glow in the dark Easter egg hunt

Tonight we had another hunt... this time with the Dawsons. We waited until it was dark and had the kids use flashlights and glow sticks to find their goodies. I thought it would be too cold, but apparently when there's candy the kids don't care.

She couldn't fit everything in her basket... I think she got a few eggs that didn't belong to her :)

Luke with his buddy, Fisher. Since they moved away, we don't see them as much, but Luke talks about his best friend all the time.

I think Carly had the best time out of anyone. She ran and giggled the whole time. It was like she had been released into the wild for the first time.

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma and Grandpa's

My parents invited us over today for lunch and an egg hunt with the kids. They had a great time, I was surprised to see the three little kids go after the eggs so fast.

The kids with their loot

Abby loved all the pink eggs and jewelry.

Carly didn't care about the eggs as much as having her two baskets on her arms at all times.

Luke had better things to do than smile for pictures. He found his eggs and then started helping the little ones find some too.

Luke's 5!

Luke turned 5 on Tuesday. I think it was a pretty good day for him. For preschool, he got to take special birthday treats and have a little party. Then he chose where we went to lunch, and luckily, Ben had the day off work so we all went to Chick-fil-a. Luke doesn't like Chick-fil-a for the food, just the play area.

Later, we had his Grandparents and the bachelor uncles over for cake and ice cream. He was so spoiled and received some great gifts. We had a surprise guest at the party... my brother Luke was in town for the day, it was good to see him for a couple hours before he had to turn around and drive home. I took so many pictures of everyone, but I must have had my camera on a weird setting because only a few turned out :(

I think Luke's favorite part of any birthday is the cake. Not eating the cake, but making sure it's decorated just how the birthday person wants it. He was so particular this year about what he wanted. When he told me he wanted little plastic dinos on his cake, I was way excited. So easy, and he loved it.

blueberry pancakes

Last week was so much fun. Jed came into town, so we all got together for game night (I actually won a game... that never happens (well, I tied with Jess)). Then Luke and Lisa came down from Montana. It was so good to see my whole family during the week. By Sunday, everyone had gone back home and it felt a little empty at dinner.
Lisa is the best cook. She always has the best recipes. Saturday morning they made us pancakes.... so delicious! Here's just a few pictures from Saturday.

Most of these pictures are for Jed, I got a lot of Beau. He's the only one that would smile for me, and I knew he would enjoy seeing his cute family.

tonsils are out!

When I first told Luke he was going to the Dr.'s to get his tonsils out he said, "Yay, I like to go to the Dr.'s." He was pretty happy all morning waiting for his surgery, he was even okay when we had to leave him.

When the Dr. came to talk to us, he said it took him a lot longer than he thought, usually it's only 30 min. but it took about an hour. He said the right tonsil was huge, and really scarred in there. Ben made me take the pictures of the tonsils off, so just use your imagination of huge tonsils in his little throat.

He cried when he was coming out of the anesthetic, and he said, "I can't smile very good." He did good as long as I laying next to him, when I would move at all he would say, "no, lay right here." and he patted the pillow.

All he wanted to do was go home. We had to wait a few hours for him to finish his IV. I'm glad they had books, that's all that kept him distracted. Now he's home and after a really long nap, he's doing really good. Now I'm just looking forward to him eating and sleeping better, he didn't even snore during his nap today.