am too, but I'm also sad...she's growing up!!!

She was sooo ready to loose a tooth and super excited for a visit from the tooth fairy!

our easter morning

We started a new tradition last year on Easter morning.  During breakfast, we give our kids an Easter egg and rolled up inside is a Bible verse.  This is a verse that we are going to pray over them during the year...a different verse for each kid and one that is relevant to their lives.  I print it on a card and hang it in their room in order to help us remember to pray it and to help them remember that we are praying their verse over them.  We still did Easter baskets with too much candy and junk, but I'm hoping that we can eventually stop that.  We'll see...some things are hard to give up.

And for breakfast, we continued with our tradition of resurrection rolls.  I think that these are neat and help keep the focus on what Easter is all about...serving a LIVING Savior!

And just to keep it real...our kids were way more excited about the junk in their Easter baskets than they were about their verses and Carter wouldn't even try to eat his breakfast.  We do not have perfect children and we are definitely not perfect parents...we are all just trying to do our best and some days are better than others. 

Happy Easter

After church on Easter, we went to my parents' house for lunch and some Easter fun!

We ate some yummy barbeque and a ton of deviled eggs.  Then the kids hunted for Easter eggs.  Each kid had to hunt for their special numbered egg.  This made it way more complicated than I had imagined it would, but in the end, everyone found all of their eggs!

Carter Man got busy eating all of his candy!

These three ate, sorted, and compared all their candy!

Next, we had an egg war!  Everyone brought a "special" colored hard boiled egg.  We drew names and the two competitors would roll their eggs toward their opponent's egg...the object: crack your opponent's egg, but not your own.  If your egg doesn't crack, you would move on to the next round.

I think, everyone had fun.

The cheaters were disqualified...no tape.  no plastic eggs.

It may have gotten a little intense at times. Ha!

The final round...Tripp versus Mimi!

And the Egg War Champion is...TRIPP!!!

Hopefully, we can make this a fun tradition!!!

After the egg war, we went to Grandma Great's house for dinner and another egg hunt.  And, yes, Carter ate all of that candy too!  But, the good news is...his candy is all gone and I don't have to tell him that he can't eat candy for breakfast or after his teeth have been brushed or right before nap time or...