On a hunt for eggs

This year for Easter we went to my mom's for a yummy dinner and an egg hunt for the kids. At first Madelyn was not sure what to do and gave me a look of confusion. But will a little help she got the hang of it. 

Ethan was pretty excited for the egg hunt and moved faster then I could take a picture. So sadly I only got a few shots of him hunting. 

The kids and all of their loot

Cute Aunt Jenny and Madelyn

And we can't forget the best part. Opening the eggs and seeing all of the fun stuff inside. 

Easter morning

On Easter morning the kids woke up to find this...

They were pretty excited

Here are my two cuties all dressed and ready for church in their new Easter outfits. 

Egg coloring time!

The kids had a blast coloring eggs this year. Little miss Madelyn loved coloring on her eggs with crayons and then watching as the eggs changed colors. Brandon and Sara joined in our fun too.

Ethan of course thought it was so fun and asked to eat one of his colored eggs every morning until they were gone. These pictures capture Ethan's enjoyment and excitement so well. Just look at his face!

My cute kids! I can never get them to both look at the camera at that same time and smile. 

The finished eggs

My handsome hubby!

Dancin E

Ethan has figured out how to use itunes on the computer and I will often find him singing and dancing to whatever he has turned on. Here's a little clip that he let me take. Only he thought I was taking a picture not video. He he he!

Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse

Just like her brother Madelyn loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She gets so excited when it comes on and loves to sing the beginning song with Mickey. I got a short video of her dancing and singing with Mickey. And if your not sure what shes watching there is a clip of the being of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse below her video. 

Christmas

It's never too late to blog about Christmas right? Well our day started out with the kids waking up to find presents all under the tree and their stockings filled.

They are so excited to open their presents. If you look closely at the middle picture you can see how excited Madelyn is. 

There were plenty of presents to open and Madelyn had lots of fun open her presents this year.

One of the big hits was their dogs. These puppies walk and bark when you pet their back and the kids thought this was so fun!

Ethan has been asking for a football helmet for a long time. It seemed like every time football was on he'd come ask for a football helmet. Santa heard that wish and he delivered.

This picture is funny to me because you can see how crazy our morning was with wrapping paper and boxes. 

After our fun morning of Christmas present we went to church and then headed to my parents house. He had our traditional Christmas omelets and then lots of presents. 

We ended our fun family day by going to Jared's brother's house and having delicious food and fun games. At the end of the night we light a bunch of lanterns and watched them fly away. It was a great day and I love spending time with family. Especially when we can spend it with both sets of grandparents. 

Christmas Eve

I realize that I am way behind in my blog posts but better late then never :)

We have a Christmas tradition of having the kids do a present exchange and then Jared and I give the kids a new movie on Christmas Eve. This year Ethan gave Madelyn an Ariel doll...

And Madelyn gave Ethan a Batman action figure...

Jared and I gave the kids Cars2. Which Ethan was very excited about. After watching the movie we got ready for bed and put out milk and cookies for Santa. I was a little worried that Ethan would be too excited to fall asleep but he did great. It took him a short time to fall asleep so that Santa could come drop off his presents.