Coloring Easter Eggs

Saturday afternoon Lauren and I went over to Don and Janine's home to color Easter eggs and to have fun evening. Sammie and Jacob were not able to come and Blaire was at another party so it was a small group but we had a great time.

Signs of Easter

When Easter comes I try to get the house ready. We only have a few decorations but they always add a little Easter spirit to the house. Of course it always look great when the Easter basket is full of fun items waiting for Lauren to discover the treasures.

Palm Sunday

Ready for church


Singing in Church this morning.

Silk tie egg dying
Beautiful eggs.

This morning in church the1st - 4th grade classes sang in front of church. It was hard to get a good picture but I tried.

After church we dyed eggs using silk ties. I had read about this and wanted to try it out. Yesterday we went to some thrift stores and got some silk ties. We then cut them and put them around the eggs and boil them. It was fun to unwrap them and see how they turned out. They are so pretty. I am sure we will try this again sometime.

Softball Season Over

Friday Night was Lauren's last softball game of the season. She really learned a lot this season. She became a good hitter and her throwing got better and better as the season went on. Her fielding got better but we still need to work on that some more. She is already looking forward to next year. Next year it gets a bit more difficult, the kids start to pitch to each other. It should be fun.

Happy Birthday Grant and Sammie!!

The cousins ready to watch Grant and Sammie open presents.

Grant opening one of his presents.

Sammie opening one of her presents.

I see Grant every morning when I drop Lauren off for school. Grant and Lauren act like brother and sister with fighting and arguing but I know that I can trust Grant to be there for Lauren when she needs him.

The birthday kids.

Blowing out their candles.

Sammie and Grant have birthdays 2 days apart so many years we celebrate together. Tonight we went over to Don and Janine's house for the birthday party. It was fun to watch Grant and Sammie open their presents. Grant is getting to the age where he mainly gets gift cards. Sammie still gets a pile of fun toys.

I just can't believe that Sammie is 5 years old and will be starting kindergarten this fall. It is equally shocking that Grant is 11 years old. He will be starting middle school next year. It is strange to think that when I moved back to Arizona Grant was just 9 months old. Time just flies by.

Sunday Family Fun

Lauren, Blaire and Grant

Elaine and Jacob
Grant
Dan
Blaire
Blaire, Cindy and Dan.
Steve and Cindy
Steve
Blaire and Jacob
Lauren
Sammie
Steve's teammates having fun in the pool

Steve's teammates.

Sunday all of us (Brian, Diane, Sammie and Jacob, Janine, Don, Elaine, Blaire and Grant, Cindy, Ron, Dan and Steve, and Lauren and I) went to the Cubs vs. Giants Spring training game. It was a wonderful day. A little overcast which made sitting in the grass just great. Everyone had a great time. Steve came to the game with his teammates.

About a month ago we found out that Steve's baseball team was coming to town. We thought it would be fun to invite his team over for a cookout and swim. Since they were going to the Spring Training game the timing worked out great. Most of them came to the cookout and it seemed like they had a great time. The coaches kept telling us how nice this was for the team. They also told us how they really enjoyed Arizona's weather because the forecast is for the 30's when they get back to Michigan. It was so fun to see Steve with his team and I am glad we were able to do this for him and his team. It was a wonderful day.

Ms. Kim sent Lauren the Cubs shirt to wear for the game. Her cousins live in California and were rooting for the Giants. Lauren asked me if it was ok to root for both of the teams. I told her that would be just fine.