Catching Up...not necessarily in order....

We will start with Easter.  Easter was spent at my parent's house again.  They seems to have the best yard for it  so that is where we usually spend it.  We didn't do anything big or fancy, just the basics, because we were actually running short on time.  The kids each got a modest Easter basket and hunted for eggs.  

Allison was upset because she didn't get any toys...she only got clothes. :(  The Easter bunny thought that putting money in their baskets would help compensate for anything else they wanted but it took Allison a little while to warm up to the idea.  All my kids actually love playing with their toys...even Austin at age 10.  I guess the Easter bunny didn't realize how much until after. ;)

My kids with some of their cousins, posing for the camera.  

Then we realized that Abigail wasn't outside yet so we had to get some more...

This one is my favorite.

We have a tradition in our family that the "littles" get a 30 sec. head start.  Asher was on his way...but we came to soon find out that he didn't need a head-start because he found almost twice as many eggs as the big kids did.  That is OK though because we like to practice socialism at our house and we split the eggs up equally.  ;)