Ryder's preschool photos

Cutest little munch in the world.  I'm laughing at the fake log and backdrop that they posed against, but I still think it's the sweetest little preschool photo in the world.

Best coach ever!

The girls have played soccer for 3 seasons now and Cory has coached every time.  They are pretty lucky to have such a great dad who is an awesome coach.  This spring season has been fun because the weather hasn't gotten obnoxiously hot yet and we have lots of friends on our team including: Barrett, Avery, Dylan, and Bryce from last season.  They are having a blast together.

Hancock Field Day

Reese & Ryan love P.E. at school so it was no wonder that they looked forward to Field Day for almost 2 weeks.  The Kindergarten classes went first thing in the morning before it got too hot and they had such a blast.  I vividly remember doing Field Day at my school and it was always one of the most fun days of the year.  The apples don't fall far from the tree.

 This one below of Ryan is so HER.  She is always posing and I just look at this photo and it makes me smile.  Sassy little Ryboo!  Love her so much.

 Reese is pure joy in this photo.  You can tell she is having so much fun!  I love her squishy face and wrinkled up nose.  That sweet girl slays me.

Pool crashers we are

My cousin, Bryson and his family are in town and staying at the Phoenician.  We would have visited every day this week if possible but life just didn't allow for that.  We did make it up there on Monday & Wednesday and it was so much fun.  The girls had a half day on Wednesday so we went after lunch and spent the afternoon there.  They loved the waterslide and checking out the koi pond.  It's such a pretty place and I hope we can go back and visit this summer.  

Easter Sunday

We had such a fun Easter this year.  The kids are at a great age for hunting eggs and the annual scavenger hunt turned out awesome.  Haley & Romelo spent the night on Saturday so they all woke up and did the hunt together.  Romelo and Haley took turns reading the clues that led them to their Easter baskets.  Then we headed outside to find the plastic eggs filled with treats and money.

Here they are, waiting to start the hunt, still waking up.

I really love scavenger hunts.  My mom did them for us on Easter and I love carrying on the tradition.  It was fun to put different presents at each location and see how excited they were.

Here is Ryder's new Spider Man sleeping back hiding in the closet and a Fancy Nancy sticker book for the girls.

Next clue leads us to art supplies and stamp markers in the fridge.

Reese found the wooden blocks on the sofa.  She was so happy!

Don't think that I made up these little rhymes and clues all by myself.  Wish I was that creative.  Maybe if I had given myself more time.  No, I found these nifty little clues on Pinterest.  I loved that they talked about Jesus' being alive as it's the most important thing about Easter.

Last clue led us to Easter baskets that me & Auntie Casey put together.  Girls had flower baskets...

and boys had sports and cars.

It's all about the cars.

They found all the clues.  Now it's time to HUNT!

Can we come outside yet?  I love the toothless grin.

Ryder had a blast hunting eggs and he was really good.  He found some tricky ones that I thought the older kids would get.  Side note: I love this new shirt he's wearing that says "Always Hungry".  He is. Always Hungry.  Reese & Ryan aren't big snackers but Ryder boy is.  He's always asking me for food.  He's like a mini Cory with a super charged metabolism.

Run, Reesey, Run!

Haley found the golden egg, Round 1.  It had $5 inside and she over the moon.

Here we are checking out our loot.

We had the rest of our family over around 11 for brunch and another egg hunt.  The weather was gorgeous and our food was waaaay too yummy.  It was the perfect day with family except we missed Grandma & Grandpa, who were in Las Vegas for the weekend.

Reese won the golden egg, Round 2.  It was all so exciting.

Ryan looks like she's going to snatch that money from Reese, but she truly was happy for her sister.

Mimi & Ryan.

All five of us together :)

Early Easter at Gammie's house

My Gammie & Papa were married on Easter Sunday in 1949.  What a great time of year to get married.  My mom & Aunt Carol had an awesome idea to get the family together for an egg hunt & yummy food to celebrate the day.  There's a chance that Gammie's house will be sold soon (don't get me started on that one) and belong to someone else next year.  Someone not in our family :(  

We decided to make the most of her beautiful front yard with sprawling green grass.  The weather was so perfect at 5pm and the kids had a great time running around picking oranges, hunting eggs, and just being kids.

Here are some fun photos of our afternoon:

Rome, Ryder, Reese, Ryan, & Haley.

Reese telling Uncle Eddie a story.  He's such a good listener :)

Sassy Ryan & Spunky Reesey

Sugar cookies from AJs are the best.

Will had just woken up from his nap.  

He was a bit unsure of the egg hunt in the beginning but warmed up quickly.

Love these two boys so much.  They are just too yummy!

Sweet little girls.  They had a blast picking oranges in Gammie's grove.

Ryder boy on the hunt.

Sweet Keira girl.

Cory and the boys.

Me & Auntie Emmie.

Ryder was having waaay to much fun tackling Luke and wrestling him to the ground.  Luke is only one year older but much bigger than Ryder.  He was such a good sport to put up with Ryder and his unnecessary roughness.