Easter Weekend

We had a busy Easter weekend with lots of fun, family and candy!  The kids Grandma and Grandpa (Darin's mom and step dad) came to visit and and take part in the Easter activities.  Here are the tons of pictures that I took. 

Ryan at her Easter party at school

Ryan and her friend Mary Caroline saying the prayer before snacks

Dying Easter eggs with daddy while Drew kicks up his feet with Grandma

Easter egg hunt at Poppy and C's house

Dying eggs with Mia, Madeleine, DeDe and BoBo

Easter morning

Best Buds

Ryan and Drew have really started playing together lately.  Ryan will ask if her and Drew can play with something or just take his hand and they go to one of their rooms.  As soon as Ryan hears Drew on the monitor she wants to go in and get him herself (climb into the crib and lay with him).  If Ryan is in her room and Drew is awake he stands at her door yelling Ry Ry until she lets him in.  It has been fun to see them want to play together, but it has also been nice for me to be able to get some stuff done too!  Hopefully they will keep this up!  Here are some pictures I have taken of them together lately...

Loving the weather

We have been taking full advantage of the nice weather by spending tons of time outside.  The kids can't wait for summer to get here so they can start swimming everyday.  I have been holding them off by filling up their Toy Story pool and the water table.  So far it is working...

Ryan also had another soccer game on Saturday.  They had their first win and Ryan scored her first goal!!!  She was beyond excited about it all day long.  She would say, "I can't believe I scored a  goal, I'm just so proud of myself" I only took one picture after the game of her and her proud coach :)

Friday we went to one of Ryan's best friends Addison's birthday party at Bouncin Craze.  The kids had a great time playing, jumping and eating tons of candy!  They both slept awesome that night.  

 Ryan and Noah with the birthday girl!

Drew before the party

Weekend Fun

Ryan had 2 soccer games Saturday afternoon.  The games were in the middle of nap time and it was really hot this weekend.  This made for a REALLY long afternoon.  But we did survive the games...barely. 

 Ryan stopping to take a picture during the game

 Snack break between games

 Drew hanging out on the sidelines

Darin trying to get the team to stand up and play

(This was the 2nd game-they were all done by this point)

Darin and I went to the Fine Arts Spring Sampler later that night and got some great stuff from the auction.  One of our wins was a princess outfit for Ryan.  She has worn it non-stop since we gave it to her.  I talked her into taking it off to sleep and take a bath luckily.

On Sunday we went to the Zoo with Cydney, Matt and Reese.  It was hot and windy but it didn't stop the thousands of  people from thinking it was the perfect day for the zoo too.  We all had a great time!

 Ryan and Reese hugging

(She agreed to take the princess outfit off for the zoo if she got to wear another dress.)

 Drew loved looking for the animals and yelling "See" over and over

 The kids watching the bears get fed

 Ry watching the bear eat a banana

 We had to ride the merry-go-round





Sorry I have been slacking in the blogging department but I am back.  Ryan had her second soccer game this morning.  Of course it was freezing which didn't go over well with a team of 3 year olds.  Still it was REALLY entertaining!  They were off to a great start with a couple of quick goals by her friend Jack,  but ended up losing the game.  Ryan didn't seem to mind the loss and had a great time!  She was one of the few kids who didn't shed a tear the whole game.  I was proud :) Although she was a little nervous and only touched the ball maybe twice. We are working on that with bribes to get ice cream if she actually kicks the ball and scores.   Can you tell her parents are a little competitive?  Next week we have a double header so we will see how that goes!   Here are some pictures from the game...

Freezing but ready to play! 

 Learning that they are supposed to "kick it to Elmo"

 Getting ready

 Noah, Ryan and Jack

 Spring, Summer and Season keeping the younger siblings off the field

 Ryan and Noah trying to stay warm on the sideline

Team picture (Minus Jamie and Jacey)