Easter Easter Easter!!

Our Easter festivities started on Saturday evening with some egg coloring. Truth be told I wasn't so sure how the whole dye with a 2 1/2 year old would work, but he always seems to surprise me in how well he does and how mature he is getting. Maddy did well too, she wanted to eat the eggs more than anything, but she managed to color a few also.
Kaden was very careful and had great direction from Daddy. When they would pull the eggs out of the dye Kaden would exclaim, "ohhhhh, beautiful!!" What a cheese ball!Jamie helped Maddy so I could be the photographer. She really liked the spoon!McKenna and Justin making some pretty designsThis is what I got when I said give me a "cheese". You want one, you got one Mom! I have to say this is my favorite picture they have taken in a long time. The looks on their faces are even better than cheesy grins. They really are such great buds!Grammy somehow pinned them down for a pic!Doesn't my lil' man cub look so handsome!
Checking out the contents of the basket. It was our tradition to always get a bathing suit in our baskets and Bryce's to get a kite, so the Easter bunny was good to them and they got both!I can't smile right now, I have just shoved as much candy as possible in my mouth before my Mom swiftly takes it away! I'm not too young to know what's going on!!We officially have a kiddie table!! Yeah! We had my side of the family and the Bishop side for a combined Easter celebration with lots of yummy food (of course), a fun little egg hunt and of course lots of fun!
Felicity made the kids some cute cupcakes that Kaden thinks he's grabbing on the sly! Daddy is helping Kaden scope out the "good" eggs. It is truely exciting to be a parent and be on the other side of these traditions. Look at the excitement in Bryce's eyes to help his lil' buddy hunt some eggs.I got the "golden egg"!!I made the kids wear their bunny ears while hunting. I think this might have turned into a tradition, they looked way too cute!
I guess he didn't need too much help!Searching through all the goodies!
Last, but not least, the scavengers of the yard!! :0

I hope you all had a great Easter!!

Finally a Nephew!!

Justin and Andrea had a little baby boy a week and a half ago named Corbin James Bishop. All went well, although I'm a little jealous of the 4 hour labor!! We are so excited to finally have a nephew and when he gets a little older another boy for Kaden to hang out with. Congrats you guys, and to McKenna who is now a big sister!! Sorry I don't have any pictures of Mom and Dad with baby Corbin, they get no credit I guess! Sorry!! :)Only 2 hours old here! He was born at 10:46pm and we were so excited we headed to the hospital at midnight when Ryan came over to stay with the kids. I forgot what little angels they are! So precious!What a proud big sister!!This was their first meeting! It was so funny to me that both our kids are so into Corbin. They both want to hold him all the time, even Kaden! Too bad it's not the right timing for a sibling guys!Proud Uncle Bryce! Look how small he is compared to our big ol' kids!Someday you guys will be buddies! I can already tell.A little smooch for the lil' guy!

Pre-Easter

Do you think we are a little excited for Easter??

A Day Worth Blogging!

After having a nice day of watching General Conference today, we decided we all needed some play time outside. We headed over to Harveston, a housing community with a man-made lake. It is really pretty with gazebo's, paddle boats, waterfalls, and of course ducks! We took some bread and headed out to enjoy the beautiful weather and give the ducks a little snack.Seriously!!! Is this not just the most priceless picture EVER!!Things have been so busy, I didn't even mention Maddy is walking...finally! :) She's actually pretty smart because she got more "mommy-holding-me" time not walking...they are much smarter than we give them credit for. But it's now official, we have 2 toddlers under 2 1/2! Good thing we're young and have lots of energy :)Kaden was counting the ducks for me..I think there were thirteen? Is that right little guy?The boys feeding the ducks.Daddy had to make sure the kids didn't try to swim with the ducks...there were many close calls! Kids are curious :)Can you believe he is just a big boy!! Man, where did the time go?Didn't pose this I swear, just asked for a "cheese"Maddy watching the duckies!!Look at all that crazy hair! She getting quite a bit now!Didn't pose this one either. They were running around together on the grass and Kaden said, "Maddy, give me a hug!" I was excited I caught it on camera. Pure love! They are the best of buddies and love to chase each other!Daddy, Catch me if you can!!

What the...

The other night after the kids went to bed I went to the store to pick up a few things and this is what I came home to...




Yep!!! Full blown MULLET!!! I've been bugging him to cut it, so he did!! Uhhh kinda :)
We both thought it would be pretty hilarious to go to work with this style...but he ended up finishing the job that night!! What a hilarious surprise to come home to! Keep me on my toes Bryceroni!

The Last Horray for Winter!

A few weeks ago we went to Mammoth with the whole Bishop clan. It has become a tradition of theirs. Although it is only my second year, I'm liking the tradition! It is really not THAT far, but with two kids in a car for hours I think it took us like 8 hours...all day! The drive was definitely worth it though because we had a blast! Kaden especially LOVED the snow!! It was hard to keep him inside for any length of time. We all had to take turns playing with him in the snow, because we got cold...not my little ball of energy though. Bryce along with his brothers and Eric went snowboarding one of the days and then went sledding with the rest of us the next day. Maddy was a little more apprehensive. I think if her mommy didn't bundle her up so much like a snow bunny she might have liked it better. Also, crawling can't be fun in the snow! Better hopes for next year! Of course...here comes the pictures!!I love my snow bunnies!!Are we loving the snow?!?Poor Maddy, this is how she spent her snow time...cold!Kaden and McKenna loved sledding. Notice the snowball eating...that was also a fan favorite!This was right in front of our cabin. We were so close to the slopes, walking distance for sure!All ready for snowboarding!!
I think this is the cutest picture ever!Grandpa Rowley and Kaden, excited to be together!Grandma Rowley and MaddyGrandpa and Grandma Rowley and their California great-grandkids. It was so nice to have them here for a month, we got spoiled. Now were sad their back in Washington.Bryce and Eric digging out their snow cave!!Kaden dragged Grandma in the snow cave and told her about the polar bears in it! Scary!!Ry Ry with the biggest icicle I've ever seen!!

It was a great trip and fun to have kids big enough to play in the snow!!