Easter Sunday

 Easter Sunday was busy and fun.  We started off the day with church.  Lucky for us, we attend at 9:00.  Unlucky for the kids who want to get up and hunt eggs and see what the Easter Bunny brought. I promised the kids that if they quickly ate breakfast and got ready for church, I would let them see their Easter baskets.  

 Ledger showing off the Cars Lego the Easter Bunny brought.

 Brody and Case comparing the Mario Cart Kinects.

 Miss B. was kinda ready for church (notice the wet hair), and she was thrilled with all the goodies that the Easter Bunny brought.

Who knew that all the Easter Bunny needed to bring was a box of Tic Tac's!

 After church, we came home and hunted eggs in the backyard.  Jeremy and I quickly made a relish tray and headed over to Aunt Missy's for more egg hunting.  The boys loved being with their big cousins and finding eggs in their new backyard. We left Aunt Missy's early and headed back over to Mom's house for the Pomeroy Easter celebration.  

After a delicious dinner, it was time for the Pomeroy egg hunt.  We usually have this egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa's house, but because Grandma is not doing very well, my mom offered to have the party at her house.  My grandpa puts money in the eggs for the 40 of us.  This year the money count was VERY LARGE because my grandparents are sure they will be dead by next Easter and we won't have the money egg hunt.  We laugh at this because my grandparents are going to out live the rest of us! We draw numbers and one at a time find THE egg.  We open the egg, tell how much money is inside and we all scream and cheer.

Here is Wayne holding up Paisley to find the perfect egg.

 Cousin John is always up to no good.

 That would be my little sister getting in my face about the egg that John found.  Not to worry, it all turned out ok, but you can see just how obnoxious and crazy we can get!

Brody with GG and G-Pa showing off the money egg he found.

Case's turn with GG and G-Pa.

 Ledger hopped out of the pool just long enough to find the perfect egg.

 Ash, Mom and I could to stop laughing at all the craziness going on.  For example, the egg that Uncle Phil found that had a $100.00 bill inside.  It actually didn't have a $100.00 bill inside but you should have seen the uproar that occurred when everyone thought that HE had found the BIG money egg! Oh and the $2.00 egg that Jeremy snuck in right before it was Aunt Michel's turn.  Since she was the last to hunt, she knew that a $2.00 egg was not that good of a find! You should have seen her face!  What a fun Easter night for us all!

Hope everyone had a great Easter celebration with family and friends.  I know this will be a weekend that we will never forget!  Happy Easter 2012!

Easter At Sugar's

 Saturday afternoon we went to my Mom's house to celebrate Easter with an egg hunt and dinner.  I had been throwing up the night before and was nooooot feeling well.  However, as you may remember from my post last year, we adults go on an egg hunt with money in the eggs and there was nooooo waaaaay I was gonna miss out on that.  Even if I had to barf my way through the backyard, I was gonna make a dollar or two (yep I'm poor and desperate).  

 First up was the egg hunt for the kids.  As you can see from the look on Miss B.'s face, she too thinks there is something super good in those eggs that were hidden in Sugar's front yard.  She was right, candy quarters and toys were just what she wanted. I wonder if my face looks like this when I go on the egg hunt.  Actually, the adult egg hunt is a little more aggressive and crazy.  You may get an elbow in the face if you're not careful (although Miss B. looks like she's throwing one to anyone who may be standing behind her).

 Cute cousins finding eggs.

 Brody and his bucket filled with Easter goodies.

 Ledger's bucket is filled to the rim.

 Case checking out what he got in his bucket. Do I spy a dollar in that pile?

Finding Easter eggs is so fun!

Dyeing Easter Eggs

 Friday afternoon, Sugar invited us over to dye eggs and have lunch.  Not only did she invite us, she invited the rest of the family which included 19 kids under the age of 9 and 20 adults.  She made Mexican food for us all and the yummiest desserts you ever tasted.  My kids had a blast dyeing eggs and of course swimming after they were done.

 Miss B. loved dyeing an egg one color, and then dipping it in another color to see what color it would then turn. It was a basically a science lesson on color mixing.

 These are Ledger's 2 favorite eggs.  See how they are two different colors?  Very pretty Ledger.

 Brody showing his "peace" egg.

 Case did all sorts of mixing and drawing on his eggs.  Very creative!

 Miss.B showing her favorite egg...PINK!

Dyeing Easter eggs as a child was always something I looked forward to.  I loved all the Easter-y colors and seeing what I could do with the eggs.  I loved getting together with my cousins and having lunch when we were done.  And as weird as this is going to sound...I love the smell of vinegar.  Weird right? It smells clean and delicious at the same time.  I have a feeling that my kids are going to love this tradition as much as I did.  

TAG!

 For Case's 7th Birthday Party, he wanted to take a few friends to Stratum Laser Tag for an afternoon of guns and video games.  PERFECT!  Since there was no school on Friday, we were able to go Thursday after school which worked out perfect since that was Case's actual birthday.

Some of the boys getting the run down on how the guns work.
Jackson, Hunter, Luke, Ledger, Nate, Jack, Drew, Ella, Sugar
Hayden, Cole, Case and Matix

 Jack and Leger were a little hesitant about laser tag.  It is pitch black and there is loud techno music blaring.  Everything is glowing and there is a maze of stairs and ramps everywhere.  Jack hung onto me like we were best friends.  It was cute.

Ella and Jeremy tagging the other team.

 Taking a break for pizza and soda.

Nate, Katlyn, Ella, Jack and a hiding Miss  B.

Getting the gear on again for another game of laser tag!

Singing happy birthday to the 7 year old.  Nothing like ice cream cupcakes from Cold Stone.

 After the party, we dropped off all the friends and headed over to Sugar's house for swimming and Outback Steakhouse for the adults.

It is tradition in our family to get a dollar for each year you are celebrating.  Case got 7 one dollar bills from GG and G-Pa

He also got a PoGo Stick from Sugar and Jim.  We were all laughing that Case wanted this since H.C. broke his nose and busted out his front teeth on a PoGo Stick when he was little.  I'll save that story for another time but for now, HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASE!

7

This cute kid turns 7 today. 

He is smart, kind, sensitive, strong, athletic, compassionate, and thoughtful.

He makes me laugh and cry.

I worry about this kid.

I love this kid. 

His big blue eyes make my heart skip a beat.

His 2 missing front teeth make me happy.

Watching this kid play sports (any sport) is pure excitement!

I love that he has definite opinions about things.

 Happy 7th Birthday Case...now stop growing up!

For breakfast in bed this morning, Case requested: Orange Julius, Scrambled Eggs with 2 English Muffins so he can make it into a sandwich, bacon and sausage.