The littles in live action!

Lil' peanut was eating some of his snacks that his foster mom sent the other day and it made me think how much she'd probably enjoy to see a video of him.  So, here are a couple that I took that day.

Easter weekend

Although the circumstances that brought us back to KS again were sad, we enjoyed visiting with our extended families over the Easter weekend.  I didn't take many pictures...just being "present" was important and took precedence over capturing memories.  My husband was quite close to his grandfather so I know laying him to rest was tough for him.  And the kids kept us busy, that's always the case! :)  Baby is at that age where he's into everything so you can't ever relax in a new/unfamiliar setting.  And lil' peanut had several moments of just being overwhelmed with everything different and all the attention.  Big C was pretty easy peasy this trip.  I'm so glad he was feeling well while we were gone, but the day we traveled back he spiked a fever again and hasn't kicked this new virus yet!  I sure hope he's feeling well again soon and that he's able to go back to school for his last week at Bay Area.  

Onto the pictures while I have a minute.  The plumber will be here soon.  Oh yes, the hot water heater was leaking all over the floor this morning.  One week before we pack up and head out of here.  And who's idea was this dity move again?!  (Mine.  It was mine.  Trust me, hubby will never let me forget that moving ourselves was my idea.)  Lol!  Onward!

Dyeing eggs at Nana and Papa's...

And hunting eggs at Nana and Papa's...

He couldn't wait to dig into his candy, eating it on the go!  That is so him. :)

We did an egg hunt with hubby's family too.

Look who we ran into. :)

Hanging out before heading to the airport on Tuesday and the kids found a new friend.  Ack!

Our flight home was delayed an hour so we had lots of time to kill at the airport.  Thankfully not many people like those late flights because we pretty much had the run of the place.  And we ended up with the whole back of the plan to ourselves!  C loved sitting in his own row.  Such a big kid!

Easter Sunday 2015

One of my sweetest memories from Easter weekend was sitting with lil' peanut at bedtime on Saturday evening.  "Can I tell you the story of Easter?"  "Yes," he shouted and he stared at me wide eyed while I recounted Jesus' death and resurrection.  Every once in awhile he would jump in to tell part of the story that he remembered hearing about at church or in the previous weeks at home leading up to Easter.  "The tomb was empty!  Jesus wasn't there."  "Because Jesus is AWIIIIIIIIVE!" And he jumped up and down shouting it over and over again.  He was so excited!  A sweet, sweet moment.  

Anxiously waiting for their Easter baskets.

Love my little goofballs!

All gussied up for Easter Sunday service.  Boy, I'm a lucky lady, surrounded by all those handsome guys. :)

going away

This past Saturday we had a little going away get together.  Yes, I threw myself a party.  Ha.  We just invited our friends and family down here to come out and play so we could see them all one more time before we move.  I'd say over half the people we invited didn't come, but even at that, we still had a good turnout and I think everyone who came had a good time.

Back in the fall we had planned to have a big combined birthday party for all three boys but it ended up getting rained out so we just had little family celebrations.  So, our goodbye party was the perfect opportunity to go ahead and rent that big bounce house.  And boy did we get our money's worth.  The place we got it from lets you have it for 2 days normally, but the pick-up guy kept having things come up so we ended up getting 4 days of bouncey house fun!  We loved it! (well everyone except for pumpkin baby, he's terrified of the thing).

On to the pictures...

Having some family play time before our friends arrive.

Brenna (my cousin's wife) getting her baby snuggles in.

The kids convinced some of the grown-ups to get in the bounce house.

C was so excited his buddy from school came.  They had the best time together.

Gah!  Those baby blues!!!

C looks so grown up in this picture!  It's that hair!!!  I see teenagers walking around with hair like that.  I love these little people so much!  I wish all three of my boys were in this photo, but that third little was hiding. ;)

Family selfie time in the bounce house!

"It ate my entire family!"  Haha!  Poor, sad baby.  Don't worry, I didn't stay in too long.

What a fun day it was!  Enjoying our beautiful back yard made me pretty sad to leave it.  But, new adventures await us.  The move is creeping up quickly.  We are actually headed up to KS again this weekend.  Hubby's grandfather passed away last week so we're heading up for his services.  I'm hoping I can get a lot done tomorrow because we're not ready to go at all.  Got a call from C's school today that he was in the office with a sore throat and fever.  Took him to urgent care after I picked him up and he's got strep. :(  Poor guy.  He was not feeling well at all, and it takes a lot to slow him down.  I'm hoping that first dose of antibiotics and a good night's rest will have him feeling better in the morning.  Well, the baby just woke up crying so time to get out from this pile of laundry I'm sitting in (at least it's clean!) and maybe get some packing done.